A fully staged, one-night-only live Motown tribute show with a live band and choreography covering the Motown songbook.
The Greatest Hits of Motown comes to the Sunderland Empire on Saturday 9 January 2027, a one-night-only concert that runs for two hours and twenty-five minutes. It's a fully staged tribute rather than a night of original artists, and it's built on first-class musicianship, slick choreography and a live band. More than a million people have seen it across the UK, where it's billed as the country's favourite 100% live Motown show.
The repertoire covers the Motown songbook, with material associated with The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson Five, The Isley Brothers, Edwin Starr and Lionel Richie. That's a fair bit of ground to cover in one evening, and the show takes its time to do it, running for two hours and twenty-five minutes.
It's a live band and choreography on stage, so it's as much about the performance as the music. The show is a tribute to the Motown sound, not a night of the original artists, and it's been seen by more than a million people across the UK.
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Tickets start from £30.68, and the show starts at 7:30pm at the Sunderland Empire, 4-5 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3EX.
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