Report: Four Tops musical expected to open on Broadway in early 2022
The Four Tops in 1985; Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty ImagesSole surviving original Four Tops member Duke Fakir is collaborating with Broadway producer Paul
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The Four Tops in 1985; Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty ImagesSole surviving original Four Tops member Duke Fakir is collaborating with Broadway producer Paul
The Four Tops in 1985; Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images Sole surviving original Duke Fakir is collaborating with Broadway producer Paul Lambert on a new musical focusing on the Motown legends, an “insider” source tells Page Six. Fakir and Lambert are hoping that the show, which will be named I’ll Be There! after The Four Tops’ chart-topping 1966 hit “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” will be ready to premiere in early 2022. “They just did casting calls in L.A. and are now doing rehearsals,” the insider tells Page Six. The production is reportedly planning to launch with a brief...
Died: May 4, 2021. IN just over 50 seconds, to the sound of Marvin Gaye’s classic I Heard It Through the Grapevine, a fresh-faced, good-looking 23-year-old from Essex gave the launderette a whole new perception and altered the face of advertising. And in the process he became an icon. The 1985 advert, in which Nick Kamen peeled off his T-shirt and blue Levi’s 501 jeans and bunged them into a washing machine, was so successful that sales of 501s rose by 800 per cent, according to some estimates. By accompanying music with product in a pastiche of mythical late-1950s/early 1960s Ameri...
A friend of his family confirmed his death to the PA news agency on Wednesday. It is understood Nick, who was from Harlow, Essex, died on Tuesday after a long illness. Kamen was considered a protege of Madonna. The singer paid tribute to him in a tweet, writing: “It breaks my heart to know you are gone. “You were always such a kind sweet human and you suffered too much. “Hope you are happier wherever you are Nick Kamen.” It breaks my heart to know you are gone. You were always such a kind sweet human and you suffered too much. Hope you are happier wherever you are Nick...
A friend of his family confirmed his death to the PA news agency on Wednesday. It is understood Nick, who was from Harlow, Essex, died on Tuesday after a long illness. Kamen was considered a protege of Madonna. The singer paid tribute to him in a tweet, writing: “It breaks my heart to know you are gone. “You were always such a kind sweet human and you suffered too much. “Hope you are happier wherever you are Nick Kamen.” It breaks my heart to know you are gone. You were always such a kind sweet human and you suffered too much. Hope you are happier wherever you are Nick...