A LIFE IN SONG - LYRICS BY DON BLACK - MARCH/APRIL 2014 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED


BORN FREE | THE ITALIAN JOB| DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | BEN | THUNDERBALL | SUNSET BOULEVARD | ASPECTS OF LOVE | BOMBAY DREAMS

 BORN FREE | THE ITALIAN JOB| DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | BEN | THUNDERBALL | SUNSET BOULEVARD | ASPECTS OF LOVE | BOMBAY DREAMS

 

A LIFE IN SONG

LYRICS BY DON BLACK

 

AN EVENING CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF ONE OF OUR MOST VERSATILE LYRICISTS, THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS AND DON BLACK’S JOURNEY FROM HACKNEY TO HOLLYWOOD

 

WITH SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

 

On Sale Friday 20th September

 

Don Black is one of Britain’s most successful and versatile lyricists. Songs like ‘Born Free’, ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ and musical’s like ‘Sunset Boulevard’, ‘Billy’ and ‘Aspects of Love’ have helped define popular culture. He has written many of the greatest and most instantly recognizable songs of the last 50 years (including many James Bond themes) and his worldwide success has taken him from his roots in Hackney all the way to Hollywood.

 

To celebrate a milestone 50 years in the business, A Life In Song – Lyrics By Don Black – will tour the UK this spring to the backdrop of of an orchestra.

 

The show pays tribute to Don’s career, his journey from Hackney to Hollywood and tells the stories behind the songs with special guest artists performing some of his best loved songs.

 

In a career that has won him many glittering prizes (an Oscar for his song Born Free, five Academy Award nominations, four Broadway Tony Nominations and two Tony awards, a Golden Globe, six Ivor Novello Awards and many platinum, gold and silver discs) he has worked with some of the world's leading composers - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Quincy Jones, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Charles Aznavour, A.R. Rahman, Ennio Morricone.

 

In 2007 Black was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.

 

March:

 

25th     Wycombe Swan

28th     Malvern Theatre

29th     Cardiff St Davids Hall

31st     Bournemouth Pavillion

 

April:

 

2nd       Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

3rd       Birmingham Symphony Hall

4th       Leeds Town Hall

6th       Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

8th       Manchester Opera House

 

Ticket prices are £36.50, £29.50 and £24.50

www.eventim.co.uk

 

 

Don Black – Some of the songs, films and musicals

 

Born Free

The Italian Job

Diamonds Are Forever

To Sir With Love,

Ben

True Grit

Sunset Boulevard

Thunderball

Dances With Wolves

Aspect of Love

The Man With The Golden Gun

Tell Me On A Sunday

Bombay Dreams

The World Is Not Enough

Downton Abbey

Tomorrow Never Dies

Dances With Wolves

Pink Panther Strikes Again

Out of Africa

As If We Never Said Goodbye

With One Look

Love Changes Everything

Take That Look Off Your Face

Walk Away

If I Never Sing Another Song

October 28, 2013 6:31am ET by Deacon Communications  

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