The Tower Music Festival 2007

Fifteen nights of music at one of the UKs most famous landmarks.

The programme is as follows:-
Thu 28th June: A Night in Fashion
Fri 29th June: Gipsy Kings
Mon 2nd July: Bryan Ferry
Wed 4th July: Joe Cocker
Thu 5th July: Katherine Jenkins
Fri 6th July: Seal
Sat 7th July: Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint featuring Steve Nieve
Thu 12th July: Bryn Terfel
Fri 13th July: James Morrison
Sat 14th July: Dave Stewart Songbook

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A Night in Fashion An ultimate night in fashion, simply the strongest runway show London has ever seen. The world’s best models, from supermodels such as Helena Christensen and Erin O'Connor, to the hottest and most talked about new-faces wearing the most iconic outfits. This will be the first time that London has hosted a select public show where global icons model together on one night. Two charities will benefit directly from this show - Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Everyman - action against male cancer.
Gipsy Kings are that rare thing – a household name famous solely for their music; the most successful French musical outfit ever. After fifteen albums with more than 20 million sold worldwide, and almost 20 years of success with records, they are the group that has single-handedly modernized flamenco music for a heavy metal and hip-hop world.
Bryan Ferry As well as the front-man of the elegantly modern art-rock, and bitter-sweet pop-soul of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry has spent the last thirty-plus years establishing himself as a great songwriter (Love Is The Drug, Mother of Pearl, More Than This, Slave To Love) and as a distinctively modern singer who can transform another writer's song into a piece of compelling, unpredictable drama - filled with emotional complexity and structured with flawless timing. His album ‘Dylanesque’ released March 2007 is a racing and joyous intense interpretation of the songs of Bob Dylan.
Joe Cocker is one of the world’s most instantly recognizable and iconic voices, a living legend who has been consitently delivering music for over forty years. As well as an accomplished musician, Joe Cocker is also record producer who has proved both his worth and his Midas touch via albums he’s overseen for, among others, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Razorlight, Kings of Leon, and Ray LaMontagne. His forthcoming album ‘Hymn for My Soul’ brings together Joe Cocker and Ethan Johns in what has been described as his most accomplished pieces of work in the singer’s long and illustrious career.
Katherine Jenkins surged into the spotlight with her debut album Première in 2003, and has since performed at the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall, as well as at major international events including Live8 (Berlin and London), the VE Day celebration in Trafalgar Square and G8 concert at Murrayfield. In 2005 Katherine was awarded Album of the Year at the Classical Brits for ‘Second Nature’. Her latest album ‘Serenade’ went to number 1 in the UK Classical Charts.
Seal Three-time Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Seal shot to fame in 1990 with his smash his “Crazy”. He since went on to achieve world wide recognition following countless hit singles and the UK number one single ‘Kiss from a Rose” taken from the soundtrack of blockbuster Batman Forever. His more recent release ‘A Father’s Way’ was taken from the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happiness.
Elvis Costello with the Allen Toussaint Band & Horns featuring Steve Nieve As an early participant in London’s pub rock scene in the mid 1970’s, Elvis Costello later became associated with the punk rock and new wave musical genres, before establishing himself as a unique and original voice in the 1980s. Over his career Elvis Costello has released many tracks including his biggest hit ‘Oliver’s Army’ in 1979 and the album ‘Flowers in the Dirt’ on which he collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney.
Bryn Terfel The Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel rose to prominence when he won the Lieder Prize in the 1989 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Subsequent awards include ‘Male Artist of the Year’ in the 2005 Classical Brit Awards, ‘Male Artist of the Year’ and ‘Album of the Year’ for the platinum selling disk ‘Bryn’ in the 2004 Classical Brit Awards. In 2006 he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation, Hamburg. Bryn has performed in all the great opera houses of the world, and is especially recognised for his portrayals of Figaro and Falstaff. For this performance, Bryn will be accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lionel Friend.
James Morrison was one of the biggest talents to emerge in 2006. At only 21, he released his debut album ‘Undiscovered’ – a spellbinding collection of raw, bittersweet, bluesy-soul songs. As the owner of one of the most charismatic, rootsy soul voices around - comparable to Green and Otis Redding, James Morrison’s debut single ‘You Give Me Something’ stormed the UK charts with his album headed straight to the number one spot.
Dave Stewart Songbook After many years of writing and producing 100’s of classic songs known all over the world Dave Stewart has put together a spectacular group of musicians and a 30 piece orchestra to perform and showcase some of his amazing catalogue of work. His career spans 25 years of writing collaborations with some of the most legendary artists of our time and these songs along with groundbreaking productions have seen him win just about every music award there is to win! His set list includes many “hit” songs he has written with Annie Lennox (his longtime partner in Eurythmics) but it also includes songs he has co-written or recorded with an eclectic mixture of artists including Mick Jagger, Gwen Stefani, Daryl Hall, Sinead O’ Connor, Bryan Ferry, Alison Moyet, Bono, Tom Petty, Jon Bon Jovi, Terry Hall, Anastacia, Lamont Dozier, Bob Dylan, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Shakespeare’s Sister, Bob Geldof, Al Green, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Dr.Dre, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Beyonce, George Harrison, Joss Stone and the immortal Jimmy Cliff.

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