Rick Astley to tour in the UK this October

Well a couple of days ago Rick Astley's  press and marketing assistant contacted me regarding the announcement of Rick's new tour.  There are going to be 7 days in total taking in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow, Bournemouth.

The tour kicks of on the 17th October in Manchester.  The tickets are priced at £24.95 (which included the booking fee)

Below is the press statement regarding the tour:



80’s Pop Icon and multi-million selling artist Rick Astley has announced a full UK Tour for October this year.
Rick Astley is a talent whose career has spanned over 25 years. Rick Astley has sold in excess of 19 million records and has a string of 8 consecutive number 1s under-his-belt.

His amazing career began in 1987. Shocked by the powerful, mature soulful voice of Rick aged just 21; the UK sent his debut single "Never Gonna Give You Up" to the top of the charts within 2 weeks of its release. The rest of the world soon followed suit with "Never Gonna Give You Up" reaching Number 1 in 16 other countries including most of Europe, Japan, United States and Australia. The following 2 years saw Rick continue to dominate the charts around the globe. In the UK, Rick was in the Top 40 every week for the first 6 months of his career. It was Britain's largest selling single of that year.

The album "Whenever You Need Somebody" entered the UK album charts at Number 1 and sold over 15.2 million copies worldwide, making him the top selling British act of the year. It was a similar success story in the USA, as Rick became one of the few British artists to crack their market. Rick's American success was reinforced with a second Number 1 single, "Together Forever". "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" became another Top 10 single and the album also reached a position within the Top 10 selling close to 2 million copies.

After that Rick took a well deserved break but surprised British fans in 2004 with an 8 date tour which comprised of 'classic' songs from past decades including Sinatra, Bacharach and The Carpenters as well as a few from Mr Astley's musical resume and soon after more dates followed.

In 2008 debut single ‘Never Gonna Give You Up,' became one of the most viewed pop video of all time on YouTube with over 51 million views to date due to the unstoppable phenomenon of ‘Rickrolling’. This has earned him a nomination at the MTV Europe Music Awards for ‘BEST ACT EVER’. 2012 marks the 25 Anniversary of the single.

More recently Rick opened up for Peter Kay’s record breaking the Tour That Does Tour Tour and will be appearing at Tatton Park amongst other outdoor events this summer before embarking on an seven date tour later this year:

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Tour Dates

Rick Astley - My Arms Keep Missing You

'My Arms Keep Missing You' was released as a Double A- side with 'When I Fall In Love' for the Christmas Charts.

Releasing the single as a double A-Side gave the radio stations something else to play after the christmas thus helping the single stay in the charts longer.

The single made it to number 4 in the Christmas UK singles Chart but had made it to number 2 eventually in January 1988.

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Where's Harry Remix
Razormaid Mix
Bruno's Mix

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Rick Astley - When Ever You Need Somebody

'Whenever You Need Somebody' is a number-one dance hit from 1985 performed by O'Chi Brown and written by the team of Stock Aitken Waterman. Brown's version of the song, would also make the soul singles chart, peaking at number eighty-eight.

In 1987, Rick Astley covered the song, and it would become the title track and second single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album Whenever You Need Somebody, also written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The single reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

It was also a successful European hit for Astley, continuing the success of his previous smash single 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. It was not released as a single in the U.S.

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Video
Single Version
Instrumental Version
Rick Sets It Off Mix
Lonely Hearts Mix
Diego Grez 2008 Remix Edit
Just Good friends - B-side


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Rick Astley - When I Fall In Love

'When I Fall in Love' is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it, though the original hit version was by Doris Day.

Doris Day's recording was made on June 5, 1952. It was released by Columbia Records

Rick Astley recorded a version of the classic single which competed with the Nat 'King' Cole version in 1987. Astley did not want to record the song originally but was convinced to by the Stock, Aiken and Waterman team. The single was released as a Double A- side with 'My Arms Keep Missing You'. The single made it to number 4 in the Christmas UK singles Chart but had made it to number 2 eventually.

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Video
Single Version
My Arms Keep Missing You - B-Side


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Rick Astley - When Fall In Love - TOTP Performance

Rick Astley - Together Forever

'Together Forever' is a song recorded by Rick Astley and release in 1988. This was Astley's 4th single release and continued his success in the charts by reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Astley's second and final U.S. chart-topper.

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Video
Single Version
7 inch Mix
Album Version
House of Love Mix
Extended Mix
Lover's Leap Mix
DJ Tim A's Club Mix
Harold's Mix
Piano Dance Remix
Hot Tracks Mix
Lover's Leap Extended Mix
I'll Never Set You Free - B-Side


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Rick Astley - Together Forever - Video

Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody - Album

In 1985, Astley was playing the club circuit as a drummer with a soul band called FBI when he was noticed by the record producer Pete Waterman. Waterman persuaded Asltely to work at the PWL recording studio in London and was taughtabout the recording process and groomed for his future pop careeer.

'Whenever You Need Somebody' is Rick Astley's first album released in 1987 on RCA Records.

The album became Astley's best selling album and, according to his own official website, sold 15.2 million copies worldwide.

Tracklisting:

01 - Never Gonna Give You Up
02 - Whenever You Need Somebody
03 - Together Forever
04 - It Would Take a Strong Strong Man
05 - The Love Has Gone
06 - Don't Say Goodbye
07 - Slipping Away
08 - No More Looking for Love
09 - You Move Me
10 - When I Fall in Love

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Rick Astley - She Wants To Dance With Me

'She Wants to Dance with Me' is a song written and recorded by Rick Astley and released in 1988.

The single continued Astley success in the charts around the world by making number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

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Video
Single Version
Album Version
Instrumental Version
Bordering On A Collie 12 inch Mix
Watermix
Extended Mix
Night And Day Mix

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Rick Astley - She Wants To Dance With Me - Video

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

'Never Gonna Give You Up' was sung by Rick Astley. The song was released as the first single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album, 'Whenever You Need Somebody'.

The song became a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at number one for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year and went on to win the Best British Single catagory at the 1988 Brit Awards.

In the music video, directed by Simon West, a smiling Astley sings and dances to the song in various outfits and venues in West London, sometimes accompanied by backup dancers. A bartender played by Clive Clarke gradually shifts from casually noticing Astley's singing to being fully engrossed in the song with energetic acrobatic moves. The athletic exertion of many of the other dancers also becomes more intense over the course of Astley's performance.

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Video
7 inch Mix
Escape To New York Mix
Acapella Version
Hot Tracks Mix
Instrumental
7 inch Instrumental Version
Bass Ten House Mix
Solly Remix
Escape From Newton Mix
DMC Radio Video Edit
Album Version
DJ Addict Funk Mix
White Label Club Mix
VJ Carlos Club Mix
Cake Mix
Ben Librand Mix


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