WILKES-BARRE — The Sunshine Superman is coming to town on June 4.
The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts announced today that Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist, Donovan, will bring his 50th Anniversary celebration to the downtown venue on June 4 at 7 p.m. with a solo acoustic show.
Tickets go on sale March 10 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at the Kirby Center Box Office, online at www.kirbycenter.org or charge by phone at (570) 826-1100. A Kirby Member Pre-Sale begins March 8 at 10 a.m. Tickets prices are $25, $35, and $45, plus applicable fees.
Donovan Leitch is widely regarded as one of the most influential songwriters and recording artists working today. At his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 it was stated, “Donovan single-handedly initiated the Psychedelic Revolution with Sunshine Superman.”
His masterwork album — Sunshine Superman — he created in late 1965 at 19 years of age, one year before his friends, The Beatles, influencing their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, and leading the way for many other artists.
It is now history that Donovan became the tutor of The Beatles on the famous trip to India, where he taught John, Paul and George the finger style guitar and many of his unique chord patterns that would create many of the best songs and styles of The White Album.
