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ARTS | CUMNOCK TOWN HALL ARTS | PALACE THEATRE & GRAND HALL Regular presents…… Chicago Blues Brothers Happy Mondays 30th Anniversary Twenty Four Hour Party People Greatest Hits Tour 22 DEC · £29.50 · DOORS 7PM GRAND HALL Manchester’s legendary Happy Mondays have announced a twenty-five date tour of the UK and Ireland for 2017. The announcement of this tour came on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Happy Mondays’ debut album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Can't Smile (White Out). Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder said, "I am really looking forward to the ‘Mondays’ shows leading up to Christmas 2017. We’re performing better than ever and I love getting together with the band, blasting out all our great tunes we’ve made together over the decades. It’s gonna be great." Bez, the group’s dancer and percussionist, added, "Just as I thought it was all over, the party’s starting again. Look forward to seeing you all." Plus special guest Jon DaSilva. 12 SAT 23 DEC · 7.30PM £23.50 (£3 OFF IF BOOKED BY 30 SEPT) GRAND HALL The award-winning spectacular is Europe’s biggest and best-loved production of the Blues Brothers. The show is a high-octane, adrenaline- pumping musical mash-up that presents the best material from the original Blues Brothers movies and is jam-packed full of songs by legends such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Tina Turner. Capturing the sound, energy and persona that propelled the film to a cult status that still thrills audiences worldwide today. Back with a brand new production for 2017 with an all new elaborate set, the Chicago Blues Brothers are taking you back to 1980 to finish the concert at the Palace ballroom hotel. This show is a powerhouse two-hour song-fest with over 40 hits performed live on stage in the concert that never finished. BOX OFFICE: 01563 554900 Cumnock Town Hall, designed by Robert Ingram and built in 1883/4, has undergone an extensive restoration project, designed to restore it to its former glory using traditional materials and updated facilities to cater for the needs of its 21st century users. The newly refurbished facility hosts a variety of shows as well as being available to hire for meetings shows, weddings and parties. Why not pop in and see the refurbished Cumnock Town Hall or contact the venue? CUMNOCK TOWN HALL GLAISNOCK ST, CUMNOCK KA18 1BY T: 01290 421028 TUE - SAT: 10AM-4.30PM AVAILABLE FOR HIRE AT ALL TIMES Purchase tickets online via : eastayrshireleisure.com (£1.50 card fee) Access is limited to the ground floor Group discounts available Counselled Out 28 OCT · 7.30PM · £10/£8 CUMNOCK TOWN HALL The 10-piece revivalist soul band makes a welcome return to Cumnock Town Hall where it last appeared as guests of 60’s legends, The Marmalade, 4 years ago. The vocal powerhouse duo of Drew Robertson and Katrina Fitzsimmons, combined with the four-piece Reservoir Horns, is hard to beat and the band is renowned for creating a party atmosphere no matter where it plays. Counselled Out was massive in Ayrshire in the 1990’s and early 2000’s with their 1,000+ sell-out gigs at Kilmarnock’s Grand Hall and they still hold the record for the most attendees at a live music event at Glasgow’s Renfrew Ferry. Plus special guests (to be announced). "Counselled Out - a tight and raunchy outfit who play soul with attitude and R&B with a cutting edge...” EVENING TIMES, GLASGOW N.B. We cannot accept personal cheques. buy tickets online: eastayrshireleisure.com 13