BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:244@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T230000 DTSTAMP:20230418T180245Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/john-smith-ben-ottewell/ SUMMARY:John Smith & Ben Ottewell (Sold Out) DESCRIPTION:Hilltop Sessions Presents: John Smith &\; Ben Ottewell\n\nTh is event is SOLD OUT\n\nTwo song writing legends unite to bring us their s ongs as they've never performed them before.\n\nBar from 5:00pm. Doors 7:3 0pm to 11:00. Show starts approx. 8 to 8:15pm. Standing.\n\nOriginal ticke t link and more info: www.hilltopsessions.co.uk\n\nAbout the Event - We've been trying to make this particular session happen for a while and are ab solutely delighted it is happening. Ben and John are some of our favourite artists. They have been friends for many years\, so when we suggested the y perform together they agreed\, to our great joy. Supremely gifted songwr iters and guitarists with magical voices. This will be a truly unique even ing.\n\nJohn Smith - has built a reputation as one of the UK’s finest gu itarists and songwriters. Born in Essex\, raised by the Devon seaside\, an d making his bones in the bars and clubs of Liverpool\, John has released eight albums with over 55 million Spotify streams. He has played to audien ces all over the world in living rooms\, festival tents and sold-out conce rt halls. He is a genuine folksinger\, an inquisitive truth-seeker\, devot ed song interpreter and enchanting writer. He has released eight records - “Headlong” (2017) reached #15 in the Indie Breakers chart\, #1 on iTu nes’ Singer-Songwriter chart\, and over his catalogue has amassed over 5 0 million Spotify streams. ‘The Fray’ is Smith’s sixth studio album\ , and his vulnerability throughout is offered to his listeners\, unadorned . “It’s been a hell of a year\, but I feel I’ve created my most hone st work as a result\, and as a necessity. A lot of these songs are about a ccepting that life is hard\, but just holding on and trying to enjoy it an yway.” The album includes collaborations with Sarah Jarosz\, Courtney Ha rtman\, The Milk Carton Kids and Bill Frisell\, and Lisa Hannigan.\n\nBen Ottewell - is a founding member of Gomez\, the British rock act whose debu t album\, Bring It On\, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. Gomez never h ad a designated frontman -- Ottewell\, Ian Ball\, and Tom Gray all sang\, and the band’s albums usually included several vocal performances from e ach -- but Ottewell took the helm more than his bandmates\, making him one of the group's most prominent members. After releasing the band's sixth a lbum in 2009\, he began paving the way for a solo career\, making his debu t with the release of 2011's Shapes &\; Shadows. His second album\, Rat tlebag\, followed in 2014. In May 2017\, Ben released his third album\, A Man Apart. He is currently recording new songs with Gomez. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2022/12/JSmithBOttewell2023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR