This award winning Brummie comedian has had a career spanning 30 years. Apart from his stand-up comedy and TV shows such as 'Carrot's Commercial Breakdown', he is probably best known for his spoof police drama with Robert Powell, 'The Detectives', and his undying passion for Birmingham City FC.
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Uncompromising and head-on comic who will deal with issues that are sexist or sizeist with a razor sharp wit. 'Britain's funniest female comedian in years.' (The Independent)
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'The world's most successful and longest running tribute band ever' - they have been touring longer than The Beatles ever did themselves!
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Elkie Brooks is one of the most successful singers the UK has ever produced. Since her career began in the early 1960s as a support act to The Beatles, she has won over a legion of fans worldwide. She has had over a dozen UK hit singles and is officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful UK album act of the past twenty years.
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Comedian from Dudley who shot to fame when he was just 17, starring in the anarchic 1970s children's TV show 'Tiswas'. He has since become one of Britain's most popular entertainers.
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This popular stand-up and TV comedian is well-known for his appearances on the pop music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks. His career as a performer began in 1984 when he quit his job as a civil servant to follow a new direction as a performance poet on the alternative comedy circuit and supporting bands such as The Style Council and The Housemartins. During the late '80s he worked Billy Bragg, directing videos for both Bragg and Kirsty MacColl. Phill has an abiding love and in-depth knowledge of popular music, particularly ska, bluebeat and rhythm & blues. His hugely successful standup tours have included Jedi, Steady, Go and Quadrophobia, and he has worked extensively on radio, variously as a contributor, panellist and presenter. He has also been touring as part of The Blockheads line-up.
Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Dury's album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK. Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy, John Turnbull and Mick Gallagher still remain from the original band, and the current line-up is augmented by Gilad Atzmon and Dylan Howe. These legendary funksters will be playing all the old favourites and plenty of new material.
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Maximum rhythm 'n' blues with former members of the original Manfred Mann Group playing together with some of the top '60s legends. Original MM frontman Paul Jones leads the band along with Mike D'Abo, Tom McGuinness and Mike Hugg.
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