Shadows News .....

Some of the magic of last night is still sinking in. I still cant believe some of it actually happened. The show kicked off as the others have done with Marty coming straight on , after a small introduction. After a few hits he introduces Jet. He cruises through his set as only Jet can. He did omit Wonderful Land to make time for all the guests. Three of the original Wildcats came on (Big Jim, Brian Bennett and Licorice) to do Bad Boy. Great number! Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde both did numbers with Marty. Kim really rocked the place with Kids In America (which Marty co-wrote). Special mention for Roxanne who is clearly a great talent. Justin Hayward from the Moody Blues came on and did a great acoustic Nights In White Satin with Marty. Mr Wilde then started to do a few 'feel good' numbers such as Only Sixteen. Summer Holiday was started and on walked Bruce. Do you know who this is? asked Marty. Brian Bennett by now had made his way behind the kit. Just as I was saying to my mate Eric, "if only Hank came on", he bloody did!!! I was gob smacked. Move It has never sounded so good. Just for that brief time, there they were. Hank ,Bruce, Brian with Marty replacing Cliff (fine by me). All too soon they were gone. But we had those precious few minutes. The finale also gave us time to say thanks to all that appeared as they all came on. Marty, The Wildcats, Licorice Locking, Jet, Hank, Bruce , Brian, Big Jim, Justin Hayward, Roxanne & Kym. What a finale. All to soon it was over. The dvd will be a must. All that talent for £23. Where could you get that? I managed to get a few things signed by everyone that appeared. They all gave their time in the atrocious weather. Good to see Eric, Paul, Kathy and Roy, and many others. What a night!!!!!!!

29/09/2007 *	Via Leos Den ....Your long wait and all the speculation are finally over and we're able to give you the exciting details of Cliff's 50th anniversary tour in 2008! To mark this very special anniversary, we are giving you - the loyal fans - the chance to purchase your tickets ahead of the general public! Dates and venues are listed opposite. These tickets will initially be sold on-line only, so we are giving advance notice to the fan clubs (by this e-mail and by post) so that those without personal internet access have time to link up with those who do. On-line ticket sales will open to registered members through the official Cliff Richard website only, at 9am on Sunday 14 October (recognise the date?!) and there will be a maximum of six tickets per customer. From Wednesday 17 October, tickets can also be purchased on-line and by telephone through our official ticket agent Ticketzone; directly from the venue box offices (personal callers, telephone and on-line); and through a small number of reputable ticket agencies. Full contact details will be posted on the Exclusive page which will appear on the official website from 14 October. Again, there will be a maximum of six tickets per customer (of which no more than two can be in the front row, when available). This will still primarily be a facility for fans, as nationwide advertising will not start until Friday 19 October. Fans who wish to travel together as a group can request tickets from 14 October, but orders will not be confirmed until 17 October. Please be assured that, no matter how you choose to book, there is opportunity for front-row seats. It is the policy of venues to divide the front rows up so that on-line, personal and telephone customers all have the same chance of securing those seats. Tickets priced at £50 and £45 Ticketzone on-line booking from 9 am on Sunday 14 October at www.cliffrichard.org; Ticketzone telephone hotline - 08700 11 13 12 (Please note that this number will not be operational until Wednesday 17 October.) `TOUR 2008 Wembley Arena: Nov 12, 14, 15 Cardiff International Arena: Nov 17 Birmingham NIA: Nov 20, 22, 23 Manchester MEN Arena: Nov 25, 26 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena: Nov 28 Glasgow SECC: Nov 30 Belfast Odyssey Arena: Dec 2`
29/09/2007 *	Bruce Welch's Shadowmania was by all accounts another good day. I didn't go this year due to other committments As ever my pal Chris writes a few words on his thoughts of the day.... To paraphrase a well-known advertising slogan: “The future’s bright, the future’s… The Foot Tappers!” The opening act at Shadowmania 2007 were fabulous and fully deserving of the standing ovation they received at the end of a set of tremendous variety from across the spectrum of the music which we all love.0 Highlights for me included the group’s performances of Temptation, Round and round and The Sound of silence whilst Little B was outstanding, Tim giving his own interpretation of a story which the drum solo aims to tell. That the group were given Riders in the sky to perform shows the high regard they are already held in and they were the best ‘new’ band I have ever seen perform at Shadowmania. An exceptional start from an outstanding group. I had some mixed feelings about the set from the Seaside Shadows. Some of the performances were excellent, particularly Angels and Here, there and everywhere although some of the others, I felt, didn’t grab the attention and enthusiasm of the audience: being more like background / cabaret music. They were nice to listen to (You got it, Ave Maria, Only a fool…) but perhaps a little out of place at a Shadows’ fans event, especially when the mood had been set with the previous lively set. The two Shadows’ tunes which the Seaside Shadows did play: Quatermaster’s stores and Bongo blues were performed to perfection. Next up were Legend, paying tribute to the Burns era, and including as personal highlights the performances of Main theme, Chattanooga choo choo, Friday on my mind and Bombay duck. I felt though that their set was a little too long (by my calculations it contained almost as many numbers as Bruce’s group!) and the last four or five tunes seemed a bit rushed through. As always, Brian Locking made a welcome guest appearance and included a final vocal You’re my best friend in addition to playing bass on numbers including Shindig and The rumble and harmonica on the ever popular Dakota which is one of my favourites – and always nice to hear performed in stereo! That this was The Rapiers ninth consecutive Shadowmania experience speaks for itself, and Bruce also commented later on in the evening how they had been “on fire”. Much of the set focused on the Shadows’ vocal hits and included Saturday dance, Be bop a lula and Baby my heart although my personal favourite was Gary (U.S.) Bonds’ hit Quarter to three. Special mention must also go to John Tuck’s immaculate performance of See you in my drums. The Jet Harris segment was the usual mix of humour and brilliant music. Theme from something really important has become a real favourite of mine from going to the ‘Me and my Shadows’ shows and other highlights today included Applejack and Nivram as well as the two Number Ones: Scarlett O’Hara and Diamonds. I mentioned earlier how the future’s bright but so too is the present with Jet and The Rapiers still touring and keeping alive the music of the Shadows. The present is also very much bright with the exceptional music from the final act: Bruce’s group, and this was the best I have heard them play. What an amazing variety their near two hour set had, ranging from the usual favourites of Dance on, Foot tapper, Going home and Equinoxe to gems including Live and let die, Cat ‘n’ mouse, Devoted to you and Don’t throw it all away. Shadowmanias usually throw up vocal highlights, and this time the highlight was Bruce singing Dialogue from a 1979 album of the same name by Michael Johnson. Only accompanied by Cliff Hall on keyboards you could have heard the proverbial pin drop during this spellbinding performance. Bruce had mentioned how very few songs paint such a vivid picture and the words from Dialogue are well worth Googling! There was a slight disappointment that the set hadn’t included my personal favourite Atlantis, and a much bigger disappointment that the onset of Wonderful land, Apache and FBI meant that Shadowmania 2007 had now come to a close although a happy note to finish on with Bruce confirming that we would all be back here again next year for number ten! (At the end of Diamonds Jet had also said “see you next time!”)
17/09/2007	Warren B is due to the appear at the German Shadows convention in October. Click here for the details
17/09/2007	Hank has given various interviews in Australia promoting his new new album. follow these links for a listen. Thanks to Spike for doing the work of putting these onto 4Shared. Click here & here & here
17/09/2007	Hank has given a new interview for an Australian Radio show. Click here to listen.
21/08/2007	Warren's uploaded a new track on his MySpace page.
06/08/2007	Leos Dens News letter reports `that Warren is currently working on a new album for release around November, but hopes to have an EP available in September. Also keep an Eye on Warren's MySpace page which he updates quite regularly with news as well.`
06/08/2007	Recently the web site hits counter smashed the half a million hits mark - No body is more amazed than me about that. I am deeply touched 'you out there' come over to 'my place' and come back! The past 5 years have been an absolute blast.

06.08.2007	I have recently gone onto Broadband and discovered the joys of UTube. Just type "Hank Marvin" in the search box and off you go. Some very interesting video clips on there.
06/08/2007	Geoff Barker `The Saturday Night Rock n Roll Party BBC Radio Wiltshire interviewed Hank when he was over here recently promoting his new album. I'm in the process of transcribing it for the web - check back soon. UPDATE 06.08.2007 - still not finished! Bear with me! Cazz x x`
02/07/2007	The Daily Express newspaper reports more reunion rumours. "It has been known for some time that Cliff wants to celebrate the occasion" says a well-placed source. "But now he has persuaded Hank, Bruce and Brian to get together once more as Cliff and The Shadows". And it seems that he and his former band, who appeared in many of his films but stopped working together in 1968, anticipate serious demand for concerts. "The reunion will take the form of one or two nights at a major venue late next year rather than a theatre tour, to cope with the huge number of fans demanding such a get-together of the guys who effectively pioneered British rock'n'roll," the source explains. It remains to be seen if former member Jet Harris, who quit to go solo in the early 1960's, can be persuaded to come on board. "The Shadows view Jet as having left the group in 1962 but Cliff may persuade them to include him. Either way, without Tony Meehan, the drummer who died in 2005, we can never have the original Shadows line-up," the source added.
11/06/2007	The final lineup for this year's Shadowmania is now available. So for the best Shadowmania information check here
03/06/2007	Warre-B appeared with Hank on The Heaven & Earth Show this morning.
03/06/2007	Hank is over in the UK at the moment doing some promo work for his soon to be released new solo album. Click on the picture below to see/listen to the interviews. Deep appreciation to Alan Prudhoe over at Vintage Sixties Live for his work on the video clips (this is far too technical for the likes of me.........!)
01/06/2007	Hank on Virgin Media (plus a hint of the possibility of a reunion - keep the faith people!) Click here
01/06/2007 *	Hank on The Independent web site. Click here
31/05/2007 *	Warren-B appeared with Hank on GMTV this morning.
27/05/2007	Marty Wilde at the London Palladium with a few 'special guests'. Paul Maidment was there and here are his thoughts of what was, by all accounts, a great night.... Some of the magic of last night is still sinking in. I still cant believe some of it actually happened. The show kicked off as the others have done with Marty coming straight on , after a small introduction. After a few hits he introduces Jet. He cruises through his set as only Jet can. He did omit Wonderful Land to make time for all the guests. Three of the original Wildcats came on (Big Jim, Brian Bennett and Licorice) to do Bad Boy. Great number! Kim Wilde and Roxanne Wilde both did numbers with Marty. Kim really rocked the place with Kids In America (which Marty co-wrote). Special mention for Roxanne who is clearly a great talent. Justin Hayward from the Moody Blues came on and did a great acoustic Nights In White Satin with Marty. Mr Wilde then started to do a few 'feel good' numbers such as Only Sixteen. Summer Holiday was started and on walked Bruce. Do you know who this is? asked Marty. Brian Bennett by now had made his way behind the kit. Just as I was saying to my mate Eric, "if only Hank came on", he bloody did!!! I was gob smacked. Move It has never sounded so good. Just for that brief time, there they were. Hank ,Bruce, Brian with Marty replacing Cliff (fine by me). All too soon they were gone. But we had those precious few minutes. The finale also gave us time to say thanks to all that appeared as they all came on. Marty, The Wildcats, Licorice Locking, Jet, Hank, Bruce , Brian, Big Jim, Justin Hayward, Roxanne & Kym. What a finale. All to soon it was over. The dvd will be a must. All that talent for £23. Where could you get that? I managed to get a few things signed by everyone that appeared. They all gave their time in the atrocious weather. Good to see Eric, Paul, Kathy and Roy, and many others. What a night!!!!!!! For photos visit Phil Jarvis web site. Click here
16/05/2007	Hank Marvin will be appearing on the Heaven and Earth show 03/06/07. Sourced via www.myspace.com/warrenbennett
16/05/2007	According to the Leos Den mailing list Hank Marvin is also rumoured to be attending Marty Wilde's concert at the London Palladium at the end of May
16/05/2007	Hank will be making various appearances on the TV whilst he's over in the UK. These are:- 29 May - BBC Breakfast news and Channel 5 TV news ; 30th May Sky News; 31st May GMTV; 3rd June BBC1 Heaven & Earth
16/05/2007	PR regarding Hank Marvin's new album - click here. The new album cover. Click here
16/05/2007	See Brian Bennett's website news page for his latest updates plus details of his forthcoming live appearance with the KPM Allstars at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre London
14/05/2007	Click here to visit Instroworld web site for details/comment concerning Hank's new solo album. Tony Hoffman's view point is very much respected by ShadowsFanSite.
27/03/07	As detailed on this news page back in 2006 Bruce Welch appeared in Germany at the Porsche-Oldie-Night on 23/24 March .See report of the evening at the Bruce Welch Tribute web site. Click here.
27/03/07	See Brian Bennett's website news page for his latest updates and details of his forthcoming live appearance with Marty Wilde at the London Palladium on May 27th.
06/03/07	Click here to visit Instroworld web site which reports Hank will be coming to the UK in May to promote his new album Guitar Man.
03/03/07	`The Managing Director of Eicom plc has been in touch to advise:-` "....w`e are showing the Shadows Final Tour on our Performance Channel - Sky 271 and Telewest 312. It will be showing on 19/03/07 and 30/03/07 at 21:00hrs...."`
20/02/07	Shadowmania 2007 will be taking place once more at The Lakeside club. Tickets on sale from the 28 February 2007. You want the BEST Shadowmania site for all the information on the web ? Click here
20/02/07	I read this in The Daily Express newspaper today, - ".... Cliff Richard celebrates his 50th anniversary next year & he and his former backing band The Shadows are gearing up for a stage reunion. The 66-year-old peter pan of pop .... will be touring next year to make his half-century long career and what better way than to rejoin his old friends - surviving original Shads Hank Marvin Bruce Welch & Brian Bennett - with whom he first started recording back in fifties. "it's an idea that's floating around although nothing has been decided just yet" a spokesman for Cliff tells us, "but the anniversary is going to be time for a few fanfares." Well, we wait with 'baited breath' do we not...
10/02/07	Brian Bennett's web site news page updated detailing news of Brian's latest projects. Click here & click on 'news'
10/02/07	Click here to visit Instroworld's News Page which now shows some details of Hank's new album.
10/02/07	Found a really good Jet Harris web site which is sure to be of interest apologies if I've missed this before) Click here
10/01/07	Tony Hoffman's FAB Instroworld web site reports that Hank Marvin will be releasing a new album May/June 2007. ShadowsFanSite is SO PLEASED about this one! Click here to visit Instroworld's News Page. More news when it becomes available.....
09/01/07	Some nice recent photographs of Mr Marvin here. Also keep an eye out for French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel's CD release 'Guitar Connection II' on which Hank has also recorded Nivram as a duet; coming out sometime in 2007.