16.05.07 | Fez Club | Gun Street | Reading | 4pm - 4am | 拢10 adv/ 拢12 on the door | Aged 18+ only
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A charity gig in Reading is raising the bar by helping kids behind bars to start again on a better path in life.
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Jail Guitar Doors is a campaign set up by Billy Bragg to stop young inmates reoffending by giving them a guitar and teaching them how to play. Vitally, statistics show that ex-prisoners who have actively participated in music sessions have a re-conviction rate of between 10 per cent to 15 per cent, compared to the national average of 61 per cent. The mini-festival in aid of Jail Guitar Doors is expected to raise several thousands pounds to buy musical instruments for inmates at Reading Young Offenders Institute.
 | | Laura Marling |
The Reading gig has been set up by James Ewers, frontman of Reading band My Luminaries, who has used his bulging little black book of contacts to come up with a stellar line-up including headliners GoodBooks, hotly-tipped Reading girl Laura Marling, a solo performance by Morning Runner frontman Matt Greener and many more. Here's the full line-up: Main Stage 4.45pm - 9.45pm GoodBooks (Columbia records)
SixNationState (Jeepster Records)
Laura Marling (Way Out West Records)
My Luminaries (Gr枚nland Records)
Pete and the Pirates (StolenRecordings)
The Strange Death of Liberal England (Fantastic Plastic) Josaka Stage 4.30pm - 9.00pm
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Matthew Greener - Morning Runner (Parlophone)
Hello Wembley
Wire Jesus (Josaka Music)
The Trouble With Me
Ben Marwood (Velocity)
White Sunday
Heartwear Process (Velocity)
The Bandinis
Mark Knight
The Tricoteurs Neon 10.00pm - 4.00am Each ticket includes entry to Neon, Reading Fez's new indie-electro-house night, with DJ sets from: Pure Reason Revolution
Rebus
Cedo Simplex
Chris Felon
Jack (Knock 'em Dead) Tickets are available now from the following outlets: HMV,听 The Oracle, Reading, RG1 2AQ
Dawsons Music, 65 Caversham Road, Reading, RG1 8AD
The Fez Club, 5-6 Gun Street, Reading, RG1 2JR. The Campaign
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Billy Bragg explains, "Aware that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the passing of Joe Strummer, I was hoping to be involved in more than just another tribute gig. Hearing The Clash as a 19 year old had changed my life, so I guess I was looking for a project that underscored the transformative power of music. "Inspiration arrived in the shape of a letter from Malcolm Dudley, a drug and alcohol counsellor working at HMP Guy's Marsh near Shaftesbury in Dorset. Malcolm was trying to set up a weekly guitar workshop for the rehabilitation of inmates. Ex-prisoners who have actively participated in such (music) sessions have a re-conviction rate of between 10% - 15%, compared to the national average of 61%.
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"How many of you have sat in your rooms playing guitar and been transported beyond the four walls to a place where you feel free? I'm asking musicians, particularly those of you who were inspired by the Clash, to raise the money to provide a prison with enough equipment to help inmates find that same sense of release." |
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