The Legendary Duane Eddy comes to the Pavilion

We are so excited to welcome such a legendary performer to the De La Warr Pavilion.
It seems that lots of you are just as excited as us, as tickets are flying out the door...so get them quick!

This is Duane's first return to the UK after 20 years and this makes us even more proud to be hosting such a fantastic event.

Grammy award winning and this years MOJO winner for the Musical Icon Award will perform a rare show with VERY special unannounced guests. Watch this space as we will be announcing the names shortly.

For more details or to purchase tickets click here

Autumn season announced

Here's a run-down of the amazing gigs we've got coming up at the De La Warr Pavilion this autumn...

Kate Nash plus support
4 October, £14.50
Performing songs from her second album My Best Friend is You, Kate Nash brings her inimitable, candid take on life to the Pavilion. Whilst displaying a new-found maturity in her songwriting, her innate ability to confront issues close to the heart with brutal honesty and sparkling wit remains, and she is bigger and bolder than ever.

Corinne Bailey Rae
16 October, £19.50
Four years on from her number one debut album, having experienced the highs and lows of love and loss, Corinne Bailey Rae is back with the long awaited follow up The Sea. Her delivery, both on record and live, allows a unique beauty and wonder to radiate from the dark corners of explored themes such as love and loss.

Laurie Anderson
6 November, £22-25 (£30 premium seating)
An intimate evening of songs and stories including pieces from Anderson’s acclaimed solo shows The Speed of Darkness, Happiness, The End of the Moon and Homeland. Featuring voice, electronics and violin, she will spin off-beat adventure tales with her characteristic wit and charisma.

Marc Almond
13 November, £22.50
Critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Marc Almond returns to the Pavilion for what will surely be a special experience. His success as both a solo artist and as part of British electro-duo Soft Cell, make him an important British musical icon.

Billy Bragg plus support
10 December, £16
Activist, musician and all-round captivating performer Billy Bragg comes to the Pavilion as part of a UK tour. Deemed as one of England’s greatest songwriters, his individual style, combining elements of folk and punk, make him a respected and revered figure in the industry today.

For information and bookings call the Box Office on 01424 229 111 or visit www.dlwp.com

1980's crisp packet collector creating a media storm...

As part of our Collectors' Corner season, we have Dave Valentine's 1980's Crisp Packet collection coming to the De La Warr Pavilion on Sunday 15th August at 2:30pm.

A media storm has been created and everyone seems to be talking about it...

Have a look at the following stories and get yourself down to the Pavilion on Sunday to see the collection and hear the talk for yourself! Click here for more information on the event.

The Sun

The Metro

Argus - Bexhill man's crisp bag collection

Newsround - man has £10,000 crisp collection

Studentbeans - crisp packets worth £10,000

Plus it has been on BBC Breakfast News and many other sites.


Here are some of the Twitter Comments:

BrightonBuzz Bexhill man's crisp bag collection worth a packet http://sns.ly/VH243

rohanjay Don't miss the world's greatest crisp packet collection - oh yes it is! - on show at the @DLWP Bexhill Sunday http://bit.ly/90jCkM

fob51 RT @dizzytigerstu: Silly season tabloid fame for our Dave & his crisp packet collection (The Sun http://tinyurl.com/2u7zotc etc).

brightonargus Bexhill man's crisp bag collection worth a packet http://bit.ly/c3Vwo2

discoverbexhill 1980s Crisp Packet Collection on show this Sunday at 2.30pm @dlwp. It's worth £10,000 and has generated lots of interest in national media.

Last Random Fridays before summer break

TONIGHT - Don't miss the last Random Fridays before a summer break...and it's going to be a cracker!

Tonight's free event mixes up film, dance and live music in the Pavilion's upstairs galleries, from 7pm.

The night kicks off with Secrets of the Content, a short film by Tom Pickard. Based on the 1935 short story 'A Day Saved' by Graham Greene, the film carefully adapts the story to present itself in a contemporary time but staying true to the vintage narrative language that Greene wrote back in his early days as a writer.

The story is told through the eyes of intense protagonist Robinson, a lonely wanderer who obsessively stalks an everyday businessman through the streets of a modern London. When his routine takes a sudden diversion, his world is thrown into turmoil and uncertainty. He feels a connection to this man; he holds something that Robinson deeply, despairingly wants but he does not understand what it is or why he wants it so.

Secrets of the Content was shot over four days on location in West and East London.

Visit www.secretsofthecontentfilm.co.uk/ to find out more.

The evening continues with Die and Die Again, a solo dance piece by Cat Casbon with music provided by Random favourites AK/DK. The piece draws inspiration from ideas behind Ivan Navarro’s sculpture Die Again. By physically responding to light and darkness, Casbon addresses Navarro's approach to the visual qualities of his artwork but also picks up on metaphors relating to the social and political climate in Santiago, Chile at the time of Pinochet's military dictatorship when Navarro was growing up. Exploring themes of 'social illumination', the solo suggests that beneath an attractive facade, social injustice and inequality still remain. The dynamic tension of attraction and replusion is an important part of this astounding piece of choreography.

Live music follows from turntables duo Fidgital, who using turntables, loving bring together the opposing worlds of classical and hip hop in an almighty reckoning! Imagine chilli and chocolate...Finished imagining? Meet Fidgital.

From 7pm, FREE admission. Indulge in a unique night out with late night random revelry at Random Fridays.

For more information call the Box Office on 01424 229 111 or visit our Random Fridays page on our website.

More Billy Bragg please

I was lucky enought to see Billy Bragg play live yesterday. As always his sharp wit and quality songmanship made him a huge hit with the audience. I always find him so engaging - his longevity in music proving I'm not alone in feeling this.

It's his passion and drive that impresses me the most. Although on record this is obvious through his lyrics, live his interaction with the crowd and delivery inbetween songs steps things up a notch.

So, I'm very much looking forward to seeing him again in December, for a nice pre-christmas treat at the DLWP.

UNKLE and Heritage Orchestra at the Pavilion - a match made in heaven

Anyone who came to the Pavilion for the UNKLE and Heritage Orchestra collaboration on Saturday 10th July will identify with the enthusiasm with which I describe this awesome combination. On a particularly hot, sun-drenched Saturday people flooded the Pavilion and its grounds, flowing in from the station and ambling up from the beach. As the heat of the day subsided the intensity it brought didn't, and this was only compounded once the gig got underway.

As UNKLE and Heritage Orchestra took to the historic auditorium stage, beautiful and soulful revisions of UNKLE's career-defining anthems and new material from their acclaimed album 'Where Did the Night Fall' ensued. The crowd remained enraptured throughout and what a refreshing experience it was to hear the audience clapping and whooping and being encouraged to clap and whoop between songs, despite a carefully-hung orchestral arrangement and a myriad of instruments to synchronise. Renditions of 'Lonely Soul' and 'Reign' were obvious highlights, employing the vocal talents of Elle J, Gavin Clark and father of UNKLE, James Lavelle. Newer songs such as 'The Healing' were a disarming a reminder of that special something UNKLE continues to provide its live audiences. The light show was spell-binding in itself. Designed by Lavelle's brother, a web of green lasers were projected into the crowd.

The Pavilion lends itself perfectly to this off-beat mixture of musical genres with its interlinking spaces utilsed interesting ways; the outside terrace bar, the afterparty that continued with a DJ playing into the night at the foot of the iconic spiral staircase and the auditorium, packed with memories of shows-past but still fresh in it's role as a host to popular and experimental music's greatest performers.

All in all the show was a little slice of 'Heaven' - please excuse the pun (and see tracklistings for the night!) - and simply not to be forgotten.

Pictures of the gig will follow shortly - if you have any of your own please share them!

To find out what music is on at DLWP this summer visit www.dlwp.com or call the Box Office on 01424 229 111

Tomoko Takhashi exhibition opening with DJ NIKKI BEATNIK a huge success!

...and what a fantastic day it was! Approaching the De La Warr Pavilion in all its splendour on a sunny Saturday, it was a truely spine-tingling sight to see the sun terrace teeming with people enjoying DJ NIKKI BEATNIK's chilled-out tunes and heartily discussing Tomoko Takahashi's exhibition with broad smiles. People meandered round the Antony Gormley sculptures on the roof terrace and waved to friends and family dancing and chatting below. Others chilled out on deck chairs bathed in sunshine, a cold drink in hand. An inspiring exhibition celebrated in beautiful informal surroundings - a perfect summer day all in all.

"What a fantastic vibe this afternoon.....excellent to dance to the amazing tunes in the wonderful sunshine"

"What an amazing afternoon. Thank you to Tomoko, Nikki and the event organisers. Please do it again sometime!"

Pics of the event will be uploaded shortly. Please put up your pics too!

Visit the website for more information on Tomoko Takahashi
http://tiny.cc/tomokodlwp