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Matt Goss to play York Barbican on April 25 on Hits And More Tour. Sheffield, Hull and Leeds await. When do tickets go on sale?

Matt Goss: The Hits And More at Sheffield Oval, York Barbican, Hull Connexin Live and Leeds Grand Theatre in Spring 2025. Picture: Paul Harris

THE “New King of Las Vegas”, Matt Goss will play four Yorkshire venues on his 2025 tour, The Hits And More, including York Barbican on April 25.

The 21-date itinerary also will take in Sheffield Oval on March 14, Hull Connexin Live on April 24 and the tour’s closing night at Leeds Grand Theatre on April 28.

Pre-sale tickets will be available via on Wednesday (11/12/2024) at ticketmaster.co.uk; general sale from Friday at mattgossofficial.co.uk.

The Hits & More will be a “celebration of all Matt has achieved in his music career and beyond”, from pop pin-up days in Bros to Las Vegas, not forgetting the 2022 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Initially he headed to Palms Casino for one year only, but the South Londoner has been performing in the United States for more than 11 years now after his show became an instant success.

He moved to Caesars Palace for the remainder of his Vegas residency and has since played such iconic New York venues as Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. He even hailed August 8 as “official Matt Goss Day” in Las Vegas.

“Trust me, what I’ve learnt over the years, being on countless stages around the world, this will be your best night of the year!” says Matt Goss. Picture: Paul Harris

Next spring’s tour will mark Goss’s return to the UK concert stage after his hit tour in 2023, when the Matt Goss Experience, with the MG Big Band and Royal Philharmonic, played York Barbican on April 23.

“Trust me, what I’ve learnt over the years, being on countless stages around the world, this will be your best night of the year!” says Goss, who promises sensational songs and an electric atmosphere.

In his Bros days, frontman Matt and drummer brother Luke  played to 77,000 fans as the youngest ever band to headline Wembley Stadium in August 1989, with support from Salt’n’Pepa and Debbie Gibson on the Bros In 2 Summer bill.

Bros also played 19 shows at Wembley Arena between 1987 and 1992, later re-uniting for two concerts at the O2 Arena, London, in 2017, when the 40,000 tickets sold out in seven seconds, the fastest ever sell-out for any Live Nation show there. 

Best known for their November 1987 number two When Will I Be Famous?, Bros split up in 1992 after releasing their third and final album, Changing Faces. 

In 2018, the BAFTA-winning documentary film about Matt and Luke’s lives together and apart, After The Screaming Stops, became that year’s most downloaded BBC production.

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American blues saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter teams up with British band BluesMove for Selby Town Hall gig tonight

Jimmy Carpenter: Saxophone blues and soul at Selby Town Hall. Picture: Marilyn Stringer

SELBY Town Hall welcomes Grammy and Blues Music Award-winning saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter tonight, all the way from Las Vegas.

“Jimmy will be playing with superb UK blues quartet BluesMove as his backing band – it should be a cracking gig in our little space,” says Selby Town Council arts officer Chris Jones.

“One of the most complete and versatile artists on the contemporary blues, soul and rock scene, Jimmy is having a stellar year, winning a Best Instrumentalist gong at the Blues Music Awards for the second year running and becoming a Grammy Award-winning composer for Tomb Tune, a song he contributed to the New Orleans Nightcrawlers’ winning album, Atmosphere.”

Born in Greensboro, North Caroline, electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer Carpenter has been a working musician for more than 40 years, releasing five solo albums since 2008.

He is touring Great Britain to promote The Louisiana Record, his latest studio recordings for the legendary Gulf Coast Records, his label since 2019. That year’s album, Soul Doctor, was preceded by Plays The Blues in 2017, Walk Away in 2014 and Toiling In Obscurity in 2008.

Carpenter has toured internationally with Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Eric Lindell and Mike Zito And The Wheel as well as writing, arranging and recording horns for dozens of artists, gaining a reputation as a master blues, rock’n’roll and R&B saxophonist.

His recording credits include work for Thackery, Washington, Lindell, Zito, Billy Iuso, Tab Benoit, Maria Muldaur and Honey Island Swamp Band.

After many years of playing in the clubs of New Orleans, Carpenter now lives in Las Vegas, where he has become musical director of The Big Blues Bender festival.

“There are few more in-demand blues sax players in the world than Jimmy Carpenter,” says Chris. “He’s been a winner in the biggest international blues awards for two years running, with a hatful of other nominations besides – testament to what a high quality and highly respected performer he is.

“With the brilliant BluesMove playing alongside him, Jimmy’s show in Selby is shaping up to be a really magnificent night of top-drawer music.”

Tickets for tonight’s 8pm gig are on sale on 01757 708449, at selbytownhall.co.uk or on the door from 7.30pm.