Face the Music: A Tribute to ELO’s Richard Tandy
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
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£20 Balcony seats
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Face the Music with RBC orchestra and choir featuring Big Horizon
A tribute to ELO’s Richard Tandy
7pm – Q&A with former ELO band members and Big Horizon
7:45pm – Interval
8pm – Face the Music: a tribute to ELO’s Richard Tandy concert
9.15pm – Concert Ends
RBC students, former members of ELO and Big Horizon come together to pay tribute to iconic ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy in this unique event celebrating Richard’s contribution to the band.
Featuring a Q&A with past members of ELO, followed by a unique musical performance of ELO hits with Big Horizon and RBC orchestral and vocal students, this will be an evening to remember.
Tandy, who joined ELO in 1972, played bass guitar, keyboards, occasional vocals and most famously the Minimoog synthesiser. He was a core member of the group, rejoining Jeff Lynne’s ELO in 2014.
Richard made his final on-stage appearance at RBC in 2019 during the Earthrise concert. He passed away on the 1st May 2024, leaving an extraordinary collection of memorabilia and instruments to RBC, as well as giving his name to a new Scholarship to support young musicians in piano, keyboard and guitar. Established by generous donations from Richard’s wife, Sheila, and ELO co-founder Jeff Lynne, the inaugural Richard Tandy Scholar will be appointed in October 2025.
Dave Scott-Morgan, ELO guitarist from 1981-86, and co-founder of the Tandy-Morgan Band with Richard in 1985, hopes the suite will inspire the next generation of musicians: “Richard is proof that anyone can plant a small seed and have it grow into a giant oak… He was a gifted musician in his own right, but his greatest work was the support and influence he brought to the creative process.”
This spectacular concert will celebrate Richard and his musical achievements AND raise further funds to help more young musicians follow in Richard’s footsteps. Profits from the concert will support the Richard Tandy Scholarship, and Premium tickets are particularly charitable, contributing a combined extra £1,000+ to the Scholarship fund. You can also donate directly to the Richard Tandy Scholarship during check-out.
About Big Horizon
Big Horizon are Mike Stevens, Iain Hornall, Donovan Hepburn, Jo Webb & Lee Pomeroy. They have been the backbone of Jeff Lynne’s ELO since 2013 and Take That’s band since 2006. The band represents a group of friends and musicians bringing together their musical loves in one place’ Those friends have played for Take That, ELO, Annie Lennox, Adele, 10cc, Yes and they were the house band for the Queens Golden Jubilee concert in 2012. But when the UK & Europe leg of the ELO tour was cancelled due to Covid in 2020 the guys finally started to make the band a reality.