T’PAU + Guests!
October 31 @ 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
T’Pau + Guests!
7:30pm, 31st October, Club 85, Hitchin
T’Pau burst onto the music scene in 1987 with the hit Heart & Soul reaching No. 4 in both the UK & US charts. Taken from the debut album Bridge of Spies. It’s innovative use of a rap verse by a white female vocalist introduced the world to the distinctive lead vocals of Carol Decker, and the song writing talents of Carol & Ronnie Rogers.
Heart & Soul led to a meteoric rise in T’Pau’s fortunes at home and in the USA, where the track stayed on the US Billboard Chart for 6 months.
After a European Arena Tour supporting Bryan Adams, the band toured UK City Halls and Theatres as headliners to tie in with the next single, the classic ballad China In Your Hand. Nobody could have predicted the impact of ‘China’ which stayed at No. 1 for 5 weeks – the longest serving No. 1 of the year. Simultaneously Bridge of Spies occupied the number 1 album slot for 2 weeks. Their own arena concerts followed.
To date, China In Your Hand has appeared on more than 200 compilations, and has become part of the fabric of the 80’s. After further hits Valentine, I Will Be With You, and Sex Talk, the Bridge of Spies album was certified quadruple platinum in the UK, selling 1.2 million copies. 1988’s Rage also went platinum.
In 1987 T’Pau were officially BIGGER than The Beatles, keeping George Harrison and Paul McCartney at No.2 in the UK singles and album charts respectively..
T’Pau hold the exclusive title of holding three simultaneous No.1 slots. ‘China’ No.1 in the singles charts, Bridge of Spies No.1 in the album charts and the ‘China Remix’ at No.1 in the dance charts!
T’Pau were nominated for 5 Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Award for ‘China In Your Hand’, and won an ASCAP Award from the USA for ‘Heart & Soul’.
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets are on sale from10am Friday 30th May on SeeTickets. Tickets will also be available locally from the venue and H Town Rags in Hitchin, or David’s Music in Letchworth!
www.seetickets.com/event/t-pau/club-85/3428595
Age: persons aged 16+ may attend without a chaperone provided they have photo ID – younger patrons can be signed in at the door and accompanied for the duration of the show by a responsible adult.
Earplugs are available upon request (50p).
Downstairs bar open until 1am.
We are just a 5-minute stroll from the station; like all our gigs this show finishes well in time for the last trains North and South to Cambridge, Peterborough and London.
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