Motown legends The Four Tops and The Temptations announce a UK arena tour in November 2018, stopping off at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Thursday, 29 November. They will be joined by special guests, yet to be announced.
These two bands are true icons and epitomise the Motown sound that shook the world in the 60s and continues to delight audiences, old and new.
The Four Tops have a vast catalogue of hits, with 27 UK top 40 singles, which include I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) and the 1966 number one Reach Out (I’ll Be There). The line-up for the tour includes original member Duke Fakir plus Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence Payton and Harold ‘Spike’ Bonhart.
The Temptations were the first Motown band to win a Grammy Award – and have won 3 in total. In 2013, they were honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award: a deserved tribute to a band that helped shape Soul and R&B music as we know it. Amongst their classics are My Girl and Papa Was a Rolling Stone. The line-up is founder member, Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Larry Braggs and Willie Greene Jr.
“These songs are the soundtrack to our lives – we love performing them as much as ever, especially to the UK audiences” – says The Temptations’ Otis Williams. Duke Fakir agrees “We love coming to the UK – this is our favourite tour and we love the people of the UK … they treat us like royalty. They love the music which makes it wonderful to perform on stage every night.”
Tickets are priced at £44.80 and £53.20 (including admin fee) and are on general sale at 9am on Friday 2 February. There is a maximum of 6 tickets per person when booking online.
Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.motorpointarenanottingham.com/online/four-tops-and-temptations, via 0843 373 3000 or in person at the Motorpoint Arena Box Office, Bolero Square, The Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1LA.
An exclusive venue pre-sale will take place from 9am on Thursday 1 February. Customers wishing to obtain priority tickets will need to sign up to the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Mailing List by 23:59 on Wednesday 31 January – https://www.motorpointarenanottingham.com/online/createAccount.asp The pre-sale email will then be sent to new Mailing List subscribers on the morning of Thursday 1 February (before 9am). Current Mailing List subscribers will receive the pre-sale email today (30.01.18) and are asked to check their junk/spam folders if they cannot find the email.
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