Artrix performance will be 'home-coming gig' for lead singer of Duran Duran tribute act - The Bromsgrove Standard

Artrix performance will be 'home-coming gig' for lead singer of Duran Duran tribute act

Bromsgrove Editorial 27th Mar, 2016 Updated: 17th Oct, 2016   0

A BROMSGROVE performer who fronts one of the World’s finest Duran Duran tribute bands will return to his home town next weekend to perform at Artrix.

Gwyn Evans, who is a barrister by day, is the lead singer of Duran.

Gwyn was born and bred in Bromsgrove and says this next performance at Artrix is like a ‘home-coming gig.’

Gwyn went to Aston Fields Middle School before training at the Old Vic Theatre School with Naomie Harris.




A lover of the stage, he played Buddy Holly in a national tour before going on to retrain as a lawyer and work as a barrister in London.

Legal eagle by day, Simon le Bon by night – Gwyn will perform some of Duran Duran’s greatest classics with his Midlands-based band which includes: Rich and Wendy on guitar and backing vocals, Cal on drums, Darren on synth and Mark on bass.


He said: “I still know lots of people in Bromsgrove – in fact, loads of my school friends came to the gig last year, and my parents live in Finstall.”

Gwyn said he performed his first Duran Duran tribute gig with school friends at St John’s Church Hall at the age of 14.

Next month, the tribute band will perform a high-energy show featuring hits like Planet Earth, Save a Prayer, Notorious, New Moon on Monday, The Reflex, Ordinary World and of course The Wild Boys and Rio.

Duran have played several sell-out gigs this year and are already booked for a season of festivals this summer.

Tickets to see Duran cost £15. Visit www.artrix.co.uk or call the box office on 01527 577330.

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