Tony Christie – 50 years in Music Tour

October 3rd, 2011

Sunday 23^rd October 2011 @ The Forum Hertfordshire
 

 A born showman and one of the all-time classic performers, Tony Christie has notched up 50 years in music and it’s easy to see why. The one of a kind singer announces four unmissable live shows this winter at O₂ Academy venues in Sheffield, Bournemouth, Oxford and The Forum Hertfordshire. 

With his roots in Sheffield, Christie has had Top Twenty hits worldwide with ‘Las Vegas’, ‘I Did What I Did For Maria’, ‘Avenues And Alleyways’, ‘Walk Like A Panther’, ‘Every Word She Said’ and of course the anthem, ‘(Is This the Way to) Amarillo’. In recent years Tony has enjoyed much success following the resurrection of ‘(Is This the Way to) Amarillo’ by comedy genius Peter Kay, who gave the track a new lease of life in the series Phoenix Nights. The infamous song has sold over one and a half million copies and is still the biggest selling single of the century as well as being used as the official Comic Relief single and taking the Number 1 spot.

2008 saw the release of the inimitable ‘Made In Sheffield’, featuring collaborations with some of Sheffield’s finest including Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker, The Human League and Arctic Monkeys. The album was a major commercial and artistic success which led to his next project, 2011’s ‘Now’s The Time!’. Christie re-visited his roots once again for this record, but this time it wasn’t in a geographical sense. The album bought together the sound of northern soul, British beat, filmic sound-tracks and a nod to Johnny Cash with some poignant ballads and saw Christie working once again with Jarvis Cocker and Moloko’s Roisin Murphy.  

Following a successful tour to mark the release of ‘Now’s The Time’, Christie plays this handful of live dates, featuring tracks from his back catalogue and as always the show is beautifully conceived, and movingly delivered. Put very simply - they just don’t make them like they used to and Tony Christie live is testament to that. 

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