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Bobbie Dazzle
Sun 18th Oct at 7:00 pm – Sun 18th Oct at 11:00 pm
The Deaf Institute
Age Restrictions: 14+

Bobbie Dazzle, the catsuit-sporting queen of UK Glam Rock, releases her second album, ‘Star Power’, via Rise Above Records on October 2. The flamboyant singer, songwriter, flautist and producer arrived without warning in late 2024 with ‘Fandabidozi’, one of that year’s most irresistible introductory statements. Reviewers drooled and fans reacted with disbelieving joy when Bobbie and her band proceeded to take the songs from ‘Fandabidozi’ out on the road.


As awareness built steadily following the record’s release, to the surprise of everyone – including herself – she toured with Alice Cooper, Sweet, Lita Ford and Thunder’s Luke Morley, along with a spot at Hyde Park with Jeff Lynne’s ELO.


“I put my first record out at the end of 2024 and when those tours started to happen, I had to pinch myself,” Bobbie admits cheerfully. “I was on the road with a childhood hero like Alice Cooper, but I couldn’t process the reality of that at the time because behind the scenes I was doing everything myself – I didn’t have management, a booking agent or a tour manager. I’m a solo artist, not a band. I was one woman doing everything. So it was a lot.”


In less chaotic moments, Bobbie gathered moments in the company of those she shared stages with. Ozzy Osbourne had died on the first day of Cooper’s tour. “We spoke a lot about Ozzy,” she recalls. “Alice and Ozzy were the same age, they’d been friends since the 1970s, so he felt like he was losing a peer.”


When she played with Lita Ford at the Indigo at London’s O2 Arena, the former Runaways guitarist was equally generous with her time. So much so that Lita reappears a guest on ‘Star Power’, supplying a rip-snorting solo toward the end of its final track, ‘Feel It Too’.


“Lita and I spent some time in her dressing room, just me and her,” reveals Bobbie, whose real name is Siân Greenaway. “She was so welcoming and positive. Lita is such a really cool chick. And she is a girl’s girl. The last note on the album is her guitar ringing out, which I really like as well.”

Venue

The Deaf Institute 135 Grosvenor St
Manchester M1 7HE
UK