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Amy Winehouse's Back to Black to be performed in full at London Roundhouse for 20th anniversary

Kiran MachadoPublished 2w ago2 min readBased on 3 sources
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black to be performed in full at London Roundhouse for 20th anniversary
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Amy Winehouse's original live band will return to the stage at London's Roundhouse on October 21 for a one-off performance of Back to Black in full, 20 years after the album's release.

The show is being staged to honour the anniversary of the October 2006 record. It will pair the musicians who toured with Winehouse with guest vocalists singing the album's songs.

The guest list runs to ten names. Baby Rose, Corinne Bailey Rae, FLO, Jessie Reyez, Jorja Smith, Lianne La Havas, Nia Smith, Sasha Keable, Skye Newman and Yebba will all take part, with the singers chosen by the album's original producers, according to details confirmed to Billboard.

The evening is curated by producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi alongside musical director Dale Davis, co-writers Paul O'Duffy and p*nut, and former Island Records executive Darcus Beese OBE. Davis led Winehouse's live band, while Ronson and Remi produced Back to Black.

Tickets will be sold in two stages. Fans who pre-order a new 20th anniversary edition format of the album from Winehouse's official artist store by September 28 at 12 p.m. BST can access a pre-sale. The general sale then begins on October 1 at 10 a.m. through Metropolis Music's website.

For fans, this means there are two ways to follow the night if they cannot get to Camden. The concert will be broadcast on BBC Two in late October as part of programming on Winehouse's legacy, and will also feature on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 2 show on October 26.

Back to Black was released in October 2006. It reached No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart, the country's main album ranking, and No. 2 on the Billboard 200, the U.S. albums chart. At the 2008 Grammy Awards, Winehouse won record of the year and song of the year for "Rehab," as well as best pop vocal album and best new artist.

New expanded 20th anniversary editions of the album are also planned, with new liner notes from Ronson and Remi, according to material shared on Winehouse's official channels.

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