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After All These Years... |
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30 August 2010 Photo: Thanks to www.anniehaslam.com |
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Move Video Frenzy! |
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| Click here and you'll be fascinated for hours |
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More Mojo! |
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When you've watched the first video, make sure you click on the 'Backstage' window bottom left to see Roy chatting with Chip Taylor & Paloma Faith. |
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| Woody Gets His Mojo Working! |
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Roy was presented with a prestigious special award at The Mojo Honours List event held in London tonight. Editor Phil Alexander has long been an admirer of Roy's work & in 2007, he invited Roy to present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Ozzy Osbourne. This time the tables were turned as Woody earned the Classic Songwriter Award.
Above photos courtesy of Simon Fernandez More photos just arrived...
ABOVE PHOTOs BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES |
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Rocker Roy Wood opens lifesaving charity Central Rescue UK new head quarters in Birmingham |
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Apr 15 2010 by Sophie Cross, Birmingham Mail A DRAMATIC water rescue attempt took place in a Birmingham lake as members of the public looked on.  But thankfully the lifesaving feats were being performed by local organisation Central Rescue UK at the opening of its new headquarters at Shard End Reservoir. Wizzard music legend and Central Rescue patron Roy Wood officially opened the new office, meeting members of the rescue team and unveiling a commemorative plaque before the display commenced. Founder Pete Sherwin said: “The opening event was great – we created a scenario where the rescue team was searching for a missing person. “We had the canoes searching the islands and banks and a rescue craft doing a sub-surface search with an underwater camera. “Then other rescue members pretended to be a group of drunk football hooligans who capsized in a boat on the lake and they were each saved in different ways by the team.” Pete helped set up the organisation four years ago in response to a lack of dedicated rescue facilities in the Midlands. He said: “Our main objectives are to work with local emergency services to save lives. I think it’s important Birmingham has an organisation like this, with all its lakes and canals. We will travel all over the area.“But we also want to give young people in Birmingham a credible activity to do, in training for rescue qualifications.” Central Rescue now has around 35 qualified members and dozens of volunteers. Even before the opening of its Birmingham headquarters, the team were called in to assist two swans caught in oil in Witton Lakes. Some of the rescue team members have experience assisting victims of the floods across the Midlands in 2007. The event at the reservoir was also attended by the Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Birmingham. Thanks to www.birminghammail.net |
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MOVE SESSIONS AIRED |
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 THE MOVE BBC Sessions are being played on 6 Music on Marc Riley's show 7-9 each night 15-19 March. Follow the link to Marc's page on 6Music: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/marc_riley/ |
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NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS |
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Woody recently revealed his plans for the release of a new compilation album. He told Andy Coleman at the Birmingham Mail “Some years ago I recorded a track with my old mate Jeff Lynne and I’m hoping to include it on a new compilation I’d like to put together next year,” he reveals. The new album is not the only project Roy has in mind for next year. Thanks to Andy Coleman at the Birmingham Mail |
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AND IT COULD BE WOODY'S TURN NEXT... |
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| Sunday Mercury - December 20, 2009
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WOODY AND COUNT BASIE |
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| Roy has chosen his Six Favourite Albums for The Daily Express. |
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| WOODY WINS NEW FANS WITH QUO |
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The Roy Wood Rock and Roll Band have enjoyed huge success playing as openers for Quo and have certainly made very many new fans. Allan Heron's review of the gig at the SECC, Glasgow. http://itsjustmyview.blogspot.com/ http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/music/REVIEW-Status-QuoRoy-Wood39s-Rock39n39Roll.5900250.jp http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/12/07/rock-solid-quo-put-on-cracker-of-show/ http://www.thestar.co.uk/music/REVIEW-Status-QuoRoy-Woods-Rock.5888781.jp And here's a link to Quo's message Board where Quo fans are making extremely positive noises about the 'Special Guests'! Blimey, here's another link... this time to some great photos taken of Roy onstage at Birmingham. We can't put them on the website because they are copyright to Getty Images but you can, at least, take a look! ...even more photos here: http://vintagerock.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/status-quo-roy-wood-sheffield-arena-6-dec/ |
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QUO GIGS CREEPING UP... |
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Tickets are selling very quickly for Roy's gigs with Status Quo. Don't be left out of the greatest Christmas fun this year! Buy your tickets here and now!
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My Christmas Card To You |
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Woody has collaborated with Mike Read & Elliott Frisby to create a great new Christmas song with all profits going to The Shooting Star Children's Hospice. Check it out here... Visit the Website. www.myspace.com/mychristmascardtoyou Press release Click Here |
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This Week In The Sunday Mercury... |
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| Roy has been down The Sunday Mercury with his pen again... wonder if he has to get up really early on a Sunday morning, use the Wallace & Gromit 'get dressed quick machine' and rush down there with his toast in his hand? Serious subject, though: 'ID cards. Do we really need them?' Find out why Woody can't go shopping... 'Oh bugger!' he says. 'Lost my card - may need to get a hand transplant and some new eyeballs before I can go into Matalan.' Read more by Clicking Here. |
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Woody Tunes Out Of Daytime TV |
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Roy has contributed a new article to the Sunday Mercury. Apparently, he 'hates daytime TV'! I'm with him on that! Says Roy, in his inimitably imaginative way, "It wouldn’t surprise me to switch on to Celebrities Go To The Bathroom, hosted by Gillian McKeith, where they have a panel of C-list celebrity judges who have just done a poo, and they all have to guess which person it originally belonged to..." It is very well written & extremely funny. You can read the whole article here...CLICK HERE! |
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Sunday Mercury Sees Roy's Star Potential! |
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The Sunday Mercury have started a campaign for a star dedicated to Roy in Birmingham's Walk Of Stars on Broad St. What a fab idea! Many thanks to Paul Cole at The Mercury for kick starting all this. There is no one more deserving of a star than Roy, so let's all get behind this. Check out what the paper has to say & most importantly...CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ROY! |
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The BBC excel... |
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 Well then... what a fine programme 'The Producers" turned out to be. Were you amazed? You should have been! Please join me in thanking the BBC for the making of this wonderful show.They really did Roy the justice he so very much merits.Don't forget, you can hear an extended version on BBC 6 Music, Saturday 18th at 9pm. It is soooo worth listening to again and again and... Most Important... thanks Roy. |
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Listen:The Record Producers Monday 18:00 13/04/2009 |
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This series, The Record Producers, seems to be extremely selective about who they feature & Roy is in great company. The last artist to feature was Brian Wilson! This hour-long programme was recorded just before Christmas & saved for a special date... Easter Monday. To be accompanied by the munching of chocolate eggs! Update: Roy says "There's an alternative version of this programme on 6 Music, on the 18th at 9pm. They'll be playing half an hour of my music afterwards". |
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Roy Wood joins the Sunday Mercury Apr 12 2009 |
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Legendary rocker Roy Wood this weekend becomes Entertainment Editor of the Sunday Mercury for one week only. Investigate here...  |
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Mercurial Mr. Wood |
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Roy gave an in-depth & most interesting interview to Paul Cole of The Sunday Mercury. It appeared in print on 5th April (that was a Sunday, you see!) but you can read it by CLICKING HERE (Adobe Reader required).
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Kelly Groucutt 1945 - 2009 |
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Roy has joined forces with Annie Haslam again to record a new version of Flowers In The Rain, which will be included as a bonus track on a re-released CD version of her magnificent solo album, 'Annie In Wonderland'.
June 10 2010 
It is with great sadness that we inform visitors to this site that former member of ELO and ELO Part II Kelly Groucutt died on the afternoon of 19th February 2009 of a heart attack. Our hearts and thoughts go out to his wife Anna and to Kelly's family. He touched all of our lives with his love, kindness and generosity as well as his talent for music and song. He was a true and wonderful friend who loved every second of life and he will be greatly missed by us all.