Shakin' Stevens 30th Anniversary UK Tour

The biggest selling artist of a decade, Shakin’ Stevens, celebrates 30 years since his first UK hit, ‘Hot Dog’.  As part of the celebrations, he will be performing at festivals and concerts throughout Europe, including Germany, Holland, Poland and Denmark, also undertaking a UK tour.  We kick off the tour on 12th October at Buxton’s Opera House – this is a show not to be missed !

Shaky will be accompanied by a 10 strong band and will perform new arrangements  of his hits and songs he has performed across the decades, from all the musical genres he has recorded with - rock, country and blues – plus a few surprises! All this, alongside new songs, which will appear on his new album slated for release later in the year, will excite new and old fans alike.  His many hits include ‘Green Door’ (1), the self-penned ‘Oh Julie’ (1), ‘This Ole House’ (1) and ‘You Drive Me Crazy’ (2).

In December 2009 Stevens released an ultimate collection box set.  The Epic Masters features unique mini vinyl style CDs, a 20 page colour booklet with sleeve notes from the man himself. 10 albums, including 9 original hit albums each with bonus tracks - 147 tracks, all digitally remastered - which sold out its limited edition run within a week.

Stevens remains the UK’s 16th Highest Selling Artist in the history of the charts!  To quote from the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles And Albums; “Shares with The Beatles (60s) and Elton John (70s) the distinction of being the most successful UK singles chart performer of a decade.”This unprecedented success was mirrored across Europe and in many territories world-wide, earning him a multitude of Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum Discs, together with global honours and prestigious industry awards.

Shakin’ Stevens has a massive and loyal fanbase around the world. Famous fans include Peter Kay (he appeared in his video for the No 1 hit ‘Amarillo’), Matt Lucas & David Walliams (who wanted Shaky to appear in the first series of Little Britain’), John Simm,  Rob Brydon, Hannah Waterman, Natasha Kapinsky, Super Furry Animals, The Young Knives and Elbow amongst many others.  He appeared at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival to huge critical acclaim and the biggest crowd ever seen as the Saturday main stage opener. 

Gigcartel dates are as follows - tickets on sale now

Tues 12th Oct          BUXTON - Opera House    0845 127 2190 (£23.50)
Tue 19th Oct          NEWCASTLE - Tyne Journal Theatre  0844 493 9999 (£23.50)
Thurs 21st Oct         HOLMFIRTH - Picturedrome   0871 230 1101 (£23.50)
Fri 22nd Oct           WORTHING - Assembly Hall   01903 206 206 (£22.50)