February 22, 2008 14:37

Ian Brown teams up with UNKLE for exclusive gig

Guests line up for career-spanning London date

Ian Brown is one of the guests set to team up with UNKLE at their London Brixton Academy show on March 1.

The electro/rock crossover act, led by James Lavelle, are set to perform a career-spanning gig featuring a vocalist from each of their albums.

Joining Brown will be Badly Drawn Boy, who contributed vocals to 'Nursery Rhyme/Breather' from 1998’s 'Psyence Fiction', and Leila Moss from The Duke Spirit, who featured on 'Mayday', a track on UNKLE’s 2007 album 'War Stories'.

Brown sang on 'Be There', a standalone single released in 1999.

UNKLE play the following UK gigs:

Bristol Academy (February 27)
Sheffield Plug (28)
Portsmouth Pyramid Centre (29)
London Brixton Academy (March 1)

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