Featuring Pauline Black and Gaps Hendrickson Saturday 3rd December 2011at The Electric Palace, South Street, Bridport
Original UK Ska band, The Selecter are the latest big name band to announce a date at the Electric Palace with a pre-christmas performance on Saturday 3rd December.
The group, fronted by the striking-looking, strong-voiced Pauline Black, embodies the 2 Tone label’s multi-racial ethos with lyrics featuring political themes set to strong melodies and a danceable beat.
Pauline will be reunited onstage with fellow Selecter vocalist Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson to perform hits from their their 1980 debut album,Too Much Pressure, which made the Top Five and contained the irresistible hits “On My Radio”, “Three Minute Hero” and “Missing Words”.
Pauline Black will be interviewed by Anita Anand this evening on Radio 4 at 21:30 -Born of Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, she was adopted by a white, working class family from Essex in the fifties. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background, and discovered a different way of life, making music. Her memoir, ‘Black by Design’, is published by Bloomsbury.
Tickets for the Selecter on Saturday 3rd December are on sale now for £10 plus booking fee from Bridport Tourist Information Centre on 01308 424901.
