David Essex

Singer, composer and actor David Essex OBE returns to Southampton with his new tour Thanks for the Memories, celebrating his monumental career.

David Essex has enjoyed a remarkable career; writing and producing albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. He has had twenty-three Top 30 singles in Britain alone, including the Grammy nominated Rock On which not only topped the charts in Britain and the USA but sold over one million copies. Subsequent singles followed such as Lamplight, Hold Me Close and Gonna Make You A Star which made David a household name.

David has continued to this day to produce and write albums including 2013’s Reflections and has contributed to stage and screen with the likes of Silver Dream Machine taken from Silver Dream Racer, in which he starred. Acting credits also include That’ll Be The Day, its sequel Stardust, Traveller, The Guvnors, Black Prince and more recently BBC TV’s EastEnders as the head of the Moon family. Theatre credits include outstanding performances in ELF!, Evita, Boogie Nights 2, Footloose, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects Of Love, plus his own musicals Mutiny! and All The Fun Of The Fair.

David Essex continues to break boundaries with his unique talent with his two previous UK tours selling over 65,000 tickets across 39 dates including shows at the Palladium and Theatre Royal in London.