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Denny Laine – The Complete "Band On The Run" starring Wings' Denny Laine

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Denny Laine celebrates the 40th anniversary of the "Wings Over America" tour with a live on stage performance of their greatest album, "Band on the Run" --complete and unabridged! Within a year of its release, Band On the Run" had sold over six million copies worldwide, having spawned three U.S. Top Ten hits-"Helen Wheels", "Jet", and the title track. The singles alone occupied the U.S. chart for 45 weeks, while the album stayed on the charts for over 2 years. "Band On The Run" was in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200 as recently as 2010, when a remastered version of the album was released.
 
This special evening at Infinity Hall celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Wings Over America tour, and its visits to Boston Garden on May 22, 1976 and to Madison Square Garden on May 24 and 25, 1976. The sold out U.S. leg of the "Wings Over the World " tour helped carry the' "Silly Love Songs" single and "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album to number one on their respective charts. From the tour came the film "Rock Show" and the number one triple album set "Wings over America".

By far the most successful album involving any of the Beatles following their breakup, "Band on the Run" was created by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney. The other members of Wings quit the group just prior to the departure to Lagos, Nigeria to begin sessions for the album, but out of adversity came advantage.  With Paul McCartney on vocals, piano, drums, guitar, bass, and keys, and Denny Laine contributing vocals, keys, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, and Linda on keys and vocals, Band On the Run transcended the era to become an album whose deep cuts such as "Let Me Roll It",  "Picasso's Last Words", and "Mrs. Vanderbilt"  and "Bluebird" are better remembered-and played more often on classic rock radio-than most hits of the era.

Expect other Wings hits such as "Live and Let Die",  and "Time to Hide" as well as Denny's legendary lead vocal on the Moody Blues classic "Go Now" to round out this special anniversary show.

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Artist Bio

As a Founding Member of THE MOODY BLUES and a Founding Member of WINGS, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee DENNY LAINE along with his new group The Moody Wing Band will be touring America throughout 2019 and 2020.

As a premier English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Denny is best known for his roles as the original Guitarist and Lead Singer of THE MOODY BLUES from 1964 through 1966 and as the co-founder of WINGS with Paul McCartney. Denny was one of three constants in WINGS, along with Paul and Linda McCartney from 1971 through 1981.

The incomparable WINGS album Band on the Run reached #1 in the Billboard® Hot 100 Charts three different times and eventually the album went triple platinum. In the UK, Band on the Run spent 7 weeks at #1 on the UK’sGuinness® Charts of British Hits Singles and went on to be the TOP selling British album of 1974.

In 1975, WINGS won the Grammy® Award for Band on the Run, the single and title track from the 1974 album. With the 1976 release of WINGS at the Speed of Sound, the band had become one of the most successful groups

of the decade with a top-grossing tour to follow.

Denny also performed select solo numbers during their concerts on the WINGS Over America Tour and showcased his talents on many songs, most notably Go Now and Time to Hide. With WINGS, Denny enjoyed the biggest commercial and critical successes of his career, including co-writing the hit Mull of Kintyre, which reached #1 in the UK’s Guinness® Charts of British Hits Singles in 1977 and became the UK's highest-selling single until that time.

At the height of the British Invasion, Denny Laine was one of the most recognizable voices on the music scene.

“No guitarist was more integral to Paul McCartney’s post Beatles career than Denny Laine.”- Gibson Guitars

Denny departed THE MOODY BLUES and formed THE ELECTRIC STRING BAND, writing the hit Say You Don’t Mind, and opened shows for Jimi Hendrix in London. Denny joined the bands BALLS as well as GINGER BAKER’S AIRFORCE, singing lead on the memorable Man of Constant Sorrow. Throughout his career, Denny has also worked with various members of The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Cream, ELO, The Zombies, The Hollies and many more.

DENNY LAINE & The Moody Wing Band perform highlights from the Band on The Run and The Magnificent Moodies albums...and more.

In April 2018, Denny was honored with the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® as a founding member of THE MOODY BLUES. DENNY LAINE & The Moody Wing Band travel across America performing classic WINGSand MOODY BLUES hits as well as his new material. Filming for PBS is currently planned for September 2019.

 

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