Marc Bolan 2007 Anniversary Events
Marc Bolan: The Celebration
Live at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
London W12
Saturday 15 September 2007
Tony Visconti, Marc Almond, Dr Robert, Rolan Bolan, Linda Lewis, Clem Burke, Shakin’ Stevens, John’s Children, Dirty Pretty Stings, Ray Dorset and special guests, with house band T.Rextasy, will pay their personal tributes to Marc Bolan as they perform his greatest hits, live and loud! This one-off event is sure to be a highlight of this September’s festivities.
A Fantasie Bolanesque
Live at the Café de Paris, London W1
Sunday 30 September 2007
The stylish life and times of Marc Bolan will be celebrated on 30 September 2007 with a special themed Marc Bolan cabaret night at London’s exotic Café de Paris. Set to a backdrop of classic Marc Bolan and T.Rex music, the evening will include the world premiere of A Fantasie Bolanesque starring specially selected cabaret acts, musicians, artists and circus performers. Confirmed acts include:
DJ SETS
DJ Jeff Dexter
Pam Hogg
Erreur Fatale featuring Luca Mainardi and Joe Corre
PERFORMANCE
Rolan Bolan
Sebastian Horsley
Melpomeni
Dr Haze Circus of Horrors
Pam Hogg
Katherine Ellis and Clifford Slapper
Full details will be announced in the next few days!
LIVE Redferns Music Picture Gallery
in association with The Demon MusicGroup present:
SOULS WE MISS: Marc Bolan
Photographed by Keith Morris
14 September 2007 - 31 October 2007
Opening Hours:
Tuesday – Friday 10am – 6pm &
Saturday 11am – 6pm
Redferns Music Picture Gallery
3 Bramley Road
London W10 6SZ
+ 44 20 7792 9914
Details at www.redferns.com
Keith Morris was born in 1939 in Wandsworth, South London. He studied photography at Guildford Arts School. A high-profile apprenticeship ensued in which he worked for several photographers including David Bailey, before graduating through the London underground press to photographing rock and folk stars.
Morris photographed countless music legends including Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Elvis Costello, Jimi Hendrix, Fred Astaire and is perhaps best known as the only professional lens man to have photographed singer/songwriter Nick Drake before his premature death in 1974.
Morris was responsible for many ionic images of Marc Bolan to whom he was also a personal friend. Tragically, Keith died in 2005 in a diving accident. He is missed by all those he crossed paths with and this exhibition is a tribute to him as well as Marc Bolan.
One-hour Marc Bolan documentary produced by Wise Buddha for broadcast on 15 September 2007.
ITV1 Marc Bolan: 20th Century Boy
A new 30-minute programme including interviews with Gloria Jones, Rolan Bolan, Harry Feld, Cilla Black, Jeff Dexter, Bill Legend and Tony Visconti.
Universal Music TV present:
Marc Bolan T.Rex Greatest Hits
20TH CENTURY BOY – 21ST CENTURY ICON
CD MARC BOLAN T.REX GREATEST HITS
Release date: 10 September 2007. Catalogue Number: TBA
A definitive two-CD compilation sees Bolan’s musical career captured on one special TV-advertised collection, from the earliest rare solo singles, through the hippie days with Tyrannosaurus Rex, the anthemic 1970s classics and his adventures in R&B and disco, right up to his final single Celebrate Summer.
Disc one contains all the biggest T.Rex hits: Hot Love, Get It On, Telegram Sam, Metal Guru, Children of the Revolution, 20th Century Boy, I Love to Boogie, Solid Gold Easy Action, Jeepster, Ride A White Swan and more. From the mid-70s come Light of Love, Dreamy Lady and London Boys. The final T.Rex single, Celebrate Summer, is included alongside the autobiographical 1974 epic (Whatever Happened to the) Teenage Dream.
Disc two includes Marc Bolan’s debut single from 1965, The Wizard, all the rare Tyrannosaurus Rex 45s and two abandoned A-sides: Sailors of the Highway and Christmas Bop. This bonus disc also include Bolan’s single with John’s Children, Desdemona. Other highlights include Cosmic Dancer, from the number 1 album Electric Warrior; Till Dawn, Bolan’s beautiful love song for Gloria Jones, and Is It Love from the debut T.Rex LP.
In all, 40 tracks, all written by Marc Bolan.
VINYL/DOWNLOAD Marc Bolan T.Rex singles releases
For the first time in 15 years, T.Rex will be the subject of commercially available singles, released over a period of three weeks to honour his life and times in this year of anniversaries.
They are replica reproductions of the first three T.Rex 45s, complete with picture bags, original b-sides and label designs, available on limited edition, numbered 7” vinyl, and download.
27 August 2007
Ride A White Swan (b-sides: Is It Love, Summertime Blues)
3 September 2007
Hot Love (b-sides King of the Mountain Cometh, Woodland Rock)
10 September 2007
Get It On (b-side There Was A Time/Raw Ramp)
More anniversary news in the next update in the next few days!
