SKY-ROCKET PROUDLY PRESENTS
DORIS BRENDEL & LEE DUNHAM
UNPLUGGED and ACOUSTIC
APPEARING ACROSS THE UK IN 2024
Doris and Lee are appearing in a series of intimate acoustic shows across the UK in 2024
CONFIRMED SHOWS
VICS GIGS - OUNDLE - The Talbot Hotel - Wednesday 30th Oct 2024
Double-headliner with the fabulous Peter Jones
STOCKPORT & SCOTLAND - 30th May - June 2nd 2024
We're coming to Scotland again!
As well as coming back to Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Tayport, we've also tagged on a show in Stockport!
Help me celebrate my Birthday in Edinburgh!!
Thursday 30th May - STOCKPORT - THE SPINNING TOP (+ Liz Jones)
Friday 31st May - ABERDEEN - The Blue Lamp (+ Liz Jones)
Saturday 1st June - EDINBURGH - The Voodoo Rooms (+ Liz Jones)
Sunday 2nd June - Matinee 2-4pm - Larick Centre Tayport
MAGNOLIA PARK - we're back! Thursday 14th March 2024
This will be our 3rd acoustic show at Magnolia Park in High Wycombe and once again John Jones will be joining us - this time with his son Charlie as Jones & Son. Pay what you can afford!
FAIRYCROFT HOUSE - Saffron Walden - 24th February 2024
We are hugely looking forward to this event! Lee and I will be playing an unplugged and acoustic show with I Claudia supporting. And we've been booked by one of my favourite photographers!
Doors 7.30pm - midnight - £14 in advance
BUNKFEST - Wallingford - 3rd September 2023
It is with enormous pleasure that Lee & I will be appearing both with an acoustic show at 4.30pm and a full band slot on the main stage at 7.30pm. The festival is a free access family friendly festival.
NENE VALLEY ROCK FESTIVAL - 1st September 2023
Nene Valley is a new 4 day Rock Festival in Peterborough featuring 64 bands. Lee and I will be playing an 'Acoustic and Unplugged' set on the Kingfisher Stage, 6pm on the Friday.
The Petri Dish, Aylesbury, Beds - 3rd June 2023
This venue came highly recommended for it's great atmosphere. A cafe style family friendly music venue in the heart of Aylesbury. Once again the fabulous Minnie Birch will be supporting. Tickets are available directly from the venue.
We're coming to Scotland!
We will be playing a run of acoustic shows in Inverness, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Tayport - 26-30 April.
Wednesday 26th April - Market Bar, Inverness
Thursday 27th April - GLASGOW - The Old Hairdresser's (+ Liz Jones)
Friday 28th April - EDINBURGH - The Voodoo Rooms (+ Liz Jones)
Saturday 29th April - ABERDEEN - The Blue Lamp (+ Liz Jones)
Sunday 30th April - Matinee 2-4pm - Larick Centre Tayport
The Brewery Tap in Shefford, Beds - 30th March 2023
It may seem like an odd choice of venue, but the Brewery Tap is a traditional High Street pub and happens to be in Lee Dunham's 'neck of the woods' - so a perfect chance for some friends and family to pop along as well as anyone who fancies some ales and great entertainment. We have a cracking support as well! Click below to read all about it.
Magnolia Park - the return!
After the success of the Magnolia Park show in High Wycombe in September we will be returning on Thursday 23rd March 2023. The Jump Trio is unavailable, but we have a very special support in their stead!
OLD RECTORY HOUSE HOUSEPARTY - Saturday 11th March 2023
The Old Rectory, Sutton Benger. SN15 4RL
Tickets are £25 including an evening meal and a drink - a vegan/vegetarian option will be available, drinks include a choice of a soft drink, beer, cider or wine.
The gig is indoor and there are limited tickets available - first come - first served!
Please send a direct message to the host Rod Moor-Bardell to purchase tickets - rectorygigs@btinternet.com
''Quirky esoteric singer-songwriter with a bluesy twist'' ''Highly Entertaining''
You may do a double-take if you see Doris Brendel and her producer and guitarist Lee Dunham in a folk club with a couple of acoustic guitars. The pair have been gracing O2 venues across the country with their full electric band and have embarked on several European tours with both Wishbone Ash and former Marillion frontman Fish over the last few years...
Unwilling to go quietly when COVID stamped a huge boot on their tour plans, Doris and Lee have decided that some ‘unplugged’ shows will be their chosen direction of travel until the next big tour in 2024. It may not be the theatrical pomp and melodic prog rock of the full band shows, but their acoustic set has been described as “esoteric singer-songwriter with bluesy twist meets charismatic chat and humour” - indeed some of the songs like ‘Today I Sold Myself on Ebay’ and ‘Passport to Peckham’ have an ear-worm quality that makes them very hard to forget.
Doris and Lee are currently recording their 5th studio album together, but the singer has an incredible 17 albums to her name, not to mention a vast catalogue of session work. The daughter of famed classical pianist Alfred Brendel, her distinctive vocals were the driving force behind 1990s alt-rockers The Violet Hour, who were signed to Sony when they released their now revered, classic album ‘The Fire Sermon’ in 1991.
Doris has worked with some notable artists over the years, including Alvin Lee, Gary Moore, Sam Brown, Joe Brown and Herbie Flowers, and has toured extensively with Marillion as well as Nils Lofgren, John Farnham and Steve Marriott. She was also invited to sing with Pink Floyd on the Great Gig in the Sky tour, but had to decline due to already-contracted tour commitments. She recently sang backing vocals on Fish’s acclaimed album ‘Weltschmerz’.