Tony Christie & his band at Crooked Billet

Round & About

From legendary Glastonbury Pyramid Stage to The Crooked Billet, Stoke Row – iconic songsmith entertainer performs up close & personal at the intimate Crooked Billet – October 7th & 8th

Born 25th April 1943, decades later he is still performing & doing what he loves. He’s recorded numerous million selling albums & singles finding fame all around the world. Also a star of TV & West End stage productions. Also featuring on the original Evita soundtrack & production.

Persuaded out of retirement in 2005 after his comic relief collaboration with Peter Kay reviving Tony Christie’s 1972 hit (Is This The Way To Amarillo) which remained number 1 in the charts for 6 weeks. Tony, diagnosed with dementia in 2023 is a proud ambassador for Music For Dementia. Despite his dementia diagnosis, when performing he remarks that ‘music is very therapeutic’.

Here’s just a few of Tony’s hits: I Did What I Did For Maria, Happy Birthday Baby, Don’t Go Down To Reno, Las Vegas, Most Beautiful Girl, Drive Safely Darlin’, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, Baby I’m-a Want You, The Way We Were, Smile a Little Smile for Me, Tequila Sunrise, (Is This The Way To) Amarillo.