Kew Gardens Festival
Mark Lundquist, Ken McCluskey of Stars From The Commitments, and singer/songwriter Lisa Theunissen at The Kew Gardens Festival, Wednesday, July 9th 2008, a sell-out show to a 5000 capacity audience.
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The Gipsy Kings
Mark Lundquist introduces The Gipsy Kngs on stage to 5000 capacty crowd on at Kew Gardens Summer festival.
The Cavern Beatles
Pamplona, Spain Along with the running of the bulls, the Plaza Del Castillo in Pamplona played host to The Cavern Beatles for a sell out performance in a breathtaking square! 15,000 people welcomed The Cavern Beatles with open arms!
Procol Harum – Whiter Shade Of Pale
Press Statement This morning at the Law courts in London the Appeal Court judges handed down their ruling on the White Shade of Pale case Gary Brooker and Onward Music have been successful on their appeal concerning the copyright in the 1967 Procol Harum hit ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’. The Court of Appeal today […]
The “Not forgotten” Association Christmas Party – 2007
A Charity for War Veterans. The Drifters were honoured to perform at The “Not forgotten” Association Christmas Party – 2007 at St. James’ Palace. Other celebrities at the prestigious event included Kate Adie, OBE., Hannah Gordon, Angie Best, Nickolas Grace, Tony Blackburn, Honor Blackman, Libby Purves, OBE., Shirley Anne Field, Simon Callow, CBE and Moira […]
Icons On Film
This artical appeared in the Daily Telegraph recently which lists The Commitments as film icons. CLICK HERE to view (1.5mb Adobe pdf document).
The Commitments – BBC Movie Connections
UK viewers will be able to see The Commitments feature on BBC1‘s Movies Connections on 17 September at 10.35pm . The show will feature interviews with director Sir Alan Parker and writer Roddy Doyle plus cast members of the film including Ken McCluskeyand Dick Massey. Press Release (627kb pdf doc)
THE DRIFTERS AT THE PM PARTY
The Drifters (Vic Bynoe, Patrick Alan, Peter Lamarr and Rohan Delano) performed at Tony Blair’s Farewell party on the 20th of June 2007, at The Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London. Hosted By The Right Honourable Keith Vaz MP. A delightful meal of various Indian Dishes were served whilst traditional dancers took to the stage. Cherie Blair […]
THE COMMITMENTS IN THE MALTESE TIMES
This article on The Commitments appeared this week in the Maltese version of The Times newspaper… What a commitment! by Herman Grech When Ken McCluskey was asked to audition for Alan Parker’s film The Commitments, he pounced on the idea. He was, after all, working as a butcher and part-time guitarist in Ireland, struggling to […]
DRIFTERS MEET Mr JAMES BROWN!
The Drifters peformed on Thursday 6 July 2006 at The Summer Ball, Berkeley Square, London. The Star studded evening was in support of The Prince’s Trust. The event was hosted By Vince Power of Mean Fiddler Group. The Drifters were knocked out to meet Mr James Brown, a first for them. They even sang a […]