Unfortunately, we have to announce that this year’s Sonisphere festival at Knebworth is cancelled. Below is a statement from the promoters.
It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012.
Putting the festival together in what is proving to be a very challenging year was more difficult than we anticipated and we have spent the last few months fighting hard to keep Sonisphere in the calendar.
Unfortunately circumstances have dictated that we would be unable to run the festival to a standard that both the artists and that Sonisphere’s audience would rightly expect.
We want to express our deepest regrets to the artists and to thank all the staff, suppliers and contractors who worked so hard with us to try and pull off what has proven to be an impossible task and we know how much they share in our disappointment. We also want to send a huge thanks to the Sonisphere fans who stuck by us and we are so sorry that we can’t fulfil what we set out to do.
Ticket holders will automatically receive a full refund direct from their ticket agents.
Team Sonisphere.
Tim will be rocking up, in some natty attire and with that hair of his, to do a 30 minute in-store performance at Amoeba Music in LA, on Tuesday, April 10th at 6pm. He’ll then hang around to do some signing.
You’ll need to purchase a copy of Ready For This?, Tim’s first US DVD/CD release, that night at Amoeba ($15.98) in order to participate in the signing but you’ll also get a free poster and you’ll be able to get one additional item signed, be it the poster, a canvas bag, a… banana or whatever takes your fancy.
This is likely to be a very popular event, especially as there’s no age limit, so it might be wise to get there a bit early to ensure a decent view.
Amoeba Music
6400 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 245-6400
www.amoeba.com
Tim will be appearing at this year’s Cheltenham Science Festival on the 13th June 2012 at 6.30pm. He’ll be talking with Robin Ince about bringing science and rationalism to his audiences via his musical, lyrical and satirical songs, followed by a short performance.
Tickets go on general sale on the 2nd April at 10.30am, but they’re already selling extremely quickly to festival members!
If you wish, you can find out about and sign up for the Cheltenham Festivals Membership here as that will allow you to book for this and other festival events, right now, before the public booking opens on Monday.
For further information on the show itself, Turning Science into Song, take a look here.
Tim will be joining the lovely and hilarious Richard Herring, as the first guest, in his new London run of Podcasts at the Leicester Square Theatre on Monday 7th May 2012.
Richard Herring, who recently held on to his Chortle Internet Award crown, will be bringing his extremely popular iTunes chart topping Edinburgh Fringe Podcast to London’s Leicester Square Theatre for eight shows May – June. Typically it involves topical humour, comedy chat, improvisation, prizes and more. So, if you fancy seeing Tim jousting* with a fellow comedy knight, fashion icon and facial hair aficionado head along to the podcast recording.
If you can’t make it to the show, due to pesky geography or something, you’ll be able to catch all the episodes on iTunes and the British Comedy Guide.
Tickets and further details can be found here.
* There may not be any actual jousting due to the logistics involved.
Tim has been announced on an astounding bill of comedians for Scope’s Big Comedy Night on 20th May 2012 at Hammersmith Apollo in London!
Tim will be joining Richard Herring, Al Murray, Francesca Martinez, Doc Brown, Hal Cruttenden, Milton Jones and more for a night of japes in aid of the charity, Scope.
The idea of holding a comedy event in support of disabled people came from disability rights campaigner Nicky Clark, who worked with fellow Scope supporters Richard Herring and Francesca Martinez to help the charity secure the line-up.
The event will raise funds for Scope’s work to support disabled people and their families to have the same opportunities as everyone else.
Tickets are on sale now and can be bought from HMVTickets and Ticketmaster!
Matilda the Musical has earned itself a whopping ten nominations for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, which is the maximum for which it was eligible, including Best New Musical!
The four young actresses playing Matilda – Sophia Kiely, Eleanor Worthington Cox, Kerry Ingram and Cleo Demetriou – are up jointly for Best Actress in a Musical, while Bertie Carvel and Paul Kaye are up for Best Actor in a Musical and Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, respectively.
Other nominations go to Matthew Warchus for Best Director, Rob Howells for Best Set Design and Best Costume Design, Hugh Vanstone for Best Lighting Design, Peter Darling for Best Theatre Choreographer and Simon Baker for Best Sound Design.
The Olivier Awards are the UK’s most prestigious theatre awards, recognising excellence in professional theatre in London shows. They’re often considered to be the theatre industry equivalent of the BAFTA Awards or the UK equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards.
The awards will be handed out on the 15th April, at the Royal Opera House. The ceremony will be broadcasted live on BBC Radio 2 and on the BBC Red Button services – who knows, you might even see a nattily dressed Tim (on the TV, not the radio)!
You can view a full list of all the awards and nominees on the Olivier Awards website here.
Huge congratulations to Tim and everyone at Matilda the Musical on this phenomenal news!
Tim will be performing satirically, lyrically and musically with his band*, on the Main Stage at GuilFest 2012, near Guildford, Surrey, on Saturday 14th July.
The festival is held over the weekend of Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July and features eight stages of live music. The full line up is yet to be announced but already confirmed are Jools Holland and the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra headlining Friday, with special guest Roland Gift and the Saturday night headliner is Olly Murs, supported by Jimmy Cliff.
Names announced, so far, for the great comedy line up over the weekend include: Jarred Christmas, Mitch Benn, Helen Arney, Jess Fostekew, Danny Ward, Tiernan Douieb, Brian Lacey, Yianni, Matt Richardson, Rich Wilson, Jonny Awsum, Chris Turner, John Mann, John Ryan, Brendan Dempsey, Tom Glover and Mark Simmons.
You can find out more about the festival, look out for further line up announcements and buy your tickets from the festival site here. There are weekend and day tickets available.
* The unreasonably handsome Pete and Brad.
Tim is to perform at The Secret Garden Party 2012, as it celebrates its 10th birthday, at Mill Hill Field in Abbots Ripton on the 19th to 21st July. He’ll be joined on stage by his distinguished band, Pete Clements and Brad Webb. Collectively they’ll surely have no trouble at all in complying with the Arts & Expression theme for this year: “Standing On Ceremony” despite all three being seated for most of the show…
Tickets are now being sold on a tiered system and they are available here.
More information can be found on their Facebook page and the full line up is on the festival website www.secretgardenparty.com
Tim will be pottering over to the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens with his not-at-all-weedy band, Pete Clements and Brad Webb, on the 5th July 2012!
The show is part of their summer series of events, Kew The Music, and Tim will be a special guest to Pink Martini, who are a thirteen member ‘little orchestra’ that draw their inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 50s.
Other shows in the series include Status Quo, Will Young, Gypsy Kings and M-People. Details of these shows and tickets purchasing information can be found on the Kew Gardens website.
Due to the high demand for his satirical lyrical trickery, musical athleticism and sanguine wardrobe choices, Tim’s added a second show at Largo at the Coronet in LA on the 10th April 2012.
Tickets are available exclusively online via Largo’s website here.
This is an intimate venue, holding just 280 people. Tim’s gigs always sell out very quickly so best snap up those tickets fast!
Next month Tim will be heading to two more cities in Southern California to inspire, amaze and awe their residents with the perfect combination of lyrical trickery, sexy dance moves, skin-tight jeans, wonderfully coiffed hair and magical piano skills!
If you’re in the area, you’ll be able to catch Tim in Santa Barbara, at the Lobero Theater, on the 11th April 2012 and in San Diego, at the Balboa Theater, on the 12th April 2012.
Tickets for these evenings of hi-jinx and stupid songs go on sale on 9th March at 10am, however, there are presales happening for both shows – the San Diego one has already started and the Santa Barbra one is from tomorrow at 10am! The password you’ll need in both cases is SAXOPHONE. You can grab your Santa Barbara tickets from the venue’s website and you can buy your San Diego tickets from Ticketmaster.
Tim will be headlining a delightful one-off day of humour at the home of the famous Eden Project Biomes, near St Austell, Cornwall, on Saturday 23rd June 2012. He’ll be joined, for his comedy Eden Session, by his band, the heavenly Pete Clements and Brad Webb. More of the acts will be announced soon.
Tickets cost £35 plus booking fee and for your booking pleasure an exclusive, limited pre-sale has just opened! Simply click here to book. The site will open at 10am and the ticket entitles the bearer for the whole day of the gig and the day after. The acts usually start from midday with headliners on around 8.30pm-9pm.
The rest go on general sale at 6pm on Tuesday 13th March. To book these contact:
The Eden Box Office on 01726 811972 or visit www.edensessions.com.
The Eden Project is a charity running inspirational social and environmental programmes as well as putting on wonderful arts and music events. To find out more and for how to get there visit www.edenproject.com.
So… head to the beautiful gardens of Eden for some musical and comedic environmentalism, rationalism and Tim(ism).
Apple anyone?
UPDATE (21st May 2012): Craig Campbell, the acclaimed Canadian stand-up comedian, who now lives in Devon, England, with his dog Ludo, will be doing a thirty minute warm-up for Tim. At the moment it is not known if Ludo will be joining him…
Your favourite stupid-haired pianist, Tim, and his lovely band, will be heading to the picturesque Henham Park in Suffolk for the Latitude Festival, which runs from the 12th to the 15th July!
Tim and co will be performing in the Comedy Tent, a tent whose bill also includes comedians including Jack Dee, Greg Davies, Rich Hall, Mark Watson, Nick Helm and The Infinite Monkey Cage!
There’ll also be musical performances from Paul Weller, Elbow, Laura Marling, The Horrors and Bon Iver, while there’s a whole load of things happening in the Literary, Cabaret and Film tents including the Early Edition, The Horne Section and Pappy’s!
Tickets are on sale now from the Latitude website, where you can also view the rest of the lineup.
I wonder what colour the sheep will be this year…
Tim will be joining a great comic line up including Jimmy Carr and Jon Richardson for Teenage Cancer Trust’s comedy night at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday 2nd April 2012. Jason Manford will host the evening which is the penultimate show in Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual series at the iconic London venue.
The series of concerts kick off on Wednesday 28th March with Roger Daltrey and special guests, and finishes on Tuesday 3rd April with Florence & the Machine.
Further details about the series of shows can be found here and the support acts will be announced shortly. Tickets are on sale now from the following agencies:
The Royal Albert Hall
0845 401 5030
HMV Tickets
0843 221 0100
Ticketmaster
0844 844 0444
Gigs and Tours
0844 811 0051
Teenage Cancer Trust’s work is vital and funded solely by donations. To find out more and how you can help please visit www.teenagecancertrust.org. Eleven years of concerts, all put together by longstanding patron Roger Daltrey CBE, have raised over £14 million for Teenage Cancer Trust. All money raised has helped the charity to build more specialist teenage cancer units in NHS hospitals across the UK, allowing young people to be treated together with others their own age, in an environment suited to their needs.
Tim will be appearing as a special guest at RockNess on Sunday 10th June 2012.
The RockNess festival is held 8th – 10th June, at Clune Farm, Aldourie, near Inverness, right on the shore of the beautiful Loch Ness.
Day tickets are already on sale (with no booking fee until 9am on the 9th March) and can be obtained here along with the full line up across all three days and further details.
Tim will be performing solo but will bring his rockness, satiricalness, lyricalness, awesomeness, gingerness, and sheer glamourousness and attempt to out frickin’ ‘ness’ everyone including that monster for which, as yet, there is no reliable empirical evidence. If only I could remember its name…
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