For QR67 Enjoy the tunes of Justin Currie Live & Unplugged at Club 7 - La Cigale (QR150 Value)

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Whoever said good times are reserved for Friday's or weekends in general? Good times should be daily and Tuesday's are certainly no exception! Any plans this Tuesday night? Well cancel! Coz something Special is happening somewhere Special coz someone Special will be in town!... That's gotta be some Special event and it should not be missed! here's a sneak peek to give you a little taste of what to expect:


Former Del Amitri frontman turned singer/songwriter Justin Currie has released two solo albums to date. What is Love For in 2007 which he described it as ‘eleven thunderously dreary dirges’! Fortunately, not everyone agreed with him and the album won accolades from critics, fans and fellow artists, as a thing of dark and starkly honest beauty. His second solo album The Great War, was released in 2010 and delivered a bracing set of original compositions that broke yet more creative ground – and further cemented Currie’s place as an ambitious and versatile solo artist. Justin Currie has plenty of experience in defying musical expectations. He was still in his teens when he co-founded Del Amitri in his hometown of Glasgow. Between 1982 and 2002, the band evolved from resourceful D.I.Y. indie combo to international hitmakers, releasing six much-loved studio albums before amicably parting ways. "It's a big difference being a solo operator," Currie observes. "What you lose in companionship, support and input, you gain in creative control. But most of the elements of what I do haven't changed all that much. I'm still looking for melody and lyrics that I can feel something from, and trying to put them into the standard structures of the rock or pop song. I love those structures; to me, the verse/chorus/middle-eight thing still seems filled with endless unexplored possibilities." The combination of uplifting tunes and darker lyrical themes has long been a recurring motif in Currie's songwriting. "Del Amitri were often described as 'bittersweet' for that very reason," he notes, adding, "Do I do this deliberately? I don't know. I am an enormous devotee of pop melodies, from Cole Porter to Amy Winehouse, Smokey Robinson to Buzzcocks. Lyrically, more often than not, I seem to gravitate towards the ambiguity of feelings, the struggle with motivations and doubt in relationships, self-loathing and disappointment—somber things sometimes, but with a scintilla of hope, or at least catharsis. As a songwriter, I use melody to make all of this less maudlin, hopefully, and to create tension.” "I love to undermine a lyrical conceit with a contrasting tune," Currie asserts. "I like to sew doubt in the listener's mind. Does he mean these things? Is this song actually as melancholy, defeatist or cynical as it seems? Or is this guy a romantic who's optimistic about the consoling power of love?” "If I have a mission as an artist," he concludes, "it would be to get a little more poetry into the great warehouse of rock music. All I can do is get it out there and fight to be heard; that's the great war." Justin has recently returned from recording his next as yet untitled album in Austin Texas which will be released in 2013.

• 21+ Only (Club 7 Membership Required)
  
• Date: Tuesday Feb 5, 2013
  
• 8:00pm until 1:00am (show starts at 9pm)
  
• Drinks sold separately
  
• Refund will not be given for missed event
  
• No cash value/no cash back
  
• Take your printed voucher with you to the event and present at the door to permit entry
  
• For TABLE reservations or enquiries please call T: 44288665 / M: 55188008
  

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