Nik Kershaw

My guest this week is singer, songwriter and record producer, Nik Kershaw.  Nik rose to fame back in 1984 and enjoyed massive chart success with songs such as. ‘Wouldn’t Be Good’, Dancing Girls’, ‘I Won’t Let The Song Go Down on Me’ and ‘The Riddle’ Nik talks to me about next years 1984 tour, what it was like performing at Live Aid in 1985 and his memories of the day, performing on Top Of The Pops, songwriting and much more.  The 1984 tour, which kicks off in Lincoln on 3rd October 2024, will see Nik perform tracks from his first two albums, ‘Human Racing’ and ‘The Riddle’ both released, you guessed it, in 1984. The full list of dates are as follows: Oct 3 | Lincoln Engine Shed    Oct 4 | Sunderland Fire Station   Oct 5 | Edinburgh Queen’s Hall  Oct 6 | Holmfirth Picturedrome   Oct 8 | Cambridge Junction   Oct 9 | Manchester Academy   Oct 10 | New Brighton Floral Pavilion   Oct 11 | Wolverhampton The Halls   Oct 12 | Cardiff Tramshed   Oct 14 | Bath Komedia   Oct 15 | Portsmouth Guildhall  Oct 16 | London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire  Tickets for all of Nik’s upcoming UK shows are on sale now, from https://www.nikkershaw.net/. Nik Kershaw on Top Of The Pops Do They Know It's Christmas on Top Of The Pops Follow SynthetIc Dreams Podcast on Instagram or on X / Twitter Music for the show by Chris Ibbott