{"id":15746,"date":"2018-12-31T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=15746"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:58:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:58:28","slug":"preview-lets-play-bowies-hunky-dory-at-the-donkey-5th-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-lets-play-bowies-hunky-dory-at-the-donkey-5th-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview &#8211; Lets play Bowie&#8217;s Hunky Dory at The Donkey, 5th January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h2>Lets Play&#8230; BOWIE\u2019S Hunky Dory<\/h2>\n<p>In celebration of the birthday music legend <strong>David Bowie<\/strong>, some of Leicester\u2019s finest musicians have come together in order to perform the seminal album, Hunky Dory. Come join some of the city\u2019s well-known faces, including <strong>Gaz Birtles<\/strong>, <strong>Kevin Hewick<\/strong>, <strong>Nile Barrow<\/strong> and more, as they perform hits like <em>Life on Mars<\/em>, <em>Changes<\/em>, and <em>Oh! You Pretty Things<\/em>. Sharing the bill on the evening are the <strong>Marvellous Moonlights<\/strong> and <strong>Wellard Willy<\/strong>. A serious night of fun awaits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Let\u2019s Play Bowie<\/em> takes place Saturday 5th January at The Donkey, Welford Rd. Advance tickets are priced at \u00a310 and are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/456403\">WeGotTickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Lets Play&#8230; BOWIE\u2019S Hunky Dory In celebration of the birthday music legend David Bowie, some of Leicester\u2019s finest musicians have come together in order to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/preview-lets-play-bowies-hunky-dory-at-the-donkey-5th-january-2019\/\" title=\"Preview &#8211; Lets play Bowie&#8217;s Hunky Dory at The Donkey, 5th January 2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":15748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[179,218],"tags":[223],"class_list":["post-15746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-179","category-gig-previews","tag-the-donkey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/46485608_10161240757275096_4198832441718210560_o.jpg?fit=1000%2C707&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-45Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3411,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/ska-and-reggae-at-the-donkey\/","url_meta":{"origin":15746,"position":0},"title":"Ska and Reggae at The Donkey","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"18\/01\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday 11th January 2014 Smokin' The Profit and Echo Marley at the Donkey A sizable crowd had gathered at The Donkey tonight to see two bands whose popularity is clearly demonstrated by the turnout. 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