Winter 2021
Rag’n’Bone Man
Forest Live 2022
Keane
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Jess Glynne
Madness
Postponed in 2021, Forest Live, the outdoor summer concert series
On June 18th, Madness rock the forest. Drawing on their musical
presented by Forestry England, is back with a vengeance in 2022.
roots in ska, Madness were responsible for some of the most
Over four nights in June, Thetford Forest plays host to some of the biggest names in the music industry.
credible pop compositions of their generation with the ability to write songs that sparkle with the spirit of British life. Creating their trademark ‘nutty’ sound, they became the UK’s consummate
Opening the series on June 16th is Rory Graham, aka Rag‘n’Bone
singles group with a huge haul of hits such as ‘One Step Beyond’,
Man, an English singer-songwriter known for his distinctive
‘My Girl’, ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘House Of Fun’, ‘Driving In My Car’, ‘Our
baritone voice. Having won the 2017 BRIT’s ‘British Breakthrough
House’ and ‘Wings Of A Dove’.
Act’, Rag‘n’Bone Man cemented his success with the recordbreaking release of his 4 x platinum No.1 album Human and a further BRIT Award for ‘British Single’ for the title track (Human) in 2018. His eagerly anticipated new album 'Life By Misadventure’ went straight in at No. 1 preceded by lead single ‘All You Ever Wanted’ and follow up, ‘Anywhere Away From Here’, a collaboration with the incredible P!nk.
Rounding things up on June 19th is incredibly talented Jess Glynne. Through her debut album, ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ (1.2 million album sales and counting) and platinum selling follow-up ‘Always in Between’, Jess Glynne is one of the most successful acts of the past decade and holds the record for most Number 1 singles (seven) scored by a British female solo artist. Whether performing solo (‘Hold My Hand’, ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’,
The following night, on June 17th, much-loved band Keane take
‘I’ll Be There’, ‘Thursday’) or in a collaborative spirit (‘Rather Be’ with
to the stage. With a succession of No 1 albums, they have
Clean Bandit’, ‘My Love’ with Route 94, ‘Not Letting Go’ with Tinie
accumulated over 13 million sales worldwide: ‘Under The Iron
Tempah, ‘These Days’ with Rudimental and Macklemore) her
Sea’, ‘Perfect Symmetry’, ‘Night Train’, ‘Strangeland’ and the
unique powerhouse vocal has delivered a succession of monster
seminal debut smash, ‘Hopes and Fears’. Generating hit singles
hits crossing the genres of pop, soul, R&B and house. Jess is
‘Somewhere Only We Know’, ‘Everybody’s Changing’, ‘This Is The
currently working on material for her third album.
Last Time’ and ‘Bedshaped’, this recording became one of the biggest selling albums in UK chart history and secured Keane’s place as one of Britain’s best-loved bands.
For the latest information and tickets online visit:
www.forestryengland.uk/music
