Tony Blackburn News

Sixty years ago, pirate radio floated on a diet of great pop, but was sunk by a spoilsport government. That said, its spirit lived on - and still does today!

Sylvia Young, the founder of the Sylvia Young Theatre School and a leading figure in British performing arts education, has died at the age of 85. Her death was confirmed by her daughters Alison and Frances, who shared that she passed away “peacefully” on Wednesday morning.

The curtain has gone up on Darlington Hippodrome’s new summer season of shows! Learn more about the full season lineup here.

As 2022 draws to a close with sensational panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Milton Keynes Theatre has announced a sensational Spring season jam-packed with glittering musicals, thrilling dramas and unmissable comedy.

Pyramid and Parr Hall have revealed their full line-up for autumn with the release of their latest brochure.

Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn will be transporting audiences back to the era where he made his name when he once again presents Sounds of the 60s.

Following the success this year of Tony Blackburn's Sounds of the 60s live tour, which has enjoyed a long run of sold out performances across the UK and is still to play at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Thursday 28 November, legendary DJ Johnnie Walker will take BBC Radio 2's popular SOUNDS OF THE 70S radio show on the road in 2020, visiting Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Wednesday 8 April.

Extra dates for the Tony Blackburn and Sounds of the 60s Live tour have been announced thanks to huge interest, including a date in Warrington.

Rip It Up The 60s is unabashed entertainment full of great songs, plenty of dancing and a handful of stars from Strictly.

Wolverhampton Grand has announced a new season.

BBC Radio 2's popular Sounds Of The 60s series will take to the road in 2019 with a brand new live show hosted by the station's iconic DJ, Tony Blackburn.

Audiences across Coventry and Warwickshire are invited to take a seat at the Belgrade Theatre this June with a line up of musical shows that are not to be missed.

THE GIRLS, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play byTim Firth, Calendar Girls, opened last night, Tuesday 21 February, at thePhoenix Theatre in London's West End, where it had previewed from 28 January 2017.

Photographs from the opening of HALF A SIXPENCE

Gary Naylor sees a play based on the true story of a girl who fled the Nazi Holocaust on the Kindertransport that has much to say about that and about people more generally.

A brand-new theatrical sing-a-long event heads to the Wyvern in January, with a full-live band playing 70s disco music fronted by ex-boy band star and co-hosted by a 70s radio icon.

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.