Tony Christie - Up Close and Personal - Thursday Apr 24th 2025 8pm-10pm

An intimate evening with TONY CHRISTIE

Tony will be performing at Wrecking Ball Arts Centre a day before his 82nd Birthday.

Tony was born on 25th April 1943. Decades later he is still performing and doing what he loves

Tony Christie is a legendary English singer and International hit maker. He has recorded million selling albums and singles, performed in the world's best-known arenas and major festivals including Glastonbury and has found fame all around the world in a career that spans five decades.

Tony's hits have been written by song writing royalty including Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker, Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys and Mitch Murray and Peter Callander with his work released on iconic record labels from MGM, MCA, Universal to Acid Jazz.

Albums including 'Welcome To My Music' which went triple platinum in Germany alone in the early 1990s and 'The Definitive Collection' No 1 in the UK in 2005 are just the tip of Tony's enduring success. Widely regarded as his finest work and critically acclaimed is 'Made in Sheffield' released in 2008 featuring the cream of song writing talent from where Tony's career took off and where he met his wife Sue. Tony was born just 15 miles away in the South Yorkshire pit town of Conisbrough.

Tony's distinctive vocal style and his unique talent to get to the heart of every song has won him fans in every continent both for his live shows and recordings. He has also appeared in numerous stage and TV shows including the hit West End musical Dreamboats & Petticoats and featured on the original album Evita singing 'On This Night of a Thousand Stars' as Magaldi.

Tony Christie Fact file

Tony has had global No 1 hit songs with '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo'; 'Las Vegas'; 'I Did What I Did For Maria' and Top 10 hits with 'Avenues & Alleyways'; 'Walk Like a Panther'; 'Sweet September'; 'Drive Safely Darling' and many more.

Musical influences and heroes include Frank Sinatra and namesake Ella Fitzgerald.

Born: 25 April 1943

Birth Name: Anthony Fitzgerald

You cannot miss the chance to See, Hear and Meet a true British Legend