To a born and bred Dubliner like myself, the cult movie The Commitments was something very special. It showed the world that Irish music was far more than Showbands and Fenian Ballads – it showed that Dubliners had soul! That the Dublin Soul Scene depicted in the movie was for the most part fiction, invented …
Another summer evening down by the seaside, the cool breeze from the sea a welcome relief from the days’ heat inland. 70s soul sensation The Real Thing is what has brought us to The Spa Pavilion. Opening the evening was a very competent five-piece band! OK, they were in fact The Real Thing band, in …
Ahead of their show at the Spa Pavilion in Felixstowe we chatted to Chris Amoo of The Real Thing (originally published in Grapevine Magazine’s July issue)
Opened in 1909, re-vamped and extended in the late 1930s, bombed in 1941 and rebuilt in 1950. The Spa Pavilion has had a difficult start in life but became a much loved feature on the entertainment scene in Suffolk. Its closure in 2013 was a dark day in Felixstowe, but there is now light at …