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PAUL YOUNG and special guests HUE and CRY play WREXHAM and MANCHESTER

Paul  Anthony  Young  was  born  January  17th  1956. He  was  the  middle  child  of  three,  has  an  elder  brother  Mark  and  a  younger  sister  Joanne.  His  interest  in  music  dates  back  to  when he  was  very  young,  when  he  learnt  to  play  piano  and  then  the  guitar.  On  leaving  school  he  worked  with  his  father  for  Vauxhall  Motors and  played  in  various  bands  at  night.  He  played  Bass  guitar  in  his  first  band  but  eventually  lack  of  demand  for  bass players  led  him  back  to  his  first  passion,  singing.  Th...

Hue and Cry come to Flintshire - 18th February

Hue and Cry burst onto the UK music scene in the late 1980's with the outstandingly successful albums ‘Seduced and Abandoned’ and ‘Remote’. This period saw the band produce some of their most auspicious hit singles such as ‘Labour of Love’, ‘Violently’, and ‘Looking for Linda’. Their award winning style of intellectual, yet appealing pop songs, fused with their unique brand of soulfulness gave rise to their continued success as the band advanced ‘full-steam-ahead’ into the nineties, releasing acclaimed work which includes the chart‐storming Top Ten album ‘Stars Crash Down’. Pat and Greg Kane made a triumphant return in 2008 with their first pop album in sometime ‐ the much applauded ‘Open Soul’ which boasted a combination of the band’s classic ‘pop-soul’ sound, coupled with fresh and on occasion ‘stripped down’ production. Extensive UK touring supported the release of ‘Open Soul’, and in February 2009 the band released of a definitive selection of their earlier work including ...