Joe Jackson
English singer songwriter equally at home in the worlds of jazz or pop
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Two Rounds Of Racket Tour 2024
Emerging into the music world in the late seventies/early eighties, Joe Jackson first hit it big with his track "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", followed up by the classic "Steppin' Out".
Now the English singer-songwriter is back on North American stages in summer 2024 on his extensive 'The Two Rounds Of Racket' tour. With the evening split into two stages, fans can expect to hear some of Jackon's iconic classics, alongside tunes from his new album 'What A Racket' that plays tribute to Max Champion, a lost voice from the British Music Hall genre of the early 20th century.
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Customer reviews
17 reviews, average rating: (4.5 Stars)
Jimmy the Lip
Four Decades of Stepping Out
I have been a Joe Jackson fan for a long time, and after four decades of great music it was time to get to a show. The Aladdin is a great venue for a variety of reasons but chiefly it size all seats are good, and by Joe’s own comment, it’s cute. The highly appreciative audience were treated to a blazing retrospective of the artists catalogue. Which included such high points as “I’m the manâ€, “Sunday papersâ€, and “one more time “. Joe talent for poppy hits was balanced, by his owe description, with, “soul crushing balladsâ€, like “drowningâ€. All the players were on and sounded great, the drummer Doug Yowell seemed to enjoy breaking his sticks, guitarist Teddy Kumpel was genuinely into his craft and treated the audience to his best. The bassist Graham Maby has been playing with Joe for forty years, played well and looked like he was having fun. It was a great evening of music and it ended with Joe bringing out the original music synthesizer from 1979 and recreating “stepping outâ€. ... Read more
R Melvaer
ANOTHER AMAZING SHOW BY JOE JACKSON
JOe is a lyrical and musical genius , Graham on the bass, teddy, etc all the band is so tight , I just love him. NIce set list ...I just wish Fools in love was played , but he could play the phone book and it would be amazing ... Read more
De-BoraðŸ
Incredible show!
Came fully prepared to enjoy this concert. Joe & his amazing band mates rocked the house. We loved him from start to finish. So happy I could be there! ... Read more
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