AEG Presents is delighted to announce that Level 42 will hit the road once more for the seven date ‘Lessons In Live’ UK tour in November 2022. Tickets are on sale now from aegpresents.co.uk. Tour support on all dates will come from the fabulous Mari Wilson.
Mari Wilson arrived on the scene in the early 80’s with her skyscraper beehive hairdo and backing band The Wilsations. A mainstay of Top of the Pops, Mari released six hit singles, the biggest being the top ten ‘Just What I’ve Always Wanted’ and ‘Cry Me A River’, taken from her classic album ‘Showpeople’. In 2000, Mari was the obvious choice to play Dusty Springfield in ‘Dusty the Musical’, receiving rave reviews.
After appearing with Boy George in the West End musical, ‘Taboo’, Mari wrote her own one-woman musical – ‘The Love Thing’ – inspired by her 2005 album ‘Dolled Up’, selling out five nights at the Leicester Square Theatre.
This was followed in 2008 by Mari’s next album of original songs, ‘Emotional Glamour’. In 2012, Mari released her highly acclaimed covers album, ‘Cover Stories’. In 2017, Mari wrote the Emmy-nominated song, ‘Moon and Back’ for the iconic US TV series, ‘The Young and the Restless’. In 2016, ‘Pop Deluxe’ was released, an album of songs by her major influences, such as Burt Bacharach, Jackie Trent, Tony Hatch and others.
For headliners Level 42 themselves, ‘Lessons In Live’ Tour follows the hugely successful, albeit delayed by Covid, ‘From Eternity To Here’ Tour which celebrated the band’s fifth decade. Bassist and frontman Mark King said; “Despite all the obvious problems with Covid, the last set of dates were so much fun that we just couldn’t wait to get some new shows scheduled. We’re very much looking forward to seeing the fans again”. Mark King is a musician who has truly created a sound and style all of his own and is in constant demand, both from the fans and from his peers – he was a special guest on Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins’ record.
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago