Latest Simply Red News
Diana Ross Is Playing Longleat In July
Diana Ross is set to play Longleat.The 'I'm Coming Out' hitmaker - who is also playing the Sunday teatime legends slot at Glastonbury in June - has just been announced to headline the Live at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 March 2022
Mick Hucknall Plans 10-Year Simply Red Hiatus
The Holding Back the Years stars disbanded in 2010 but have reformed to record a new album and hit the road this month (Oct15) to mark 30 years since they found fame....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 October 2015
Natalie Imbruglia Releasing New Album
Natalie Imbruglia has announced a new album.The 40-year-old singer is returning with her first record in six years, titled 'Male', while will feature a selection of covers all originally performed and written by men including...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 July 2015
Mick Hucknall Admires Fellow Red-haired Singer Ed Sheeran
The Fairground hitmaker struggled with his image in the early days of his career as he was often mocked for his "ginger" locks, and now admits he feels jealous of Sheeran for dealing...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 May 2015
Are You Simply Red-dy For The Comeback? 'Big Love' To Arrive This Summer
Simply Red are making a spectacular comeback with their first album since 2007, 'Big Love', coming this Summer via East West Records. The album will also mark the 30th anniversary since the release of the...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
Simply Red To Release First Album In Eight Years
Simply Red will release their first album in eight years in June.The band has announced a new album 'Big Love' to coincide with their world tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary, which they announced last...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 April 2015
Simply Red Announce Tour To Celebrate 30th Anniversary
Simply Red have announced a string of shows to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary. The shows - including a date at Leeds’s First Direct Arena – will come five years after their last performance.Mick Hucknall...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 03 November 2014
Simply Red Return
Mick Hucknall is reviving his pop group Simply Red for a world tour.The Fairground hitmakers retired from the music industry in 2010 at the end of a farewell tour, but they have now announced they...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 03 November 2014
Simply Red Stars Settle Land Dispute With Neighbour
Former Simply Red bandmates Mick Hucknall and Chris De Margary have settled a hunting dispute with a neighbour in County Donegal, Ireland.The pop star pals sued John Wilde in 2009, claiming he had been interfering...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 25 March 2014
Mick Hucknall Covers Soul Classics On First Solo Album
Former Simply Red star Mick Hucknall's first solo album will be a collection of soul classics from the likes of Otis Redding and Ray Charles.The Holding Back The Years singer, who recently fronted the reformed...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 August 2013
Mick Hucknall Leads Tributes To Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall, Kevin Bacon and David Coverdale have led the tributes to soul star Bobby 'blue' Bland following his death on Sunday (23Jun13).The veteran singer passed away at his home in Memphis,...
By WENN on 24 June 2013
Manchester Holds Sad Memories For Mick Hucknall
Mick Hucknall is back with a new solo album - American Soul - and the Simply Red man has been discussing his long and illustrious career and music, his new family and memories of his...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 29 October 2012
Tributes Flood In For Robin Gibb
Stars have paid tribute to Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, who lost his battle with cancer last night (20.05.12).The music world has been rocked by the loss of the singer/ songwriter - who sold over...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 May 2012
Tributes Flood In For Robin Gibb
Stars have paid tribute to Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, who lost his battle with cancer last night (20.05.12).The music world has been rocked by the loss of the singer/ songwriter - who sold over...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 May 2012
Russell Brand Dating David Hasselhoff Ex
Russell Brand is dating David Hasselhoff's Playboy model ex-girlfriend.The 36-year-old comedian and actor announced his divorced from Katy Perry last December and has dated a string of women since.Now he is said to be seeing...
By Bang Showbiz on 03 May 2012
Guns N Roses Join Hall Of Fame: 'It's About The Music Not The People'
Guns N Roses gratefully accepted their induction to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (April 14, 2012). Well, most of them did. The band's temperamental leader, Axl Rose, last week announced that...
By WENN on 16 April 2012
Shaun Ryder's Simply Red Confusion
Shaun Ryder once thought Simply Red were the Happy Mondays. The former Happy Mondays singer - who was famous for his wild partying in the 80s and 90s - was sharing a drink with a...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 September 2011
Mick Hucknall Says Wife Saved His Life
Mick Hucknall thinks he would have died if he hadn't stopped womanising.The 51-year-old singer - who has famously slept with over 3,000 women - tied the knot with long-term girlfriend Gabriella Wesberry last year and...
By Bang Showbiz on 21 July 2011
Hucknall Saved By Fatherhood
Simply Red star Mick Hucknall credits his wife and daughter with saving his life, insisting he would be "dead" if he had carried on jetting around the world chasing models.The British singer was a famous...
By WENN on 21 July 2011
Ronnie Wood's Glastonbury Dream
Ronnie Wood is upset his band The Faces have not been asked to play at this year's Glastonbury Festival.The guitarist - who is also a member of The Rolling Stones - is desperate to take...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 June 2010
Hucknall Weds In Secret Ceremony
SIMPLY RED star MICK HUCKNALL has married his long-term partner in an intimate ceremony in Scotland.The singer wore a kilt to wed Gabrielle Wilke-Wesberry in a 16th-century castle in Glenisla, Perthshire on Tuesday (25May10), inviting...
By WENN on 29 May 2010
The Faces To Make New Lp?
The Faces are set to record new material.Keyboard player Ian McLagan believes writing and recording fresh songs is the logical next step for the reformed band once they complete their US tour.He said: "I think...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 May 2010
New Face Mick Hucknall
Ronnie Wood is working with Mick Hucknall on The Faces reunion.The guitarist is reforming his former band with a number of guest musicians and vocalists and has praised the Simply Red frontman's talents, comparing him...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 May 2010
Hucknall Launches New Legal Battle With Record Label
SIMPLY RED frontman MICK HUCKNALL has filed suit against another major record label - a year after resolving a seven-year legal battle with another music company. The Holding Back The Years singer was previously embroiled in...
By WENN on 04 April 2009
Hucknall 'Betrays' Mother
SIMPLY RED crooner MICK HUCKNALL has been disowned by his own mother again - because she's unable to trust him. MAUREEN TAYLOR walked out in Hucknall and his father when the singer was just...
By WENN on 23 June 2003
Mick Hucknall Slams Manchester Movie
Flame-haired crooner MICK HUCKNALL has blasted the true-life film 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE - which labelled him as "ginger and s***." The Manchester-born SIMPLY RED frontman believes the movie - which purports to tell...
By World Entertainment News Network on 31 March 2003
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