Following the release of her stunning reggae & dub versions of David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World” to celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday last month, 2 Tone & Bodysnatchers vocalist Rhoda Dakar has announced an eight-date UK tour for March 2022 (her first live tour in almost five years).
Rhoda will be treating fans to a set of classics from across her whole career, as well as previewing songs from her forthcoming brand new album (due out via Sunday Best Recordings later in 2022).
Full list of March 2022 UK live dates is as follows:
Wed 2 March Liverpool – The Cavern
Thu 3 March Newcastle – The Cluny
Fri 4 March Glasgow Cathouse
Sat 5 March Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms
Fri 11 March Bradford Sally Brown’s
Sat 12 March Birmingham Night Owl
Fri 18 March London – The 100 Club
Fri 25 March Shrewsbury Albert’s Shed
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Although I toured North & South America, Europe & Australia pre-lockdown, this is my first UK headline tour since 2017. It’s exciting to get back out in front of a live audience again. I have some great new band members and though we have already played together, nothing beats a run of gigs to really gel as a unit. I am a patron of the Music Venue Trust, a charity that works to support grass roots music venues. It’s brilliant to be back playing in these places around the UK that the Music Venue Trust have worked so hard to support these past two years. ~ Rhoda Dakar
Rhoda Dakar began her musical career as lead vocalist with all-female 2 Tone band The Bodysnatchers. In 1980 they released two classic songs of the 2 Tone era, “Let’s Do Rock Steady” and “Easy Life.”
Coinciding with the release of the new single, Rhoda recently joined revered multi-instrumentalist Terry Edwards (PJ Harvey, The Blockheads, Madness) and a group of exceptional musicians to play live at his ‘Bowie + Beyond’ (covering the period 1977-1980) nights at Pizza Express, Holborn.