Will Young will be supported at his open-air Billericay Lake Meadows concert in July by pop star and fashion icon Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Rising to prominence in the ‘90s as lead singer of Britpop band Theaudience, Ellis-Bextor forged a successful solo career with chart-topping hits such as ‘Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)’ – her solo debut, in collaboration with Spiller, which beat Victoria Beckham’s solo debut to the #1 spot – and ‘Murder on the Dance Floor’, which remained in the UK Charts for twenty-three weeks
2001’s debut album, ‘Read My Lips’, reached #2 in the UK Album Charts and produced four top-twenty singles. Follow-up album ‘Shoot From the Hip’ spawned two further top-ten singles before Ellis Bextor took time out from her performing career to care for her first child, returning with 2007’s ‘Trip the Light Fantastic’ which entered the UK Album Charts at #7
Sophie Ellis Bextor has supported and guest-performed concerts for the biggest names in pop music, from George Michael to Take That, and now Will Young
As a British male artist, Will Young has few contemporary peers. With almost nine million record sales in total, his recent ‘The Hits’ collection was Young’s fifth platinum album in seven years. Young is responsible for a catalogue of classic pop songs, from ‘Evergreen’ to ‘Your Game’ to ‘Leave Right Now’ (which has been selected as the winners song for the 2010 series of American Idol), and has been nominated for ten Brit Awards, winning two
Since Pop Idol catapulted him to fame in 2002, Young has successfully mixed mainstream music success with cool collaborations and acting projects, witness recent guest vocals for Groove Armada and an appearance in the current series of Channel 4’s hit youth show Skins. Young first ventured into acting with an acclaimed role alongside Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins in the 2005 BBC film Mrs Henderson Presents. He has also filmed and narrated several documentaries about humanitarian and natural world issues. Young is a patron, friend and supporter of a variety of charities, including Mencap and Women’s Aid
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