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2nd September 2024 ‘THE WAVE PICTURES’ PLAY ‘16 TONELADAS’ ON 6 SEPTEMBER…WITH SUPPORT BY ‘YO SOMOS’!
‘The Wave Pictures’ began their career in 1998. Since then, the British trio hasn’t stopped: in addition to the frenetic pace of their concert schedule, they have been producing a steady stream of albums at the rate of almost an album a year. For example, “Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon”, released in February 2015, was […]
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30th August 2024 BEN VAUGHN QUINTET REVVED UP FANS AT ‘16 TONELADAS’ (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
When Ben Vaughn hit the stage last Wednesday, he was full-tilt, dance-about, waving-on fans and leading the night through some good-time music. All while singing his songs with wry humour and deadpan delivery. The fans were ready, as he is no stranger to Valencia. The quintet was all rock and roll spiced with a hint of […]
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27th August 2024 FROM NEW ORLEANS, ‘ACANTHA LANG’ PLAYS ’16 TONELADAS’ ON 30 AUGUST!
Acantha Lang is a leading soul music artist from New Orleans, Louisiana.She is one of the revelations of recent soul music, working out of London, where she released her debut, Beautiful Dreams, a few months ago. However, Acantha Lang was born in New Orleans, although she started singing when she moved to New York and […]
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27th August 2024 BEN VAUGHN QUINTET PLAY ‘16 TONELADAS’ ON 28 AUGUST!
Ben Vaughn began releasing records in the mid-1980s, moving to California in 1995 to work in the audiovisual industry, scoring films such as “Swingers” and TV series such as “Those Wonderful Seventies” and “Martian Stuff”. He has released some twenty albums under his own name, including one recorded entirely inside his favourite car (a beat-up […]
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26th August 2024 SHEER MAG ROCKED THE HOUSE AT ‘16 TONELADAS’ (EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
Self-described as “big riff rock with a DIY meets hard rock attitude. A lo-fi, punk dance party with a backpack full of choruses.”, this Philadelphia power rock band tore up the crowd. They grabbed everyone by the face and commanded attention. Fast, sharp, staccato loud rhythmic guitar boomed. Calmly stoic relative to the manic guitars […]
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26th August 2024 ‘THE HONKY TONK MEN’ PLAY ‘BLACK NOTE CLUB’ ON 30 AUGUST! (ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE)
We start the 2024/25 season in the best possible way at Black Note Club! On Friday 30th August at 11pm, Black Note Club are excited to present ‘The Honky Tonk Men’, a deluxe tribute to The Rolling Stones on the 60th anniversary of the release of their first album. The Honky Tonk Men are an […]
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24th August 2024 SUPERCHUNK PLAYED LIVE AT ‘16 TONELADAS’(EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORT)
Last Thursday at ’16 Toneladas’ Chapel Hill’s indie rockers Superchunk stormed the stage and never let up. Before the very first chord, frontman Mac McCaughan casually welcomed the crowd. “Thank you so much for coming out tonight, we are so happy to be here. We have had great shows in Valencia and we are looking […]
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21st August 2024 ‘BACK TO LONDON’ BY WILL MCCARTHY… (MADE IN VALENCIA)
London-born soundtrack composer and guitarist Will McCarthy has been based in Valencia since the 1990s. This album is a return to his roots, back to the city that formed him. ‘Back to London’ was recorded in Valencia with an impressive array of musicians. The diversity of sounds reflect the variety of London’s barrios…ranging from the […]
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20th August 2024 Loco Club in August: ‘Loco Summer’!
‘Loco Club’ in Valencia has prepared a special programme for the month of August: ‘Loco Summer’ will host a series of parties with live music and DJ sets: cover bands paying tribute to Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, AC/DC, La Oreja de van Gogh, Oasis, Blur, Muse, Queen, Guns N’ Roses, among others… […]
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17th August 2024 ‘SHEER MAG’ PLUS ‘UMBRIELLE’ PLAY ‘16 TONELADAS’ ON 23 AUGUST!
On the 23rd of August we celebrate a long awaited concert here in Valencia! Sheer Mag (Philadelphia) Sheer Mag are a soulful and merciless amalgam of the Mekons and Thin Lizzy, echoes of The Jackson 5 and seventies funk, and all that with MC5. Big riff rock with a DIY meets hard rock attitude. A […]
