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Wombats on the way


The Wombats


FRESH from announcing their biggest London show to date at Alexandra Palace, The Wom- bats can now confirm a full UK tourwhich will start in Septem- ber.


The tour will follow a packed summer festival schedule which includes Reading, Leeds and T in the Park, plus inter- national dates in a further fourteen countries including America, Australia and Russia. The trio’s most recent tour


in support of their new album Glitterbug was entirely sold out, and included a London date at Brixton Academy. The NME’s review of their Bristol show stated: “This sold- out comeback tour is where the fun bursts back into gig going.” The Wombats’ UK tour brings them to Cardiff University on October 2 Tickets for the new dates go


on sale from 9am today. Priced between £17 and £22.50,


they will be available from www.seetickets.com.


Tribute to Billy Joel


JOEL TRIBUTE: Elio Pace


FOLLOWING on from his high- ly-acclaimed New York and Philadelphia Billy Joel ‘Origi- nal Touring Band’ concerts, Elio Pace delivers this sensa- tional tour celebrating the phe- nomenal music of Billy Joel. Rolling into The Riverfront


on Saturday June 13, at 7.30pm, the internationally celebrated talent of Elio Pace will perform the massive hits Uptown Girl, Just The Way You Are and My Life as well as fan favourites such as Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Goodnight Saigon and Piano Man. This truly will be a wonder-


ful opportunity to experience The Billy Joel Songbook in this electrifying concert performed by the dynamic singer/song- writer and piano-player Elio Pace and his magnificent six- piece band. Visit


tickets.newportlive. co.uk for details HIGH-ENERGY SHOW: Rox Vox UK TOUR:


TO CELEBRATE 35 years of the cult movie Breaking Glass, Hazel O’Connor will tour the UK this winter. The shows will feature the


first ever showings of the digitally re-mastered uncut version of the film, followed by an intimate Q&A and an unplugged performance of some of the film’s best-loved songs with the star herself. 2015 marks Breaking Glass’


award-winning star Hazel O’Connor’s 35th anniversary in the music and entertain- ment industry. Striding into the spotlight


with the cult movie in 1980, Hazel immediately became an iconic figure. Celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary, her ageless songs from the soundtrack – Eighth Day, Will You and Big Brother – seem even more relevant in our present time. Back in the day, 1980, it was pretty rare to find a singer, writer and actress all rolled into one. “Nobody quite knew what bag to put me in,” says Hazel. But perhaps she blazed a


trail for the female multime- dia stars that came along in the mid ‘80s. “Nowadays it’s totally acceptable to wear black bra and mini skirt on TV shows; to be a film star, singer and composer, not to mention an authentic ‘Girl- power’ advocate,” she laughs. 1982 saw Hazel launch in to


her first theatre acting job in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest alongside John Ses- sions and Tim McInnerny at the Royal Exchange in Man- chester, in 1984 she released new album Smile, after legal restraints from a former re- cord company were lifted. Hazel then appeared in her


first West End musical The Girlfriends, and in the mid ‘80s, wrote and performed her own musical Sing Out Sister at the Riverside stu-


dios in London alongside Clare Hirst who is now Ha- zel’s band mate in the Bluja Project. She left the UK to try her


luck in Hollywood where she married, toured with her US band, and was about to start work on a TV sitcom pilot when she wasdiagnosed with two types of skin cancer. This prompted her to move


to Ireland,where she went on to tour the country through-


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Star will mark anniversary


BREAKING GLASS ANNIVERSARY: Hazel O’ Connor


out 1990. In the early ‘90s Ha- zel made three albums with Sony and toured extensively through the UK, Germany, Ireland, France and Holland. By 1998 she decided to write


and perform her now highly acclaimed show Beyond Breaking Glass alongside top Irish harp player and com- poser Cormac De Barra. This show has run suc- cessfully ever since in the US, Germany, Holland, Ire-


land and the UK. Hazel has continued her live career by performing on average 30 shows a year including solo shows and festivals. In 2011 she started working with Clare Hirst (sax) and Sarah Fisher (keyboards) creating a successful trio, which has performed both in the UK and Europe. The trio perform songs


from Hazel catalogue plus covers and jazz classics with


a Hazel twist. 2013 sawthe re- lease of her Hazel’s no-holds- barred autobiography Break- ing Glass Barefoot, followed in 2014 by her latest album Here She Comes. Hazel plays Cardiff’s Glee


Club on December 7. Tickets are on sale priced


£22 regionally and £25 in London (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk


Win tickets to see this foot-stomping show


ROX Vox features some of the strongest male and female rock voices performing in the UK today, together with their amazing band, deliver- ing earthy solos, immense harmonies and virtuoso mu- sicianship. This high-energy show is a homage to the icons of rock including great bands such as Queen, Led Zeppelin, Survi- vor, Guns&Roses, Status Quo and The Rolling Stones. Also visited are solo greats in- cluding Robert Palmer, Janis Joplin, Meatloaf, Bonnie Ty- ler, Eric Clapton; the list goes on and on - over two hours of pure rock classics. There


Competition


will be exhilarating staging, wicked costumes and a spec- tacular laser light show. A full on, air punching,


arm waving, foot stomping, head banging, chorus singing rock concert just like back in the day. To book tickets, call 01495 227206 or visit the web- site at your.caerphilly.gov.uk. We have two pairs of tickets


up for grabs for the show at Blackwood Miners’ Institute on Saturday June 20. To be in with a chance of winning, just tell uswhich music genre


Rox Vox celebrates: a) Jazz; b) Classical; c) Rock. Send your answer, name, ad- dress and contact details on a postcard to Rox Vox Com- petition, Editor’s PA, South Wales Argus, Cardiff Road, Newport, NP20 3QN or you can enter by text. Start your message with ROXVOX, leave a space and then send your answer, name and address to 80360. Messages cost 50p plus your normal operator text charge. Service provided by Newsquest Media Group. Terms and Conditions at www.southwalesargus.co.uk/ competitions. Closing date: June 14.


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