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Canterbury Festival Presents The Tom Robinson Band

Canterbury Festival are thrilled to present songwriter, radio presenter and rights activist Tom Robinson who will be bringing his band to the Malthouse this summer to help celebrate our 40th birthday.
Tom Robinson enjoyed brief notoriety in late 70s Britain – a time of punk rock, political unrest and economic gloom – as a bandleader and activist.

The Tom Robinson Band (TRB) became known for the hit single 2-4-6-8 Motorway, their vocal support of Rock Against Racism and for the anthem Sing If You're Glad To Be Gay, which reached the Top Twenty despite a ban by BBC Radio 1.

The present Tom Robinson Band has been together for 20 years. Alongside Robinson on bass, it features Faithless drummer Andy Treacey, guitarist Adam Phillips from the Richard Ashcroft Band, keyboard virtuoso Jim Simmons and Northern soul singer Lee Forsyth Griffiths on acoustic guitar.

In recent years they've built a reputation for storming festival sets in the UK, Japan, Belgium and Germany – and marked Tom's 70th birthday (two years late because of Covid) with a sold-out show at Shepherds Bush Empire in May 2022.

Details

Date

Sunday 04 August 2024

Time

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Phone

01227 457568

Email

boxoffice@canterburyfestival.co.uk

Web

canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/the-tom-robinson-band/
The Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Road
Off St. Stephen's Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 7JA

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