Amy Winehouse.Photo:Dave Hogan/Getty
Dave Hogan/Getty
Fans ofAmy Winehousecan celebrate what would’ve been the late singer’s 40th birthday in her hometown with her former band.
On Monday,The Amy Winehouse Band— made up of several actual musicians who once performed alongside the “Valerie” singer — announced a special concert in Winehouse’s Camden, U.K. hometown to honor her life ahead of when she would’ve turned 40 on Sep. 14.
Billed as “a special evening in honour of Amy’s 40th birthday” set to celebrate her “music, life and legacy,” The Amy Winehouse Band will deliver thespecial performance at the venue KOKOin London’s Camden neighborhood on Dec. 22.
According to aTicketmaster U.K. post on social media, tickets first become available during a presale on Thursday — a.k.a. Winehouse’s actual birth date — before a general sale on Friday.
The Amy Winehouse Band is made up of bassist Dale Davis, guitarist Hawi Gondwe, drummer Nathan Allen, horn player Henry Collins, saxophonist and flutist Jim Hunt and vocalist Bronte Shande.
The group frequently performs a setlist of Winehouse’s catalog in concert, and they’re currently touring Europe with shows in Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and more locations before the celebratory KOKO show in December.
Amy Winehouse.Ross Gilmore/Redferns
Ross Gilmore/Redferns
Amy Winehouse.Chris Christoforou/Redferns
“This isa dream movie to helm,” the filmmaker wrote in an Instagram caption at the time while sharing a post fromDeadline, which first reported the news. “I’m ready, let’s go … #amywinehouse #backtoblack.”
Writer Matt Greenhalgh wrote the screenplay, while Studiocanal is producing with Alison Owen and Debra Hayward, alongside Tracey Seaward, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. The project has also received support from Winehouse’s estate.
In a statement toEW, Taylor-Johnson said her “connection to” Winehouse “began when I left college and was hanging out in the creatively diverse London borough of Camden.”
“I got a job at the legendary KOKO club, and I can still breathe every market stall, vintage shop and street,” she continued. “A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst living in Camden. Like with me, it became part of her DNA.”
source: people.com
