• WORLD PARTY - September 23rd
• 9:00pm

World Party is the one-man band creation of Karl Wallinger, a multi-talented musician with a long presence in the music world. A mixture of British pop and alternative rock, Wallinger’s music stems from a variety of influences, notably The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Love, as well as Motown and Merseybeat, all of which have echoes in the funky but folkily-hippy soul pop songs he went on to make.

Private Revolution was released in 1987, and was a minor hit for Ensign, who had kept Wallinger on contract after he left his previous band, The Waterboys. In 1990 came the album Goodbye Jumbo, released after Wallinger had contributed to Sinéad O'Connor's 1988 debut album The Lion And The Cobra.

Goodbye Jumbo was commercially successful, spawning the hits “Message In The Box” and “Way Down Now”, and becoming the very first Q magazine Album of the Year. The follow-up, Bang!, was another big commercial success, reaching number two in the UK album charts and charting with the singles “Is It Like Today” and “All I Gave.” In 1994 he was the musical director for the film “Reality Bites” and also contributed to the soundtracks of 1996's “Clueless” and “She’s The One.”

Operating with his own label, Seaview, Wallinger has set about re-releasing his back catalogue in America. Early 2006 saw him playing the South By South West festival in Austin, Texas. Reflecting on this experience he said, "It was very heartwarming when people sang material back to me, not only older material but newer…I've been away for so long; it's a crazy planet and I don't care [about the industry] anymore. I just want to go out and sing now."