2012 TOUR
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Marc Almond would like to announce his Pop Troubadour Tour for Autumn 2012. The show will feature mainly hits and singles as he did on 2010's All A's Tour but also a couple of Marc's personal favourites and maybe a new song. The tour is planned to coincide with his Pop Troubadour album. A double CD collection of hits and singles from 1983 to 2012. The album will be available through EMI Records. Marc is delighted to be working with EMI again. His last projects with EMI were 1995's Treasure Box rarities collection and PJ Proby's 1997 album Legend. Tickets for most venues are not yet on sale. The website will be updated with information as we have it. Only certain venues will have a support act which will be announced later.
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The dates are:
18 September Huddersfield Town Hall
19 September Sage Newcastle
22 September Philharmonic Liverpool
23 September ABC Glasgow
28 September Birmingham Symphony Hall
29 September Picture Dome Edinburgh
30 September The Salford Lowry
?? 4 October Vicar Street Dublin
?? 5 October Del La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill East Sussex.
MARC BOLAN
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Marc is to take part in a celebration of Marc Bolan and T Rex at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 15 September 2012. It will be 35 years since the pop icon's death and he would have been 65 this year. Marc B has always had a special place in Marc A's heart and he is delighted to be asked to take part again this year by T Rextasy's Danielz. Marc took part in the last celebration in 2007. The event was filmed for a DVD called Marc Bolan The Celebration Concert. Marc will be performing with T Rextasy, the world foremost and best T Rex tribute band. T Rextasy have been admired and respected by Bolan fans everywhere for celebrating his music and keeping it alive. Many other diverse special guests will be taking part. Tickets go on sale on 16 April.
See www.trextasy.com for further details.
JOBRIATH
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Kieran Turner's fascinating film documentary about the American glam rock artist Jobriath, beloved by Marc, premiers at the London GLT Festival on 29, 30 and 31 March. Marc Almond makes a brief appearance in the documentary as do other artists who have admired Jobriath. Marc will be attending one of the nights and may join Kieran on stage for questions and answers. Marc has filmed a tribute to Jobriath, a performance of Jobriath's song Be Still which Marc often features in his shows. You will be able to get this exclusively when the DVD of the documentary is released in the future. Meanwhile, an MP3 of Marc's version of the song is available to download from the News page of the website.
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