Dennis Locorriere - TIMELINE
2018
UK Intimate Show 2019, Chard, Somerset Announced
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | Norway 2019 - Stavanger & Trondheim Sell Out!
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | Norway 2019 Announced
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | UK 2019 Announced
A sell out crowd at the stunning Chepstow Castle for Castel Roc
A Viral Letter, A Short Film Premier - Sylvia - The Short Film announced
Dr Hook announces that £ 895.28 was raised for Childline at the Kelvingrove shows
Dr Hook heads to Norway for the Summer Nights With Dr Hook Norway 2018 shows
Dennis Locorriere is inducted into the Brighton Walk of Fame
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | Sweden 2019 Announced
Dr Hook enjoys another rip-roaring weekend in Glasgow, Scotland
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | Motherwell, Scotland 2019 - Sells Out!!
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | Denmark 2019 Announced
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary Tour | Scotland 2019 Announced
Behind the scenes rehearsals 2018 video shared
Dr Hook 50th Anniversary World Tour 2019-20 - First territories Announced
Summer Nights With Dr Hook 2018 Announced
The Dr Hook Norway 2018 Announced
The Dr Hook 50th Anniversary World Tour 2019 - 2020 Announced
Dennis Locorriere appears on "For One Night Only - The Old Grey Whistle Test"
TeamDrHook announces the top 3 Dr Hook songs as voted by their social media followers as:
❶ Years From Now
❷ A Little Bit More
❸ If Not You
Our Designer Emma-Lee announces that she will be running 500 miles in 2018 to raise funds for Shelter - TeamDrHook pledges their support & Dennis meets Emma-Lee at the finish line of her first half marathon!
Our Designer Emma-Lee announces that she will be running 500 miles in 2018 to raise funds for Shelter
Castell Roc 2018 Announced
Kelvingrove 2018 Sells Out!!
Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere announces that £21,367.26 was raised during the UK 2017 Tour for Childline
2017
The Dr Hook UK 2017 Tour kicks of with a sell out show in Cheltenham
Dr Hook travels to Denmark for a Sell Out show at Tange Soe Folk Festival, Festivalplasden & Roskilde
Gressvick Somerparty Norway Sells Out
Kelvingrove Glasgow provides the perfect setting for TeamDrHook's first FB Live video streaming clips of a show.
Iceland Sells Out!
Kelvingrove, Glasgow - 2nd date Sells Out!
Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere Live - Recorded Live at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in 2016 - Released
Team Dr Hook shares behind the scenes video of the 2017 band rehearsals.
Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere announces a date in Iceland - a first for Dr Hook.
Dennis Locorriere conducts his first FB Live interview.
Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere Kelvingrove, Glasgow Sells Out & a futher date is added due to overwhelming demand.
Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere Australia & New Zealand 2017 Announced.
Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere UK & Ireland Timeless Tour Extension 2017 Announced.
2016
The Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere UK & Ireland Timeless Tour SELL OUT Tour raised over £ 11,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust! 👏 😄 👏
The Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere UK & Ireland Timeless Tour kicks off with two back to back SELL OUT Shows and
raises £ 876.26 for Teenage Cancer Trust! 👏 😄 👏
SOLD OUT! Raised for TCT £ 357.77
SOLD OUT!! Raised for TCT £ 518.47 👏
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Due to OVERWHELMING DEMAND the Wolverhampton show is moved to a larger venue.
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Dr Hook Starring Dennis Locorriere announces their support for the Teenage Cancer Trust during the UK & Ireland Timeless Tour
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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Announces a SELL OUT - Quickly followed by King's Lynn, Perth, Norwich, Dublin, Truro Shrewsbury, Canterbury & Worthing.
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Belfast & Dublin added to the Timeless Tour Schedule
DR HOOK® Starring Dennis Locorriere - The Timeless World Tour - UK 2016 Dates announced
Things change.
Trends in fashion, film and music are constantly moving to accommodate a new world.
One thing that hasn't seemed to change in over forty years is the love people have for the music of DR HOOK.
Personnel changes were bound to happen over time, but the music and spirit that audiences have come to expect whenever or wherever they see the words DR HOOK is still very much alive and well.
I'm now touring with a group of sensational new musicians who know how important it is to sing and play this timeless music just the way people want to hear it.
My desire is to bring those classic songs and wonderful sense memories flooding back to the forefront of the minds and music collections of people everywhere.
The times may have changed but I'm proud to say that if you want DR HOOK, live in concert today you can get it once again.
Right here!
I hope to see you all down the road somewhere!
Dennis Locorriere
January 2016 ~
2015
DR HOOK® Starring Dennis Locorriere - The Timeless World Tour - Scotland 2016 Dates announced
Dr Hook was an internationally recognisable household name throughout the 70’s and 80’s and in many territories throughout the world, it retains that standing to this day.
Not for 30 years have the massive hits of Dr Hook been sung and played live by a band worthy of that title.
Until now.
Following the success of the Universal release Dr Hook Timeless (Executive Producer, Dennis Locorriere) in the UK, New Zealand and Australia, Dennis Locorriere, who, from the very beginnings of Dr Hook to the height of their success, was the unmistakable voice of the band’s biggest hits and best loved songs, such as Sylvia's Mother, Cover Of Rolling Stone, Only 16, A Little Bit More, If Not You, Sharing The Night Together, Better Love Next Time, Sexy Eyes, When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Years From Now and many more, is touring the world with an incredibly talented band of musicians and singers, playing all of the hits.
This is something that Locorriere has not done since his Dr Hook Farewell Tour in 1985.
In fact, never before have these songs been recreated live to sound just as they did when they were originally recorded in the famous Nashville and Muscle Shoals studios with some of the best session musicians in the world.
Possessing one of the most recognisable voices in popular music, Dennis Locorriere and the band have already performed sell out shows in New Zealand, are headed to Australia in October/November 2015 and will be bringing this unique experience to the rest of the world.
Dennis says “I know that people love the Dr Hook sound on those original recordings and that's what we're bringing back to them, just the way they remember it and want to hear it performed live”.
Dr Hook™ Starring Dennis Locorriere - The Timeless World Tour, is the show Dr Hook fans have been waiting for.
DENNIS LOCORRIERE presents DR HOOK™ Timeless World Tour - Australia
Dr Hook was an internationally recognisable household name throughout the 70’s and 80’s and in many territories throughout the world, it retains that standing to this day.
Not for 30 years have the massive hits of Dr Hook been sung and played live by a band worthy of that title.
Until now.
Following the success of the Universal release Dr Hook Timeless (Executive Producer, Dennis Locorriere) in the UK, New Zealand and Australia, Dennis Locorriere, who, from the very beginnings of Dr Hook to the height of their success, was the unmistakable voice of the band’s biggest hits and best loved songs, such as Sylvia's Mother, Cover Of Rolling Stone, Only 16, A Little Bit More, If Not You, Sharing The Night Together, Better Love Next Time, Sexy Eyes, When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Years From Now and many more, is touring the world with an incredibly talented band of musicians and singers, playing all of the hits.
This is something that Locorriere has not done since his Dr Hook Farewell Tour in 1985.
In fact, never before have these songs been recreated live to sound just as they did when they were originally recorded in the famous Nashville and Muscle Shoals studios with some of the best session musicians in the world.
Possessing one of the most recognisable voices in popular music, Dennis Locorriere and the band have already performed sell out shows in New Zealand, are headed to Australia in October/November 2015 and will be bringing this unique experience to the rest of the world.
Dennis says “I know that people love the Dr Hook sound on those original recordings and that's what we're bringing back to them, just the way they remember it and want to hear it performed live”.
Dr Hook™ Starring Dennis Locorriere - The Timeless World Tour, is the show Dr Hook fans have been waiting for.
Aus 2015 Page - Fan Reviews - Press - Images - Tour Video - Aus TV Shows
DENNIS LOCORRIERE appears on Australian TV and Radio to promote the forthcoming Australian Tour
DENNIS LOCORRIERE presents DR HOOK™ Timeless World Tour - New Zealand
Following the Top 10 success of Universal Records’ Timeless album, a two disc, 40 track collection of Dr Hook’s greatest hits and favourite album tracks personally chosen by Dennis Locorriere and released in the UK this year, the decision has been made to release the album in other countries including New Zealand in 2015. With these released Locorriere will be embarking on a World Tour to celebrate the ‘Hook’ legacy, and perform the songs how the fans remember them sounding with the voice who recorded them.
Dennis comments: "There was quite a long period of time when I shied away from performing many of the classic Hook songs. Although the band and our music was popular all around the world, those days weren't always the happiest of times for us and I felt I needed to put some distance between my past and the present. Now the years have flown by and several of the original band members have sadly passed away. I've since come to understand and appreciate just how much these songs still mean to so many people so when I was approached by Universal I welcomed the opportunity to become totally involved in the production of this compilation. I feel like now is the right time to hit the road to celebrate my history and give the fans an evening of music and entertainment they will love!"
The SELL OUT shows in New Zealand mark the start of the Timeless World Tour.
NZ 2015 Page - Fan Reviews - Press - Tour Video - NZ TV Shows
Dennis appears on the Good Morning New Zealand TV Show
(With thanks to GMTV.NZ for providing this footage)
DL Announces the DENNIS LOCORRIERE presents DR HOOK™ Timeless World Tour
DENNIS LOCORRIERE, the true and original voice of DR HOOK, is back on the road with a sensational new band, playing all the DR HOOK hits and favourite album tracks, as well as selections from his critically acclaimed solo albums.
The group is made up of world class musicians and singers, who have graced prestigious concert stages from Sydney, Australia to the West End in London.
The trucks and tour coaches are fuelled up and ready to roll into cities around the world, bringing the unforgettable DR HOOK sound to fans who have missed it for so long, delivered to them by the man with the immediately recognizable voice, DENNIS LOCORRIERE.
"It's been awhile but I felt this was the perfect time to get back out there and celebrate my musical history!" says DL.
"The Calm Before the Storm" Sold Out Exclusive pre-world tour solo UK Dates
2014
Dennis appears on BBC Breakfast to promote the release of Timeless
The Release of Dr. Hook TIMELESS
Talking about Timeless, Dennis Locorriere said "I went back and listened to every track the band recorded in order to select the 40 songs in the set. It was quite an experience and I can happily say that it rekindled my appreciation for a lot of what we'd left behind. Of course, none of us could have predicted back then that the music we were creating was destined to stand the proverbial test of time. There were so many sides to Dr Hook. I'm proud of this collection because it touches on all the facets of our band's music and is the first release to successfully accomplish that." Timeless reached the UK Top 10, receiving many 4 and 5 star reviews along the way and is about to be released in other countries around the world. The CD booklet also includes brand new liner notes by Dennis Locorriere.
2013
POINT ZERO UK TOUR
A 30-odd date tour , kicking-off on St Valentine's Day at South Shields .
Visiting England , Isle of Wight, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Liverpool Philharmonic Review
DL Speaks to Hot Press - Ahead of Irish date
Click Here
2011
The Launch of DL's brand new Post Cool label!!!
The first release being the CD boxed set, Retrospection, on POST COOL records
Retrospection:
Incorporating Dennis' first two Solo CD releases:
Out of the Dark & One of the Lucky Ones
with Bonus Studio & Live Tracks [Natalie, Dancing Inside, Doesn't Take A Lot to Make Her Cry, The Truth (live), Underneath The Moon (live), Shine Soon 2008]
Alone Again Tour Kicks off in Horsham
Whatever's Burning Now
A Collection of Poems & Cartoons released by Indigo Books.
2010
DL.com announces the 'Alone Again' 2011 Tour
Early in 2010 Indigo Dreams contacts DL to say they'd read some of the poems on 'DL's Space' and asked if he'd think about putting together a collection of them.
Over 70 pieces were sent along with a selection of DL's cartoons & drawings.
The book will be titled Whatever's Burning Now will be available in shops and at the merchandise table in 2011.
Read DL's blog on this | Available Here
DL goes into the studio and records an acoustic version of John Lennon's I Dig A Pony for the October 2010 issue of Mojo magazine's re-imagining of The Beatles classic Let It Be album.
Read DL's 'I Dug a Pony' Blog
After a very sucessful Spring Tour with his new band DL names his band 'Tomorrow Road' in time for the Fall Tour.
Read DL's 'Tomorrow Road' Blog
DL tours with his new band, promoting his new album, POST COOL.
DL's Tour 2010 Blog Feb - April | Aug-Oct
Pete Brown - guitars, mandolin, vocals
Mike Nichols - double bass, electric bass, vocals
Paul Beavis - drums and percussion
Rich Milner - keyboards, vocals
Amy Smith - keyboards, vocals
DL.com is 10 YEARS OLD!!!!!
2009
DL makes a Special Guest Appearance at the Sunflower Jam, Porchester Halls, London.
From JeremyIrons.net: "From then on in it was a rock and roll dance party like no other, with Dennis Locorriere taking to the stage to play harmonica on The Stones' Not Fade Away with Margo and proving that he still has one of the best voices in rock with awesome renditions of The Beatles Get Back, his own Sylvia's Mother and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's, Love The One You're With."
DL under takes a 30+ Date Solo Tour
DL Performed Eleanor Rigby with The Liverpool Philharmonic & Lady Madonna with the band at the Beatles Day Concert, Liverpool.
2008
DL makes a Special Guest Appearance for Joe Brown's 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert at the Albert Hall, London.
DL undertakes a 'The TrueVoice' Solo Tour
When chatting with Bill Wyman during the Dear Mr Fantasy concert rehersals back in 2007, DL happened to mention that he'd "love to join them for a couple of shows..."
A few months later DL got the invite ... not for a couple tho ... the whole tour!
DL's Blog Comments | Soundbites of Dennis with Bill Wyman & The Rhythm Kings
DL provided background vocals on Bobby Bare's album Bare/Sleeper Wherever I Fall.
2007
DL undertakes the 'Alone Again with DL' UK Solo Tour
Dennis Locorriere The Unique Voice of Dr. Hook Hits & History Tour DVD is released - reaching the Top 5 In the UK DVD Chart!
DL and his band undertake the 'sell out' 35 date Hits & History Tour
Kicking off by performing on GMTV.
EMI Releases "Hits and History: +DVD - This CD goes Gold!
(Capitol/EMI) ****
DENNIS Locorriere is right on song when it comes to value.
Founder member and The Voice of Dr Hook, Locorriere offers a 23-track CD plus a further 14 in DVD format, as he traces the band's development from the late Sixties until they went their separate ways after the heady days of Sylvia's Mother, Cover Of The Rolling Stone et al, to the hard-up times which spawned the wickedly ironic album, Millionaire.
From the heart-wrenching (The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan) to the heart-warming (Years From Now) with bags of humour and masses of conviction, Dr Hook's songs are graced by the gloriously sexy, husky-tremulous voice of Locorriere, the working-class lad from New York.
Here he pays tribute to the musicians who made Dr Hook such a musically distinctive band. Most of the best songs are featured including When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Sexy Eyes, A Little Bit More, More Like The Movies and my gut-wrenching favourite, Carrie Me, Carrie. Is he just cashing in on old success? No, he is paying his dues to a motley crew of fine musicians and even finer songs. What the hell? Get Hooked!
Tony McKinstry
DL takes part in "Dear Mr. Fantasy" a tribute to Jim Capaldi, charity concert at The Roundhouse in London
DL provides vocal harmony on Marty Stuart's Compadres: An Anthology of Duets.
2006
DL takes part in The Bewdley Festival.
DL performs at the First Annual Acoustic Festival in Nantwich.
DL performs a charity concert in aid of the Meningitis Research Foundation in Brighton.
DL provides Choir, Chorus vocals on Various Artists album Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective [Box Set].
2005
DL narrates poetry on "Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook " by Shel Silverstein.
DL undertakes a 45 date tour to coincide with the release of his solo cd "One of the Lucky Ones"
DL plays at Londons prestigious Bloomsbury Theatre in London
DL plays a benefit concert in aid of The Prince of Wales Hospice
DL provides harmony vocals on John Hiatt's album Chronicles.
DL performs Yesterday Blues (Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals) on the album More Good Whiskey Blues Various Artists.
DL provides vocals and harmony on Out on My Own Edwina Hayes.
2004
DL appears on the Pyramid Stage at The Glastonbury Festival.
DL performs at the Bloomsbury, London with Randy Bachman & Graham Goldman in aid of The Teenage Cancer Trust.
DL's' First London Solo Show at The Stand Theatre, London.
DL undertakes the 40+ date 'Up Close & Personal' tour of the UK
2003
Due to overwhelming demand DL undertakes another solo acoustic UK tour.
DL performs on the Uncut Magazine Stage at the Guilfest Festival.
DL performs a charity concert in aid of The Prince of Wales Hospice
DL is a guest on the BBC TV show Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
DL undertakes a UK Solo Tour including the Eastleigh Music Festival.
DL provides harmony vocals on Robert Earl Keen, Jr.'s album Party Never Ends: Songs You Know ...
DL provides harmony vocals on Michael Snow's Never Say No to a Jar.
2002
DL undertakes a UK Solo Tour
Special Numbered Limited Edition Live CD produced exclusively for the 2002 Tour 'Alone with DL'.
DL provided background vocals on Chris LeDoux's album Capitol Collection: 1990-2000.
DL provided vocal harmony on Various Artists's album From Hell to Breakfast: A Taste of Sugar Hill's Texas Singer Song Writers.
DL provided background vocals on Travis Tritt's album Rockin' Side.
DL provided background vocals on Randy Travis' album Trail of Memories: the Randy Travis Anthology.
2001
DL provided background vocals on Henry Gross's album I'm Hearing Things.
DL provided Guitar, Vocals, Liner Notes on Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show's album On the Run.
DL provided background vocals on Billy Bob Thornton's album Private Radio.
2000
DL met one of HIS musical idols, George Harrison.
OK Magazine: "A host of legendary names from the music world congregated for the wedding of singer and musician Joe Brown... ...Among the legendary rockers attending were Mary Wilde, lead singer of Dr Hook, Dennis Locorriere.... ...many eyes where on former Beatle George Harrison, who made a rare public appearance as Joe's best man...."
DL travels Down Under - For a tour of Australia.
DL undertakes the "Out of the Dark" UK tour including The Shepherd's Bush Empire & 5 nights at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham.
DennisLocorriere.com launched and eventually takes over from Sam & Claire's fansite ...
DL appears live on Top of The Pops 2 - performing "Sylvia's Mother".
DL performs a 45 minute Live BBC Radio 2 Show.
DL appears on Bobby Bare's album Columbia Years: Bare's Picks.
DL provided background vocals on Ray Flacke's album Untitled Island.
1999
DL is launched onto the worldwide web! ...
Do you remember www.dennis-locorriere.freeserve.co.uk???
"..after seeing DL in 1999 were desperate to see more....the only way of finding out when and where was to ring the tour promoters, but to do this you had to know who they were... so we decided that DL needed a website... after many, many hours we came up with something that we were all satisfied with and sat back and waited to see how many visitors we would have .... we were amazed that within a few hours we had had 50 hits ... we had been proved right people were out there wondering just what had happened to DL!"
S&C
EMI releases Dr. Hook "Love Songs " - This CD includes linear notes and 3 solo DL tracks.
DL tours the UK to promote the CD. The first leg of this immensely successful tour consisted of 55 venues in the UK. And coincided with the release of the Love Songs Album, for which Dennis has just received a gold disc for reaching sales of 100,000. This album included 3 new 'DL' songs, which he performed live to a rapturous response.
DL provided harmony & background vocals on Julian Dawson's album Spark.
DL provided background vocals on Gloria Loring's album Turn the Page.
1998
DL provided background vocals on John Hiatt's album Best of John Hiatt.
1997
DL provided background vocals on Bob Woodruff's album Desire Road.
1996
DL provided background vocals on Clive Gregson's album I Love This Town.
DL provided Liner Notes, Compilation Producer, Animation, Track Notes on Pleasure & Pain: The History of Dr. Hook.
DL provided background vocals on Chris LeDoux's album Stampede.
1995
1995
DL appears on Bob Gibson's final album - "Making A Mess of Commercial Sucess: The Songs of Shel Silverstein".
DL provided background vocals on Travis Tritt's album Greatest Hits: From the Beginning.
1994
DL undertakes his 3rd UK Solo Tour.
DL provided background vocals on Robert Earl Keen, Jr.'s album Gringo Honeymoon.
DL provided background vocals on Chris Ledoux's album Haywire.
DL provided vocal harmony on Bill Lloyd's album Set to Pop.
DL provided background vocals on Travis Tritt's album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof.
1993
DL provided background vocals on John Hiatt's album Perfectly Good Guitar.
1992
EMI Release "Completely Hooked"
DL undertakes a tour of the UK to promote the CD...
It went PLATINUM!
DL provided background vocals on Randy Travis' albums Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.
DL provided background vocals on Travis Tritt's album T-r-o-u-b-l-e.
1991
DL's' first UK Solo Tour playing 18 venues &
2 BBC Radio 2 Studio Sessions.
DL provided vocal harmony on Kenny Rodgers's album Back Home Again.
DL provided background vocals on Travis Tritt's It's All About to Change.
1990
DL provided background vocals on Travis Tritt's album Country Club.
1989
Shel Silversteins's 'The Devil and Billy Markham' at the prestigious Lincoln Centre in New York.
DL played an exclusive 8 week run to sold out houses, receiving rave reviews for his one man performance.
In 1989 Dennis received a phone call from an old co-hort and collaborator, Shel Silverstein. Shel had just written a one-man play called 'The Devil and Billy Markham' which he wanted him to perform. Much to his own surprise Dennis immediately said yes and made plans to travel upstate. "I'd never considered being an actor until Shel rang me and asked me to do this play," he says, "It was such an uplifting, dynamic experience, it made me realise how much I'd missed working in front of a live audience. There's nothing like it!" The play ran to packed housed for 8 weeks at the prestigious Lincoln Centre in New York and needless to say Dennis' performances and the reviews were nothing less than brilliant. "Billy Markham and the Devil" takes the form of a long narrative poem which he tells the story of a down-on-his-luck blues singer who makes a desperate pact with the Devil and eventually comes out on top. The battle of wits between the Devil and Billy unfolds throughout an hour long ballad and involves a host of characters such as Hitler, Fatty Arbuckle and Chiang Kai-Sheck in bizarre situations including a weird pool game and a wedding between Billy's girlfriend and the Devil himself.