To Hell & Back
Meatloaf Tribute & Brother in Arms The UKs No. 1 Dire Straits Tribute
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To Hell & Back Meatloaf Tribute & Brother in Arms The UKs No. 1 Dire Straits Tribute
MUSIC DUO DO THE 'TIMEWARP' AGAIN!
A duo from Chorley will be reunited on stage for the first time in over 10 years when they play together as their pop idols in a concert on Saturday 6 September at the Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn.
Euxton’s Dean Torkington and Brian Healles from Collingwood are better known to local audiences in their stage guises, Meat Loaf and Dire Straits but when they first got together in 1992 Dean was playing in a regular Blues band that was going nowhere and Brian had ambitions of becoming a professional golfer. It was 1992 that they formed one of Lancashires most popular music/comedy duos "Timewarp" For Dean, their forthcoming concert will be a trip down memory lane, as it was Brian who first launched his career when he suggested that he would be a dead ringer for Meat Loaf and invited him to have a look in his dressing up box. ‘I remember that the TV programme Stars in the Eyes was just getting to be really popular and it was Brian’s idea to develop an act to include multiple costumed tributes. At one time we did a Rocky Horror duet and you only imagine what a sight we looked in stockings, basques and suspenders. Somebody said I looked like a burst teabag! We tributed all the stars including Elton John , Meat Loaf, Blues Brothers and even Tina Turner! We had a cult following especially in Colne, Nelson, Burnley and Blackburn. At our peak everyone was booking "Timewarp" and back then we were averaging 5 shows a week.' In a 4 year partnership the duo appeared on TV and supported many big names both home and abroad. It was from there that the artists went their separate ways to concentrate on their careers. Dean became successful with his Meat Loaf tribute, To Hell & Back , and Brian moved away, coming back after 4 years with Brother in Arms, his tribute to Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler. Thankfully, there will be no cross dressing when they appear at the Thwaites Empire Theatre on Saturday 6 September.
For more information contact Dean Torkington on 01257 279737 or 07941 197913 or e-mail dean.torkington1@btinternet.com.
Tickets: £12 & £10
Saturday 6 September 2008 7.30pm
Thwaites Empire Theatre
Aqueduct Road
Ewood
Blackburn BB2 4HT
Telephone 01254 685500
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