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RICK WAKEMAN - PIANO PORTRAITS IN CONCERT 

Currently celebrating his 50^th year as a professional musician, keyboard player, songwriter and broadcaster, Rick Wakeman recently made chart history when his Piano Portraits album became the first solo piano album to enter the UK's Top 10.

To mark this great achievement, Rick will be hitting the road later this year taking Piano Portraits In Concert on a 10-date tour across the UK, with tickets going on sale this Friday 3^rd February at 10am. 

Initially inspired by the unprecedented reaction to his performance of David Bowie's Life On Mars on BBC Radio 2 in early 2016, Piano Portraits features instrumental versions of hits Rick originally performed on (Space Oddity, Morning Has Broken & Wondrous Stories) as well of others specifically chosen for their wonderful melodies, including Stairway To Heaven, Help and Eleanor Rigby.

He has also added a selection of some of his favourite classical pieces (Berceuse, Clair de Lune and Swan Lake).

The show will include at least eight of the pieces on the album, plus other musical surprises, and all will be interspersed with hilarious anecdotes from this well-known and accomplished raconteur.

Rick's one man shows are extremely popular and consistently sell out - a trend that looks likely to continue with the success of Piano Portraits.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 3 February via myticket.co.uk
 

Tour dates 2017:

May

25th Bury St Edmunds - The Apex 

June

3rd Bexhill - De La Warr Pavilion

8th Buxton - Opera House

10th Basingstoke - Anvil

17th Leicester - De Montfort Hall

22nd London - Cadogan Hall

24th Birmingham - Town Hall

25th Manchester - Royal Northern College of Music

July

5th & 6th Wavendon - Stables

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For more information contact:

Emma McHarrie at EMPR

emma@emmamcharriepr.com

07970 496707

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