"The Ninth Annual British Rory Gallagher Tribute Concert" Saturday 29th May 2004 at The Boardwalk, Sheffield, England After six successful years at Dukinfield Town Hall The Ninth Annual Rory Gallagher Tribute Concert is on the move! Alterations to the Town Hall means we will not have access this year but we've found a great new venue in Sheffield. 'The Boardwalk' is a 450 capacity dedicated music venue with excellent up to date facilities, great bar and superb sound system. Sheffield itself is an exciting city with much to see and do turning the gig into a great weekend. Details of tickets, transport, directions, hotels etc. can be found at the bottom of this page. For the first time this year I am delighted to welcome 'Laundromat' to England. Those among you who have seen this top Rory Band in action in their native Holland will know the impact these guys will make in Sheffield. Led by Danny Vlaspoel on guitar 'Laundromat' have a very pure Rory sound which I know you will enjoy. Joeke Wouda on bass, Ed Verschoor on vocals and the sensational Rob "chiseled from stone" Heijne on drums make up the remainder of this great quartet. I didn't invite Brute Force & Ignorance to the gig last year and immediately suffered withdrawal symptoms! Markus Kerkeling, Thomas Kersting, Angscar Neimuller and Frantzl Gerd-Albers make up my personal favourite Rory Band. Sinnerboy have been gigging really hard in the last year and have been knocking on new doors all over Great Britain, Ireland and the continent. "Bringing Rory to the people" is their No1 aim and Steve Richardson, Dave Burns, and Barry Barnes are doing just that. Chris Newman was on the bill with Sinnerboy at the London Tribute Convention in Hammersmith and I'm glad to tell you he's here at Sheffield too. Chris has released a superb album of acoustic Rory songs played with great style and precision - enjoy his live performance. The usual Rory 'goodies' will be up for a raffle again and the whole evening will be once again kept in order by MC Marcus Connoughton who will be flying in from Ireland. There is a 'Travel Inn' next to the venue (to book ring 0870 2428000 or www.travelinn.co.uk) -roomrate is £46.95 for a double room with en-suite bath & shower, telly, tea, coffee, & chocolate (but don't own up to drinking the chocolate - this is supposed to be a rock gig)! Breakfast is extra at £4.50 continental or £6.50 if you fancy furring your arteries up a bit. Alternatively there are plenty of cheaper cafe's (one very close) and fast food joints in easy reach. You can get to Sheffield by rail from all over the country, there is an express service from Manchester Airport and an after gig return to Manchester Piccadilly (00.14 and 02.11) Local taxi no. DB Taxis 275 7575 / 276 0701 / 276 0707 Tickets are on sale now £12.00 from : Ticketline www.ticketline.co.uk Telephone 0870 1000000 Ticketweb www.ticketweb.co.uk Jack's Records, Sheffield (0114) 276 7093 Doors open 7.00pm Bar closes 1.00am Directions to The Boardwalk and Travel Inn: From M1 (Junction 43) follow signs for Sheffield City Centre (A630 onto A57). At Park Square roundabout take 4th exit (Signed A61 Barnsley). Turn left at 4th set of traffic lights into Snig Hill. Right at lights into Bank Street. Bank Street car park is 1st left after the Travel Inn and is reasonable at £3.50 overnight. The British Rory Gallagher Concert was first staged in 1996 on the first anniversary of our hero's untimely passing. This makes this concert the first, and only unbroken tribute show in the world! We receive visitors regularly from all over Great Britain and Ireland, Holland, Germany, France, The United States, Canada and even Bermuda! If you are a Rory fan then this show is definitely worth the trip, Everybody is there to show their love and appreciation of the best Rock and blues man ever to walk this earth. The show is endorsed and attended by Donal Gallagher who usually gives us a few words of wisdom on the microphone!