David Essex OBE has announced the details of his ‘The 2024 Tour’, his first tour since 2022.
The tour will start in Ipswich in August 2024 and see the star touring the UK where he’ll play 20 shows. The run will culminate at London’s iconic Palladium.
Essex first shot to fame when he went to an audition for the London production of the musical ‘Godspell’ and was chosen by enthusiastic US producers for the role of Jesus. He received major awards and some ecstatic reviews which saw him lead a cast at the Roundhouse and then at the West End for two years.
Since then, Essex has enjoyed a remarkable career that has combined concerts, records, theatre, composing, films and television with striking success. He has written, recorded and produced albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. He’s also had twenty-three Top 30 singles in Britain alone. These include the Grammy nominated ‘Rock On’ which not only topped the charts in Britain and the USA but sold over one million copies. Subsequent singles followed such as ‘Lamplight’, ‘Hold Me Close’ and ‘Gonna Make You A Star’ which made Essex a household name.
Essex has continued to this day to produce and write albums including 2013’s ‘Reflections’ and has contributed to stage and screen with the likes of ‘Silver Dream Machine’ taken from ‘Silver Dream Racer’, in which he starred. Acting credits also include ‘That’ll Be The Day’, its sequel ‘Stardust’, ‘Traveller’, ‘The Guvnors’, ‘Black Prince’ and more recently BBC TV’s ‘EastEnders’ as the head of the Moon family. Theatre credits include outstanding performances in ‘ELF!’, ‘Evita’, ‘Boogie Nights 2’, ‘Footloose’, ‘Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects Of Love’, plus his own musicals ‘Mutiny!’ and ‘All The Fun Of The Fair’.
The full list of dates is:
Tue 27 Aug – Ipswich Regent
Wed 28 Aug – Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Fri 30 Aug – Brighton Centre
Sat 31 Aug – Southampton Mayflower
Sun 01 Sept – Milton Keynes Theatre
Tue 03 Sept – Bath Forum
Thu 05 Sept – Torquay Princess Theatre
Fri 06 Sept – Cardiff New Theatre
Sat 07 Sept – Swansea Arena
Mon 09 Sept – Liverpool Empire
Tue 10 Sept – Llandudno Venue Cymru Theatre
Thu 12 Sept – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Fri 13 Sept – Sheffield City Hall
Sat 14 Sept – Wolverhampton The Halls
Mon 16 Sept – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Tue 17 Sept – York Barbican
Thu 19 Sept – Newcastle City Hall
Fri 20 Sept – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Sat 21 Sept – Blackpool Opera House
Mon 23 Sept – London Palladium
Tickets for David Essex the 2024 tour are on sale Friday 3rd November at 10am www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
