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10cc Star Graham Gouldman UK Tour Dates To Coincide With First New Solo Album In Eight Years
10cc’s Graham Gouldman will embark on a run of UK tour dates in March and April 2020 to coincide with the release of his first solo album in eight years.

Long-established as one of the world’s greatest songwriters, Graham’s 14-date tour with his semi-acoustic band Heart Full of Songs begins in Gateshead on 19th March and ends in Cardiff on 4th April, including a date at London’s Union Chapel on 26th March. 

Graham’s new solo album – the fifth of his career, and his first since 2012’s ‘Love And Work’ - is scheduled for release on 20th March on British independent record label Lojinx. 

With 10cc tours enjoying ever-increasing success around the world, in 2018 Graham was invited by The Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr to join his All Starr Band for tours of Europe and the USA, during which the band played three 10cc songs, elevating Graham’s profile yet further. 

That relationship continues, with Ringo making a very special guest appearance on Graham’s new album, playing drums on a song called ‘Standing Next To Me’.
 
Graham said, “Playing with Ringo Starr and The All Starr Band was absolutely brilliant, and having Ringo play drums on one of my new album’s songs was the icing on the cake. The song is about how I came to be asked to join his band, and about my experience of being on the road with Ringo alongside Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Gregg Rolie, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette, who also plays drums on three of the album’s tracks.”
 
When Graham formed what became Heart Full of Songs it was purely for the pleasure of playing his songs in their simplest form: acoustically. The format became so popular that the acoustic four-piece undertook its first concert tour in April-May 2013. 

The band now tours across Belgium, Germany, Holland and the UK and comprises Graham, Ciaran Jeremiah, Dave Cobby and either Iain Hornal, Nick Kendal or Andy Park, depending on their various commitments.

For lovers of perfectly-crafted music performed by the composer, a Heart Full of Songs concert is truly an exquisite experience, featuring 10cc classics such as I’m Not In Love, Dreadlock Holiday and The Things We Do For Love, Bus Stop – a hit for The Hollies, For Your Love (The Yardbirds) and Bridge To Your Heart (Wax), along with some new material.
 
Graham’s songwriting status was acknowledged in 2014 with his induction into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame – an arm of America’s National Academy of Music. Previous inductees include Noel Coward, Irving Berlin, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Leonard Cohen and Sting.

That was followed in 2015 by Broadcast Music Incorporated in the US anointed him an Icon of the Industry at a special ceremony in London, where he wowed the audience with an acoustic rendition of I’m Not In Love, accompanied by Lisa Stansfield on vocals. 
 
Around that time, Graham got another unexpected lift. It happened backstage at the UK’s Cropredy Festival when Robert Plant walked up and thanked him for writing one of the songs that got him through the audition to join Led Zeppelin. The song was For Your Love.
 
Looking ahead to the tour, Graham said, “I always love taking my Heart Full Of Songs show on tour. Acoustic performances always create a very intimate atmosphere where every song – which is what it’s all about - can truly be heard. It also gives me a chance to explain how the songs came about and something of the writing process. We’ll see you there.”
The full Heart Full of Songs tour: 

19    Mar    Gateshead    Sage 2
20    Mar    Aberdeen    The Tivoli Theatre
21    Mar    Edinburgh    Pleasance Theatre
22    Mar    Glasgow    St Luke’s
24    Mar    Solihull    The Core Theatre 
25    Mar    Leeds     City Varieties
26    Mar    London     Union Chapel
27    Mar    Brighton    St George’s
29    Mar    Colwyn    Theatr Colwyn  
30    Mar    Liverpool     Epstein Theatre 
1    Apr    Wavendon    The Stables
2    Apr    Manchester    RNCM 
3    Apr    Bristol    St George’s
4    Apr    Cardiff    The Gate 
  
Tickets are available from all venues, ticket agencies and www.grahamgouldman.info ​
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About Graham Gouldman 

Born on 10 May 1946 in Manchester, Graham was given his first guitar at the age of 11 and started playing with local bands at 15. He received early encouragement to develop his musical talent from his mother Betty and father Hymie, who also contributed with suggested lyrics and song titles.

Graham played with various Manchester bands before forming The Mockingbirds in 1965 (with Kevin Godley on drums), and when the record label Columbia rejected Graham’s first single composition for the band, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. 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 and 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).
  

It’s the enduring popularity of these tracks and Graham’s love of playing songs acoustically, that led to the formation of Heart Full of Songs, which features many of these songs, Bridge To Your Heart (from Graham’s time in Wax with the late Andrew Gold) and other compositions including film sound tracks and material from his acclaimed solo albums Animalympics, And Another Thing, Love And Work and Play Nicely And Share,.
Songs written or co-written by Graham Gouldman include:

Art For Art’s Sake        -    10cc
Bridge To You Heart        -    Wax
Bus Stop *            -    The Hollies
Dreadlock Holiday        -    10cc
East West *            -    Herman’s Hermits
Evil Hearted You *        -    The Yardbirds
For Your Love *            -    The Yardbirds
Good Morning Judge        -    10cc
Heart Full of Soul *        -    The Yardbirds
I Got You            -    McFly
I’m Mandy Fly Me        -    10cc
I’m Not In Love            -    10cc
Listen People *            -    Herman’s Hermits
Look Through Any Window     -    The Hollies
No Milk Today *            -    Herman’s Hermits
Pamela Pamela *            -    Wayne Fontana
Right Between Your Eyes        -    Wax
Rubber Bullets            -    10cc
Stalking A Fan            -    Kirsty McColl
Stronger                -    Gary Barlow
Tallyman *            -    Jeff Beck
The Wall Street Shuffle        -    10cc
The Way I'm Feeling Tonight    -    Paul Carrack
Things We Do For Love        -    10cc
* written solely by Graham Gouldman
  • I’m Not In Love (co-written by Graham) has been played over five million times on US radio.
  • YouTube videos of I’m Not In Love, both old and with the current 10cc band, have been viewed more that 30 million times overall.  
  • Things We Do For Love (co-written by Graham) has been played over 3.5 million times on US radio.
  • Dreadlock Holiday (co-written by Graham) is featured on the soundtrack of the 2010 film The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook.
  • I’m Not In Love was part of the soundtrack of the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
  • Bus Stop (written by Graham for The Hollies) has been played over four million times on US radio, while For Your Love (a hit for the Yardbirds) has been played more than two million times on US radio.
  • Wax, featuring Graham and the late Andrew Gold, sold more than two million albums worldwide, helped by hit singles Bridge To Your Heart and Right Between The Eyes.
  • I’m Not In Love is a lead track on the 2015 blockbuster Disney film Guardians of the Galaxy, which grossed $635 million (£512m) in its first two months in US cinemas and resulted in a No 1 album.
  • 10cc has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

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