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LIVE AT THE BEDFORD

We are excited to be starting live music properly back at The Bedford!

This show is FREE entry however there are a limited number of advance tickets available (at no charge) that you can sign up for which will guarantee a seat ( max 6 per table).

Now that social distancing rules have been relaxed, you can also turn up on the night without having to book in advance on a first come first served basis for extra seats and standing room.

If you can’t make it in person then the live stream can be accessed via out Facebook page www.facebook.com/thebedfordpub

Doors open at 7:00pm- Full menu available

This evening we have live music from:

8:00pm LEONI JANE KENNEDY

9:00pm TONY MOORE presents AWAKE

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8:00pm LEONI JANE KENNEDY

Leoni Jane Kennedy is a Blackpool born, Guildford based singer-songwriter, often described as ‘haunting’ with very intricate guitar melodies and riffs. Since winning the ‘Freddie Mercury’ Scholarship to attend her university, Leoni has begun to build her career as a musician around the Guildford / London area with her band backing her for gigs in bigger venues, some of which include supporting KT Tunstall with Josh Gleaves at Wembley Park for International Busking Day. The band have worked on a seven-song album and their single ‘Life Like This’ with renowned producer of Mötorhead and Uriah Heep, John Gallen.

“Acoustic or electric, solo or with a band, Leoni definitely has a bright future! ” – Paul Anthony, Planet Rock.

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TONY MOORE

On Feb 1st 2021, Singer/Songwriter Tony Moore uploaded a live video performance of a new song he had just finished. It was called AWAKE, it lasted 9 mins, it had a lot of guitar solos, A LOT of guitar solos and the main vocal didn’t even come in till after 4 mins!

However, within days, the feedback was incredibly positive as thousands of views racked up alongside a growing list of enthusiastic and complimentary comments. Having broken all the ‘pop’ rules to create a musical work that now seemed to capture people’s imagination, Tony was struck by a thunderbolt of a thought. Could this be the opening track of a concept album…yet to be written ? Thus, in that moment, the idea was born and Tony immediately set to work.

The subject matter? Well, the year we had all just experienced. The many things he had witnessed, experienced and thought about. The dark drama mixed with the surreal madness of a world locked down merged with the many emotionally introspective thoughts about his life’s journey to that point. Things that many millions of people will have all thought, felt and experienced in their own ways. Awake, the album, was created chronologically with Tony recording each track as it was written. The songs built a picture of events as seen through his eyes at different times through the 12 months leading to this point. Tony knew that he wanted the album to invoke as many emotional responses from those that heard it as possible, so he allowed himself to be completely vulnerable about welcoming streams of consciousness and musical inspiration to dictate the mood of each song.

The only goal he set was to have everything finished by the end of March. Deadlines force a very strict work ethic and so began an obsessive two months of writing and recording that resulted in 15 brand new songs which uniquely reflected the spirit of the times we are in. It didn’t stop there, Tony also had a vision for AWAKE to be a very special live show that would stimulate audience’s senses with an audio/visual experience that allowed the music to really make a difference to those that came to a performance. On May 18th 2021, the show made it’s live debut at The Bedford in Balham, London to a packed house and a standing ovation. Despite the fact that the album isn’t even released, and no one knew the songs yet, everyone was captivated and felt the power of the music touch them.

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