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Rave On at Cheltenham Town Hall

Charting the meteoric rise of rock and roll, Rave On is a brand-new show that promises a thrilling tour through music's most revolutionary decades.

Starring The Bluejays - the UK's ultimate 50s and 60s band - the show comes to Cheltenham Town Hall on Saturday, July 29, at 7.30pm.

Launching into summer in spectacular style and bringing some much-needed musical joy, The Bluejays will be performing their brand-new show - from the emergence of rock and roll at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, to the British Invasion and beyond, Rave On is a musical adventure presented in authentic concert style.

Featuring West End performers, Rave On presents iconic hits of the 1950s and 60s - Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Connie Francis, Eddie Cochran to Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Lulu, Cliff Richard and so many more.

Formed in 2012, The Bluejays began performing the greatest hits of the 1950s at weddings and private events. With a rapidly growing reputation, the band were soon on an international stage where a particular highlight was being asked to play at Buddy Holly's birthday celebration in Lubbock, Texas in front of Buddy's family, his widow Maria Elena and guitar legend Duane Eddy, who described the band as "fantastic" and the "real deal".

In 2017, The Bluejays embarked on their first ever theatre tour, playing across the UK to thousands of fans until the pandemic hit in early 2020.

Show creators and band members Dan Graham and Oliver Seymour Marsh have spent two years writing and refining this new show alongside keeping fans entertained and filming weekly lockdown tracks.

Shot from musicians' homes, from Billericay, Essex to Eugene, Oregon, The Bluejays' isolation videos were a light in the darkness, earning huge support and amassing over 50,000 views on YouTube. Since the end of lockdowns, the show has been touring all over the country - 50+ venues throughout the UK to date...

Speaking about their brand new show Rave On, which dives into the 1960s as well as the 1950s, Oliver says: "We've had the chance to explore material we've not covered before and create a show which moves into an exciting new decade.

"We didn't want to lose sight of the 1950s and, of course, the story of rock and roll starts here, but we started to ask ourselves how could we explore the way the music travelled globally throughout the next decade? We stop around 1966 just before psychedelia turns up. But who knows, maybe that'll be our next show."

Tickets for the show are £26 and can be purchased from the Cheltenham Town Hall website.

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