Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson Live Show & Dinner Plus After-Party With Saxon DJ's

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Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson "The Queen’s of Lovers Rock" Live Show, Dinner & After-Party at Boisdale of Canary Wharf!

“Silly Games”, “Loving You”, “That’s What Friends Are For”, “I’m So Sorry” and more…..

Dine to Saxon Sound DJs: 7-8.30 pm/Janet Kay & Caroll Thompson Live Performance 8.30-10 pm/ After Party with Saxon 10 pm till late. The Queen’s of Lovers will be celebrating their final night at Boisdale with an amazing show and After-Party.

Janet Kay will also be celebrating 42 years since her song “Silly Games” went to Number 1 in the UK Charts and Carol Thompson celebrating 40 years since the release of “I'm So Sorry”. “Silly Games” by Janet Key went to Number 1 in the National UK charts in 1979. This was the first time a British born black female hit the top of the charts – a feat now immortalised in the Guinness Book of Records.

Janet Kay had already had many underground hits on the Reggae charts prior to this with tracks such as “Loving you”, “That’s what friends are for”, “I do love you” and more. Janet Kay has worked with Fatboy Slim, Jackie Mittoo, Aswad, Omar, Sly & Robbie and more. She has sold more than one million records in Japan alone and tours the country regularly.

Carroll Thompson first found fame with the Reggae Smash “I’m so sorry” and had a slew of hits such as “Hopelessly in Love”, “Make it with you”, “Love won’t let us wait” and “I’m still waiting”. Carroll has worked with Sugar Minott, Trevor Walters, Courtney Pine, Aswad & Mad Professor.

+ Warm-up and after-show party with Saxon DJs.

SAXON SOUND

DJ's Musclehead, Sean M, Victor V. and Sir Allan Brando from the internationally acclaimed and Legendary Saxon Sound plus special guests; shall collectively be spinning the latest and classic tunes with live MCing for the ultimate party vibes.
Expect to hear a wide selection of Reggae, Dancehall, Afro-Beat, R&B, Soul, Old Skool Garage and Sing-a-Long Party Anthems.

The Jamaican music genius DNA that spawned some of the most influential musicians of all time must be credited when considering the meteoric rise of one of the world’s greatest Sound Systems. Coming to prominence in the early 80s with the "fast chat" style, Saxon won the UK Cup Clash in 1992 and 1994 was the first UK Sound System to win the World Clash.

Saxon launched many careers including Maxi Priest, Papa Levi, Tippa Irie, and Smiley Culture and massively influenced a new generation of music genres, artists and sound systems collectives such as Massive Attack and Soul II Soul. Saxon continues to tour internationally, including an annual outing at London's Notting Hill Carnival; where some of the biggest artists in urban music grace their live performance.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Jools Holland is Boisdale’s Patron of Music presenting the very best in jazz, blues and soul and occasionally rock’n’roll. Described as “London’s No 1 jazz venue” by Tatler Magazine, Boisdale of Canary Wharf is a two-floor venue overlooking the fountains of Cabot Square, which comprises an award-winning restaurant, four private dining rooms, The Oyster Bar & Grill, Terrace, the world’s most extensive whiskey bar (over 1000 malt whiskeys!)

The food offering ranges from an excellent value bar menu with a wonderful selection of burgers starting at £10.75and an A La carte menu celebrating great British ingredients with flair and imagination. The dry-aged Aberdeenshire steaks are simply amazing! You can also enjoy fabulous cocktails, a good selection of real ales, and draft lagers as well as an outstanding wine list with over 200 bins.

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"London's number one jazz venue" –Tatler

"Best Whisky Bar in the World" – Whisky Magazine

"A carnivore's dream" – Evening Standard

"Aged steaks are deemed incredible" –Square Meal

"The world's most individualistic style bar & restaurant" – Hot Tickets