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Glam Rock sensation Bobbie Dazzle will be touring the UK this October, with headline shows in London, Cardiff and Manchester.Released in April 2024, Bobbie Dazzle‘s debut single Back To The City was introduced to the world via legendary London label Rise Above Records. The brainchild of singer/ songwriter and flautist Siân Greenaway aka Bobbie Dazzle who has reinvented herself to take the listeners back in time to quintessential 1970s Glam and Progressive Rock, her unwavering passion for good old rock & roll will take you on a nostalgic trip. Inspired by bands like The Sweet, Focus, Slade, T.rex and the lesser known retro rock bands of the time, she has curated a style and musical character to embody the joy and brilliance of a genius musical era.
The debut single “Back To The City” immediately gained traction, placing number 8 in The Kerrang! charts and selling out the physical copies (featuring B side Flowers On Mars) in less than a week from release.
Critically acclaimed “Fandabidozi” is out now on Rise Above Records.
Get ready for a massive injection of joyful, life-affirming rock ‘n’ roll. The truly sensational Bobbie Dazzle has arrived, in an explosion of glitter and guaranteed good times. Conceived and brought to life by multi-talented singer Siân Greenaway, Bobbie Dazzle is hell-bent on bringing the fun, the colour and the freedom back to rock ‘n’ roll. The 21st century glam rock party starts here.
“When it comes to performing, my personality is quite silly and upbeat, so I feel like I can show who I really am with Bobbie Dazzle,” Greenaway explains. “Even though it’s under a pseudonym, it’s genuinely me, so that’s what I want to put out there. All the joy that I feel has been put into this, and now I’m able to express that in a creative way. It’s funny, I was scrolling through my Facebook the other day, and I got a notification from something that I’d posted five years and I just said, ‘I want to start a glam rock band!’ It made me chuckle because I’ve got there and now I’m doing it!”
Inspired by the seminal likes of Bowie, T. Rex, Suzi Quatro and The Sweet, Bobbie Dazzle’s debut album Fandabidozi is an invigorating rush of massive tunes, infectious riffs and bright-eyed pop-rock bombast. As an antidote to the enervating negativity that surrounds us at this moment in history, it could hardly be more perfect. Miss Dazzle is adopting a new musical identity that has been both personally rewarding and emotionally crucial.
“I started Bobbie Dazzle when my sister passed away, because I desperately needed an outlet to keep me going,” she says. “And it worked! This has shown me that you don’t have to sit in a dark place when you’re going through a dark time. I wrote a bunch of songs at home, made some demos and them got some people together to play. The musicians are incredibly talented people from around the Black Country and Birmingham. We did our first show about eight months ago, and yeah, here we are now!”
A celebratory ten-song time warp that plunders the ‘70s and drags them kicking and screaming into the here and now, Fandabidozi is absolutely guaranteed to put smiles on faces. From the hard rockin’ riot of the opening Lightning Fantasy, to the pop-psych perfection of the closing Flowers On Mars, the first Bobbie Dazzle album works hard to lighten up our lives. Brash and heavy on the classic glam shuffle of Revolution, and deliriously anthemic on the fiery debut single: Back To The City, it covers a huge amount of musical ground while staying true to the principles of ‘70s glam rock: big riffs, bigger hooks and a prevailing sense that listeners have been hurled into a spinning kaleidoscope of pure euphoria.
Although far too young to have experienced glam’s first wave, Bobbie Dazzle’s music is steeped in the tricks and tropes of that exalted era.
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Clwb Ifor Bach, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street,Cardiff, United Kingdom
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