Billy Ocean w/ Marti Pellow
- Mercredi 24 juin
- 17:00-20:00
- Cannock Chase Forest Cannock Chase, Rugeley WS15 2UZ, Royaume-Uni
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On 24 June 2026 at Cannock Chase Forest (Cannock Chase), Billy Ocean joins forces with special guest Marti Pellow for a show rooted in pop-soul songwriting and R&B grooves. Two distinct voices shaped by chart history and stage craft share the spotlight.
Born Leslie Sebastian Charles in Trinidad and raised in East London, Billy Ocean shaped a sound at the crossroads of R&B, soul, pop and Caribbean inflections. From the breakthrough of Love Really Hurts Without You and Red Light Spells Danger to the mid-80s run of Suddenly, Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run), Love Zone and Tear Down These Walls, his catalogue blends supple vocals with groove-led arrangements and synth-forward textures. A Live Aid participant who has kept recording into the 2000s and beyond, he brings a set that can sweep from early singles to later albums like Time to Move On, Here You Are and One World.
Marti Pellow, the voice of Wet Wet Wet, widens the palette with a solo path spanning pop, soul and detours into jazz and theatre. After Smile and Between the Covers, he explored southern soul on Moonlight Over Memphis, crooner shades on Sentimental Me and a run of song-led albums through Stargazer. His turns in Chicago, Chess, Evita and other productions on West End and Broadway inform a phrasing built for storytelling, a counterpoint to revisits of Wet Wet Wet standards and his own material.
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Cannock Chase Forest
Cannock Chase, Rugeley WS15 2UZ, Royaume-Uni