Classic Rock

Cockney Rebel

“I let [the audience] closer. I offer them more, I’m telling them more. The fear of the pandemic has helped me to relax.”

Steve Harley, the co-founding vocalist and now only remaining original member of the band whose hits include Mr Soft and the timeless Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), checks in as Cockney Rebel celebrate their 50th anniversary with a short UK tour.

Congratulations on reaching fifty years of Cockney Rebel. How does that make you feel?

It’s astonishing. The question I’m perpetually asked is whether, when

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