9:49am Sunday 24th June 2007
By Laura Evans
THE countdown has began to the Abertillery Blues Festival 2007, with only four weeks to go until the big event.
The Abertillery Blues Festival 2007 is back for a third year and will be held over three days from Thursday, July 12-14.
This year's festival is the biggest one to date and will kick off on July 12 at the new Met in Abertillery and will showcase local Blues bands from around the region.
The Kendall James Band will open up the event, followed by Chicago electric blues three piece, Crosscut Saw.
J44 will be wowing audiences with their blues and r ní b rhythm and Blues singer, Jim Diamond and Snake Davies will round off the first night with performances of their hits in the 80s with ëI Should have know betterí and the theme from Boon, ëHi-ho Silverí.
The Friday night event will see some of the best in British Blues take to the Abertillery Park stage. Swansea band The Revelators will open the Friday night event from 7pm, followed by a fantasist line of British blues music.
Classic blues rock band The YardBirds, The Animals and the outstanding The Blues Band will be rocking the Friday night event.
The Saturday night International Blues event sees a great line up of Blues artists from across the UK and America come to this years event.
Blaenau Gwent band Stone Fox will be performing during the day, followed by Dave Acari and the reformed Irish Rock Band, Taste.
After going down a storm last year, Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes returns Abertillery Park once again, and the Michael Roach Band makes their first appearance in Blaenau Gwent.
This year's headliner for the Abertillery Blues Festival is Grammy Award Winner John Hammond who will be playing his only European date for 2007.
Tickets are on sale now, priced at £5-£40, Blues Club members £5-£30 For further information, please contact the Box Office on 01495 355800 or visit www.blaenaugwentvenues.com.
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