06 November 2022
Newsdesk
10cc founding member Graham Gouldman has announced a 16-date tour for March 2023 with his highly acclaimed semi-acoustic show Heart Full of Songs.
Graham will be joined on stage by 10cc live band members Iain Hornal and Keith Hayman, and Dave Cobby, performing songs from Graham’s celebrated back catalogue, including chart hits for 10cc, the Hollies, Herman’s Hermits, The Yardbirds and his time in Wax with Andrew Gold.
The tour will begin on 6th March in Bury St Edmunds and end on the 23rd March in Salford, including a date at London’s Cadogan Hall on 16th March.
Graham formed what became Heart Full of Songs nine years ago purely for the pleasure of playing his songs in their simplest form: acoustically.
The format’s popularity is such that Heart Full of Songs now tours the UK every two years, between 10cc’s sell-out UK tours.
Since Heart Full of Songs last toured the UK in September 2021, Graham has been busy taking 10cc to some of Europe’s most prestigious concert venues, along with four hugely successful arena events with Toto.
Looking ahead to the tour, Graham said, “I’m very much looking forward to taking Heart Full Of Songs on the road again where I get to play and talk about some of my old songs, and explain their origins, but also play some new material that I am very proud of.
“I'm also looking forward to working with multi instrumentalists/vocalists Iain Hornal and Keith Hayman, both of whom are my 10cc bandmates. On percussion we have Dave Cobby, who also happens to be 10cc's production manager.
“I hope you enjoy the gigs as much as we enjoy playing them."
Graham’s prestigious career took off in 1965 following what turned out to be a blessing in guise. Columbia rejected his first single composition for his band The Mockingbirds, which featured fellow 10cc founder Kevin Godley on drums. The song, For Your Love, became a huge hit for The Yardbirds.
Working by day in a men's outfitters shop and playing by night with his semi-professional band, Graham went on to write a string of hits, such as Pamela, Pamela for Wayne Fontana, For Your Love, Evil Hearted You and Heart Full of Soul (The Yardbirds), Bus Stop and Look Through Any Window (The Hollies), No Milk Today and Listen People (Herman's Hermits), and Tallyman for Jeff Beck.
In 1972, along with Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, he formed 10cc. The band enjoyed a string of Top 10 hits, including three No 1s - Rubber Bullets, I’m Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday – along with Donna (No 2), Art For Art’s Sake and Good Morning Judge (both reaching No 5), The Things We Do For Love and I’m Mandy Fly Me (6), and The Wall Street Shuffle (10), selling more than 30 million albums worldwide.
The full list of Graham Gouldman’s Heart Full of Songs tour dates is as follows:
March 2023
6th Bury St Edmunds The Apex
7th Sunderland Fire Station
8th Glasgow Saint Luke’s
9th Buxton Floral Pavilion
10th Holmfirth The Civic
12th Stamford Corn Exchange
13th Lytham St Annes Lowther Pavilion
14th Southport The Atkinson
15th Shoreham Ropetackle
16th London Cadogan Hall
18th Basingstoke The Haymarket
19th Oswaldtwistle Civic Arts Centre & Theatre
20th Lincoln Drill Hall
21st Wavendon The Stables Theatre
22nd Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
23rd Salford Quays Theatre
