Concert by the British jazz funk band Level 42, fronted by Mark King and Mike Lindup, at the Grand Hall of Scarborough Spa.
Level 42 play the Grand Hall at Scarborough Spa on Sunday 6 December, with doors opening at 19:00. The bill features Mark King on vocals and bass and founding member Mike Lindup on vocals and keyboards.
They're billed as one of the most successful British bands ever and a benchmark of British jazz funk. Formed on the Isle of Wight, the original and best-known line-up was Mark 'Thunderthumbs' King on vocals and bass, Mike Lindup on vocals and keyboards, and brothers Boon and Phil Gould on guitar and drums. After the success of the Running in the Family album, the Goulds left and were replaced by drummer Gary Husband and guitarist Alan Murphy, formerly of Go West and Kate Bush; Murphy died in October 1989 of an AIDS-related illness.
By the end of the 1980s, King was recognised as one of the best bass players in the world, having pioneered the 'slap and pull' technique and treated the bass as a percussion instrument. King and Lindup continued under the Level 42 name until 1994's Forever Now, their last commercially released album, before reuniting in the autumn of 2006 to release Retroglide. To date they've sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.
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It's the Grand Hall at the Scarborough Spa, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 2HD. Doors are at 19:00.
