2004

Shaky was today on "The Keith Barrett Show Christmas Special" at 22:00hrs, on BB2.
Shaky performed to "Merry Christmas Everyone" and was joined by Keith Barrett who sang along, and Peter Effamy, who did the sax solo.
Keith showed off his best Shaky moves.

A repeat will be show in the early hours of the morning on Monday December 27th.

A big thank you to Roz from the official Shakin' Stevens fan club "Shaky's News Club" for informing us.
For details of how to join Shaky's News Club, please visit www.shakinstevens.com.
VIDEO STILLS HERE

Angel Air have released the follow up compilation cd to "Mike Hurst - Producers Archives Volume 1".   "Mike Hurst - Producers Archives Volume 2 1965 -1983" (SJPCD172) released in November, features Shaky's version of "Spooky" (never before released on cd).
Fumble who performed with Shaky in the "Elvis" musical and "Oh Boy" are also featured on the 16 track album.

Mike is currently researching his audio archives for “Volume 3” to be released in 2005.

Order from:
 http://www.angelair.force9.co.uk/sjpcd172.htm.

Shaky's agent Howard Elson dismissed tabloid reports on his health, telling the Western Mail,

"He had a bad chest and I mean a bronchial condition, on returning from a tour in Denmark.

He is due to be interviewed by Rob Brydon as part of the Keith Barratt series and decided to have his chest looked at.  From there the story has been blown out of all proportion. Shaky is as strong as an ox.

He had a good laugh when he read he was supposed to have heart trouble.  He had been diagnosed as having a chest infection, nothing more serious than that.  Another thing we were both surprised at is that he was described as a heavy smoker.  I've been in his company socially for many years and he has the odd cigarette after a meal, but that's it. There is no way he's a heavy smoker."

"Shaky decided to get his chest looked at mainly because he was worried about how he would sound in an interview he had to do with fellow Welshman Rob Brydon.  And like all pro singers if he picks up a bad throat or chest he has to take it seriously and get it looked at."

Today's news papers, including The Mirror and London's Evening Standard today reported that Shaky had been admitted to hospital follow a heart scare.   Shaky was reported as suffering from high cholesterol and blood circulation problems, as well as being a heavy smoker.  Shaky's son son Jason, 30, was quoted as saying "He went to hospital, but it was only a routine check-up.  It was arranged - he wasn't rushed in or anything like that. He wasn't kept in and is at a pal's house tonight. He's fine."

I have started to receive reports saying Shaky picked up a bug during his Danish tour, which gave him a chest infection, and is currently on antibiotics, and undergone a number of routine test which showed up clear.

The official Shaky News Club magazine should be sent out very shortly.  If it's not to late, maybe that will clarify the situation.

Anyway, I would like to take this opportunity to which Shaky well, and hope you have a enjoyable Christmas with your family.

Take it easy.

Mirror.co.uk

A dance mix (4:42) of Shaky's "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Amm "O", has been issued on Music Factory's Mastermix "Christmas" cd for (DJ use only).  It was originally featured on Mastermix 124.  Also on the cd is a segment of "Blue Christmas".  Other artists featured include the Darkness, Bo Selecta, Des O'Connor, U2, Slade, and a couple of rude ones from Roy "Chubby" Brown, and Kevin "Bloody" Wilson for good measure. 

www.mastermixdj.com 

Shaky has now returned from his successful five date November tour of Denmark.  Fan reports have been very positive, and about seven representatives from Sony Music were at on of the shows.

The 21 song set opened with "I'm Ready" and included "Don't Tell Me We're Through", "Rockin' The Night Away" and "You Never Talked About Me" amonst others.
There was also a new addition to the band.  More details soon.

www.underholdningsnettet.dk

Shaky made a surprise appearance on the "Ultimate Show Show" for German TV company RTL on October 21st.  Shaky came in at number 50, and performed a medley of "Give Me Your Heart Tonight" and "You Drive Me Crazy".


There will be a new dvd collection featuring "You Drive Me Crazy"  called the "Ultimate Collection - 2005"

A cd has been released titled "Die Ultimative Chart-Show" www.amazon.de

On August 13th, Shaky was interviewed by John Marshall on his Lincs FM Breakfast Show.

If you missed the interview, you can download it HERE

Danish radio station P4 broadcast an interview with Shaky on August 4th to promote his new cd/dvd collection " Collectable Shakin' Stevens" (Sony EPC-5176613).
In the hour long special "Shaky The Hit Maker", Lars Paaske talked with Shaky about many of the recording and videos featured in the collection.

Hear extracts from the interview HERE (mp3)

In it's first week of release "Collectable" shot straight to number one in the album charts!  Congratulations Shaky.

Details of where to order the cd/dvd set are on the official Shakin' Stevens website www.shakinstevens.com.

Shaky was one of the main attractions at this years Langelands Festival in Denmark. Fans traveling right across Europe to se him perform his 18 song set which included, "You Never Talked About Me" and "Rockin' The Night Away".  Shaky reintroduced the bass section to his band with two new members.

For more details, CLICK HERE

The news many Shakin' Stevens fans have been waiting for (apart from a new album or tour) - an official Shaky DVD release!  The dvd includes 12 of Shaky's hit videos, one of those, Radio has been re-edited.  The dvd "Collectable" (Sony EPC-5176613) which comes complete as part of a package with a 24 track cd of Shaky's hits will be released by Sony Denmark on Monday July 26th.
Available Here:
http://www.axelmusic.com

More information available in the latest edition Shaky's News Club mag No.64
To join the official News Club, write to:
Shaky’s News Club,
Roz Fleetwood,
PO Box No. 27020,
London N2 9WU

I probably don't have to tell you this, but the official Shakin' Stevens website has undergone a complete overhaul today (and I mean complete).

If you haven't seen it yet, what are you doing here?  Go there now!
You can even watch a preview of the trailer for the new dvd release.

I big thank you to all concerned. 

www.shakinstevens.com

Shakin' Stevens, Status Quo, and Bonnie Tyler were among the guests who performed at the "50 Years Of Rock" music festival in the Hannover Preussag Arena, Germany, on April 17th.
The hall holds about 10,000 people and the show was televised by German TV station ZDF.

Shaky's was joined by guest musicians for a mimed performance of "Marie Marie".  At the end of the show everyone came back on stage to pay tribute to John Lennon with a live performance of "Imagine".

For more details, visit the official site ZDF website
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/27/0,1872,2114075,00.html

Shaky was one of the featured artists on "The Ultimate Pop Star" documentary screened on Channel 4 at 9pm on Sunday February 22nd.

Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield present a list of the 50 biggest-selling artist of all time, based on actual sales figures in the UK singles chart over the last 50 years.

With singles sales in excess of seven million in the UK (7,108,330 to be precise), Shaky is the 16th most success recording act of all time.  Not even he realised he'd sold so many.
So who was the most successful; Elvis, The Beatles, No, only Shaky knew.... Yes, it was Sir Cliff Richard.

The programme include some archive footage of Shaky with the Sunsets and from the "Elvis" musical, plus fresh interview Shaky and his producer Stuart Colman.

Special thanks to the official Shakin' Stevens fan club for informing us.  For details of how to join the fan club, please visit the official Shaky web site www.shakinstevens.com.  

Shaky and his band performed a special one off concert in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday 21st Feb 2004, at the Opernball.  He was really friendly, posing for photos with his fans at the stage door.

The following day (22/02/04), German TV station HR3 broadcast a special on the Opernball called "The Vip Show".  It included extracts interview of his performance of "Marie Marie" from the night and a brief interview clip.

www.frankfurter-opernball.com

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