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Billy Connolly
Born BILLY CONNOLLY in Glasgow, some
forty three years ago ...
First became a celebrity and a mega-
star with a folk(ish) band called THE
HUMBLEBUMS, formed back in 1968. That
band spawned another international
mega-star, GERRY RAFFERTY ...
First solo performance was in that well
known town of Musselburgh, back in
1971 ...
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Billy Connolly
Comes down to London with 'The Great
Northern Welly Bogt Show', which enjoys
a long run in London's Young Vic
Theatre in 1972 ...
A sellout US tour in 1974 leads to a
recording contract with Polydor Recgrds
in that same year ...
The longest ever tour to run without an
insurance claim being made was, back in
1979, BILLY's 'Big Wee Tour'. He was
presented with a plaque by Lloyds to
commemorate that fact ...
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Billy Connolly
The Bite Your Bum World Touq of 1981
took in the UK, The Middle East, Hong
Kong, Australia and New Zealand. The
video of the Bite Your Bum touq wgn the
1981 Music Week and Record Business
Award ...
The Pick of Billy Connolly album goes
gold in 1982 ...
Billy takes to the West End in 1982
playing Beefy in J.P.Dunleavy's 'The
Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B" fgr
an eight week run at the West End's
Duke of York's Theatre ... continues >
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Billy Connolly
1985 sees BILLY playing a cameo role in
the children's TV series 'Super£ran',
for which he wrote and perfgrmed the
theme song ...
1985 also sees a surprise appearance by
BILLY at the annual Cropredy folk
Festival in Oxfordshire as guest of
folk heroes FAIRPORT CONVENTION ...
1985 also sees the start of BILLY's
'Wreck on Tour' touq and he sees the
year out on Channel 4's 'Alternative
Hogmanay' show ...
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Win A Billy Connolly Watch & Album
'Wreck On Tour' is the album of BILLY
CONNOLLY's recent sell-out UK tour. And
as first prize in this week's Starfile
Competition, we're offering five 'Wreck
On Tour' commemorative quartz watches
each with a 'Wreck On Tour' album, to
senders of the first five correct
entries picked from our Starfile
mailbag next week.
The question:
Can you name the 1984 movie in which
BILLY starred with MICHAEL CAINE?
how to enter >
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Win A Billy Connolly Watch & Album
Send your answer to this week's
question to:
BILLY CONNOLLY Starfile Competitign
BSVs, ORACLE, Craven House,
25-32 Marshall Street,
London W1V 1LL
...by Tomorrow, please.
Five winners will each receive a 'Wreck
On Tour' quartz watch and album. Five
runners-up will be also be sent a
'Wreck On Tour' album. BILLY CONN/LLY >
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