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GB40

2011 concert by Gary Barlow

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ5512919 ↗
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GB40 was the first concert played by English singer-songwriter Gary Barlow as a solo artist in over 11 years and was held at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 20 January 2011. The concert was organised by Barlow to celebrate his 40th birthday and his 20 years in the music industry with all money going to The Prince's Trust charity.

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The public source identifies “GB40” as 2011 concert by Gary Barlow. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around GB40, concert and Gary.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with GB40, concert and Gary providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5512919. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “GB40” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.