Showaddywaddy - Showaddywaddy: Hey Mister Christmas 7” Picture Disc

Format: 7” Picture Disc
Catalogue No.: DEMSING057 
Barcode: 5014797911871
Release Date: 01 Nov 2024
Genre: Holiday

• November 2024 is the 50th Anniversary of Showaddywaddy’s brilliant Christmas single...‘Hey Mister Christmas’, which features The National Children’s Home Harpenden Choir.
• This Limited Edition 7” vinyl picture disc celebrates this anniversary.
• ‘Hey Mister Christmas’ reached #13 in the UK’s Christmas Singles Chart, becoming the Band’s third Top 20 hit in just seven months!
• That week’s Singles chart also featured Top 20 Christmas hits by Mud (#1), The Wombles (#2), The Goodies (#7) and Gilbert O’Sullivan (#12)
• Showaddywaddy first burst onto the scene by appearing on the early-1970s version of “Britain’s Got Talent”, “New Faces” winning one heat, in November 1973, and were runners-up in the "All Winners Final", which was broadcast on 28th December 1973.
• Less than a year later, they had a Christmas hit after a successful 1974, which continued throughout the decade, with Showaddywaddy ultimately being crowned as the Band/Artist with the most UK hits in the 1970s than any other act, including Abba!
• Dubbed the hardest working Band in Britain, Showaddywaddy have 80 Tour dates between July 2024 and July 2025, with 20 dates from 1st November to 20th December 2024; another 25 dates until November.

Aug 24
Fri 9th Weston-Super-Mare - Playhouse
Sat 10th Weymouth - Pavilion
Fri 16th Isle of Wight - Shanklin Theatre
Sat 24th Coldicote, Herts - Goatfest
Fri 30th Great Yarmouth - Britannia Pier
Sat 31st Ipswich - Regent Theatre
Sep 24
Fri 6th Coleford, Gloucestershire - Forest Hills Golf Club
Fri 13th Loughborough - Town Hall
Sat 14th Sturminster Newton, Dorset - The Exchange
Thu 19th Dublin - The Helix
Fri 20th Drogheda - TLT
Sat 21st Belfast - Ulster Hall
Sun 22nd Derry - Millenium Forum
Fri 27th Eastbourne - Congress Theatre
Sat 28th Gravesend - Woodville Halls
Oct 24
Fri 4th Burnley - The Mechanics
Sat 5th Mansfield - Palace Theatre
Sat 12th Hunstanton - Princess Theatre
Fri 18th Whitley Bay - Playhouse
Sat 19th Rhyl - Pavilion
Thu 24th Cardiff - New Theatre
Fri 25th Carlisle - Old Fire Station
Sat 26th Airdrie - Town Hall
Thu 31st Southsea, Portsmouth - Kings Theatre
Nov 24
Fri 1st Pakefield - Pontins
Sat 2nd Kettering - Lighthouse
Fri 8th Consett - Empire Theatre
Sat 9th Selsey, Chichester - Seal Bay Resort
Thu 14th Basildon - Towngate Theatre
Fri 15th Crawley - The Hawth
Sat 16th Frome - Memorial Theatre
Fri 22nd Paisley - Town Hall
Sat 23rd Forfar - Reid Hall
Fri 29th Potters Bar - Wyllotts Theatre
Sat 30th Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
Dec 24
Sun 1st Isle of Wight - Norton Grange
Thu 5th Petersfield - Festival Hall
Fri 6th Wimborne - Tivoli Theatre
Sat 7th Holmfirth - Picturedrome
Sun 8th Melton Mowbray - Melton Theatre
Thu 12th Stamford - Corn Exchange
Sat 14th

Manchester - Manchester Academy
Tue 17th Eastleigh - Concorde Club
Fri 20th Shrewsbury - Buttermarket