David Essex

Tickets on sale: 10am Friday 24th October 2025

Singer, composer and actor David Essex OBE returns to Glasgow with his 2026 tour Thanks for the Memories. A celebration of his monumental career.

First shooting to fame when he was chosen for the role of Jesus for the London production of Godspell, David received major awards which then saw him lead a cast at the Roundhouse and then in the West End for two years.

Since then, David Essex has enjoyed a remarkable career; writing and producing albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. He’s had twenty-three Top 30 singles in Britain alone. These include the Grammy nominated Rock On which not only topped the charts in Britain and the USA but sold over one million copies. Subsequent singles followed such as Lamplight, Hold Me Close and Gonna Make You A Star which made David a household name.

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