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2 More Gigs in Paris

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In latest news – Luke has two more concerts in Paris for this coming week. Make that 3! with Six-Huit just confirmed.

Luke Hurley en France, en concert au Six-Huit, quai Montebello 75005 Paris – Lundi 24 Novembre à partir de 20:30 – Entrée : 10 €

This makes 4 chances to see Luke live in Paris. Click on the detail links to see maps. And don’t forget London at the Alma on 27th of November.

Côté Canal photo below. Looks like a brilliant place for a gig on the 20th! Go Luke.

Update:London & Paris Gigs

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“Luke’s signature song “Mona Lisa” is about someone who gave up all to leave home to get to see Leonardo’s great work “(“through plate glass they let me see her”) only to find himself bemused and confused by all the incidentals.

He wrote the song out of his imagination and now comes to the Northern Hemisphere for the first time to actually play at the Alma/ London* & the Louvre / Paris and sing the very song that made his name on the far side along with a large repertoire of great songs/instrumentals written over a long and successful career.

(Please note: London concert has changed from 13th to 27th of November . – Paris more details to be released but date and location are – Nov 22: Paris at the Green Linnet )

Not a one hit wonder he also is known for classics like “Japanese Overdrive” “Make Room” “Gravity” (co written with Dave Rob) “Fait Accompli” to name a few and more recently his world winning “The Sound” (five star rated on you tube and released on i tunes UK).

Though out of the limelight for sometime he has worked on further styles of playing to exhibit a guitar style unique to acoustic music.

The instrument he plays is an SB (Steve Barkman) which sounds like a sitar-mandolin-guitar and looks like an ancient type of celtic instrument that somehow never got invented until Steve Barkman created
it.

Luke is renowned for keeping it real and working against the odds to bring high art to the people wherever they may be from on the street to in the concert hall.  Check out this website.

Luke is happy to do interviews if anyone wants to call or send email questions – Contact Luke.

Luke Live in London

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Luke Hurley, New Zealand’s favourite independent singer-songwriter will be playing his exclusive one and only London gig on 27th November as part of his European tour. The Event will be held at The Alma, N1.

With 25+ years of experience under his belt, Luke Hurley is one of his country’s most famous and prolific independent solo artists.

He has been described by the industry as ‘one of New Zealand’s great unknown musicians’ and compared to Bruce Cockburn and Ron Sexsmith, who also evolve outside the commercial mainstream.

With songs such as “Mona Lisa*” and “Albatross” that brought him success, Luke has toured with many Kiwi artists but is more likely to be found at fringe festivals or even busking.

He is currently touring the UK to promote his new album “Brother Sun – Sister Moon” and will be playing a one-off London date before his hugely anticipated gigs in Paris.

The Alma is a New Zealand run gastro pub in Newington Green, N1 and has already welcomed onto its floorboard the likes of Simon Amstell and Perrier award winner Josie Long. The pub will be celebrating its 6th Birthday on 27th November in correlation with Luke’s gig.

Luke Hurley : https://www.lukehurley.co.nz/wordpress/gigs/
Venue : The Alma, Note: Broken link
Doors: 7pm
Price:  free tickets but bookings needs (was £15 but changed)
Adress: 59 Newington Green Road, London, N! 4QU
Tube : Highbury & Islington
Train : Canonbury Station

Licensing: It is a private party, all ages are welcome but under 18s have to be accompanied by a legal guardian and  will have to leave the pub at 9.30pm.

Gig Update

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Belfast was fun – played at the Rotterdam (which used to be a holding pen for convicts before they got shipped to OZ and is reputed to be haunted.. especially in the attic…where it creaks and groans like in a storm, but all the time…. for no apparent reason).

Dave Robb’s band played a wonderful kind of gentle and involving music. He writes and plays from the heart and has been a real influence by bringing me the Celtic sound all those years ago..and now hearing him again is a real balm to the soul.

Rua (and The Houseband before them) were a touch of grace from the great beyond of the Northern Hemisphere . see DaveRobb.Com for details on his new band The Corncraikes.

Belfast is amazing….Its like Dunedin in some ways with a stronger English influence ( Dunedin’s Scottish infusion ) right down to a half size London Eye . and London cabs and another currency. Like driving from Auckland to Tauranga and finding Tauranga to be Australia .

On the English weather report they tell you the weather in Belfast and Northern Ireland with no mention of the rest of Ireland…….

On the TV there is this map of Ireland with a dot on it called Belfast and nothing else..Kinda can’t believe it. It would be like Australia claiming Tauranga and giving no mention of any other place in NZ.

It must cost a bomb to keep Belfast in tow (no pun intended) and for what reason? It’s not a political problem so much as mental one…what is the point?

Why try to conquer a land that allows so much freedom and artistic flair? Why wouldn’t England want to learn from, encourage, support and befriend such a benevolent culture? Beats me.

It’s not politics so much as basic fair play. You don’t gate crash someone’s party then expect to be treated like a friend. I think most English people would agree but their political leaders live in a world of a different order .

There is an old Roman proverb “You cannot live without loving”…and the world needs love more than it needs order.

Been playing at Shebeen. What a great venue! It reminds me of that amazing place in Lyttleton.

The Wunderbar full of the most surreal things with windows looking down into a supermarket…a ships anchor chain holding a delicate birdcage…a display of an action man flexing his biceps surrounded by barbie doll heads ..all kinds of random stuff.

Shebeen likewise is full of a random assortment of things like books screwed into the wall…a valuable painting vandalised with marker pen and having shelving nailed to it….a huge framed mirror…paintings nailed to the ceiling. Large doors on the wall that don’t open and lead nowhere.

Love it! It’s so packed out that some of the other pubs got together to get the place busted now its licensing is restricted.

Shebeen is the Gaelic word for unlicensed drinking anyway! Future gigs have to be of the “dinner and a show” variety but thats fine by me….people want to come regardless so its only going to be good for the owners.

The fun police can’t hold a good venue back.

Played the street last night and got closed down by a policewomen. She spoke sternly to people in my audience and bystanders who were not involved in “the crime” at all and told us it was time to go home to bed.

It’s 7.35am and I am still up and about….hope she don’t arrest me!

Take care people out there and don’t let the fun police close YOU down. God bless us and save us!