Brothers Patrick and Gregory Kane formed Hue and Cry in the 80’s and the duo made a huge impact with the release of their debut album ‘Seduced and Abandoned’ (1987) which featured their first top ten single ‘Labour of Love’. The follow up album ‘Remote’ continued the trend and produced the huge hits ‘Looking for Linda’ & ‘Violently’. Albums like ‘Stars Crash Down’, ‘Showtime’ and ‘Jazz Not Jazz’ ensured Hue and Cry’s continuedsuccessful run through the 90’s, whilst their 2005 appearances as finalists on ITV’s primetime show ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, featuring their version of Beyonce’s ‘Crazy In Love’, thrust the band firmly back into the mainstream limelight.
A number of successful album releases and accompanying live appearances followed which included ‘Open Soul’ (2008), 'Xmasday' (2009), 'Bitter Suite Again' (2010), ‘Hot Wire’ (2012), ‘Remote: Major to Minor’ (2014), ‘September Songs’ (2015), ‘Pocketful of Stones’ (2017). To date Hue and Cry have sold in excess of two million records worldwide.
In 2019, Hue and Cry sold out their ‘Summer Nights at the Bandstand’ show at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove park within 48 hours and finished the year by playing live all over the UK. With the global pandemic bringing live touring to a halt during 2020/21, Hue and Cry introduced their pioneering ‘Live from Lockdown’ streaming shows which were broadcast live from the band’s Glasgow based studio and viewed online by thousands of fans around the world. A collection of their favourite tracks from these shows was released as a ‘Best of Lockdown’ album (2022).
Hue and Cry have sold tens of thousands of concert tickets worldwide. As well as performing alongside some of the greatest artists in music history - appearing with U2, James Brown, Madonna, Al Green and Van Morrison to name but a few, the band have undertaken a multitude of their own headline tours and made numerous festival appearances.
Hue and Cry were recognised by their peers when they were recently presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Music Awards. The band are currently working on a brand new album and have made a welcome return to performing in front of audiences in both their ‘stripped’ duo and ‘full band’ set-ups.
“They’ve lasted because they are brilliant”
“Timeless & classic pop anthems”
“After thirty years they sound better than ever”
“The best act of the day”
With support from Ric Neale
RIC NEALE is a singer, songwriter and pianist whose honest, heartfelt songs about life, love, parenting and adventure are beloved by his many devoted followers. Ric has also written and performed in musical theatre (DANCING BEAR, The Yorkshire Playhouse and the Manchester’s Palace Theatre), with UK Drag hero DIVINA DICAMPO (Ric wrote her Christmas album in 2020) and has taken his theatrical, profound and often hilarious solo performances all over the country in support of his releases (including 2021’s hugely popular album CONNECTED DISCONNECTED) or his one man tribute to The Beach Boy’s classic album PET SOUNDS. Ric’s love for storytelling is crystal clear and his solo piano albums ALL THAT COUNTS, PENCIL and LULLABIES FOR PARENTS (a song cycle about parenting which was later successfully turned into a one man theatre production) show his ability to explore the extremities of the human condition using just his voice and a piano and the songs on these records are continually requested by his loyal audience. He lectures on the craft of songwriting all over the world and curates and hosts the monthly MONOCHROME in his hometown of Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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