About this Event

Doors Open: 19:00

Advanced Ticket Price: £17

Age Restriction: 14+



Event Details:

Supported by 6 Towns radio DJ Alan May AKA The Glory Boy



Secret Affair (Ian Page, Dave Cairns, Dennis Smith & Seb Shelton) formed in 1978 from their previous incarnation as the “power pop” band New Hearts .



In a period of a little over two years, they posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart, and released three albums. The debut single “Time For Action” sold over 200,000 copies and reached number 13 in the UK chart, putting them at the forefront of the mod revival movement. More chart success followed with “Let Your Heart Dance”, “My World” and “Sound Of Confusion” . They also created their own take on a smart-dressing youth movement – the Glory Boys – based around the idea of 1960s gangster chic, influenced by the movie, Performance.



In 1979 Page and Cairns enlisted the services of bassist Dennis Smith, drummer Seb Shelton and saxophone player Dave Winthrop. From their very first gig, opening for The Jam at Reading University in February 1979, the band were adopted by a group of East End mods, who readily embraced Page’s Glory Boy concept. This group of fans began referring to themselves as Glory Boys. Secret Affair had become so closely linked to the emerging mod revival that in March 1979 Cairns wrote what would become the youth movement’s main anthem, “Time For Action”.



Secret Affair were soon signed to Arista Records & formed their own label, I-Spy Records. After “Time For Action” charted it was soon followed by “Let Your Heart Dance”, “My World” and “Sound Of Confusion”. Their first two albums, Glory Boys (December 1979) and Behind Closed Doors (September 1980), with its more complex orchestrated arrangements, proved successful and in their first year Secret Affair regularly appeared on the BBC Television show Top Of The Pops, and were cover stars of many UK music magazines, including New Musical Express, Sounds and Smash Hits.



The mod movement that had swept Secret Affair into the pop charts had all but evaporated by mid 1980, losing out to the rival 2 Tone fashion movement, and after the release of the band’s second album, drummer Shelton quit to join the “Come On Eileen” era Dexys Midnight Runners. Secret Affair regrouped, recruiting ex-Advertising drummer Paul Bultitude and embarking on a lengthy tour of the United States, before returning in late 1981 with their final chart hit, “Do You Know?” One more single followed, “Lost In The Night”, before the release of Business As Usual, an album that saw the band return to the rock-soul fusion of their earlier work.



More recently new CD releases included a new album featuring NEW HEARTS “A Secret Affair” charting the bands early career with CBS as New Hearts, a SINGLES COLLECTION featuring all the bands A and B sides, released January 2011.

September 7th 2012 saw the release of the band’s first studio album ‘Soho Dreams” after 33 years, on their iconic and original label I-SPY RECORDS and features the new 8 piece line-up with full horn section and guest Hammond organ supremo, Andy Fairclough.



In 2014, the 4 album Secret Affair 35th Anniversary Box set, ‘Est 1979’ was released on Captain Oi Records.



The band will continue to perform throughout 2016 and embark on their ‘Business As Usual’ national press advertised autumn tour beginning in September and have recently recorded their version of the Northern Soul classic, ‘Do I Love You’ by Frank Wilson and a Hammond organ medley to be released as a 7 inch vinyl single.



Founder members: Ian Page, Lead Vocals, Trumpet, Keyboard. Dave Cairns, Guitar & vocals. Complementing the line-up are: Russ Baxter on Drums, Ed Pearson on bass and Andy Fairclough on Hammond. The line up includes a new brass section with John O’Neill on sax, Steve Rinaldi on trombone, and Tim Pannell on trumpet.



Radio show for the Mod scene every Sunday 6pm till 8pm (UK time zone)



A real musical feast of Mod delights, mixing it with a special showcase of Mod, freakbeat, Garage, Boogaloo, Revival, soul, R n B, 6T’s all blended together to give a finer roast!



Last weeks and hundreds of older shows can be found at www.mixcloud.com/gloryboy



Online Tickets:

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Tickets also available from:

Hellraiser Records (Wakefield). Crash Records and Jumbo Records (Leeds)