THE Bootleg Shadows perform at The Haymarket on Friday, October 24 at 7.30pm, celebrating The Shadows’ career from 1960 up until the early eighties.

It is over 50 years since Hank B Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan recorded Apache. This was the hit that launched The Shadows’ instrumental career and founded a nation of bespectacled guitarists dreaming of acquiring their very own Fender Stratocaster.

With their immaculate appearance, synchronised dance movements and clean, pure melodic sound, The Shadows chalked up 35 hits of their own (not counting another 33 hits with Cliff Richard), giving them more hits than any other British group and securing them a unique place in the annals of popular music.

Today, The Shadows make few live appearances but The Bootleg Shadows keep their 'live' sound alive by performing a fantasy concert that includes hits such as Apache, Foot Tapper, Man of Mystery, Atlantis, Wonderful Land, Kon Tiki, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, FBI plus many more.

In the company of Geoff, Keith, Tony, Tim and Binks, the audience is taken on a tour of the Shadows’ career, with plenty of humour to make it a night out to remember.

For anyone who loves the sounds of the sixties - and enjoys a few laughs on the way – The Bootleg Shadows perform a tribute that will have the audience humming the tunes and doing The Shadows famous 'walk' long after they have left The Haymarket.

Tickets: £19; over 65s, under 16s and fulltime students page £17.50 (all prices include £1 booking fee).

For more information or for tickets, call the box office on 01256 844244 or use the website www.anvilarts.org.uk.