Fairfield Halls Saturday, June 8 at 8pm Tickets from £24 Box Office: 020 8688 9291 or www.fairfield.co.uk
M USIC royalty The Drifters celebrate their diamond jubilee this year with a tour that will take in Croydon.
The latest incarnation of the band will be performing hits spanning the six decades, including Save The Last Dance For Me and Up On The Roof.
The Diamond Dynasty Tour comes a year after the current line-up of Pierre Herelle, Michael Williams, Ryan King and Carlton Powell received gold disks from Sony for the first new recordings in over 30 years.
Over their six decades The Drifters have seen massive chart success on both sides of the Atlantic and across the world, with over 114 million album sales and 214 million singles sales and a vast catalogue of hits.
In total The Drifters have had 65 vocalists, with many drifting in and out of the group several times.
The original line-up was Clyde McPhatter, George Treadwell and Ahmet Ertegun.
The Treadwell family has continued to manage the band throughout its various incarnations.
Current Drifters line up member, Pierre Herelle, said he was excited to bring the music of The Drifters to a new audience.
He said: "We are very proud to be fronting the 60th anniversary of this great brand. The Drifters music is very uplifting and upbeat and the new recordings have been a great success with public.
"The idea of the Diamond Dynasty tour is to honour all of the members before us that have made this brand the successful Dynasty it has become today, with our first tour of South Africa in over 30 years – the first since apartheid.
"The concert features over 35 tracks and some very interesting new songs making it a very special occasion."
