Event: The Triffids: A Secret In The Shape Of A Song
Barbican Centre
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| Title | The Triffids: A Secret In The Shape Of A Song |
| Type of event | Gig |
| Dates | 09 April 2010 |
| Time | 19:30 |
| Description | The Triffids: A Secret In The Shape Of A Song Tickets £15/20/25 Part of Only Connect Produced by the Barbican A spectacular gathering of the remaining members of cult Australian heroes The Triffids, together with a star cast of guest musicians and vocalists to showcase and celebrate the songwriting genius of their leader David McComb, who died in 1999. The band were inducted into the Australian Hall Of Fame in 2008 and have even had the honour of a Blue Plaque in London. In 2006, the remaining members of the band were persuaded to play his music for the first time since their last performance 17 years previously. Standing on stage and hearing those songs roll out one after the other, in their words ‘like a perfect set of waves’, they realised that the best way to remember their departed friend was through his music. They set to work on a three-hour long celebration of the brilliant, vividly impressionistic songwriter, and unveiled the results at the Sydney Festival in 2008. This show, with remaining Triffids Rob McComb, Alsy MacDonald, Martyn Casey, Jill Birt and Graham Lee, comes to the Barbican on 9 April and contains classics like Wide Open Road and Bury Me Deep in Love, performed alongside B-sides and unreleased works, in a night of song no one will want to end. On 5 April 2010 Domino are to release their eagerly awaited Best of The Triffids deluxe box set Come Ride With Me ... Wide Open Road – The Best Of The Triffids, which contains eight CDs spanning the band’s career. One the same day they also release an accompanying 18 track single disc compilation Wide Open Road - The Best of The Triffids. ‘One of Australia’s finest bands’ – The Guardian |
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| Name | Barbican Centre |
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Silk Street Corporation of London EC2Y 8DS |
| Telephone | 020 7638 4141 |
| Website | www.barbican.org.uk |
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