GILBERT O' SULLIVAN
LEGENDARY HITMAKER
OF THE 70S
RELEASING NEW ALBUM
entitled
'DRIVEN'
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IN ITS ENTIRETY
It was 1972 when the hit Alone Again (Naturally) sealed the fame for singer/songwriter Gilbert O’ Sullivan.
The song topped the USA charts for six weeks and garnered three Grammy nominations. Soon after, he got his first three British number one hits with Clair, Get Down and LP Back to Front. Gilbert was named “Songwriter of the Year” at the 18th Ivor Novello Awards, embarked on an 18-city UK tour and a USA tour, performed sold-out concerts, clocked another UK Top 10 hit with Why Oh Why Oh Why and in 1974 won a third Ivor Novello award.
And today Gilbert’s twentieth studio album Driven finds him working with a new producer, the revered Andy Wright (Simple Minds, Simply Red, Eurythmics and Jeff Beck) recording with a full band at London’s famous RAK Studios. The direction of the album is an organic and raw affair, featuring a mix of ballads as well as upbeat songs, all written by an inimitable master craftsman. In a unique addition to this new album, Gilbert O’Sullivan has collaborated on duets with Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) and KT Tunstall.
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GILBERT O’ SULLIVAN
Entitled
DRIVEN
Available July 22nd at amazon.com
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TOUR DATES
2022
VENUE CITY DATE
New Theatre Peterborough Mon 11 Jul 2022
Grand Theatre Lancaster Tue 12 Jul 2022
Town Hall Birmingham Mon 18 July 2022
The Stables Milton Keynes Fri 22 Jul 2022
The Central Theatre Chatham Sat 23 Jul 2022
The Arena Walsall Tue 26 Jul 2022
Corn Exchange Exeter Thu 28 Jul 2022
City Varieties Music Hall Leeds Fri 5 Aug 2022
Wickham Festival Hampshire Sun 7 Aug 2022
Opera House Buxton Mon 8 August 2022
Lime Tree Theatre Limerick, Ireland Fri 02 Sep 2022
Royal Theatre Castlebar Castlebar, Ireland Sat 03 Sep 2022
Watergate Theatre Kilkenny Kilkenny, Ireland Tue 06 Sep 2022
Cork Opera House Cork, Ireland Fri 09 Sep 2022
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Dublin, Ireland Sun 11 Sep 2022
Butlins Minehead Sat 1 Oct 2022
Liverpool Philharmonic Liverpool Mon 3 Oct 2022
St. George's Hall Bradford Wed 5 Oct 2022
The Pavilion Glasgow Thu 6 Oct 2022
The Tyne Theatre & Opera House Newcastle Sat 8 Oct 2022
RNCM Manchester Sun 9 Oct 2022
St. George's Bristol Tue 11 Oct 2022
Theatre Severn Shrewsbury Wed 12 Oct 2022
Tivoli Theatre Wimbourne Fri 14 Oct 2022
Kursaal Ostend Belgium Mon 17 Oct 2022
Muziekgebow Eindhoven, Holland Wed 19 Oct 2022
The Baths Hall Scunthorpe Tue 31 Oct 2022
Le Carre Amsterdam, Holland Thu 8 Dec 2022
Barbican London Tue 1 Nov 2022
GILBERT O’ SULLIVAN
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
Year Title
1971 Himself
1st Studio album
Released: August 1971
1972 Back to Front
2nd Studio album
Released: 1972
1973 I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter
3rd Studio album
Released: September 1973
1974 A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
4th Studio album
Released: October 1974
1976 Greatest Hits
Released: November 1976
1977 Southpaw
5th Studio album
Released: November 1977
1980 Off Centre
6th Studio album
Released: October 1980
1981 20 Golden Greats
Released: 1981
1982 Life & Rhymes
7th Studio album
Released: October 1982
1986 The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan
Released: October 1986
1987 Frobisher Drive (Germany Only)
8th Studio album
Released: 1987
1989 In the Key of G [Updated / Edited Version Of 'Frobisher Drive']
9th Studio album
Released: November 1989
1991 Nothing But The Best
Released: 1991
1992 Rare Tracks
Released: April 1992
1993 Sounds of the Loop
10th Studio album
Released: November 1991
1994 By Larry (also known as 'The Little Album')
11th Studio album
Released: April 1994
1995 The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live In Japan
Released: April 1995
1995 Every Song Has Its Play
12th Studio album
Released: May 1995
1997 Singer Sowing Machine
13th Studio album
Released: November 1997
2001 Irlish
14th Studio album
Released: October 2001
2003 Piano Foreplay
15th Studio album
Released: 2003
2004 The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan
Released: March 2004
2007 A Scruff At Heart
16th Studio album
Released: March 2007
2011 Gilbertville
17th Studio album
Released: 31 January 2011
2012 The Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan: A Singer & His Songs
Released: 12 March 2012
2015 Latin ala G!
18th Studio album
Released: 8 June 2015
2018 Gilbert O'Sullivan
19th Studio album
Released: 24 August 2018
2022 Driven
20th Studio album
Released: 22 July 2022
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The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.
The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan.
Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.
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