Showaddywaddy have been rocking and rolling for four decades. As the group head out on a 40th anniversary tour, drummer Romeo Challenger tells childhood fan DAVE OWENS why they’ve no plans to ...

The former lead singer of Showaddywaddy has advised people to get a vaccination after his "brutal" experience with Covid-19. Dave Bartram, from Leicester and now living in Nottinghamshire ...

It is one of the few reminders of a rock and roll career that spanned four decades with teddy-boy outfit Showaddywaddy, the Leicester band who dominated the charts in the 1970s. Advertisement In ...

I quit my job at 19 to join the band Choice, of which four members later formed Showaddywaddy. “It was during the glam explosion and we styled ourselves after the Teddy Boy era of 50s rock’n ...

One of the original members of the pop group Showaddywaddy has died at the age of 72. Bassist Al James, whose real name was Geoffrey Betts, died in hospital on Friday, three weeks after suffering ...

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Thursday 18 September 2025 7:30 pm - ends at 9:50 pm ‘The Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World’ is a bold statement but Showaddywaddy has lived up to that title for the last 5 decades!

A former member of pop group Showaddywaddy has apologised to a Derbyshire council after being fined for flyposting adverts for his club. Malcolm Allured, 62, was fined £400 this week after eight ...

Giving evidence at the trial of Dave Lee Travis, former Showaddywaddy lead singer Dave Bartram said "on regular occasions" the band would be introduced on stage by Top Of The Pops presenters and ...

That Leicester band with possibly the most unusual and unique name in pop history – Showaddywaddy – may not be taken so seriously these days, but 40 years ago, they made Britain and Europe sit ...

The 1970s band Showaddywaddy will be shaking the rafters at Dorchester Abbey at the end of this month to help raise funds for the Nasio Trust, a Christian charity formed in 2003 to help care for ...

One of the original members of the pop group Showaddywaddy has died at the age of 72. Bassist Al James, whose real name was Geoffrey Betts, died in hospital on Friday, three weeks after suffering ...