China Crisis + Sunsinger & the High Seas
7.30pm, Thursday 9th November, Bedford Esquires
China Crisis is are English pop/rock band formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside with a core of vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon.
China Crisis were originally assimilated in the batch of new wave Liverpool acts of the late 1970s and early 1980s, led by OMD and also including The Teardrop Explodes, A Flock of Seagulls and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
China Crisis had huge success in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s with five Top 40 singles and three Top 40 albums, as well as commercial success worldwide. The string of hit singles included African & White, Christian, Working with Fire and Steel, Black Man Ray, Wake up King in Catholic style & Wishful Thinking.
After a sell-out tours of the UK and America in 2016, China Crisis return in support of their new album ‘Autumn in the Neighbourhood’ their first album of new material in 20 years from which they will perform a few tracks as well as a host classics from the back catalogue.
Tickets priced £17.50 are on sale now from Seetickets online and available in person from Friday 7th April from Esquires Bar, Slide Record Shop & Mario’s Hair Design in Kempston