Main Performers | Wilko Johnson - vocal, guitar |
Secondary Performers | Dr John Cooper Clarke - speaker Eight Round Rapid, Ben Tehoval |
Orchestra or Band | Wilko Johnson Band (Norman Watt-Roy - bass guitar, Dylan Howe - drums) |
Set List | Eight Round Rapid: 'My Mate', 'Bully Boy', 'Channel Swimmer', 'Steve', 'String Theory' INTERVAL Ben Tehoval: 'Killing Floor', C Burnett, '44 Blues', R Sykes, 'God Bless The Child', A Herzog Jr., B Holiday, 'Daniel and The Sacred Harp', R Robertson, 'Stop Breakin Down', R Johnson, 'Willow Weep For Me', A Ronell, 'The More I Give', W Johnson, 'Down In The Bottom', W Dixon, 'Ain't That Love', R Charles, 'Blue Monday', D Bartholomew, Fats Domino INTERVAL Dr John Cooper Clarke: 'Guest List', 'Hire Car', 'Get Back on Drugs', 'Man Who Didn't Like Elvis', 'Beaseley Street and Boulevard', 'I Wanna Be Yours', 'Shave Off', 'The Motorist', 'Bed Blocker Blues', 'Fallen in Love With Wife', 'Chicken Town', 'Twat' INTERVAL Wilko Johnson Band: 'Alright', 'If You Want Me, You've Got Me', 'Dr. Dupree', 'Going Back Home', 'Roxette', 'Sneakin Suspicion', 'Keep on Loving You', 'When I'm Gone', 'Paradise', 'Everybody's Carrying a Gun', 'Some Kind of Hero', 'She's Good Like That', 'Back n the Night', 'She Does it Right' ENCORE 'Bye Bye Johnny' SECOND ENCORE 'Route 66' |
Performance Notes | 2017 is certainly a special year for Wilko Johnson: not only does it mark the 30th anniversary of the Wilko Johnson Band, but this year sees the guitarist celebrating his 70th birthday.
Given the events of recent years, when Wilko was diagnosed with, and overcame, terminal pancreatic cancer, this celebration at the Royal Albert Hall is all the more meaningful.
Shortly after his 70th birthday, the death-defying Wilko Johnson will lead his own party alongside family, friends and special guests, plus of course partners in crime Norman Watt-Roy (bass), Dylan Howe (drums) a rhythm & blues power trio widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting live acts in the world today.
Dr John Cooper Clarke shot to prominence in the 1970s as the original peoples poet. Since then his career has spanned cultures, audiences, art forms and continents.
His latest show, touring across the UK and Europe this year, is a mix of classic verse, extraordinary new material, hilarious ponderings on modern life, good honest gags, riffs and chat a chance to witness a living legend at the top of this game.
Wilko Johnson's final appearance at the Royal Albert Hall. |
Related Archival Material | Autographs (RAHE/8/1/10) |