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As well as his song writing and performing, since leaving Wet Wet Wet at the end of the 90s, he has carved out quite a career for himself appearing in musical theatre, although never formally trained in the genre, with starring roles in everything from Chicago and Chess to Witches of Eastwick and Evita.


“I thoroughly enjoy musical theatre, in fact I’m in the process of writing one now. I’m very much inspired by Scottish music and R&B. My musical is based on Brigadoon and old Celtic folklore stories. It has a mystical and mythical theme and embraces Scottish heritage and I’m really enjoying putting together the songs and music for it right now.”


His appearance at the Solihull Festival will be his first live appearance outside of his bedroom since the start of the pandemic and in his usual cheerful manner, he says he can’t wait. So what can fans expect?


“For me this comeback to live music is all about entertaining not educating,” he says. “I’m there to make sure everyone has a really good time and that means all the greatest hits. I’m lucky that I have a massive catalogue of big hits that people are familiar with.


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“I want to hear them singing the songs back to me and having a good time. It’s a win win situation.”


And it’s not just the performing Marti is looking forward to.


“I look forward to coming up to that neck of the woods. The Midlands is an area I have played many times and my first ever panto was at the Birmingham Hippodrome with Julian Clary.


“The festival has a great line up too. There’s acts I love and some I’ve never seen before so I will definitely be staying behind to watch and will look forward to a bop to them.”


The festival is also a great warm up for Marti’s own solo tour which kicks off in November to showcase the new album Stargazer, with the first two singles already released.


“Luckily the album was already completed before the start of lockdown and I was just tinkering around putting the finishing touches to it. I’ve been doing some writing and mixing with people from LA with me in London using Zoom and we’ve managed to make it work. We’ve all had to adapt.”


T ICKE T S ON S A L E


Solihull Summer Fest 2021 celebrates its fifth year at Tudor Grange Park on Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, September 12 after being rescheduled from its original dates in July.


Headline acts on the Saturday include Marti Pellow of course as well as Olly Murs, Alexandra Burke, the Brand New Heavies and the Blow Monkeys.


Tony Hadley, another of Britain’s biggest 80s stars, is appearing on the Sunday night, alongside Kim Wilde, ABC, Nik Kershaw, From the Jam as well as a DJ set from the legendary Pat Sharp.


All tickets will automatically transfer to the new date, however you can request, should you wish, to transfer to July 2022 dates or request a refund as some of the original acts are unable to appear and have been replaced with different ones.


Throughout the weekend, the second stage will be hosted by Heritage Presents with an historic and educational journey through the world of quality dance music from the golden US/UK era of the 1990s.


For more information and to buy tickets online visit www.solihullsummerfest.co.uk


If you miss Marti at Solihull, he will also be appearing the Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on Sunday, November 28 as part of his tour.


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