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Normality seems to be returning and there are several gigs scheduled along the coast this month (see below). There could be more last-minute arrangements so check in local weekly publications. All info on this page was correct at the time of writing. WORDS RIK FOXX
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he closing acts at this year’s Marbella Starlite Festival include the BOOTLEG BEATLES, regarded by many as the world’s best Fab Four tribute band, on September 1 and Puerto Rican rapper MYKE TOWERS on the 4th. For the remaining line-up plus ticket info: starlitemarbella.com Gigs this month: on the 3rd, Spanish veteran heavy rockers BARÓN ROJO play Estepona’s Plaza de Toros and on the 15th, the Rockaneando Festival at Marbella’s Plaza de Toros is headlined by the legendary 1980s Torremolinos outfit DANZA INVISIBLE. Ticket info for both: conciertos.club/malaga – this site is worth checking for other gigs in the area. On the 10th: DIRE STRAITS tribute act bROTHERS iN bAND are at the Auditorio Municipal de Benalmádena (in between the coast and Arroya de le Miel). Ticket info: ticketmaster.es At the same venue on the 18th, GREEN COVERS are paying tribute to DEPECHE MODE, THE CURE and many
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more from the 1980s. Ticket info: http:// www.ticketsource.eu/bigmpromotions or Tel: 658 579 695. On the 13th: JOHNNY MACK returns to La Sala Banus with his GEORGE MICHAEL show. Ticket info: 952 814 145 or reservations@lasalabanus.com Fuengirola’s Marenostrum Festival wraps up with Cosquín Rock España on September 17 & 18 at the castle. For the remaining programme plus ticket info: marenostrumfuengirola.com On the 18th: veteran Spanish indie rockers SEGURIDAD SOCIAL open the five-gig s1ngulares 2021 Festival (18 - 25) at Málaga’s Teatro Cervantes. Full line-up and ticket info: teatrocervantes.com Apart from his Broadway gigs, which finish on September 4, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has recently been “staying busy” recording with THE KILLERS and a forthcoming JOHN MELLENCAMP project. THE BOSS had a couple of nights off from his Broadway residency to watch his daughter JESSICA win silver in the team show jumping at
the Tokyo Olympics. Of course a joke circulated on a US chat show monologue saying she might have got gold if she had taken up athletics instead as she was Born To Run (well, the Americans found it funny). In 2019 music store giants HMV closed down 27 shops in the UK, having fallen into administration. To mark their 100th birthday they have announced 10 new ones have opened thanks to the still growing ‘vinyl revolution’ with ED SHEERAN playing a set at the new Coventry shop. Survey’s carried out during June and July’s Record Store Days revealed that new vinyl releases have increased by 45% – especially with under 25’s snapping up limited edition releases, many of them female. The ginger one is now an honorary member of Ipswich Town’s squad for the current football season. After signing a one-year deal to sponsor the English League One team’s kits with his tour logo on the front of the shirts, he has been handed
