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11.06.2015 Will Gregory’s MOOG Ensemble

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11.06.2015 Town Hall Birmingham, £15, Support act: Fairns In the 32 years of my going to gigs (I was 16 when I went to see Udo Lindenberg in my native Germany back in 1983) and especially regarding my fondness of going to synthesizer/electronic music related gigs THIS event ranks among the finest examples of AWESOMENESS I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. The town hall itself has an impressive past as she played hostess to the likes of Buddy Holly (in 1958), Ravi Shankar (1956), Simon & Garfunkel (1968), Black Sabbath (in 1972) and many more over the decades. Fully refurbished the hall now allowed for the 2015 Super Sonic Festival to be officially opened by Will Gregory’s MOOG Ensemble.  For synthesizer freaks (and I mean that in a nice way) that was a feast but for any music lover the high musicianship displayed during the concert itself must have felt like a treat and, of course, the MOOG Ensemble incorporated quite a number of classical musical mom