ANIMALS & FRIENDS – THE ORIGINAL SOUND OF BRITISH RHYTHM & BLUES

THE LEGEND LIVES ON! FROM THE SMOKY CLUBS OF NEWCASTLE TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME – OVER SIX DECADES OF BRITISH R&B HISTORY

THURSDAY 14TH JANUARY 2027 – SPECIAL MATINEE PERFORMANCE – DOORS 12.30PM

Before psychedelia, before progressive rock, before the stadium extravaganzas and million-dollar productions, there was a sound coming out of the backstreet clubs of Britain that would change popular music forever. It was loud, sweaty, dangerous, uncompromising and steeped in the raw, electrifying rhythm & blues of Black America. And right at the very heart of that musical revolution were five young lads from Newcastle upon Tyne who called themselves THE ANIMALS.

More than sixty years later, that extraordinary story is still being written.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and original Animals drummer JOHN STEEL returns to Barnoldswick Music &…