FOCUS!! - SUN 30th NOV (Legendary 70’s Dutch Progressive Rock - TopicsExpress



          

FOCUS!! - SUN 30th NOV (Legendary 70’s Dutch Progressive Rock band!) The Barn @ Square+Compass, Windmill Hill, Nr Ilminster, Somerset. TA19 9NX 01823 480467 Superb food from 7pm table booking essential. En Suite accom available plus camping or park your campervan in the field next to the venue - phone first for details and booking. Adv £16.50 Door £20.00 Venue doors 8pm Start 9pm PLEASE NOTE – STANDING ONLY! NO REFUNDS UNLESS SHOW CANCELLED. youtube/watch?v=OznS7X9BOxs TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE, COLLECT IN PERSON OR PHONE TO PAY BY CARD. Tickets also available online from wegottickets/event/251664 or mojopromo.co.uk or at: Black Cat Records, Taunton. With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the 70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their hits “Hocus Pocus”, “House of The King” and “Sylvia”, as well as critically acclaimed albums Moving Waves, Focus 3 and Hamburger Concerto, the iconic Dutch music masters are back with their tenth album, which is guaranteed to please their legions of fans! After a comeback in the early 2000s, which resulted in the well-received albums Focus 8 and Focus 9, the band regrouped with a fantastic new line-up. Along with Thijs van Leer on vocals, flute and keyboards, back on the drums is famed Focus drummer Pierre van der Linden, who joined the group on their second album Moving Waves in 1972. Internationally renowned for his rhythmic skills, Pierre remains a defining factor in the Focus sound. Bassist Bobby Jacobs, who comes from a well-acclaimed Dutch musical family and guitarist Menno Gootjes, who participated in Focus at an earlier stage, complete the bands current line-up. Recently, Focuss biggest hit Hocus Pocus was used in a 4-minute Nike commercial before the World Cup broadcast. Focus music can be regularly heard on Top Gear and Saxondale on TV in the UK. A new Focus era has arrived! There is a rejuvenated passion in the new compositions that adorn the new album Focus X, which features a full scale Roger Dean painting on the cover. Says Thijs van Leer, who holds the distinction of being the first ever knighted musician in Holland, “Its a thrill to have finally completed Focus X; we are all ecstatic and looking forward to playing the new material on the forthcoming Focus X World Tour.”
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:26:32 +0000

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