Roy Wood and his band is heading to the Princess Theatre, Torquay, on Friday, January 20 at 7.30pm.

The concert feature all Roy’s classic hits, including I Can Hear The Grass Grow, Flowers In The Rain, Blackberry Way, California Man, See My Baby Jive and, of course, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday.

Born in Birmingham, Roy’s first instrument was drums, which is the only instrument he has ever had any tuition on!

Influenced by Hank Marvin’s sound, he took up playing guitar and formed a group called The Falcons at the age of 14.

Roy had been writing songs, and at 17 he became founder of The Move, who went on to enjoy multiple chart successes with songs all written by Roy himself, including Flowers In The Rain, which reached number 2 in the chart, and was the first record to be played on BBC Radio One.

Night Of Fear, Fire Brigade and I Can Hear The Grass Grow were all top five hit singles, and also a number one record in the British singles chart Blackberry Way.

In 1970, Roy teamed up with fellow Birmingham songwriter Jeff Lynne, who joined The Move for their final two albums. The final single recorded by The Move during this period was California Man.

Roy had an ambition over a number of years to form a classically-based band featuring live strings instead of the conventional guitar line up, and together with Jeff, they formed The Electric Light Orchestra.

In the early ’70s, Roy left ELO to form Wizard.