Graham Gouldman News

Graham Gouldman Announces Heart Full of Songs Tour for 2026

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:36 GMT

10cc founding member Graham Gouldman has announced an 18-date UK tour in 2026 for his highly acclaimed semi-acoustic band Heart Full of Songs.

Featuring material from across Gouldman’s catalogue, the set includes 10cc classics I’m Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday, alongside hits such as Bus Stop and Look Through Any Window (The Hollies), ‘For Your Love’ and ‘Heart Full of Soul’ (The Yardbirds), ‘No Milk Today’ (Herman’s Hermits), Bridge To Your Heart (Wax), film soundtracks and songs from Gouldman’s his solo albums.

The tour will begin on 8 October in Stamford and end at London’s Cadogan Hall on 29 October 2026, with tickets are on sale from 10.00am on Friday 28 November, available from the venues and via www.grahamgouldman.info .

What initially started out as a vehicle for Graham to play his songs acoustically, for the pure pleasure of it and occasionally opening for 10cc concerts, quickly evolved into a stand-alone entity. These days Heart Full of Songs is an acoustic/electric four-piece - and with the 2026 tour set to be the biggest yet,

it serves to be a growing appetite by audiences to share the magic of the music with its composer.

“It is extremely gratifying to do what I love, performing the songs I’ve written or co-written over the years, to audiences who really appreciate them in a semi-acoustic format,” says Gouldman. “With Keith Hayman, Andy Park and Ben Stone we have a fantastic band that presents the songs with passion and to the highest musical standards. I couldn’t ask for more.”

Gouldman’s career took off in 1965 following what turned out to be a blessing in disguise, when record company Columbia rejected his first single composition for his band The Mockingbirds, which featured fellow 10cc founder Kevin Godley on drums. The song, For Your Love, became a huge hit for The Yardbirds.

Working by day in a men's outfitters shop and playing by night with his semi-professional band, Gouldman went on to write a string of hits for other artists, before forming 10cc in 1972 with Godley, Eric Stewart and Lol Creme. 10cc enjoyed a string of Top 10 hits, including three No 1s – ‘Rubber Bullets’, I’m Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday – along with Donna (No 2), Art For Art’s Sake and Good Morning Judge (both reaching No 5), The Things We Do For Love and I’m Mandy Fly Me (6), and The Wall Street Shuffle (10), selling more than 30 million albums worldwide.

It’s the enduring popularity of Gouldman’s broad catalogue of work, which includes the hit Bridge To Your Heart from his time in Wax with the late Andrew Gold, and songs from film soundtracks such as Animalympics and Sunburn, that has led to the increasing numbers of people wanting to share enjoyment of the songs with the composer.

Gouldman’s reputation as one of the world’s leading songwriters was further enhanced this year when he was awarded an MBE in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours list for services to music.

Also underpinning his position were the guest contributors on Gouldman’s latest album, I Have Notes, which included Ringo Starr, Brian May, Hank Marvin an Albert Lee.

TOUR DATES:

ANNOUNCES NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘I HAVE NOTES’ RELEASED 5th JULY ON LOJINX

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:27:10 GMT

ALBUM FEATURES COLLABORATIONS WITH BRIAN MAY, RINGO STARR, HANK MARVIN, ALBERT LEE & MORE.

LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE ‘WE’RE ALIVE’ USING THE LINK BELOW.

ANNOUNCES ALBUM LAUNCH SHOWS, LONDON 1 & 2 JULY!

 TICKETS AVAILABLE BELOW.

Not many musicians can call upon Britain's all-time greatest guitar players and the world's best known drummer to contribute to their side-gig solo album.

But legendary singer, songwriter and keeper of the 10cc flame Graham Gouldman has made a few pioneering friends over the course of his 60 year career. Brian May, Hank Marvin, Albert Lee and Ringo Starr, among others, have all contributed to Gouldman's forthcoming 6th solo album, ‘I Have Notes’, released 5th July on British independent record label Lojinx.

Graham has also announced two special one-off album launch shows on 1st and 2nd July at Pizza Express Live in Holborn, which will see him debut songs from ‘I Have Notes’, along with favourites from across his incredible career. Tickets available HERE

First single ‘We’re Alive’, which is out now and available to listen to HERE, displays an Americana tone, co-written with Nashville-based singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman (Bette Midler, Trisha Yearwood, Neil Diamond) and songwriter/guitarist Gordon Kennedy (Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Garth Brooks).

"I wrote this song in Nashville last year with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Gordon Kennedy. Both of whom I’ve worked with before. I just started playing this opening riff, there's some nodding going on, it sounded quite exuberant and so the theme had to be something life affirming. Beth came up with the "We're Alive" title, and then we finished off the song really quickly together.

There are certain references, which I love, that are kind of interesting. "Pull back the sofa, wind up the gramophone". You know who's got a gramophone? Nobody!

It's always a real joy to work with Beth and Gordon and I think it shows in the song because it's full of life." says Gouldman.

The song was tracked with the writers between London and Nashville, with Dan Needham (Michael McDonald, Billy Preston, Amy Grant) on drums, and produced by Graham Gouldman and Graeme Pleeth.

‘I Have Notes’ has a broad palette of musical styles and textures, reflecting the diverse nature of Gouldman’s catalogue. From the “I’m Not In Love” choral opening of literal space-ballad ‘Floating In Heaven’ (with Brian May), through the endearing romantic waltz of ‘When You Find Love’ (featuring Hank Marvin). The album also features the exuberant childish joy of ‘Play Me’, the cheeky festive swing of ‘Christmas Affair’ (featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman) to the Side A closer, the unashamed Beatle-inspired ‘Couldn’t Love You More’ (featuring Ringo Starr).

Side B kicks off with the overtly poppy ‘It’s Time For Me To Go’, followed by the country-tinged ‘Don’t Tell Lies’. The long-lost 10cc-era confessional ‘I’m Lazy’ leads into the instrumental palette cleanse of ‘Celestial Light’, followed by a return to country twang with ‘Say You Love Me Tonight (featuring Albert Lee). The album closes with a rocking live performance of ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, featuring an all-star band - Brian May & Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal on guitar, Derek Sherinian on keyboards, Ric Fierabracci on bass and Simon Phillips on drums.

Having worked with the late Storm Thorgerson, of Hypnosis, for many 10cc covers over the years, Gouldman has continued the collaboration through Peter Curzon at StormStudios for the ‘I Have Notes’ cover:

“The cover art works beautifully, I think”, enthuses Gouldman. “You may understand it, you may not. But you know something interesting is happening.”

From his early 1960s songwriting hits (‘Bus Stop’, ‘For Your Love’, ‘Heart Full of Soul’) to global success with 10cc's classics (‘I'm Not in Love’, ‘The Things We Do for Love’, ‘Dreadlock Holiday’) the enduring popularity of Graham's songs reflect his significant contributions to the history of pop music. Graham’s songwriting status was acknowledged in 2014 with his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Graham’s work with 10cc continues to endure in the build up to next year’s 50th anniversary of the band’s iconic album ‘The Original Soundtrack’, having recently completed a UK wide tour, which included a sold out Royal Albert Hall show (The Mail on Sunday commented ‘It feels as if their time has come again’ in their 5* review). 10cc have also announced a further Autumn UK tour; and announced their first major US tour in over three decades.

Graham Gouldman's new album ‘I Have Notes’ will be released on vinyl LP, CD & digital on 5th July 2024 on British indie label Lojinx.

To pre-order visit HERE

For tickets to Graham’s ‘I Have Notes’ album launch shows, visit HERE

Grahams new interview in the Times

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:26:22 GMT

The Time Article

The Times' new article about Graham can be read here .

10cc ‘20 YEARS: 1972-1992’ CD Box Set New Release!

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:16:38 GMT

New CD Box Set due to be released on 26 January 2024 on Edsel Records.

14CD box set celebratory the classic recordings across 145 tracks.

Includes all of the Studio and official Live albums released in this period, as well as two additional discs featuring a selection of Single edits and alternative mixes/versions and non-Album B-sides. Includes ten UK top 10 singles, featuring ‘Rubber Bullets’ (1973), ‘I'm Not In Love’ (1975) and ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ (1978).

Also includes a 10,000 word essay written by Liam Newton, author of the band’s official autobiography “The Worst Band In The World”.

10cc formed in 1972, initially consisting Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme who between them were creative pop and experimental songwriters, as well as multi-instrumentalists, singers and producers. They recorded most of their albums at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport and Strawberry Studios (South) in Dorking,

Originally signed to UK Records label, 10cc first charted in September 1972 with their ‘50s pastiche ‘Donna’, which narrowly missed the #1 spot but spent a quarter of the year on the Singles Chart. Six-months later 10cc had their first #1 single ‘Rubber Bullets’. They recorded two albums for the label before signing to Phonogram’s Mercury Records label in 1975.

Between 1972 and 1978, 10cc had five consecutive UK Top 10 albums: “Sheet Music” (#9-1974), “The Original Soundtrack” (#3-1975), “How Dare You!” (#5-1976), “Deceptive Bends” (#3-1977) and “Bloody Tourists” (#3-1978). Their Double live album “Live And Let Live” recorded on tour in Manchester and London, reached #14 in 1977.

10cc also had twelve unique UK Top 30 singles, ten of which reached the Top 10, whilst three of them were #1 hits; ‘Rubber Bullets’ (1973), ‘I'm Not In Love’ (1975) and ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ (1978). ‘I'm Not In Love’ was their breakthrough worldwide hit. During this period, there were also two ‘hits’ collections released, reaching #9 in 1975 and #5 in 1979.

’20 Years’ is a 145 track/14 Disc celebration of the Band’s most-celebrated period from 1972 to 1992 and includes all of the Studio and official Live albums released in this period, as well as two additional discs featuring a selection of Single edits and alternative mixes/versions and non-Album B-sides.

Graham Gouldman remains very much at the helm and had just returned from a sell-out Australian tour.

’20 Years’ contains a 10,000 word essay written by Liam Newton, author of the band’s official autobiography “The Worst Band In The World”.

10cc will embark on an 18-date UK tour in March 2024, with their The ‘Ultimate’ Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour 2024.

Me and Gilbert O’Sullivan

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:24:57 GMT

“It was an absolute pleasure to meet up again with my friend Gilbert O’Sullivan at last Sunday’s Sunshine Music Festival in Worcestershire where we were on the same bill.

Gilbert and I go way back to the time when I produced his album ‘Life And Rhymes’ in 1982.

As well as being a songwriter and performer of the highest calibre he also makes an excellent cup of tea”

Graham

Graham to appear at SongFest 23

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:48:51 GMT

Graham to headline at this years SongFest Festival.

Graham will be performing the headline spot at 8:00pm Saturday 26th, he'll be performing with Andy Park. For full details please visit the SongFest website HERE .

Limited tickets are still available HERE .

Oh What a night

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:47:29 GMT

“Oh what a night we had following our final gig on our Australian tour in Perth with our special guests cricketing legend Dennis Lillee and superstar Hank Marvin.

As you can imagine there was lots of talk about guitars and cricket.”

Graham.

'Thank You for Being a Friend' - Thank You Day Anthem

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:57:49 GMT

“ I was delighted to play bass and guitar on the recording of ‘Thank you for being a friend’, the ‘Music For Dementia Thank You Day anthem’ by Tony Christie.

I’ve known Tony for many years, and it was while he was recording a song that I had co-written that I got a call from Graeme Pleeth, Tony’s producer, asking me if I’d like to do some backing vocals on the track.

I said I would and mentioned that I happened to be with Andrew Gold, and should I bring him along to the session. Well of course he said yes.

That is how Tony met Andrew and I think it went someway to him wanting to use Andrew‘s wonderful song ‘Thank you for being a friend’ as the Thank You Day anthem.

It was a great track to work on particularly as I met up again with fellow musicians Wix from Paul McCartney’s band, Dan Gillespie Sells from The Feeling and of course Sting.

Other players on the track include Nile Rodgers and Abe Laboriel Jr who also plays with Macca. A pretty cool line up.

A great song for a great cause."

Cheers,

Graham

10cc Tour Dates Announced

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:40:30 GMT

Tickets on sale NOW! from ticketmaster.co.uk

In typical style and with a hint of self-mocking, art pop and rock legends 10cc announce a major city tour for Spring 2024 with the title The Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour, following on from their sell-out Ultimate Greatest Hits tour of 2022.

The announcement comes as the band reach the end of a five-week tour across Australia and New Zealand, with rave reviews – the longest tour they have done in the region.

The UK tour begins in Bristol on 7 March and comprises 18 concerts, including a return to London’s 5,200-seat Royal Albert Hall on 25 March.

As a Daily Telegraph confirmed last year, “Note perfect! 10cc's songbook, full of fun and love and rage, remains blessedly the same”, while the Daily Mail’s Richard Littlejohn said, “If you want the best of British popular music, beg, steal or borrow a ticket. You won’t see a better show all year”.

Meanwhile in Australia, the band’s concerts have attracted review comments such as, “the tunes are a delicious sonic challenge. The playing is virtuosic”

Leading the touring band, Graham Gouldman, the only one of the four founding members still performing, says “In our formative years, it was all about the songs and it’s the same for us now. We play them with love and energy, hit after hit after hit … we show no mercy.”

Having sold over 15 million albums in the UK alone, 10cc have eleven Top 10 hits to their name, including three No 1 singles - Rubber Bullets, Dreadlock Holiday and the ubiquitous I’m Not In Love – along with Donna (No 2), Art For Art’s Sake and Good Morning Judge (both reaching 5), The Things We Do For Love and I’m Mandy Fly Me (6), and The Wall Street Shuffle (10).

The band comprises Gouldman on bass guitars, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals; Rick Fenn - lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Paul Burgess - drums, percussion, keyboards; Keith Hayman - keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals and Iain Hornal - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, mandolin, keyboards and vocals.

Before the UK tour in Spring, 10cc will head to Europe this Autumn for a 17-date tour across Holland, Belgium and Germany.

When 10cc played Sweden’s prestigious Konserthuset in Stockholm earlier this year, they met ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaerus. He was in the audience and came backstage after the show to congratulate the band. As a result, Gouldman has agreed to join Ulvaerus on stage to talk about song-writing at a festival he runs in Sweden in July.

2024 UK Tour Dates:

Thursday 7th March – Bristol Beacon

Friday 8th March – Birmingham Symphony Hall

Saturday 9th March – Gateshead Sage

Sunday 10th March – York Barbican

Tuesday 12th March – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Wednesday 13th March – Carlisle Sands Centre

Thursday 14th March – Perth Concert Hall

Friday 15th March – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Saturday 16th March – Sheffield City Hall

Monday 18th March – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Tuesday 19th March – Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Wednesday 20th March – Reading Hexagon

Thursday 21st March – Bournemouth Pavilion

Friday 22nd March – Oxford New Theatre

Saturday 23rd March – Swansea Arena

Monday 25th March – London Royal Albert Hall

Tuesday 26th March – Southend Cliffs Pavilion

Wednesday 27th March – Cardiff St Davids Hall

The Big Marino

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:08:42 GMT

“Here we are standing in front of ‘The Big Marino’ in Goldburn NSW on our way to the fourteenth gig of our Australian tour. Eight more to go then home.
We’ve having a great time and the audiences have been brilliant.”

Photo Andrew Stamiris

Spatial Awareness

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:40:53 GMT

It was Andrew Campbell, the boss of Graham's record label Lojinx, who suggested sending a new song, Floating In Heaven, to Brian May of Queen.

Graham had written it at a crucial time in the history of space exploration and was inspired by what the latest breakthrough was about to reveal.

Brian, who has a passion for astronomy and a PhD in astrophysics, immediately saw the relevance of the song and the pair worked together to release Floating In Heaven as a single to mark the unveiling to the world of the first astonishing images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on 12

July.

The song was used as the backing track for a video if images released by The Space Telescope Science Institute and Graham and Brian performed it live with an orchestra at the sixth Starmus convention, held on 5-10 September 2922 in Yerevan, Armenia, along with several of Graham's established hit songs.

On the road in July '23

Mon, 22 May 2023 15:37:00 GMT

Having agreed to perform at the Hale Barns Carnival , near Manchester Airport, on Saturday 22 July, we soon found ourselves adding shows either side. On 20-21 July we’ll be at Trading Boundaries in Sheffield Green, East Sussex – the first night sold-out so quickly, that we added a second. The venue is compared with London’s Ronnie Scott’s club, so we’re looking forward to it.

Also added is a concert on Sunday 23 July at probably the smallest venue we’ve played, Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre . We were persuaded to do it by owner and rock agent and manager legend Pete Barton (who still looks after The Yardbirds among others). It looks and feels like a diminutive Hardrock Café and will be a very intimate experience for both band and audience.

Festival Time

Mon, 22 May 2023 15:30:01 GMT

Headlining the Hale Barns Carnival on Saturday 22 July will be a special occasion for us, so we hope to see lots of familiar faces there. It is Heart Full of Songs only festival appearance in the UK this year.

Movie magic

Mon, 22 May 2023 15:22:57 GMT

Full live Heart Full of Songs concert to be streamed from this website soon.

We were very fortunate to encounter a group of film enthusiasts going by the name of Accrington Music Makers – led by director Ray Burrows, who did a fine job of filming the concert by Heart Full of Songs the Civic Arts Centre & Theatre in Oswaldtwistle, in March. They used five cameras, recorded the ambient sound in the room and took the band’s sound from our mixing desk.

The full concert film should soon be available online, via this website.

March tour success

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 15:10:17 GMT

This was a particularly successful for us, with audiences generally 50% up on the previous tour in September-October 2021. Special thanks go to Mike ‘Pod’ Raven of promoter The Gig Cartel, who staged 10 of the concerts, with advance sell-outs in Bury St Edmunds, Lytham St Annes, Southport and Salford. In London, our long-time promoter David Messer of DMP made an especially good job of our move from Islington’s Union Chapel to the more prestigious Cadogan Hall in Chelsea.

Other notable advance sell-outs were The Stables Theatre in Wavendon, promoted by the venue, and Thom Milner-Smith of Atom Promotions’ concert at the Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham.

The next Heart Full of Songs UK tour is set for March 2025 – as usual, in between 10cc’s bi-annual UK tours.

Graham Gouldman News

Graham Gouldman Announces Heart Full of Songs Tour for 2026

10cc founding member Graham Gouldman has announced an 18-date UK tour in 2026 for his highly acclaimed semi-acoustic band Heart Full of Songs.

ANNOUNCES NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘I HAVE NOTES’ RELEASED 5th JULY ON LOJINX

ALBUM FEATURES COLLABORATIONS WITH BRIAN MAY, RINGO STARR, HANK MARVIN, ALBERT LEE & MORE.

LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE ‘WE’RE ALIVE’ USING THE LINK BELOW.

ANNOUNCES ALBUM LAUNCH SHOWS, LONDON 1 & 2 JULY!

TICKETS AVAILABLE BELOW.

Grahams new interview in the Times

The Time Article

10cc ‘20 YEARS: 1972-1992’ CD Box Set New Release!

New CD Box Set due to be released on 26 January 2024 on Edsel Records.

Me and Gilbert O’Sullivan

Graham to appear at SongFest 23

Graham to headline at this years SongFest Festival.

Oh What a night

'Thank You for Being a Friend' - Thank You Day Anthem

10cc Tour Dates Announced

The Big Marino

Spatial Awareness

On the road in July '23

Festival Time

Movie magic

Full live Heart Full of Songs concert to be streamed from this website soon.

March tour success

ANNOUNCES NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘I HAVE NOTES’ RELEASED 5th JULY ON LOJINX

 TICKETS AVAILABLE BELOW.