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T237080173Making its debut in London for the very first time will be PETER GABRIEL’S celebrated festival of world music WOMAD. WOMAD PRESENTS is a series of one off performances from artists woven together from all over the world. Saturday 19th will see performances from legendary artist Khaled supported by the Imagined Village (featuring Eliza and Martin Carthy, Chris Wood and Billy Bragg) with other special guests to be announced. Sunday 20th sees an exclusive London performance from the groundbreaking improvising sound clash of The Bays and The Heritage Orchestra supported by the legendary Tony Allen. The ubiquitous Womad flags and workshops will also be a feature of the weekend. Since the first festival in the UK in 1982, WOMAD has held more than 160 festivals, creating events in twenty-seven countries and islands all over the world but amazingly this will be its first time in London. WOMAD has presented more than one thousand artists at their festivals, bringing the expression of more than 100 different countries to a live audience of over one million people.Performer Khaled. Group/Band The Imagined Village (19th). Group/Band The Bays and the Heritage Orchestra. Performer Tony Allen (20th). | |
| 19 Sep 09 to 20 Sep 09 | HRP Tower of London, Inner London :: V275805278 listing details L603150823 |
