Traffic star Dave Mason set to play Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn

Dave Mason has announced a series of UK dates for his Traffic Jam World Tour. The nine-date UK tour starts on February 23.

One of the evergreens of rock, Brit Mason (with his band) goes back in time to the start of his career with Traffic as well as performing songs that launched his solo career more than five decades ago.

He brings his tour to Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn on February 23 before returning to Bilston's Robin 2 on March 5.

Traffic began as a band with Steve Winwood when the two of them were just teenagers – little knowing that the music they made would have such an impact this many years later.

Following his stint with Traffic, Mason would go on to a highly-successful career as songwriter, guitarist and solo artist. In 2004 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. He is known for such hits as Feelin' Alright, recorded first by Traffic in 1968 then Joe Cocker in 1969, Only You Know And I Know and Hole In My Shoe.

Mason has performed and recorded with such legends as Paul McCartney, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Derek and the Dominos and Delaney and Bonnie.

Featuring hits and deep cuts from iconic Traffic albums, stories from Mason, plus new material and a selection of classics, Dave Mason's Traffic Jam is a show for all fans of rock and 60s culture to witness up close a gifted songwriter, a distinctive vocalist, as well as a masterful guitarist.

He said: "I'm really looking forward to playing in Britain again. It's where it all started for me. I've been doing Traffic Jam in North America for like three-and-a-half years now. I didn't plan for this show to go that long. It was great and it was fun and now I want to play it for my fellow Brits."