THE CHRISTIANS, the outstanding soul-influenced group who had hits in the late 80’s and 90’s including ‘Forgotten Town’, ‘Harvest For The World’, ‘Born Again’, ‘Ideal World’, and ‘Hooverville’, are celebrating their 26th anniversary with a date at Bridport’s Electric Palace on Thursday 18th July, to coincide with the release of their brand new album SPEED OF LIFE, plus Deluxe Anniversary editions of their first two multi-million-selling albums The Christians and Colour.
THE CHRISTIANS followed up their 1987 self-titled million-selling debut album with the number one hit album ‘Colour’ in 1990, which heralded the magnificent tracks ‘Words’ and ‘Father’, while The Daily Mirror described the voice of Garry Christian as “the best voice of the decade”.
The name THE CHRISTIANS refers simply to the brother’s surname and has no religious connotations (the original line-up included Roger, Russell and Garry, as well as Henry Priestman); the band were also renowned for the strong messages and morals in their songs. During their rise to fame the Liverpool-based band packed out international and UK stadiums and developed a reputation for being ‘socially aware’. Unsurprisingly comparisons were drawn to The Temptations due to the depth, range and warmth of the brother’s vocal harmonies.
Fast forward 26 years and the group are still headed by their unique selling point – the smooth toned Garry Christian and sound tighter than ever before with Mr Christian’s voice being perfectly complimented by his five band members: keyboards by Mike Triggs, drums by Lionel Duke, acoustic guitar and vocals by Neil Griffiths, electric guitar by Joey Ankrah and bass guitar by Cliff Watson. Garry sounds better than ever and the 90-minute set includes all the old hits and a taste of the new album plus a rumoured comedy entertainment… The Christians are enjoying a surge of publicity following the new album release and 25th anniversary ‘deluxe’ re-issue having recently been well received by 20,000 fans at the 80s REWIND Henley and Scotland as well as guest appearances at ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL.
The Christians + support
Thursday 18th July
Doors 7pm, starts 8pm
£16 +bf adv: Bridport TIC: 01308 424901 and seetickets.com / £18 on the door
