ANIMALS AND FRIENDS
The band that shook the world back in 1964 have re-invented themselves... quality and distinct sound that was, and still is, The Animals..."
Barry Kirk, Romford Recorder
The enduring influence and breadth of appeal of Animals & Friends and The Animals' music in 2010 - The Animals' 1964 debut was recently included in CLASSIC ROCK magazines' '50 Albums That Built Blues Rock '.
The band have embarked on over a dozen massive UK tours with Special Guests including Spencer Davis, Stax, Booker T & The MGS and Blues Brothers guitar legend Steve Cropper, Maggie Bell (Stone The Crows) and the late, great Mick Green (The Pirates, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Bryan Ferry) - which were the last shows by the guitarist viewed by many as one of the most influential in music.
Animals & Friends remain a seminal rhythm & blues band who still command great respect internationally amongst their peers as well as from fans of all ages who instinctively respond so enthusiastically to such pivotal songs from The Animals' catalogue such as 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', 'Boom Boom', 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', 'Baby, Let Me Take You Home', 'I Put A Spell On You' and the bands' multi-million selling anthem and Number One hit across the world - 'House of The Rising Sun'.
THE HISTORY BIT
In 1964 a wave of new energetic rock and roll swept over the youth of the world. On the crest of this wave was The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and of course The Animals. From the banks of the River Tyne came the North East's offering; a brand of rhythm n blues that the whole world seemed to grasp greedily.
Back in 1957 John Steel along with fellow Animals co-founder Eric Burdon began playing their trade in and around their native Tyneside with not the slightest inking that they would - in a very few years - find themselves part of a group that would be forever bracketed with the very best of British music - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds - and respected all over the world. The Animals were also be the second British band after The Beatles to top the American charts with their multi-million selling anthem, 'House of The Rising Sun'.
Let us not forget that it was Bob Dylan's 'House of the Rising Sun' that so inspired this legendary band to record what history has shown to be the definitive take. It is even whispered that Dylan looked to their version as inspiration for his infamous 'going electric'.
Bruce Springsteen recently revealed on stage in the USA that it was The Animals, not The Beatles or The Stones who were his favourite British Invasion band. " Their singles were the first full-blown class-consciousness I'd ever heard". After playing a short burst of 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', Springsteen then confessed: "That's every song I've ever written. 'Born To Run', 'Born In The USA', all of them".
After 50 years, the legend still grows...
TOUR DATES
MARCH 2024
APRIL 2024
12/04/24 Pocklington Arts Centre United Kingdom Pocklington
19/04/24 Vauréal le forum France Paris Dom
20/04/24 St Agathon Grande France Ourse Dom
27/04/24 The Seaview Country Club Spain Ibiza
29/04/23 The Seaview Country Club Spain Ibiza
MAY 2024
09/05/24 Skipton Town Hall
11/05/24 Stockton Arts Centre United Kingdom Stockton
12/05/24 The Drill United Kingdom Lincoln
16.05 Band departs Krakow
17/05/24 ICE Krakow Congress Centre Poland Krakow Poland
18/05/24 Kraków Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury Poland
19/05/24 Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz Filharmonia Pomorska Poland
20/05/24 Travel Home poznan
Depart: Tuesday, 21 May via Dubai Arrive Australia 22nd May 21.50
23/05/24 Day off
24/05/24 Tbc
25/05/24 Melbourne, Vic, Palms at Crown
26/05/24 Melbourne, Vic Palms at Crown 2nd show Tbc
27/05/24 Adelaide, SA The Gov 2nd show Tbc
28/05/24 Adelaide, SA The Gov
29/05/24 Renmark,, SA Chaffey Theatre
30/05/24 Travel
31/05/24 Launceston Tasmania Country Club Showroom
JUNE 2024
01/06/24 Hobart, Tasmania Theatre Royal
02/06/24 Burnie, Tasmania Burnie Arts Centre
03/06/24 Tbc
04/06/24 Tbc
05/06/24 Tbc
06/06/24 Brisbane, Qld Princess Theatre
07/06/24 Tweed Heads, NSW Twin Towns
08/06/24 Tbc
09/06/24 Sunshine Coast, QLD Caloundra - Kings Theatre
10/06/24 Tbc
11/06/24 Tbc
12/06/24 Sutherland NSW The Pavillion
13/06/24 Tbc
14/06/24 Chatswood, NSW The Concourse Concert HallL
15/06/24 Thirroul, NSW Anitas Theatre
16/06/24 Springwood, NSW Blue Mountains Theatre
17/06/24 Tbc
18/06/24 Tbc
19/06/24 Wyong, NSW The Arts House
20/06/24 Kingsford, NSW South Sydney Juniors
21/06/24 Campbell Town,NSW The Cube
22/06/24 Tbc
23/06/2 Tbc
24/06/24 TRAVEL
25/06/24 Mandurah, WA Mandurah Performing Arts
26/06/24 Perth, WA Astor Theatre
27/06/24 Tbc
28/06/24 Warragul, VIC West Gippsland Arts Centre
29/06/24 Bendigo, VIC Ulumbarra Theatre
30/06/24 Frankston, VIC Frankston Arts Centre
31/06/24
JULY 2024
9th The Gov (2nd Show)
01/07/24 Austalia
02/07/24 Austalia
03/07/24 Narre Warren - Bunjil Place Austalia
04/07/24 Austalia
05/07/24 Warrnambool - Lighthouse Theatre Austalia
06/07/24 Wendouree - Wendouree Centre Performing Arts Austalia
07/07/24 Geelong - Geelong Arts Centre Austalia
08/07/24 Austalia
09/07/24 The Gov Adelaid (2nd Show) Austalia
10/07/24 Austalia
Depart Australia Thursday, 11 July
Arrive: UK Friday, 12 July
AUGUST 2024
10/08/24 Théatre Elisabethain France Condette
15/08/24 Travel to Italy
16/08/24 Parco della Repubblica, Sirolo (Ancona), Italy
25/08/24 Belgium Vosterfeesten (Peter Den Haan)
SEPTEMBER 2024
19/09/24 Poland CONFIRMED
21/09/24 The Hub United Kingdom Litchfield
26/09/24 Flensburg/Theater with RUBETTES
27/09/24 Bucholz / Empore with RUBETTES
28/09/24 Güstrow / Theater
29/09/24 Greifwald / theater
30/09/24 Putbus / Theater
OCTOBER 2024
01/10/24 day off
02/10/24 tba
03/10/24 Bremen
04/10/24 Wismar
05/10/24 Coesfeld Theater with RUBETTES
06/10/24 Wolfsburg
07/10/24 Leipzig / Theater
08/10/24 Leipzig / Theater
09/10/24 day off
10/10/24 Bruck / Theater
11/10/24 Schwarzach / Bürgerhaus
12/10/24 Weingarten
18/10/24 Metropool Hengelo Netherlands Hengelo
19/10/24 ECI Fabriek Netherlands Roermond
25/10/24 Groen Engel Netherlands Oss
26/10/24 De Tamboer Netherlands Hoogeveen
NOVEMBER 2024
14/11/24 The 1865 Southampton
15/11/24 The Princess Theatre Port Talbot
22/11/24 Rex France Toulouse
23/11/24 Centre Culturel Uves La Souterraine, France
DECEMBER 2024
12/12/24 Selby Town Hall United Kingdom Selby
JANUARY 2025
03/01/24 The Forge United Kingdom London
04/01/24 The Forge United Kingdom London
28/01/25 Aula Gong Czech Rep Ostrava
29/01/25 Hybernia Theatre Czech Rep Prague
30/01/25 Sono Centrum Czech Rep Brno
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