Showaddywaddy are back on the road for 2012, and the band kick off at Dorchester Abbey on Saturday 28th January for a gig in aid of The Nasio Trust.

This gig also marks the first live performance of the revised line up, featuring Romeo Challenger on drums, Rod Deas on bass, Paul Dixon on guitar, and now joined by Andy Pelos on lead vocals, Dean Loach on keyboards and Rob Hewins on drums.

Following the Dorchester gig, the band embark upon "The Greatest Hits Tour 2012", starting on 17th February in Kings Lynn, and taking in venues all over the UK right through til June.
The band will be playing many of their 23 top-40 hits and many more, including tracks not played live for many years!

2012 is sure to be another exciting year for Showaddywaddy!

"Summertime Blues '05"

Dave Bartram's first book is now available to pre-order at Hirst Publishing. Due for an Easter 2012 release, pre-orders will receive a dedicated signed copy and your name listed in the back!

"During the 1970s, teddy-boy draped rock & roll band Showaddywaddy had a run of chart success unparalled by any other artist or band.

In 2005 they were still touring, but by then the heady days of teeny-bop hysteria were long gone. Offered a summer run of 33 holiday camp dates, the band took the fast buck, and subsequently entered uncharted territory. From experiencing life in the fast lane, they were about to undergo a breakdown on the hard-shoulder.

Lead Singer Dave Bartram candidly recounts the extraordinary happenings of 10 weeks in the UK's bucket & spade resorts, which strained every emotion to breaking point..."

Top of the Pops - Episodes from 1977 on BBC4 throughout 2012


Throughout 2011, BBC4 broadcast episodes of Top Of The Pops from 1976, every week. Showaddywaddy featured with their hits of that year, T"rocadero" and "Under The Moon of Love".

Into 2012, and the BBC are broadcasting episodes from 1977! So we will begin to see punk and new wave on our screens, but Showaddywaddy were still doing the business in the Top Five, so look out of the band's performances of "When", "You Got What It Takes", and "Dancin' Party" throughout the year!

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Dave's Last Q&A Now Online!

Dave Bartram's Q&A session is now online! Dave has taken part in 20 exclusive web-site sessions since 1999, and this latest one - which will probably be Dave's last - is as interesting as ever!

Check it out here!

News items from the last month or so are now in the Latest News Archive page.

Available Now....

The CD features extensive sleeve notes including contributions by Dave, and previously unseen photos.

...."Lost & Found" by Dave Bartram

After 27 years in hiding, tracks recorded by Dave Bartram between 1982 and 1985 was released by Invisible Hands Music in September 2011!

Go to www.dave-bartram.com to order.
The first 100 orders will be autographed by Dave.
You can also hear track samples by clicking the Play button!

14 previously unheard new-old tracks make up a running list of 17 songs:

1. Black Ice (Album Version)
2. Highly Strung
3. He Won’t
4. Delirious
5. Can’t Hide The Hurt Anymore
6. Lovestruck
7. Incommunicado
8. Excitement
9. Lost In The Post
10. Cryin’ In My Sleep
11. Memories Are Made Of This
12. Stranded
BONUS TRACKS
13. Burnin' The Candle (Demo)
14. Delirious (Instrumental)
15. Black Ice (Single Version)
16. Delirious (Alternative Version)
17. Perfect Harmony (1995)

Showaddywaddy DVD - Live in Germany 1975

Voiceprint's most recent Showaddywaddy release is a fantastic set performed live for German TV. Rarely seen footage, recorded in the Autumn of 1975, the set list includes then-new songs Rock 'n' Roll Music, Sweet Music & Three Steps To Heaven amongst many others!

Buy it online from direct from Voiceprint.

The Very Best of Showaddywaddy

Demon release a new 36 track double-CD on their Music Club Deluxe label, the imaginatively titled "Hey Rock 'n' Roll, The Very Best Of" CD features enhanced packaging, and singles and album tracks recorded throughout the band's career from the seventies to the noughties. Includes new liner notes by Dave Bartram.
Buy it online from Amazon.co.uk!

The Sun Album

Showaddywaddy's latest album of new songs was released in April 2008. It was recorded in Wales, and Memphis, the home of rock 'n' roll.
Showaddywaddy toured the album round the UK in 2009 and were in demand to do the same in 2010!
Buy it here
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Showaddywaddy DVD - Live 1980

DVD, Greatest Hits - Live. Voiceprint have done an excellent job with this package - a release of the Showaddywaddyshow from 1980, containing many of the band's Greatest Hits and tracks from the band's then-new album Bright Lights.
Buy it here
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