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The Original Achtung Baby

Wednesday 12 August
Admission £15.00

Doors 8.00pm

The musical collective behind Dub Side of the Moon, Radiodread and now Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band sprint back to Belfast on 12 August.

The Empire Music Hall summer date follows the band's very sold out show at the recent Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival.

Their worldwide album sales have surpassed 250,000, with Dub Side of the Moon spending over 5 years on Billboard’s Reggae Chart. MOJO picked Dub Side as the second best cover album of all time. Radiodread spent almost 2 years on Billboard’s Reggae Chart and earned praise from the members of Radiohead themselves.

Their newest release, Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band, tackles the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in complete reggae fashion. It’s been picking up great reviews: "Beautifully sung and skillfully re-imagined"Daily Mirror,and"this is a splendid tribute that only helps revive the reputation of a once beloved touchstone of pop excellence …. they enable the songs to blossom in entirely new ways, a riot of fresh red, green and gold imagination." Independent.

The current tour sees the band performing music from all three of their famed albums. Indeed at this year’s Glastonbury Festival they will perform all three albums in complete form on three different days, concluding on the legendary Pyramid Stage on the Sunday afternoon.