Duke Special Announces Run Of Intimate Live Shows
January 20, 2010 by Addict Music
Ireland’s Duke Special returns with three unique new projects to be released simultaneously on March 1st 2010 in a box set under the title “The Stage, A Book & the Silver Screen”.
To launch the projects, Duke Special will play three intimate live shows playing music from all three new records, accompanied by full background visuals.
February live dates:
Friday 19 Feb – Smock Alley Theatre @ St Michael John’s Church, Dublin
Saturday Feb 20th – May Street Church, Belfast
Thursday Feb 25th – Hoxton Hall, London
Duke Special releases his three new records “The Stage, A Book & the Silver Screen” on March 1st via Pledge Music, the music fundraisng service where fans donate money for an artist to complete a record.
The records will be:
1) “The Silent World of Hector Mann” album based on “The Book of Illusions” by Paul Auster – recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago and featuring Neil Hannon and Ed Harcourt.
2) “Huckleberry Finn” album. An unfinished musical by Kurt Weill based on Huckleberry Finn – Duke is the first person ever to record this suite of songs.
3) “Mother Courage” album – Duke has written the music to a new production of Brecht’s “Mother Courage” and has just played to 100,000 people at the National Theatre – the entire production is based around his music and the band’s performance. The show is being taken to Broadway next year.