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:170@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T230000 DTSTAMP:20220418T125313Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/ukraine-benefit-concert-chris-diff ord-ben-ottewell-guests/ SUMMARY:Ukraine Benefit Concert - Chris Difford\, Ben Ottewell\, Maia Eden\ , Dasha Mineyeva and Olena Holt. DESCRIPTION:Hilltop Sessions and Lewes Con Club are hosting a very special evening to raise funds for the victims of the Ukraine conflict. Squeeze's Chris Difford and Gomez' Ben Ottewell will perform with support from Lewes and Ukrainian artists . A special musical evening for an important cause. \n\n\nBar from 5:00pm. Doors open at 6.30\, Ben Ottewell kicks things off at 7.\n\nNOTE: This event is standing only\n\nTickets £22 from: www.hillt opsessions.co.uk\n\nChris Difford is a founder of the legendary Squeeze wh o has been Grammy nominated and twice won the Ivor Novello Award. Chris ha s brought us characters and sketches from everyday life\, and has successf ully turned the mundane into the beautiful\, the urbane into the exquisite \, for over 40 years.\n\nWith his collaborator\, Squeeze co-founder Glenn Tilbrook\, Chris has written some of the most enduring and best-loved song s of our time such as ‘Up The Junction’\, ‘Cool For Cats’ and ‘L abelled With Love’\, ‘Tempted’ and many others.\n\nHe is one of the country’s most respected songwriters and has co-written with a host of m usicians and performers that reads like a veritable who’s who of the mus ic industry.\n\nBen Ottewell is a founding member of Gomez\, the British r ock act whose debut album\, Bring It On\, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1 998. Gomez never had a designated frontman -- Ottewell\, Ian Ball\, and To m Gray all sang\, and the band’s albums usually included several vocal p erformances from each -- but Ottewell took the helm more than his bandmate s\, making him one of the group's most prominent members. After releasing the band's sixth album in 2009\, he began paving the way for a solo career \, making his debut with the release of 2011's Shapes &\; Shadows. His second album\, Rattlebag\, followed in 2014. In early 2017\, Ottewell rele ased the single "Watcher" in anticipation of the release of his third full -length outing\, Man Apart\, which dropped later that May.\n\nLewes-based singer-songwriter Maia Eden will perform songs from her debut EP New Horiz ons as well as a few new tracks from her forthcoming album.\n\nWe are also delighted that Olena Holt and Dasha Mineyeva will sing a couple of songs in Ukrainian. Dasha is a singer-songwriter who has arrived from the Ukrain e in the last few weeks to be with her mother\, Olena. We are truly thrill ed they have agreed to bring a bit of their homeland to the evening.\n\nAl l proceeds will be donated to the Disaster Emergency Committee's Ukraine A ppeal. DEC charities are in Ukraine and neighbouring countries meeting the needs of all refugees and displaced people.\n\nFor the price of two ticke ts you could provide emergency food for a family for one month or blankets for four families. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2022/03/ChrisDifford2022b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR