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Forty years after St Bede’s classmates Chris Norman, Alan Silson and Terry Uttley decided to form a rock band, the members of Smokie are on the road again. Apart from a brief hiatus in the early 1980s ...

There's rather a lot of noise on the other end of the line. People are clinking glasses and chatting loudly in German. "I'm very, very pleased," says Chris Norman, in a distinct Yorkshire accent over ...

Led Zeppelin riffs set his heart racing and the booming chords of Deep Purple are said to shake the walls of his chintzy living room. Now Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, has revealed a new ...

English rock band Smokie have just announced a gig in Dublin later this year. The 'Living Next Door to Alice' hitmakers will play hits from their extensive 50+ year career when they hit Vicar Street ...

There’s that old story about how 70s Brit band Smokie got their mojo back in the 90s. While they were magnificently failing to peddle a collection of their old hits in an orchestral format in the ...

Having been around since 1966, the British band Smokie, previously known as Smokey, is in high demand in Gauteng. So much so that a fourth show has been announced for their tour to South Africa later ...

Cape Town - 70s hit single maker Smokie will be touring South Africa and Namibia in September. Most bars around the world are acquainted with Smokie's most famous song, Living Next Door to Alice, and ...