'Flower Power' Queen from the 60s, Melanie, to perform at the Morecambe Dome
A talent who came out of Woodstock and whose name is closely linked to "Flower Power" and the 1960s, Melanie Safka, will perform at the Morecambe Dome on Saturday May 10.
A talent who came out of Woodstock and whose name is closely linked to "Flower Power" and the 1960s, Melanie Safka, will perform at the Morecambe Dome on Saturday May 10. The show is the second date on her 2008 tour.
Born in 1947 in New York, Melanie made her first public appearance at the age of four on a radio show and later studied at the New York Academy of Fine Arts. After starting her singing career at college, she later sang in clubs in Greenwich Village and was signed to a record contract in 1967. She recorded her first single 'Beautiful People' that same year.
In 1969, Melanie took the stage at the Woodstock Festival and her song ‘Birthday of the Sun’ was released on the Woodstock 2 album. Twenty years later, the same song was released on video as part of Woodstock: The Lost Performances, alongside the work of Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Who and Janis Joplin.
A number of albums and singles followed until the early 80s. At the end of the 80s, she re-emerged once again with her theme music for the popular television series ‘Beauty and the Beast’. By that time, Woodstock nostalgia was beginning to be stoked by the media and concert promoters, and Melanie appeared at one of the 20th anniversary events. She continued to perform at clubs in the United States and larger festivals in Europe, where her association with the sixties made her a major draw, and every so often she has released albums of new songs or re-recordings of her classic numbers.
Melanie is scheduled to perform at Seoul in South Korea on 4th May to sing her songs of peace. The concert is titled ‘Flower Power Peace Festival’ is aimed at promoting peace on the divided Korean peninsula, the last divided nation in the world.
The Dome concert starts at 8pm and tickets cost £16 from the Box Office on 01524 582803.
Date Updated: 19/03/09