Smokey Robinson to play first UK headline present in over 15 years

Smokey Robinson is about to play his first UK present in over 15 years subsequent summer season in East Sussex.

The Motown icon, 84, will play a headline set on the Love Supreme jazz competition in Glynde Place within the South Downs, which is able to run from July 4 to six. Yow will discover your tickets here.

Alongside Robinson shall be a spread of names from throughout the musical spectrum, together with En Vogue, Thee Sacred Souls, Branford Marsalis, Sampa The Nice, Jamila Woods, Warfare, Arooj Aftab and Durand Jones & The Indications.

Final month, Love Supreme additionally introduced that their Sunday evening headliner can be the neo-soul singer and producer Maxwell.

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Smokey Robinson is taken into account some of the influential songwriters and soul singers of all time, fronting the important thing Motown band The Miracles, who had hits with the likes of ‘The Tracks Of My Tears’ and ‘Tears Of A Clown’.

He additionally wrote a litany of basic songs for different artists, together with ‘My Lady’ and ‘Get Prepared’ for The Temptations, ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’ for Marvin Gaye and ‘My Man’ for Mary Wells.

Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 1987 and was awarded the 2016 US Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for his lifetime contributions to standard music.

Earlier this yr, Robinson confirmed that he was in talks to play at Glastonbury 2024, though this didn't come to fruition. “That’s one of many issues we’ve been speaking about,” he mentioned, including that he would “completely” like to take the stage on the Worthy Farm competition. “I like the UK, man. We’ve had a few of our biggest occasions within the UK.”

Final yr, he responded to a viral TikTok highlighting his curiously-titled 2023 album, ‘Gasms’. “Okay guys, I figured it’s time for me to touch upon the feedback that I’ve been getting about calling my album ‘Gasms’,” he mentioned. “‘Gasms’ is any good feeling you may need. Get your thoughts off of intercourse, as a result of that’s what you’re connecting it to.”

“‘Gasms’ shouldn't be solely a sexual phrase. It’s a phrase meaning ‘no matter makes you content,’” he continued. “And individuals are saying, at my age, I shouldn’t be speaking about ‘gasms’– , I nonetheless have gasms! And I hope I at all times do. So I simply needed to type of clear that up for you guys who're pondering or making unfavorable feedback about it, and all that.”