NINETIES Britpop legends and a flamenco guitarist are to play gigs at a community centre in Malvern.
Dodgy, famous for hits including Staying Out for the Summer and Good Enough, are going on tour around the UK this summer.
But before that, they are set to play a warm-up show at Malvern Cube on Friday, May 19.
The band will be playing their album Free Peace Sweet, which features their biggest hit Good Enough as well as the singles If You’re Thinking of Me, In a Room and Found You.
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The album sold 400,000 copies in less than a year following its release and was named among the five best albums of 1996 by Select magazine.
The support act for Dodgy’s Malvern show will come from Skewwhiff.
Tickets are on sale now, priced at £20.
Later in May, Dodgy will be playing Mello Festival in Upton.
Also coming to Malvern Cube, in Albert Road North, is Flamenco guitarist Juan Martin, who will be performing on Friday, March 10 at 8pm.
Juan, a native of Andalucia, has played with the Royal Philharmonic as well as greats including Miles Davies and Herbie Hancock.
He performed for Picasso on the artist’s 90th birthday and has recorded 20 albums, mostly as a composer.
Tickets for Juan’s show are available from the Malvern Cube website at £20.
There are plenty of live events coming up at Malvern Cube, which has recently joined a scheme that brings subsidised live theatre to community venues.
Live & Local works with a network of voluntary groups across the Midlands.
The first Live & Local performance at Malvern Cube takes place this Saturday (February 18) when Amy Gwillian brings MUMMY: The Art of Saying Goodbye to town.
Other Live & Local performances coming up include One Of Them Ones, a play by Charlie Josephine.
This new play about siblings living in a rural community and trying to get their heads around gender identity comes to the Cube on Friday, April 21.
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