Omar – Saturday 21st October

Looking for an intimate venue that guarantees an excellent night of entertainment? Look no further than The Lounge in Southend! Here, you can get up close and personal with our incredible acts, right before your eyes!

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Seated £40

Standing £20

There are precious few, if any contemporary UK artists whose creative credentials and
influence extend as far and so consistently wide as Freestyle Recording
artist Omar.

Since first breaking through to worldwide renown all the way back in
1991 with his first releases on Gilles Peterson’s seminal Talkin’ Loud label, and
since going on to work with all manner of musical legends including a certain Stevie
Wonder, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Syreeta Wright, Common, and Carleen
Anderson.

Omar returns with a brand new album that many say is without doubt the strongest of
his entire career. The buzz generated by the single release of the album’s title
track, The Man, confirmed beyond doubt that Omar is very much at the top of his
game, with everyone from BBC 6 Music’s Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 2’s Trevor
Nelson and Jamie Cullum giving both major support and high praise for the simply
magnificent new high point for Omar’s renowned ability to write devastatingly catchy
melodies.

What people are saying

“Omar is one of my favourite artists ever”

Erykah Badu
“This cats shit is banging”
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu Tang Clan)
“The original nu-classic soul guvnor”

Trevor Nelson

“The reigning don of UK Soul”
The Face Magazine

“A songwriter who values true classic form, a singer whose

phrases are instinctively seductive”
American GQ Magazine

“Distance is the only difference between Babyface, the

reigning king of black pop, and Omar”
Rolling Stone Magazine