after originally breaking up in 1969, the bonzos reformed for a series of london shows and a uk tour between 2006 and 2008. viv stanshall, their front man, had died in a house fire in 1995, and was replaced by guest appearances of artists including ade edmondson, stephen fry. paul merton and phil jupitus.
a tour planned for late 2008 was cancelled when the band split yet again. as each went their own way, rodney, roger and sam decided to get together with dave to continue the fun.
Their first gig in brighton was sold out and 3 more monthly gigs at the venue were immediately added. they are now on a continous tour of the uk with sold out shows at nearly all venues from penzance to gateshead
in 2011 the boys may be bringing their show to a venue near you.
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The story so far...
three bonzos and a piano aim to dig out all the old songs from the bonzos’ back catalogue, including songs that have not previously been performed, as well as brand new songs from their new cd ‘hair of the dog’, including:
‘i’m going to bring a watermelon to my girl tonight’
‘shirt’
mr slater’s parrot
hunting tigers
on her doorstep last night (from roger’s solo album ‘unusual’)
senior moments
old geezer rock
the leg
ginger geezer
jollity farm
punktuation
little sir echo
can blue men sing the whites
the sheik of araby
big shot
blaze away
waiting for the wardrobe
etc. etc.
i dare you to read
all about
our story so far!