DONOVAN “TROUBADOUR”

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DONOVAN
“TROUBADOUR”
FIRST EVER ARIZONA PERFORMANCE AT
Orpheum theatre
FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Phoenix, AZ (December 18, 2007) – The legendary folk-rock-pop troubadour Donovan, will play a solo acoustic show at Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, February 6. This will mark the first time in Donovan’s career that he will perform in Arizona. The show will begin at 7:30 pm.

Donovan Leitch began his career as an itinerant folk musician, creating acoustic hits in 1965 with the gentle “Catch The Wind” and “Colours” and his version of Buffy Sainte Marie’s protest anthem “Universal Soldier” before transforming the pop music landscape with a series of enigmatic and wondrous pop masterpieces that continue to be played on radio and television.From 1966 through 1969, Donovan scored a string of eleven Top 40 hits in a row, including “Mellow Yellow,” “Sunshine Superman,” “Epistle To Dippy,” “There Is A Mountain,” “Wear Your Love Like Heaven,” “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” “Jennifer Juniper,” “Lalena,” “Atlantis,” and “Riki Tiki Tavi.”Donovan was one of the few artists to collaborate on songs with the Beatles, contributing lyrics to the song “Yellow Submarine”. He was also invited by the Beatles to join them at Abbey Road Studios for the final orchestral overdub session for the Lennon-McCartney collaboration “A Day in the Life,” the grand finale of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He influenced John Lennon and Paul McCartney in their guitar styles during the famous trip to India in 1968 where they first learned Transcendental Meditation and bought it back to the West in a huge way. During his career, Donovan has played with folk music greats Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan, as well as rock musicians Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Jeff Beck.
In the past five years, he has completed the successful album Beat Café; a new box set, Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan; and a book, The Autobiography of Donovan: The Hurdy Gurdy Man (Arrow Books). Donovan also fulfilled his 40-year interest in Transcendental Meditation by heading up the musical wing of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace.

This year Donovan celebrates his 40th anniversary of his trip to India with the Beatles where they studied transcendental mediation and bought it back to the West.

TICKETS ON-SALE THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 AT 10 A.M.
Tickets priced at $55.00, $42.50, and $30.00 will go on-sale Friday, December 21 at Phoenix Convention Center Box Office, http://www.livenation.com/ and all Ticketmaster outlets. To charge by phone, call 480.784.4444 (Phoenix Metro Area) or 520.321.1000 (Outside Phoenix Area). All dates, acts, and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges. For more show information, check out http://www.livenation.com/ .