We're having a sing-a-long party with Mavis Cock (who later became Judith Durham).
The Seekers were an Australian up-tempo folk/pop quartet, formed in 1962.
They were the first Australian pop group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The group had Top 10 hits in the 1960s with I'll Never Find Another You, A World of Our Own, Morningtown Ride and Georgy Girl. The Carnival Is Over is still one of the top 50 best-selling singles of all time in the UK.
Reformed in the late 1990's, The Seekers were still regularly performing until 2015. However due to the ill health of lead singer Judith Durham, the band had to end their farewell tours after the show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, when Judith's declining health had become obvious.
Last year a new show on Broadway called Georgy Girl, telling the musical story of the band reignited interest in the group. Judith Durham lived to see the incredible resurgence of interest in talent. She died on 5th August 2022 and the world lost one of the most amazing voices ever, but her legacy continues.
Enjoy The Seekers in London City on Saturday. Party starts at 12pm SL time (8pm UK) with the show an hour later.
Shortly before her death, Judith Durham released Acapella album demonstrating that she had retained nearly all of her beautiful voice, despite suffering a brain bleed earlier the same year, but the concert in London City features Judith at her absolute best.
A true story, of the history of Saint Georges Day..
Happy Saint George's Day. Saint George is the Patron Saint of England.
Today marks the day that a dragon was slain. <insert mother in law jokes here>
In old England, brave George is remembered for summoning tremendous strength, courage and determination. He killed the fire breathing old dragon that had been attacking the villagers, destroying their crops and turning their homes into ashes.
St. George was actually an outspoken Roman soldier serving a Pagan Emperor. He protested the treatment and torture of Christians by his fellow Romans.
St. George, with hideous dragon, Mildred.
He paid for his beliefs when he made a plea to the Emperor Diocletian to spare the lives of Christians. The Emperor decided that if George cared so much for these lowly citizens, then he must also be a devout Christian himself. He was tortured to force him to deny his faith and when this did not yield the desired response, he was beheaded. Poor George was only 33.
The slaying of the dragon is symbolic of the courage George showed against the Emperor. It is however a little ironic that George did not win his battle, nor did he ever set foot in England. He was born in Turkey and died in Palestine.
Saint George's day was adopted in 1222, when he replaced Saint Edmund the Martyr (King of East Anglia) as England's Patron Saint.
Well, Saturday night at eight o'clock, I know where I'm gonna go... To the Drifters Concert in London City and hopefully, being mid-month the weather will be fantastic!
Spanning fifty years (and counting) and with sixty Drifters members so far, this is America's longest running band.
Their songs include, Saturday Night at The Movies, More Than a Number in my Little Red Book, On Broadway, Kissin' In The Back Row of The Movies, There Goes My Baby, This Magic Moment and many many more.
The Party starts at 12pm SL (8pm UK) and The Drifters are on stage at 1pm SL.
The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo. They were the worlds
biggest selling group of the 1970's.
Although only
mainly active for that single decade, by the time of Karen's death in 1983 aged
just 32, ten of their singles become million-sellers and by the millenium over
100 million albums had been sold.
"Calling Occupants
of Interplanetary Craft", is the recognised anthem of World Contact Day which
happens in March each year, where the song is constantly broadcast by satellites
into outer space.
Join us for The Carpenters in
Concert. Party in the Park starts at 12pm SL (8pm UK) and features songs from
the era and The Carpenters in Concert begins an hour later at 1pm SL.
Passenger was originally a Brit folk/rock band formed in 2003.
When they
split up in 2007, lead singer Mike Rosenberg continued his career as a solo
artist under the name of Passenger, busking his way around Europe and
appearing at fringe festivals.
Then suddenly in 2013 year he exploded onto
the scene with three chart topping songs in quick succession, Let her Go,
The Wrong Direction and Holes.
Having written over 200
songs, Passenger is receiving the critical acclaim that eluded the band for so
long.
Party in the Park starts on Saturday at 12pm SL (8pm UK) with Passenger tribute band on stage an hour later.
Famous for its warm beer and cold food: The Worlds End Pub and Eatery. Est. 2009.
The only pub in the British Isles that still serves Scampi and Chips on a red serviette in a basket. Fried chicken is also available, as well as Betty Turpin's Hot Pot.
The pub features many themed events, including Bingo on Wednesdays from 11am SL (7pm UK), Saturday Night Knees up from 11am SL (7pm UK)
POSH BINGO TODAY at 11AM SL Win $$$
(Posh because the doors have been put back on the toilets since unmentionable vandalism. Please ask at the bar for toilet paper if needed)
- 30 complete Torric Rodas Saturday shows. A selection of 20 from 2022-2023 and 10 from way back in 2015 (will air every Saturday at 2.30pm SL)
- 110 Torric's Newswires (The complete series of 110 episodes that ran from January 2021 to July 2023 (and will air every day at 12pm SL and at 2.25pm SL Saturdays)
AND...
Starting this Saturday (around 12.30pm SL) Twisted Telly .. an occasional re-edit of some classic children's telly, bound to offend absolutely everyone.
Whatever you are planning to do today, whether its the Sunday Roast, or roasting yourself in this fantastic heat wave, we hope you have a wonderful time.
If you find yourself online, pop in to London City for the Giant Egg Race, Substation, Worlds End and more!
This weekend in London City, we're holding a "Revival". A toe-tapping high tempo, deep south, Gospel concert, starring our versions of Jan Crouch and Tammy Faye Bakker as hosts, with Vestal Goodman (known as Vestal Virgin) as the lead performer in our show.
In America, selling God is a multi-billion dollar, tax free business, raking in wealth for its televangelists, unimaginable even by the most famous of performers.
Each week millions of people tune into crying preachers who offer everything from cures for terminal illnesses to guarantees of making you as rich as them, so long as you send them your hard earned cash on a regular basis.
The premise being that God is a bit strapped for cash and that a mighty oak will grow from the acorn you plant.
Perpetually embroiled in scandals of racketeering, prostitution and embezzlement, it is also a cut throat business with each ministry condemning other ministries and producing evidence on each other, as they compete for the prize fund of your money.
Kenneth Copeland - Benny Hinn - Robert Tilton
Top of the tree is Kenneth Copeland, with a tax free estimated worth of over a billion dollars, a fleet of private jets and his own airport, all used for spreading the word of the ministry... and holidays.
Every so often things go wrong, as it did in 1987 for Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, who were the original Satellite Televangelists. Jim was found guilty of mail fraud and sent to prison for 47 years, but paroled just 5 years later. His mistake was to oversell time-share stays at Heritage USA, a city he had built to spread the good word.
Since the Bakkers mistakes, other televangelists have stopped offering tangible assets and instead offer to use their own hot line direct to God (who speaks to them constantly) to get you the things you want. Since this cannot be measured, its all perfectly legal and profitable in the extreme!
However, with such extreme stakes involved, the production value of the shows produced by each ministry is paralleled only by Walt Disney studios.
Our Revival concert highlights the very best of the glitz and glamour you can expect as your sins are melted away. It is tongue in cheek, has a free bar with hard liquor, the occasional hooker for our preachers and lots of crying.
We are not poking fun at people's beliefs, we are however aiming to lambaste the highest paying entertainment job in the world.
Starts 12pm SL (8pm UK) with 'The Hungry Goodmans' on stage from 1pm SL time.
Easter is almost here! It begins on Thursday evening and goes right on to Monday night!
In the UK, Friday and Monday are Bank Holidays (Public holidays), so keep an eye out for special offers on grog, as all the supermarkets reduce their prices to encourage a good old fashioned Drinkathon to celebrate baby Jebus going to meet his maker.
All our bars, clubs, speakeasies and dens are open through the holidays as the good lord would want.
The big show is on Saturday at 12pm SL time. Tammy Faye Bakker, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Vestal Goodman, Jan Crouch, Happy Harold Goodman take to the stage for the annual revival!
Perhaps one of the most iconic looks of the 1960's belongs to singer Dusty Springfield, with her white backcombed hair and thick eyeliner. It was a look that so many have tried to emulate.
Dusty, hit the charts in 1963 with I Only Want To Be With You, and from that moment on both sides of the Atlantic, a star was born. She followed her first hit up with many more, including Wishin' and Hopin', I Only Want To Be With You, I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, and Son of A Preacher Man and many many more.
Dusty is appearing in London City on Saturday and the party starts at 1pm SL time (8pm UK), with the show an hour later at 2pm SL time.
Clocks go forward tonight in Europe and UK. Back not normal times next week.
A very Happy St. Patrick's day to you all (so it is).
You can join everyone in Substation at 11am SLT (7pm UK) for a right proper knees up with copious amounts of liquor.
St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Partaay, was born in Belfast in 1955 and is credited with forcing Christianity on the people of Ireland. But he did some good things too.. He was the first 3 parts pissed Bishop who would regularly have a nip, mid-sermon for medicinal purposes whilst singing Hymn's in the style of Boris Yeltsin.
The Apostle of Ireland, came to a sticky end when he fell into a vat of rum in 1995, but left this world with a smile and a burp.
Let's all party today, it is what St. Patrick would have wanted!