Linton Kwesi Johnson/LKJ & his fab dub band on tour in SA

 

 

Linton Kwesi Johnson Biog Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in 1952 in Jamaica. He came toLondon in 1963, went to Tulse Hill secondary school and studied Sociology at Goldsmiths' College. He was a member of the Black Panthers. In 1977 he was awarded a C Day Lewis Fellowship, becoming the writer-in-residence for Lambeth. He then worked at the Keskidee Centre, the first home of Black theatre and art. His first collection of poetry, Voices of the Living and the Dead, came out in 1974. He has had four more books published and in 2002 became only the second living poet and the first black poet to have his work included in Penguin’s Modern Classics series, under the title Mi Revalueshanary Fren: Selected Poems. Johnson’s first album, Dread Beat An Blood was released in 1978, and he has released 14 more albums, including LKJ Live in Paris in 2004, a CD and DVD celebrating his 25th anniversary as a reggae recording artist. He has been running his own record label, LKJ Records, since 1981. He has worked in journalism and still tours around the world with the Dennis Bovell Dub Band. He is also a Trustee of the George Padmore Institute. In 2003 Johnson received an honorary fellowship from his alma mater, Goldsmiths. DATES AND VENUES All public holiday weekends Friday 24 April        â€"    JHB @ Newtown Park                                         6pm Saturday 25 April   â€"    Grahamstown @ Great Field                               6pm Friday 1 May          â€"    Cape Town @ Maynardsville                                5pm Saturday 2 May     â€"     Durban @ The Bluff Fairground                          6pm   please confirm details of venues on www.whatsonsa.co.za from 15 April   TICKETS All tickets are R200*  OPTION 1 Computicket have tickets on sale from this Friday, Friday 13 March. They will be charging *R5.70 booking fee.   OPTION 2 There will be a number of street outlets throughout SA, that sell physical tickets. Please check regularly on www.whatsonsa.co.za for the street addresses of these premises, as they will be constantly updated throughout March.   SUPPORT BANDS NATIONWIDE   JOHANNESBURG Tidalwaves Nizah KgaFela/poet DJ â€" Jah Crucial MC â€" Bongolution of Radio 2000   GRAHAMSTOWN Vibrafarians Siya â€" Lover   CAPE TOWN Teba Croc â€" e â€" Moses/poet Carol Mashigo of Black Porcelain DJ â€" isibane MC â€" Carol Mashigo of Radio 2000   DURBAN The Meditators David Vaso Band Tuff Masters  DJ â€" Paperboy MC â€" Jason of ‘Maneuver to Land’ JOIN US IN HAVING A BLAST AND CHANGING THE FACE OF THE BANDS THAT COME TO South Africa ON A REGULAR BASIS