Coventry’s most successful singing star is coming back to Coventry on May 26th. At night he brings his show to Coventy’s Albany Theatre.
The show is "An Evening With Frank Ifield" and he is telling stories from his life and presenting his songs and other songs from the time sung by Kenny Archer and Nicki Gillis.
Frank is no longer able to sing for reasons that will be explained in the show. It promises to be a superb night, where we will hear answer to some of these questions. What were The Beatles like in their early days? What did the Queen say to you after the Royal Command Performance? Is Cliff Richard as squeaky clean as his image portrays? Was Dusty Springfield as nice as she appeared on stage?
Frank tells the stories behind his rise to fame, what life was like in the heady days of the ‘60s through to the day it all went bad and he heard he would never sing again.
I asked Frank how he felt to be an Honorary Patron of the Coventry Music Museum? "I am truly honoured to have been made a patron of the Coventry Music Museum. I am a very strong supporter of new artists and have spent many years in Australia demonstrating this through my annual awarding of the Frank Ifield International Spur Award. Within this contemporary environment I feel very strongly about preserving the history of music so these new artists can understand that as they enjoy their fame and fortune, they are the current custodians of a long and much loved heritage within the Coventry area." For tickets for the Albany Theatre go to http://albanytheatre.co.uk/frank-ifield
In the day of May 26th at 12.00 noon Frank will visit The Coventry Music Museum (of which he is a patron). Frank will do a short Sounding off there and a meet & greet and a signing session. Of the visit, Frank said, “When the idea of doing a few personal appearances in the UK this year was mooted, my first thought was to start in my birth place city. Coventry, was a natural choice with the amount of wonderful memories it holds for my personal and professional life. Having been inducted into The Coventry Music Wall of Fame recently only adds to whet my appetite for my return”.