Robyn Hitchcock at The Southgate House Revival – Sanctuary – Newport, KY

Robyn Hitchcock at The Southgate House Revival – Sanctuary – Newport, KY

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Get your tickets to see Robyn Hitchcock in Newport, KY. Happening on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at The Southgate House Revival – Sanctuary. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

Born in London in 1953, Hitchcock attended Winchester College and the City s revolutionary clatter, the band still manifested the eras spirit of DIY independence with their breakneck reimagining of British psychedelia. During their original lifetime, The Soft Boys released but two albums, among them 1980s landmark LP, Underwater Moonlight. The term classic is almost as overused as genius and influential, declared Rolling Stone upon the albums 2001 reissue. But Underwater Moonlight remains all three of those descriptions. Hitchcock launched his solo career with 1981s Black Snake Diamond Rle, affirming his knack for idiosyncratic insight and surrealist hijinks. 1984s I Often Dream Of Trains fused that approach with autumnal acoustic arrangements which served to deepen the emotional range of his songcraft. Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians were launched that same year and immediately lit up US college rock playlists with albums like 1986s Element of Light. Cited as an influence by REM and The Replacements, he signed to Aalternative hits with Balloon Man and Madonna of the Wasps. Hitchcock returned to his dark acoustic palette with 1990s equally masterful Eye before joining the Warner Bros. label for a succession of acclaimed albums including 1996s Moss Elixir and 1999s Jewels For Sophia. The Soft Boys came together for a second go-around in 2001, releasing Nextdoorland on Matador Records to critical applause. Hitchcock joined the Yep Roc label in 2004, releasing collaborations with like-minded friends Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings (2004s Spooked) and legendary producer Joe Boyd (2014s The Man Upstairs). Beginning in 2006, Hitchcock released a trio of albums backed by The Venus 3, featuring Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, and the late Bill Rieflin.Robyn moved to Nashville in 2015 and gravitated to the Music City community, recording 2017s Robyn Hitchcock with an array of local talent including co-producer Brendan Benson. In 2019, he joined forces with XTCs Andy Partridge for the four-song EP, Planet England. Locked down in Nashville by the global pandemic of 2020, he and his partner Emma Swift began their Sweet Home Quarantine livestream series, broadcasting weekly sets with their two cats, Ringo and Tubby. They also launched their own label and press, Tiny Ghost. 2021 saw the publication of Hitchcocks first book, Somewhere Apart: Selected Lyrics 1977-1997, featuring 73 songs and 34 illustrations in a beautiful cloth-bound edition. In 2022 his first album for Tiny Ghost SHUFFLEMANIA! was released, recorded at home during lockdown with long-distance collaborators including Johnny Marr (Manchester) Sean Ono Lennon (New York) Kimberley Rew (Cambridge) and Davey Lane (Melbourne). June 2024 will see his second book, 1967 – How I Got There and Why I Never Left, published in the US by (?). To accompany this Tiny Ghost will release 1967 – Vacations in The Past an album of the pop hits of that year covered by Robyn on acoustic guitar with some of his friends in Cambridge and Melbourne.

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Event Venue - The Southgate House Revival - Sanctuary

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Venue-Date-Time - The Southgate House Revival - Sanctuary-2025-03-01-20:00

Event City - Newport

Event State - KY

 

Date And Time

Saturday, March 1st, 2025 @ 08:00 PM (EST)
 

Venue

The Southgate House Revival - Sanctuary
 

Location

111 E Sixth Street, Newport, KY 41071
 

Event Types

Alternative
 

Event Category

Kentucky

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