Bill Ward News

On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' storefront studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips, the 'Father of Rock and Roll,' who discovered them all. The four young musicians united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has come to be known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time.

Bob Gould reviews the new West End show

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins) and Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley), joining the previously announced Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley) and Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley) and Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins) and Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley), joining the previously announced Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Bill Ward as Sam Phillips, the legendary music producer and founder of Sun Records in Memphis and the man who discovered the 'Million Dollar Quartet'.

'The Robot Slaves Black Sabbath Show' is proud to announce a special return performance at Olives on Saturday, November 20. 'The Robot Slaves Black Sabbath Show' performs high intensity renditions of Black Sabbath classics. They do not replicate or duplicate and they most certainly do not impersonate. They are enslaved by the music. They are enslaved by the band that created it. They deliver the Sabbath high, hard and heavy in a manor in which they believe their masters would approve. Special guest guitarist, Aaron Kipness of the legendary Black Sabbath tribute Into The Void , will perform with The Robot Slaves for this concert.

'The Robot Slaves Black Sabbath Show' is proud to announce a special return performance at Olives on Saturday, November 20. 'The Robot Slaves Black Sabbath Show' performs high intensity renditions of Black Sabbath classics. They do not replicate or duplicate and they most certainly do not impersonate. They are enslaved by the music. They are enslaved by the band that created it. They deliver the Sabbath high, hard and heavy in a manor in which they believe their masters would approve. Special guest guitarist, Aaron Kipness of the legendary Black Sabbath tribute Into The Void , will perform with The Robot Slaves for this concert.

'The Robot Slaves Black Sabbath Show' is proud to announce a special performance at The Third Annual 'Dimebag Darrell' Birthday Bash at Dingbatz on Saturday, August 21.

'The Robot Slaves Black Sabbath Show' is proud to announce a special performance at The Third Annual 'Dimebag Darrell' Birthday Bash at Dingbatz on Saturday, August 21.

The five finalists voted by Swedish television's reality show 'West End Star' today visit London's Palace Theatre to begin rehearsals for the chance to play The Lady of the Lake, the leading female role in the West End hit musical, Monty Python's Spamalot.

The ten Ladies of the Lake selected by Swedish television reality show 'West End Star' were revealed this weekend on Sweden's TV3. The finalists - selected by a panel of experts from almost a thousand hopefuls who attended auditions across Sweden - will now battle it out in a series of live studio shows to claim the holy grail of prizes: the role of the Lady of the Lake in the West End production of Monty Python's Spamalot.

Following recent celebrations to mark a year in the West End, Monty Python's Spamalot today announces a new booking period, taking bookings at the Palace Theatre through to September 27, 2008.

The London Production of Monty Python's Spamalot celebrated its first birthday last night Wednesday October, 17.

In January 2008, multi-Tony Award and Oliver nominated leading lady Marin Mazzie who currently plays 'The Lady of the Lake' on Broadway will join the London cast, swapping roles with Hannah Waddingham who flies to New York to make her debut on the Great White Way.

On 17 October 2007, Monty Python's Spamalot will celebrate a year in London's West End at the Palace Theatre where it is currently booking until March 1, 2008.

The West End's Spamalot starring Peter Davison, Bill Ward and Hannah Waddingham, hosted a special guest gala on Tuesday September 11, with celebrity and theatre-star colleagues in attendance and at the after-party.

On Wednesday, 8 August 200,000 new tickets will go on sale for the London production of the award-winning and record-breaking hit West End musical Monty Python's Spamalot taking bookings at the Palace Theatre through until 1 March 2008.

Award-winning TV stars Peter Davison and Bill Ward joined the London cast of Monty Python's Spamalot at the Palace Theatre on July 23, 2007