FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS SET TO ROCK VILLAGE GREEN
Metal are thrilled to announce that New York?s finest, Fun Lovin? Criminals, will step out on to the Village Green stage to share their eclectic mix of funk, jazz and blues on Saturday 13 July in Chalkwell Park.
Date published: 1st May 2019
Metal are thrilled to announce that New York?s finest, Fun Lovin? Criminals, will step out on to the Village Green stage to share their eclectic mix of funk, jazz and blues on Saturday 13 July in Chalkwell Park.
Led by Huey Morgan, ex-con, Desert Storm marine veteran, charismatic smooth-talker with Irish/Puerto Rican roots and an immaculately tended goatee, the three-piece are, still, the finest and only purveyors of cinematic hip-hop, rock ?n? roll, blues-jazz, Latino soul vibes, who through the mid to late 90s, chronicled life in their native city while teaching their listeners the sonic possibilities of exuberant hip-hop gangster-rock merged with lounge music, funk, mariachi trumpets and 'Bass-o-matic' Barry White.
1996?s classic album Come Find Yourself contained the cackling refrain ?stick ?em up punk, it's the Fun Lovin' Criminal?, the ultra-cool ?King Of New York? and the Pulp Fiction-sampling ?Scooby Snacks?, a stick-up stunner with its immortal refrain, ?Runnin? around, robbin? banks, all whacked on the Scooby Snacks?.
Their second album 100% Columbian released in 1998, featured their Barry White eulogy ?Love Unlimited? and in 2001 came the release of their third album Loco. Two more studio albums, two live albums and world tours secured their reputation as whip-smart originators and incomparable live performers.
The trio ? Morgan, Brian Leiser and Frank Benbini - now all relocated to the UK, record in their London studio with life-long fourth member, the Grammy-award winning hip-hop engineer Tim Latham ISP (A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Lou Reed, The Pharcyde... and Britney Spears).
Get your Early Bird tickets today, £0-15 only available until 31 May!
more info
- Date: Saturday 13th July 2019
- Event: Village Green 2019: Festival of Arts & Music at Chalkwell Park
- Venue: Chalkwell Park
- Artists: Busted, Fun Lovin' Criminals, CHINCHILLA, BAD NERVES, Fun Lovin Criminals, Girli, Zuzu, SK SHLOMO, SnowBoy, Dan Clark, Figurehead, Blow Up, David Woodcock, John Hegley, Asylums, Killatrix, Suspects, Daryl Easlea, Eva Tobin, Ghosts of Men
- Hotels: Hotels near Chalkwell Park
- Restaurants: Restaurants near Chalkwell Park
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You can find these artists/djs playing at the following events:
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Welcome To Rockville
BAD NERVES
Daytona International Speedway, united-states
9th May
10:00am til 11:00pm
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Highest Point Festival 2024
Busted
Williamson Park, Lancaster
10th May
12:00pm til 11:00pm
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January Blues Festival - Billy Walton Band
SnowBoy
The Forge Arts Venue, London
14th May
7:00pm til 10:00pm
Minimum Age:18
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Girli Album Launch Show
Girli
The Jacaranda Club, Liverpool
17th May
7:00pm til 9:00pm
Minimum Age:18