DONOVAN
beat cafe The Beat Café Tour; UK May/ June 2005
Reviews
That shimmering, intimate voice . . . the poetic, seductive lyrics . . . the dreamy, hazy music that surrounds them . . . From folksinger to timeless musical poet, Donovan and his distinctive songs have become familiar to music fans since the early sixties through hit singles like “Mellow Yellow,” “Sunshine Superman,” “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” “Catch the Wind,” “Colours” and “Atlantis,” through jam-band covers by the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers (“There is a Mountain”), in TV and movie soundtracks, commercials, and on a precious but infrequent trickle of new releases.
Beat Café … the tour.
(PLEASE NOTE: TP. Ticket Price DO. Doors Open. Show starts half hour after doors open unless otherwise stated by venue)
Photo: Ian Griffiths
May 2005
Wed 11 The Guildhall Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AB
Box Office 023 9282 4355 TP £20.00, £22.50 DO 7.00pm
Thu 12 The Leas Cliff Hall The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2DZ
Box Office 013 0322 8600 TP £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Fri 13 Brighton, Hove Centre @ Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN13 4AH
Box Office 087 0900 9100 TP £20.00 DO 6.30pm
Sat14 2005 Assembly Hall Theatre Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2LU
Box Office 018 9253 0613 TP £18.00, £20.00 DO 7.30pm
Mon 16th May, 2005 – Cardiff, St David’s Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH
Box Office 029 2087 6444 TP £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Tue 17 St Georges, Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR
Box office 011 7923 0359 TP £12/£22/ £26/£28.00 DO 6.45pm
Wed 18 Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square, Cheltenham, GL50 1QA
Box office - 012 4222 7979 TP £20.00 DO 7.30pm
Thu 19 Wulfrun Hall, North Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1RQ
Box office - 019 0255 2121 TP £20.00 DO 7.00 pm
Fri 20 Babbacombe Theatre, Kerry Point, Babbacombe Downs, Torquay, TQ1 3LU
Box Office 018 0332 8385 TP £20.00 DO 7.30pm
Sat 21 The Hexagon, Queens Walk, Reading, RG1 7UA
Box office 011 8960 6060 TP £18.50, £22.00 DO 7.00pm
Mon 23 The Corn Exchange, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB
Box office - 012 2335 7851 TP £15.00, £20.00, £22.00 DO 6.45pm
Tue 24 The City Hall Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8SF
Box office - 019 1261 2606 TP £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Wed 25 The Queens Hall, 87 – 89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG
Box office – 013 1668 2019 TP £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Sun 29 The Sands Centre, The Sands, Carlisle, CA1 1JQ
Box office – 012 2862 5222 Tickets £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Mon 30 The Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP
Box office – 015 1210 3789 TP £20.00, £25.00 DO 7.00pm
Tue 31 City Varieties Music Hall Swan Street, Leeds, LS1 6LW
Box Office – 011 3243 0808 TP £18.00 DO 7.00pm
June 2005
Thu 2 King Georges Hall, Northgate, Blackburn, BB2 1AA
Box office - 012 5458 2582 TP £ 20.00 DO 7.00pm
Fri 3 The Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AH
Box office - 013 3225 5800 TP £20.00 DO 7.15pm
Sat 4 Grand Opera House, Cumberland Street, York, YO1 9SW
Box office – 087 0606 3595 TP £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Sun 5 Victoria Hall Bagnall Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, ST1 3AD
Box Office - 017 8221 3800 TP £20.00 DO 6.30pm
Mon 6 The Civic Hall, 14 Rother Street, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 6LU
Box office – 017 8920 7100 Tickets £20.00 DO 7.30pm
Wed 8 The Montgomery Theatre, Surry Street, Sheffield, S1 2LG
Box office 011 4276 7093 TP £22.50 DO 7.00pm
Thu 9 Oxford Town Hall St Aldates, Oxford, OX1 1BX
Box office – 018 6542 0042 TP £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Fri 10 The Beck Theatre, Grange Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 2UE
Box office - 020 8561 8371 Tickets £20.00 DO 7.00pm
Sat 11 The Cliffs Pavilion, Station Road, Westcliffe on Sea, Essex SS0 7RA
Box office - 017 0235 1135 TP £16.60, £18.00, £20.00 DO 7.30pm
Beat Café…the album
Beat Café is available on Appleseed Recordings APRCD 1081 Distributed by RSK Entertainment
“Beat Café,” was the first new Donovan CD for grown-ups since 1996’s “Sutras” (“The Pied Piper,” a children’s CD, was issued in 2002). While “Sutras,” produced and released by Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mick Jagger) emphasized Donovan’s folk roots, “Beat Café” is an extension of the heady rock/folk/pop/jazz/blues/world music brew that has become Donovan’s trademark.
Beat Café the album and the show captures the spirit of the Bohemian café happenings dating back to 1840s Paris that combined philosophy, poetry and free thought.
From a simple stage layout that suggests the period Donovan will perform tracks from Beat Café and also songs from his extensive canon of work that sees the great man celebrate forty years in the music business.
The Tour Line Up
Donovan - Vocals & Guitar
Tom Mason - Double Bass
Joe Atkinson – Keyboards
Chris Miller - Drums
Support Act. Astrella Celeste
The middle daughter of Donovan Leitch, Astrella Celeste has been performing on stage since childhood.
Her formative years have been spent in acting schools and dance troops. Until she was 17, Astrella attended Red Roofs Theatre School and worked with Donovan on several extensive world tours as well as providing backing vocals on several Donovan releases.
Her career has been richly developed by working with other musicians in recording sessions, performances and/or home jams, amongst them David Gillmore, Brian Setzer, Donovan, Mark White, Happy Mondays, Graham Nash to name but a few.
Astrella’s career continues to flourish as an adult, for the past two years Astrella has developed and written an album of songs entitled ‘Echolalia.’
Work on the album continues with co writer Kevin Hunter (of Sheryl Crow fame) and UK producer Jez Coad (Simple Minds). The release date is set for the summer of 2005.
On stage with Astrella will be Kevin Hunter – Guitar, Joe Atkinson - Keyboards
Donovan’s web-site www.donovan.ie
Beat Café was originally released on August 24 worldwide.
Label Appleseed.
CD Number APRCD 1081
UK Distribution by RSK/BMG
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