{"id":5483,"date":"2013-03-08T12:19:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2013-03-08T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T11:19:28","slug":"former-michael-jackson-guitarist-set-to-wow-crescent-arts-centre-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/03\/former-michael-jackson-guitarist-set-to-wow-crescent-arts-centre-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Michael Jackson Guitarist  Set to Wow Crescent Arts Centre Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The Crescent Arts Centre in association with Amped Guitar School have pulled off a real coup by bringing none other than former Michael Jackson guitarist <em>Greg Howe<\/em> to Belfast for the very first time.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/GREG-HOWE-AT-CRESCENT-ARTS-CENTRE-MARCH-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5484\" title=\"GREG HOWE AT CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE MARCH 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/GREG-HOWE-AT-CRESCENT-ARTS-CENTRE-MARCH-2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>The former Michael Jackson guitarist has played with the likes of Justin Timberlake, \u2018N Sync and Enrique Iglesias to name but a few and will take to the Crescent stage on Thursday 14<sup>th<\/sup> March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe are delighted to welcome a musician of Greg\u2019s ability and experience to the centre\u201d said Crescent Arts Centre Manager Dr. Keith Acheson.\u00a0 \u201cAudiences are in for a real treat during this masterclass in which Greg will perform and discuss the techniques of playing live with a few stories thrown in for good measure!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This event is the first in a monthly series of guitar clinics and masterclasses, entitled <em>Livewire Workshops<\/em>, and features some of the world\u2019s greatest guitarists.\u00a0 The initiative is a joint effort between the Crescent and Amped Guitar School and aims to focus on the cream of the crop.<\/p>\n<p>Amped Guitar School Director Alastair Simpson stated, \u201cGreg is one of the most respected guitarists around and for us to be able to bring what he knows to so many local musicians is really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event begins at 7.30pm and is an absolute must for guitarists and musicians of all ages, but be quick &#8211; tickets are selling fast!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 14 March, 7:30pm, Crescent Arts Centre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets \u00a320 \/ \u00a315 (conc.) \/ \u00a310 (under 16), available online at \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crescentarts.org\/\">www.crescentarts.org<\/a> \/ Box Office:(028)9024\u00a0 2338<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crescent Arts Centre in association with Amped Guitar School have pulled off a real coup by bringing none other than former Michael Jackson guitarist Greg Howe to Belfast for the very first time. The former Michael Jackson guitarist has played with the likes of Justin Timberlake, \u2018N Sync and Enrique Iglesias to name but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/03\/former-michael-jackson-guitarist-set-to-wow-crescent-arts-centre-audience\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5485,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions\/5485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}