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ORIGINAL PENTANGLE Sweet Child 40th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Festival Hall
Exciting news! On 29 June 2008, exactly 40 years to the day that unique British folk/jazz 'supergroup' Pentangle recorded the live disc of their seminal double album Sweet Child at London's Royal Festival Hall, the original band: Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox, will reunite and return to the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate their legacy. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for long-time fans to revisit and new fans to experience for the first time the magic that is Pentangle.
Tickets (£30/£25/£15) go on general sale at 10.00am (UK time) on Thursday 8 November from the Southbank Centre Ticket Office (0871 663 2500 or
www.southbankcentre.co.uk). Friends can book earlier on a special presale day from 10.00am Wednesday 7 November by telephoning 0871 663 2500 and quoting the password 'Sweet Child' to book. (Transaction fee will apply to all bookings except for Southbank Centre members).
There is now an official myspace page set up for Pentangle – check it out at myspace.com/pentangle.
"The Folk Beatles…The greatest and most adventurous acoustic 'supergroup' of their time" – The Word (April 2007)
"Pentangle still rule the roost" – The Times (9 February 2007)
"Pentangle revolutionised 60s music" – MOJO (April 2007)
"The godfathers of English folk music…unquestionably the core template for today's blooming nu-folk scene" – Metro (23 March 2007)
"Pentangle was electrifying, particularly at a time of unprecedented free thinking in music. Together they created an intoxicating instrumental force" – Jazzwise (April 2007)
"One of the most experimental and influential bands of the Sixties" – The Sun (23 February 2007)
"Pentangle rewrote the Britfolk rulebook…America has nothing to match them" – The Daily Mirror (9 March 2007)
"Britain's Grateful Dead" – The Guardian (16 March 2007)
PENTANGLE Sweet Child 40th Anniversary Concert Sunday 29 June 2008, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Doors 7.00pm.