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With my Pal Lord Ron of Wood, the Rolling Stones tore the house down in Abu Dhabi tonight, Mick x

Happy Valentines Day to you all
Lots of love Mick x

Mick has been confirmed as headlining next month’s Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital’s Discovery Ball which is being held at the Hilton Hotel in Manchester on Saturday 8th February.
The glittering fundraising event will see guests enjoying a luxury dinner, a spectacular auction with some money can’t buy prizes and even more music from legendary Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam. The Charity are hoping to raise £120,000 on the night to support the expansion of the hospital’s world-class children’s clinical research facility. The facility treats children not only from Manchester, but also across the world and conducts leading research into childhood illnesses including many life limiting conditions. 
Mick said “I am really looking forward to coming back to Manchester to perform at the Discovery Ball.  As a proud Mancunian I was more than happy to get involved and lend my support to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity.  The event is supporting a very special project which will make a difference to the lives of children across the North West and beyond. ”

Only a few tickets remain for the star-studded event. They start at £150+VAT with limited tables of up to 10 available. For enquiries or for further information please contact Dara on 0161 831 0250 or email dara@journey9.com
For more information on Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity please visit www.rmchcharity.org.uk

Mick will be performing at Zermatt Unplugged on 11th April 2014, pre-sale starts today 12.00 CET from here

Simply Red “Song Book 1985-2010″ is released today.  This is a brand new 4 CD collection, the first 3 CD’s focus on a decade each and include all the hits you’d expect from those years, the 4th CD features re-recordings of some of Mick’s personal favourites, recorded at his home studio and released now for the first time. Along with a new 36 page booklet this new box set is great value.

You can purchase your copy from
Amazon
iTunes

Simply Red “Song Book 1985-2010″ is being released on December 2nd.  This is a brand new 4 CD collection, the first 3 CD’s focus on a decade each and include all the hits you’d expect from those years, the 4th CD features re-recordings of some of Mick’s personal favourites, recorded at his home studio and released now for the first time. Along with a new 36 page booklet this new box set is great value.

You can pre-order it now here at Amazon, where all the tracks on it are also listed.

Mick’s American Soul album is to be released in the USA and Canada on October 29th.
You can pre-order it here right now for $8.99
You can also pre-order a deluxe edition from iTunes for $12.99 which includes 16 live bonus tracks.
Click here to preview or buy that version.

Mick and Van Morrison are to join forces for an All Star Tribute to blues and soul legend Bobby Bland.
The show is part of BluesFest 2013 and is the early evening show on Friday 1st November at the Royal Albert Hall.
Tickets are available now here and here, or by telephone from the Royal Albert Hall box office on 0845 401 5034 or Ticketmaster on 0844 844 0444 (please note there is another show on at 10pm that night so make sure you buy a ticket for the right show)
You can read more about Blues Fest 2013 here

For William and Kate and all new parents out there: For Your Babies

Mick wrote some words for this piece in today’s Independent: click here to read it.