![]() ![]() If ever a single aural and visual aspect had to be chosen to represent ELO and its incarnations, Mik Kaminski and his Blue Violin would be a major contender. ![]() the allure of the concert arena and the exhilaration of live performing has always been Bev's greatest incitement. Although reputed for his multitracked studio techniques. Recent years have seen Bev develop his abilities as a lyricist and he is respon5ible for many of the lyrics on the band's new album. Since then, Bev and the band have, worked tremendously hard and performed countless concerts. It was Bev who Incited the idea of using the magnificent Moscow Symphony Orchestra on the band's trail blazing tour and his pride in taking part in this spectacle was clear. It took almost three years of careful planning before the band was revealed to the world with a fanfare and flourish in 1991. The new band's formation was inspired by Bev, who began proceedings in 1988. joining Black Sabbath guitarist, Tony Iommi In Jasper Carrott's eloquently named rock n' roll combo, Belch! The nineties have seen Bev diversify further. As well as featuring some of rock's biggest names, It was part of ELO's farewell tour and earned Bev the Birmingham Mail's "Pop Personality Of The Year Award". In 1986, Bev organised one of the decade's most memorable charity concerts Heartbeat, at the NEC. As ELO retreated further into the studio, Bev's thirst for live work was quenched by the invitation to tour with one of heavy rock's most famous exponents Black Sabbath, with whom he played many dates in the USA and Europe including topping the bill at the 1984 Reading Festival. Over the years and on the live front, Bev has also played, with Bobby Womack, Beverly Craven, Jules Holland, Rick Astley, Phil Lynott and Lisa Stansfield. Black Sabbath and fellow band member Kelly Groucutt. He played and sang on the hit single `Funky Moped", by lifelong friend Jasper Carrot. However, with the undoubted help of Bev's tenacity, ambition and of course his distinctive style of powerhouse drumming, ELO thrived as one of the world's greatest bands throughout the seventies and eighties, collecting copious amounts of gold and platinum discs.Īlongside his triumphant career with the band Bev branched out, publishing a witty and incise book ,amounting his life as a rock musician and recording a thunderous version of early sixties classic. Although immediate success was gained with their opening single "10538 overture", it took time for the complicated musical line-up of ELO to find its feet. In late 1970, Bev, Roy and Jeff dimmed the luminosity of The Move and ignited the flame of hope for their new band the Electric 1,ight Orchestra. Progressing with varied levels of success through Birmingham bands, Carl Wayne and The Vikings and Denny Laine and The Diplomats he eventually joined The Move at their Inception in 1966, Initially propelled by the creative genius of Roy Wood and later joined by Jeff Lynne, The Move "were innovators of "perfect pop with an attitude", Blazing their way around the gig circuit and taking no less than ten heady trips up the UK singles chart. to signify the best of both world's, the quality and reputation of the old group and the excitement of a fresh direction.Īs a teenager, the sound and Image of rock n' roll provoked the rebel within him to buy a drum kit and thus Bev formed his first band while still at school. He placed considerable importance on the band's name, retaining the original title yet using the appendage Part II. ![]() is on stage tonight to take you on a soaring, supersonic flight through a glittering galaxy of their songs.Ĭlassics from their illustrious past are liberally sprinkled with seeds of the year era as the band explodes across the stage, showering fragments of musical diversity in all directions So raise your spirits and join with them in a celebration of rock at its most excellent.īev Bevan is the founding renumber and driving force behind the band He believed So strongly In hisachievements with ELO that he raised the flag once more, breathing new life into their music and giving himself the opportunity to continue his much loved live work. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Part II "The 25 LIGHT YEAR World Tour", starring one of the world's finest exponents of dynamic rock n' roll. A rumble of a mysterious and majestic introduction theme and with an explosion of multicoloured lights, the band appears on stage, bursting into the blistering opening number. Darkness descends and a roar of excitement fills the air. ![]()
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