The Sweet with special guest John Otway

The Sweet – national treasure and Glam Rock royalty who have taken the world by storm for six decades; by the early 70s The Sweet were arguably the hottest ticket in town.

They had a string of top ten records in the UK and Europe, including ‘Blockbuster’, ‘Hellraiser’, ‘Ballroom Blitz’, ‘Teenage Rampage’ and ‘The Sixteens’. The Sweet perfected the art of making memorable records in a highly-competitive era.

“Without The Sweet there would not have been a KISS” – Gene Simmons

John Otway’s first achieved notoriety with his eye-watering performance on Old Grey Whistle Test and subsequent hit single ‘Really Free’ in 1977. A heady mix of blind ambition and rank incompetence was to keep this microstar shining for almost two decades despite Otway’s ability to turn any situation to his own disadvantage.

His autobiography ‘Rock and Roll’s Greatest Failure’ out sold, by a factor of ten, all the records he had released since his hit, and now Otway is struggling to live up to this billing – selling out London Astoria for his 2000th gig in 1993, filling the Royal Albert Hall in 1998, and charting at number nine with his 2002 single ‘Bunsen Burner’. For John ‘Two Hits’ Otway ‘the future’s bright; the future’s Otway!

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Starts: 8pm
Tickets: £37 and £32
Venue: The Apex, Bury St Edmunds

Prices include £2 booking fee

This event is promoted by The Apex