HERE & NOW
10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2011

Featuring

BOY GEORGE
JASON DONOVAN
JIMMY SOMERVILLE
BELINDA CARLISLE
MIDGE URE
PEPSI & SHIRLIE
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

JUNE 2011

Fri 24th
BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
Box office: 0121 780 4141
www.lgarena.co.uk
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Sat 25th
LIVERPOOL Ehco Arena
Box office: 0844 8000 400
www.echoarena.com
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Sun 26th
MANCHESTER Evening News Arena
Box office: 0844 847 8000
www.men-arena.com
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Wed 29th
NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena
Box office: 0844 493 6666
www.metroradioarena.co.uk
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Thurs 30th
SHEFFIELD Motor Point Arena
Box office: 0114 256 5656
www.motorpointarena.co.uk
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JULY 2011

Fri 1st
LONDON O2 Arena
Box office: 0844 856 0202
www.theo2.co.uk

Sat 2nd
BRIGHTON Centre
Box office:0844 847 1515
www.brightoncentre.co.uk

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2011 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Here & Now tours - the phenomenally successful 80’s live concerts that has been pivotal in continuing the popularity of the decades’ music and bringing their favourite icons to perform for fans across the country. Tony Denton Promotions brings together the cream of 80s stars to Arenas in 2011 starting at the Birmingham LG Arena on 24th June and culminating at the Brighton Centre on 2nd July.

The tour, headlined for the first time by Boy George, also brings back past Here & Now favourites Ultravox front man Midge Ure and the stunning US singer - Belinda Carlisle. This unique tour also brings back, for their first time since their break up in the 80’s, Wham’s legendary backing singers turned singing stars in their own right Pepsi & Shirlie, Jimmy Somerville who hasn’t performed in the UK for 18 years, the unique A Flock Of Seagulls and solo star of stage and screen Jason Donovan!

BOY GEORGE: An icon since he came to prominence in the 80s who won fans from Andy Warhol to Keith Haring and is one of the most photographed celebrities in the world - he is a star that will never wane.  As lead singer of one of the decades most successful bands Culture Club he had many hits that include ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?”, which reached No. 1 in 16 countries and No. 2 in the U.S.A making the band and George a world wide phenomenon. The song was recently voted by MTV as the No.1 track of the decade. The bands biggest hit was ‘Karma Chameleon’ which reached No. 1 in the UK and became their only US No. 1 hit and one of the best selling singles of the 80s.  Other major hits include ‘Time (Clock Of The Heart)’ (No. 3), ‘Church Of The Poison Mind’ (No. 2), ‘Victims’ (No. 3), ‘It’s A Miracle’ (No. 4), ‘The War Song’ (No. 2), ‘Move Away’ (No. 7) and ‘I Just Wanna Be Loved’ (No 4). As a solo artist he has had many hits that include the No 1 hit ‘Everything I Own and ‘The Crying Game’ which was the soundtrack of the movie of the same name and produced by the Pet Shop Boys. George and Culture Club sold over 100 million singles and 50 million albums - there was not a country in the world that didn't know the names of Boy George and Culture Club. George also produced the hit musical ‘Taboo’ which was nominated for a Tony Award and was performed in both London and on Broadway. Since then George has performed around the world including touring as a DJ in Australia, Asia, Europe and Canada. He has also recently written tracks for Kylie Minogue and appeared as a guest on one of the last Jonathan Ross shows for BBC One.
www.boygeorgeuk.com  

JASON DONOVAN: Came to fame as Scott Robinson in Neighbours and went onto have an extraordinary successful pop career initially with Stock Aitkin & Waterman. Jason’s many hits include ‘Nothing Can Divide Us’ (No. 5), the duet with Kylie ‘Especially For You’ (No. 1), ‘Too Many Broken Heart’s’ (No. 1), ‘Sealed With A Kiss’ (No. 1). ‘Everyday I Love You More’ (No.2), ‘When You Come Back To Me’ (No. 2), ‘Rhythm Of The Rain’ (No. 9) and ‘Happy Together’ (No. 10). When he played Joseph in Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat he had a No 1 hit with ‘Any Dream Will Do’. After appearing as the lead in the hit West End Show ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ at London’s Palladium he decided to take the risk and appeared on ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Outta Here’ which re-launched his pop career re-igniting his old fan base and creating a new one and has remained at the top every since. He most recently appeared with Martine McCutcheon on the ITV drama ‘Echo Beach’ and as the lead in the West End in ‘Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert’ to rave reviews. He has also had his autobiography published ‘Between The Lines - My Story Uncut’. This is Jason’s debut on the Here & Now tour.
www.jasondonovan.com  

JIMMY SOMERVILLE: This is the first time in 18 years that he will be performing live in the U.K. Jimmy will be singing his solo hits as well as the many hits he had with his two hugely successful bands - Bronski Beat & The Communards. He makes his debut appearance on next year’s Here & Now Tour. Glaswegian born Jimmy first shot to fame back in 1984 with groundbreaking band Bronski Beat. "Smalltown Boy", their debut single, made the top three in Britain and was a huge hit all over Europe. Bronski Beat went on to have several lively pop dance hits including ‘Why?’ (No. 6) and a cover of former gay icon Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" (No. 3), on which they joined forces with Marc Almond. With Richard Coles he formed The Communards who spawned the No 1 classic hit "Don't Leave Me This Way’, ‘So Cold The Night’ (No. 8) and ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ (No. 4). Jimmy then embarked on a solo career which saw him chalk up more hits including another stirring disco cover of Sylvester's ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real )’ (No. 5), ‘To Love Somebody’ (No. 8) and Francoise Hardy's "Comment Te Dire Adieu", a duet in French with June Miles (No. 14).  Jimmy has also collaborated on singles with the The Weathergirls and Sparks.
www.jimmysomerville.co.uk     

BELINDA CARLISLE: One of the biggest solo stars of the 80’s and lead singer of the legendary Go Go’s she is one of the most recognisable voices and faces of the decade and continues to be prolific in touring as a solo artist and with the band.
As a global pop icon, American born Belinda has had many hits that include the number one international smash ‘Heaven A Place On Earth’, ‘Circle In The Sand’ (No 4), ‘(We Want) The Same Thing’ (No. 6), ‘I Go Weak’ (No 10), ‘Leave A Light On’ (No. 4), ‘In Too Deep’ (No. 6) and ‘Big Scary Animal’ (No. 12). Other hits included ‘World Without You’, ‘Summer Rain’ and ‘La Luna. She first appeared on the Here & Now tour in 2002. She recently appeared in the US hit TV phenomenon ‘Dancing With The Stars’ and last year did a 3 month stint performing as Velma Von Tussle alongside Phill Jupitus as one of the lead characters in ‘Hairspray’ in London’s West End. Belinda makes a welcome return to the 2011 Here & Now Anniversary Tour.
www.belindacarlisle.tv  
 
MIDGE URE: Is the lead singer of one of the 80’s most pivotal and credible new romantic and electro pop bands Ultravox. With Ultravox he had many hits that include 'Dancing With Tears in My Eyes' (No. 1), 'Love's Great Adventure' (No. 3), ‘The Thin Wall’ (No. 8), ‘The Voice’ (No. 14) and 1981's timeless 'Vienna' (No. 2) were all massive hits the world. He was also a member of Slik, The Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy and Visage! As a solo artist he had a No 1 with ‘If I Was’, ‘No 9 with the classic ‘No Regrets’ and Top 40 hits with ‘Call Of The Wild’, ‘That Certain Smile’ and ‘Cold Cold Heart’ amongst others. He co-wrote the biggest charity record of all time, the Band Aid single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ with Bob Geldof which led to the 1985 Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium and has received Ivor Novello, Grammy, BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records.
www.midgeure.com  

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS: One of the most visually memorable bands of the 80’s and making their Here & Now debut. With their hit ‘(Wishing) If I Had A Photograph Of You’ (that reached No 10 in the UK charts) they cemented their place in 80s music history with a tune that was so gorgeous it is still played across radio stations today. Featuring vocalist Mike Score (now residing in the U.S.A) with one of the 80s most undeniable stand out haircuts known as ‘the waterfall’ and unique vocal style the band continued to have Top 40 hits that included ‘The More You Live The More You Love’, ‘Space Age Love Song’ and ‘Transfer Affection’.
www.myspace.com/aflockofseagulls
 
PEPSI & SHIRLIE: Pepsi (De Macque) and Shirlie (then Holiman) Rose to fame after being a pivotal part of Wham! (one of the biggest bands of all time!). As Wham!’s sexy backing singers they featured heavily both live and in their seminal videos and Top of The Pops performances. After Wham! split the girls embarked as a group in their own right and had two top ten hits ‘Heartache’ (No. 2) (produced by Phil Fearan of Galaxy fame) and ‘Goodbye Stranger’ (No. 9). For the first time since the 80s the girls are reforming to perform for this 10th Anniversary Here & Now tour. Shirlie is wife to Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet with whom she has two children Harley and Rowan and lives in London, whilst Pepsi currently resides in Barbados.