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[Jamie]

The Beat+AKA Ska
Saturday 16th December
Doors 9pm Support 10pm
Tickets £13.50 (£9 concessions & Regulars)
Everett Morton (drums) Ranking Roger (vocals) Blockhead (keyboards)
Neil Deathridge (guitar) Mini “Ranking Junior” Murphy (vocals)
Andy Pearson (bass) Mark Hamilton (sax)

After the tragically early split of The Beat, one of the very finest of all British 80’s bands, they finally reformed properly in 2001. Ranking Roger, Everett, Saxa and Neil got together again for a sellout reunion show at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Since then they’ve been tearing up venues wherever they’ve played, performing a mix of their own compositions and the best of The Beat’s world-class back catalogue such as Twist and Crawl, Mirror In The Bathroom, Stand Down Margaret, Doors Of Your Heart, Hands Off She’s Mine, Too Nice To Talk To, Tears Of A Clown and Can’t Get Used To Losing You. With local 3-Minute Heroes AKA Ska warming you up, this is an all-singing, all-skanking Christmas party you’ll never forget,

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[Blitzkrieg Bob]

A thoroughly enjoyable night this, but I have one question. Doors were at 9pm, aka-Ska on at 9.30 sharp while the venue was still half empty. The Beat were subsequently done and dusted by the back of 12 and the venue all but emptied again leaving half a dozen folk dancing to the dj for the last hour. Why not put the support on later (ensuring they're playing to a decent crowd) and then the main act being on later ensures the venue remains full till closing time? More punters for longer = more bar revenue surely so everybody wins. Just wondering like.