Tickets are now on sale for A British Invasion With The Spencer Davis Group and Badfinger starring Joey Molland, to be held on Saturday, April 12 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at The Kent Stage in downtown Kent.
Reserved seats are $30. Gold Circle tickets are $50. The Gold Circle level includes best-in-house seats, plus a private reception and meet-and-greet with members of the bands. Tickets can be purchased at The Kent Stage Web site, www.kentstage.org; Woodsy’s Music at 135 S. Water St. in Kent; Spin More Records at 165 E. Main St. in Kent; or by calling The Kent Stage at 1-800-595-4849.
“Spencer Davis and Joey Molland are both renowned artists whose hit songs continue to be played regularly on the radio more than 30 years after their release,” said Lisa Martinez, vice president of marketing and development at PBS 45 & 49. “Songs like ‘Gimme Some Lovin’ and ‘Day After Day’ are part of the baby boomer songbook. This is going to be a great concert with two performers who were moving in the rock ‘n’ roll circles of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.”
Formed in 1963, The Spencer Davis Group originally included Spencer Davis, Pete York and brothers Steve and Muff Winwood. They toured with the Rolling Stones and the Who when they were still working clubs. The band produced close to a dozen top-10 hit songs, including “Gimme Some Lovin,” “I’m a Man,” “Somebody Help Me” and “Keep On Runnin.” The popularity of those songs lives on: Spencer Davis recently accepted an award from BMI in London for over 3 million broadcast performances of “Gimme Some Lovin” since its release in 1967. Spencer Davis alone represents the group today, on the road a good part of the year and still playing the band's greatest hits.
Joey Molland was one of three primary songwriters in Badfinger, formed in 1968 and revered by critics as one of the outstanding melodic pop bands of all time. These protégés to the Beatles were the darlings of Apple Records. In the late 1960s, Badfinger stormed world pop charts with hits such as “Come and Get It,” “No Matter What,” “Day After Day” and “Baby Blue.” During Molland’s association with Apple Records, he made guest appearances on two George Harrison albums, “All Things Must Pass” and “The Concert for Bangla Desh” and the John Lennon album “Imagine.” After this very promising start, however, devious business dealings and litigation left the four members of the group virtually penniless. Key songwriter Pete Ham committed suicide in 1975. Bassist Tom Evans did the same thing eight years later. With Tom Evans' death in 2005, Joey Molland is the only surviving member of the band.
The Kent Stage, located at 175 E. Main St., has 640 seats and offers an intimate venue for this event.
Proceeds from the concert will benefit PBS 45 & 49 and The Kent Stage, both nonprofit organizations.
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