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SUMMARY:John Otway at Avonway Community Centre\, Fordingbridge
LOCATION:Fordingbridge Avonway Community Centre
DESCRIPTION:An intimate solo show from "Rock & Roll's Greatest Failure" - 
 Fordinbridge Music Club present the legend that is John Otway.A brief hist
 ory…John Otway is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable 
 cult audience through extensive touring\, a surreal sense of humour and a 
 self-deprecating underdog persona.From the age of 9\, Otway knew he wanted
  to be a pop star. But even at that young age\, having listened to his sis
 ter's Beatles and Stones records\, he knew he would never be able to do wh
 at they do. However\, when his sister got the latest Bob Dylan album\, he 
 knew there was a place for him and he set about learning how to play guita
 r.Otway had to wait until 1977 and the rise of punk before his dream of fa
 me and fortune would finally become a reality. Having caught the eye of th
 e producers of the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test\, Otway's performance on th
 at show would grab the attention of the watching audience. Otway\, ever th
 e showman\, decided to jump on to the amplifier of his colleague during a 
 performance of Bob Lind's Cheryl's Going Home. (Un)fortunately for Otway\,
  he misjudged his leap and sent Wild Willy Barrett’s amplifier tumbling 
 as he crashed down straddling the box under the amp.The full force of the 
 impact was absorbed by the most tender body parts\, but in doing this one 
 simple act of recklessness and his wanton disregard for his own safety\, O
 tway was the talk of everyone who watched that evening's programme.The Hit
 Not only did he see a surge in his audiences\, sales of Otway's sixth sing
 le\, the half-spoken love song Really Free increased dramatically and reac
 hed number 27 in the UK Singles Chart. An appearance on the BBC's flagship
  music programme Top of the Pops\, where Otway & Barrett were introduced b
 y Elton John later\, Otway was finally a star. It would however\, be his g
 reatest success for some time.Despite numerous attempts to get back into t
 he charts\, Otway would have to wait 25 years for his next taste of chart 
 success. In the intervening years\, Otway would become an actor\; write an
  autobiography (Cor Baby That’s Really Me: Rock and Roll’s Greatest Fa
 ilure)\; perform sold out shows at London’s Astoria and Royal Albert Hal
 l\; make regular appearances at both Glastonbury and Edinburgh Festivals\;
  and write the nation’s seventh favourite lyric of all-time (beating Bob
  Dylan and Paul Simon in the process).A Second HitIn 2002\, Otway achieved
  what he desired the most – a second hit. A concerted publicity campaign
  saw Otway reach number 9 with the disco pastiche Bunsen Burner and a seco
 nd appearance on Top of the Pops. Despite this success\, a planned world t
 our collapsed\, but Otway continued to gig extensively around the UK eithe
 r with his band\, as a duo with Wild Willy Barrett or solo. A follow-up au
 tobiography was penned in 2010 and titled I Did It Otway: Regrets I’ve H
 ad a Few.In 2012\, to celebrate his 60th birthday\, Otway produced his deb
 ut movie - Otway the Movie: The Story of Rock n Roll’s Greatest Failure.
  A screening for producers was held at London’s Leicester Square with th
 e final scenes from the movie filmed on the red carpet and edited into the
  film as it was being shown. The film was then taken to Cannes Film Festiv
 al and a 50-date tour of cinemas in both the UK and North America. It was 
 subsequently voted the 2nd best film of the year in a poll of its readers 
 conducted by The Guardian newspaper.MontserratFollowing a successful Kicks
 tarter campaign\, Otway took his band to the Caribbean island of Montserra
 t to record a new album. The album would be the first to be recorded on th
 e island by an international artist since The Rolling Stones recorded Stee
 l Wheels in 1989. Produced by Grammy-award winner Chris Birkett and record
 ed at Olveston House – the former home of Sir George Martin\, it was rel
 eased to critical acclaim in May 2017.The 2020'sOtway recorded a popular s
 eries of Face-book live shows during the 2020 Lockdown in the UK which has
  a regular audience of 10\,000 viewers (or two and a half Royal Albert Hal
 ls which is Otway’s preferred numbering system).The constant gigging ove
 r the years meant that in April 2022 John was able to fill London’s Shep
 herd’s Bush Empire for his 5\,000th gig - and produce a Free Newspaper l
 isting every single one of those shows. In September of that year\, Otway 
 became Dr. Otway after being awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Bro
 okes University shortly before his 70th birthday.Last year his band releas
 ed a Live album featuring tracks played at gigs over the last thirty years
  at venues including The Astoria\, The Royal Albert Hall\, Glastonbury Fes
 tival\, The London Paladium and the Shepherd's Bush Empire. The album was 
 titled The Set Remains The Same.2026 Sees Otway and his band achieve one o
 f the goals John has tried to achieve for the last twenty years\, after a 
 previous attempt to do a world tour ended in failure. To celebrate the thi
 rty three and a third anniversary the band (which is some sort of long pla
 ying record) The John Otway Band are playing Canada\, New Zealand\, Austra
 lia and Japan playing gigs\, making an album and a documentary film.\n\nBo
 letos: https://wegottickets.com/event/709602
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