What's On / Fairport Convention + support
Fairport Convention + support
25 February 2010 at 7:30pmat The Queen's Hall
Fairport's very special guests will be Keith Donnelly and Flossie Malavialle.
All timings are approximate
Doors: 6.30pm
Support: 7.30pm, then joined by Fairport at around 8pm
Interval: 8.50pm
End: 10.30pm
Still going strong after an astonishing 42 years, Fairport Convention return to The Queen's Hall in 2010 as vibrant and influential as ever.
They won the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and the seminal album Liege And Lief was voted Best Folk Album Ever by Radio 2 listeners and in the summer of 2006, it was awarded a Gold Disc for its continuing sales.
The current line-up features Simon Nicol (lead vocal, rhythm and electric guitars), Dave Pegg (backing vocals, bass guitar, mandolin), Ric Sanders (violin), Chris Leslie (lead vocal, fiddle, bouzouki, mandolin) and Gerry Conway (percussion and drums).
