AN 80s pop music icon will be visiting Redditch as part of an intimate tour next autumn.

Nik Kershaw, the singer/songwriter behind global hits such as The Riddle and Wouldn’t it Be Good will share his “songs, stories and silliness” on the 39-date tour of England, Scotland and Wales.

As part of the tour, he will be spending an evening with an audience at Redditch's Palace Theatre on Thursday, September 18 2025.

Nik exploded onto the UK pop scene in 1984 and had a string of global hit singles including Wouldn’t It Be Good, The Riddle and I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me, which saw him languish for 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. It made him the UK's biggest-selling solo artist that year.

In 1985, he performed at Live Aid. After stepping out of the limelight to concentrate on writing and producing, Nik wrote Chesney Hawkes’s The One and Only and collaborated with Elton John, Lulu, Petula Clark, The Hollies, Ronan Keating, Jason Donovan, Let Loose, Sia, Imogen Heap, Gary Barlow and Bonnie Tyler.

In 1998, Nik returned to performing and has been releasing critically acclaimed albums ever since.

He's now ready to look back on his career with an intimate evening to coincide with the release of his new book.

Tickets are now on sale. For more details go to www.awaywithmedia.com/tours

He said: “This will be a lovely opportunity to share some of my funniest, most personal memories of 40 years in the music business.

“I look forward to sharing songs, stories and silliness with everyone and having some laughs.”