BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221126T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221126T223000 DTSTAMP:20220920T123902Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/focus-50th-anniversary-tour/ SUMMARY:Focus DESCRIPTION:Tickets for previous rescheduled date remain valid.\nDictionary Pudding proudly present... Focus the band 50th Anniversary Tour\nTickets   www.seetickets.com\n\n\nwww.facebook.com\n\n\nWith their unique brand o f progressive rock\, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the '70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer\, and best known for their hits “Hocus Pocus”\, “House of The King” and “Sylvia”\, as well as critically acclaimed albums 'Moving Waves'\, 'Focus 3' and 'Hamburger Conc erto'\, the iconic Dutch music masters are back with their tenth album\, w hich is guaranteed to please their legions of fans!\n\nAfter a comeback in the early 2000's\, which resulted in the well-received albums 'Focus 8' a nd 'Focus 9'\, the band regrouped with a fantastic new line-up. Along with Thijs van Leer on vocals\, flute and keyboards\, back on the drums is fam ed Focus drummer Pierre van der Linden\, who joined the group on their sec ond album 'Moving Waves' in 1972. Internationally renowned for his rhythmi c skills\, Pierre remains a defining factor in the Focus sound. Bassist Bo bby Jacobs\, who comes from a well-acclaimed Dutch musical family and guit arist Menno Gootjes\, who participated in Focus at an earlier stage\, comp lete the band's current line-up.\nA new Focus era has arrived! There is a rejuvenated passion in the new compositions that adorn the new album 'Focu s X'\, which features a full scale Roger Dean painting on the cover. Says Thijs van Leer\, who holds the distinction of being the first ever knighte d musician in Holland\, “It's a thrill to have finally completed 'Focus X'\; we are all ecstatic and looking forward to playing the new material o n the forthcoming Focus X World Tour.”\nThijs van Leer - Hammond-organ\, flute and vocals\nPierre van der Linden - drums\nBobby Jacobs - bass\nMen no Gootjes- guitar\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2021/04/Focus2022b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR