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Gary Davies sits in

Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet fame picks the Tracks of My Years with music from Snow Patrol and Queen. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Tony Hadley, who rose to fame in the 80's as lead singer of Spandau Ballet, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Snow Patrol and Queen. Last month he released his new single 'Obvious', co-written with Mick Lister who also wrote a couple of songs on Tony's 2018 solo album 'Talking To the Moon'. Prior to lockdown Tony had been bouncing between Mick Lister's studio in Bedfordshire and producer/writer Gary Stevenson's studio in Oxfordshire, working on songs for his 2020/2021 Anniversary Tour and Album. However, like everyone, Tony has had to change his plans for the year and he will celebrate his 41st Anniversary instead! This week Tony is about to participate in a series of Drive-in concerts that will go on until the beginning of August. He is really looking forward to getting back on stage with his band, The Fabulous TH Band, as he calls them as every other show this year from March to October had to be cancelled due to COVID 19. While in lockdown Tony has been recording lots of messages and shout outs for individuals and charities as well as releasing videos every Sunday recorded at home of songs that have been influential to him. In May there was a flurry of activity online when Tony responded to a message from a man in Singapore who had lost a radio quiz because the radio station declared he had mis-pronounced his name. Tony intervened and eventually the station gave in.

In December 2019 in the Queen's New Year's Honours List Tony was awarded an MBE for his charitable work for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice. In January and February Tony once again took to the stage with Young voices Children's Choir to play 24 sold out Arena shows around the UK. He liked it so much that he volunteered to sing some Queen songs for this year's tour. In February/March he embarked on a spring solo tour to Japan and Australia and managed to get back just before lockdown started.

Gary also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus another round of PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Gary.Davies@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 21 Jul 2020 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Mark Ronson

    Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Dua Lipa

    Hallucinate

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Candi Staton

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Record of the Week

    • Katy Perry

      Smile

  • Michael Jackson

    Billie Jean

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.

  • Erasure

    Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)

    • The Neon.
    • Mute.

  • Spandau Ballet

    This Is The Love

    • The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story.
    • Rhino.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Someone You Loved

    • Breach.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.

  • Will Ferrell & My Marianne

    Husavik (My Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔtown)

    • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Arista.

  • Mink DeVille

    Spanish Stroll

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Tom Walker

    Wait For You

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
    • Columbia.

  • Shalamar

    I Can Make You Feel Good

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 4.

  • Callum Beattie

    Salamander Street

    • People Like Us.
    • 3Beat.

  • Whitney Houston

    It's Not Right But It's Okay

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • The Chicks

    Sleep At Night

    • Gaslighter.
    • Columbia.

  • The Isley Brothers

    That Lady (Part 1)

    • Blues And Soul: The Soul Years 1966-1999: Vol.3 1972-1973 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.
    • 5.

  • Album of the Week

    • Ellie Goulding

      Woman

      • Brightest Blue.
      • Polydor.

  • The Pretenders

    Didn't Want To Be This Lonely

    • Hate For Sale.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Queen

      Seven Seas Of Rhye

      • Queen - Greatest Hits.
      • Parlophone.
      • 11.

    • Snow Patrol

      Chasing Cars

      • (CD Single).
      • Fiction.

  • ΄³³ά²ϊΓ«±τ

    Dancing In The Moonlight (feat. NEIMY)

    • (CD Single).
    • DGTLBEATS.

  • Joe Jackson

    Is She Really Going Out With Him?

    • Stepping Out - Very Best Of Joe Jacks.
    • A&M.

  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Jul 2020 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2