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will be kicking off a UK tour at the NEC next year. The iconic Copacabana singer will be performing at Resorts World Arena on Thursday, May 28. The award-winning, 76-year-old’s career skyrocketed when his song Mandy topped the charts in 1975. Barry went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1979 for worldwide smash Copacabana. The singer’s other hits include Could It Be Magic? and Can’t Smile Without You.
Pop-rockers will return to Arena Birmingham in the new year as part of a national tour. The out-the-box band will visit on Tuesday, February 25, four days after the scheduled release date for their fourth album, Notes on a Conditional Form. The Mancunian quartet are known for their innovative synth-laden take on Eighties pop rock. The band will be joined by rising stars Pale Waves and newcomer No Rome. Innovative British / Turkish artist
above, will be bringing new album Gazel’s Book of Souls to Birmingham’s Sunflower Lounge on October 13. A refreshingly original new songwriter and producer, Gazel fuses electronic, folk and ethereal pop sounds with philosophical influences and storytelling in her music and will release her debut album this October.
are coming to Birmingham’s Hare & Hounds on October 25. They offer a new breed of soul night which includes hard-hitting soul stompers, heavy perspiration and dance moves you’ve never seen before.
are coming to Resorts World Arena as part of their All The Hits tour – but you will have to wait over 12 months. Mick Hucknall and the band will at the NEC venue on Friday, October 16, 2020. Their new album, Blue Eyed Soul, is due out on November 8.