Holly Johnson announces live dates for October 2023

Holly Johnson has announced two exclusive UK concerts celebrating 40 years since Frankie Goes to Hollywood released their classic debut single, Relax.

The dates follow Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s one-off special reformation to open the 67^th Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool at the weekend.

Holly Johnson’s headline live shows will take place on Saturday 21^st October in his hometown at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and on Saturday 27^th October at the London Palladium.

Relax proved to be one of the decade’s most successful and controversial singles, selling in excess of two million copies in the UK alone ranking it among the 10 biggest selling singles ever.

It re-entered the charts following the release of their second single Two Tribes further cementing the band’s place in music history with two singles sitting at Nos 1 and 2.

Holly moved on to solo success with the release of Blast which also celebrates 35 years and produced hits such as Love Train, Americanos, Heavens Here and Atomic City. Blast will be released on a special-coloured vinyl reissue this coming autumn.

These new dates will be packed with Frankie hits including Relax, Two Tribes, The Power Of Love, Welcome to the Pleasuredome and tracks from Holly’s smash hit solo career.

About the shows, Holly says: “I’ve been working for months on this autumn UK and European solo shows to celebrate 35 years since Blast went to No.1 in the UK and 40 years since Relax was released. All of a sudden with a Boom Bang A Bang the Eurovision Song Contest asked Frankie to reform for a one-off exclusive performance at their Opening Ceremony, it’s all gone ballistic ever since we said yes!

“I’m delighted to be playing my hometown gig at the Liverpool Philharmonic plus the London Palladium in October this year. I’ll be performing all the Frankie and solo hits so come and celebrate with me!”