BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1442@scala.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200213T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200213T230000 DTSTAMP:20200205T155547Z URL:https://scala.co.uk/events/brits-week-louis-tomlinson/ SUMMARY:BRITs Week / Louis Tomlinson at Scala - Thursday 13th February 2020 - 7:30 pm until 11:00 pm DESCRIPTION:BRITs Week Together With O2 For War Child\n\n2020 Shows Announc ed\n\n \n\nBastille\, Catfish and The Bottlemen\, Bombay Bicycle Club\, Y UNGBLUD\, Sigrid\, Tom Walker\, Louis Tomlinson\, Jack Savoretti\, Gang of Youths\, Tom Grennan\, Nothing But Thieves and Declan McKenna announced t o play exclusive shows for \n\nBRITs Week Together With O2 For War Child\n \n \n\nPrize draw is open now to win tickets* - Priority Tickets for O2 c ustomers available from\n\n9am Wednesday 15th Jan. General on sale from 9a m Friday 17th Jan\n\nhttps://britsweekwarchild.co.uk/\n\n \n\nBRITs Week Together With O2 For War Child returns for its 6th year and another incred ible series of gigs\, giving fans the opportunity to see the biggest names in music in intimate venues across London – all whilst raising money fo r children whose lives have been torn apart by war. War Child UK raised an estimated £502\,000 through BRITs Week shows last year. BRITs Week is pr oduced by AEG Presents\, BPI and War Child\, the charity for children affe cted by conflict. The event series is sponsored by O2.\n\n \;\n\nLondo n will once again welcome an amazing selection of artists for a number of one-off gigs taking place between 8th and 22nd February around The BRIT Aw ards 2020 with Mastercard\, to celebrate another phenomenal year for Briti sh Music. Amazon Music will be joining this year’s BRITs Week series as Official Digital Music Partner\, as an extension of their partnership with the BRIT Awards 2020. You can check out the official BRIT Awards 2020 pla ylist on Amazon Music now.\n\n \;\n\nMulti-platinum selling BRIT Award winners Bastille will be performing their acclaimed Reorchestrated show w ith a six strong choir and nineteen piece orchestra at The London Palladiu m\, while BRIT-winning live sensation Catfish and The Bottlemen play the f irst ever show at West London’s newest venue Exhibition London. Alongsid e this\, returning indie chart-toppers Bombay Bicycle Club\, Yorkshire’s genre-bending showman YUNGBLUD\, Scandi-pop superstar Sigrid\, 2019 BRITs British Breakthrough winner Tom Walker and English-Italian troubadour Jac k Savoretti will all be performing in intimate and special venues across t he capital. They’re joined on the bill by global megastar Louis Tomlinso n\, Aussie indie-rockers Gang of Youths\, breakthrough singer-songwriter T om Grennan\, Southend’s alt-rock heroes Nothing But Thieves and London-b orn musician Declan McKenna.\n\n \;\n\nThe prize draw is open now and closes at 23:59 pm\, Monday 3rd February. To enter the prize draw and win tickets to see the artist of their choice music fans can make a £5 donati on to War Child at www.britsweekwarchild.co.uk. To maximise the chance of winning\, fans can enter as many times as they like. There will also be a limited number of tickets for sale from 9am on Friday 17th January.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n*For the Bastille and Catfish and The Bottlemen shows the prize dr aw will open once the limited tickets have sold out.\n\n \;\n\nTickets for some of the shows will be available to buy exclusively to O2 customer s via Priority Tickets from 9am Wednesday 15th January.\n\n \;\n\nBRIT s Week will be partnering with Twickets across all shows as their ethical  resale partner to ensure tickets for the shows can only be sold at face value.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nRich Clarke\, Head of Music at War Child a dded\, “We’re over the moon to announce BRITs Week together with O2 fo r 2020\, it’s an amazing series with the strongest line up yet. We’re so grateful for the support from the music industry – artists\, managers \, agents\, labels as well as our incredible partners O2\, the BPI and AEG to deliver these unique shows and create moments that will stay with the fans forever. This is our flagship fundraising series of live shows and th e funds raised will change the lives of hundreds of thousands of the world ’s most vulnerable children.”\n\n \n\nGeoff Taylor\, Chief Executive BPI &\; BRIT Awards\, said: “Looking back at some of the amazing acts that have performed in BRITs Week to raise money for War Child - includin g Coldplay\, Florence + The Machine\, Ed Sheeran\, Jess Glynne\, The 1975\ , Elbow\, Mabel and Mahalia - you realise what an important celebration of the UK’s diverse music talent it has become. It is a fundamental elemen t of the build up to the BRIT Awards with Mastercard\, and with our partne rs AEG\, O2 and War Child we are thrilled to announce the 2020 edition of BRITs Week\, which also marks the 40th BRIT Awards show.”\n\n \n\nSimon Jones\, Senior Vice President of Live Music International\, AEG Presents comments\, “It’s great to have BRITs Week together with O2 back again for 2020\, and we’re so pleased with the incredible calibre of acts that have agreed to be part of the series this year.  It again highlights ama zing new talent\, and it gives fans the opportunity to see huge establishe d acts in small rooms\, in the process raising hundreds of thousands of po unds for children in conflict with War Child.  Thanks to all the artists\ , managers\, and labels for coming together and working with BPI\, AEG\, O 2 and War Child to make it possible for BRITs Week to continue being an im portant industry fixture around the BRIT Awards\, raising a huge amount of money for charity in the process.”\n\n \;\n\nGareth Griffiths\, Hea d of Sponsorship at O2\, comments\, “We’re really proud to continue ou r longstanding partnership with The BPI and War Child to help drive meanin gful change through the power of live music. Not only do these shows offer access to incredible artists in such intimate venues\, but more important ly the funds support War Child’s invaluable work to help children all ov er the world who have been affected by war. O2 customers can buy Priority Tickets for the shows 48 hours before general release\, helping raise mone y for this vital cause.” CATEGORIES:Live Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR