• Registered: 2008-03-23
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Topic: John Mayall & BB King Announce UK Tour

The living blues legend that is BB King has announced a UK tour that will also see the brilliant John Mayall join him as support.

The duo will hit the UK in June for a handful of dates around the country, including a big date at Wembley Arena on 28 June.

BB King is touring in support of his Grammy nominated latest album, One Kind Of Favor which was released last year.

Tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday at 9am.

Here are the dates:

24th June: Manchester MEN
25th June: Birmimgham NIA
27th June: Cardiff CIA
28th June: Wembley Arena

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  • Registered: 2008-02-14
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Re: John Mayall & BB King Announce UK Tour

Interesting news Relayer. I'd never considered that I'd have the opportunity to see BB King in my lifetime. Manchester is the nearest to me, and that is still a considerable distance, but I certainly will consider it. Anyone else considering going?

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3 Reply by Wooders (edited by Wooders 2009-02-05 17:21:34)

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Re: John Mayall & BB King Announce UK Tour

Nicky Horne on Planet Rock mentioned this evening that tickets for these dates go on sale at 9.00am Friday morning but you can buy tickets in advance from the Planet Rock website. http://www.planetrock.com/index.html

Phil

PS just bought seats 19 & 20 in row 6 block B2 at Wembley. http://www.eventtravel.com/events/conce … ena_06.jpg

Now I've just got to persuade my wife to accompany me, unless I get a better offer. big_smile

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“The guy who has helped the blues industry the most is Joe Bonamassa and I would say he is more rock than some rock stuff, so to me blues is whatever you want it to be!”
Simon McBride in my interview with him in Blues Matters! Issue #56