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Paul Carrack

Since 1951

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Fri Oct 23 Haarlem, Netherlands · PHIL Tickets
Sat Oct 24 Rotterdam, Netherlands · Nieuwe Luxor Tickets
Mon Oct 26 Utrecht, Netherlands · Tivolivredenburg Tickets
Tue Oct 27 Eindhoven, Netherlands · Muziekgebouw Tickets
Wed Oct 28 Heerlen, Netherlands · Parkstad Limburg Theaters Tickets
Sun Dec 13 Stuttgart, Germany · Liederhalle Tickets

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Paul Melvyn Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English musician who has recorded as both a solo artist and as a member of several popular bands. The BBC dubbed Carrack "The Man with the Golden Voice", while Record Collector remarked: "If vocal talent equalled financial success, Paul Carrack would be a bigger name than legends such as Phil Collins or Elton John."

Carrack rose to prominence in the mid-1970s as the frontman and principal songwriter of rock band Ace, and gained further recognition for his work as a solo artist and for his tenures as a member of Squeeze and Roger Waters' backing band, the Bleeding Heart Band, intermittently handling lead vocals on Squeeze and Waters recordings. From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, he enjoyed considerable success as the co-lead vocalist (with Sad Café's Paul Young) and a songwriter for Mike + The Mechanics; following Young's death in 2000, Carrack served as the band's sole lead vocalist until his departure in 2004.

Carrack sang some of his affiliated bands' best-known hits, including Ace's "How Long" (1975); Squeeze's "Tempted" (1981); and Mike + The Mechanics' "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" (1985), "The Living Years" (1988) and "Over My Shoulder" (1995). He also performed lead vocals on tracks from the Roger Waters albums Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) and The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990). He has released nineteen solo albums and achieved a major hit of his own with "Don't Shed a Tear" (1988). Carrack's songs have been recorded by artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald and Jools Holland, and he has served as a session or touring musician for Roxy Music, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, B. B. King, the Pretenders, the Smiths and Madness.

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Paul Melvyn Carrack, né le 22 avril 1951 à Sheffield, est un chanteur, auteur-compositeur et multi-instrumentiste anglais. Il a été membre de plusieurs groupes dont Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, et Roxy Music. Il a également accompagné en studio et en tournée d'autres artistes comme Nick Lowe, Roger Waters et rencontré le succès dans sa carrière solo.

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