Last updated 16:05, Wednesday, 13 August 2008

YOU heard them last week, supporting Status Quo and now It Bites are performing at Whitehaven Civic Hall.

calling those local heroes: It Bites are coming to Civic Hall

Tickets are on sale for the gig on August 30, which starts at 7.30pm.

The band formed in Cumbria in the early 1980s, and achieved chart success in 1986 with their top 10 UK hit single Calling All The Heroes.

The band released three albums on Virgin Records – Big Lad In The Windmill (1986), Once Around The World (1998) and Eat Me In St Louis (1989) before breaking up following the departure of their original frontman Francis Dunnery.

Nearly 20 years later, and to meet considerable public demand, the three remaining band members – John Beck (keyboards), Bob Dalton (drums), and Dick Nolan (bass) – decided to reunite, along with new vocalist/guitarist John Mitchell, a well-respected guitarist and songwriter as well as a lifelong fan of the band.

The newly-reformed It Bites completed a successful tour of the UK at the end of 2006, which was followed by the release of a live album from the tour When The Lights Go Down which features both old classics (including Kiss Like Judas, Still Too Young To Remember, Old Man And The Angel) as well as previewing songs from the forthcoming album.

To support the upcoming release of The Tall Ships – their first studio album in nearly 20 years – It Bites are touring across the UK and Europe.

Dick Nolan has now been replaced with Lee Pomeroy, as seen supporting Quo last week. Tickets are £17.50/£15 CalCARD, telephone 514960.