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BB King 'comes out of retirement' for UK shows

Guitar legend returns for arena shows this June

BB King is set to come out of retirement and play a series of UK gigs this summer.

The 83 year-old guitar legend will return to Britain for four arena shows in June.

He plays:

Manchester MEN Arena (June 24)
Birmingham NIA Arena (25)
Cardiff CIA (27)
London Wembley Arena (28)


Tickets on sale from 9am (GMT) on Friday (February 6). To check the availability of BB King tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS now, or call 0871 230 1094.

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onetakerog 

Feb 4, 2009

Glastonbury weekend, that. He appears to have kept the Friday free too...interesting...

Benji30 

Feb 5, 2009

BB at Glastonbury would be damn cool.

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