"This was one of those
when the timings all went right. Howard was starting to get well and truly
noticed and the gig culminated with David Stopps (by now his manager as
well as Friars promoter) presenting him with a silver disc for the sales
of his first single "New Song" A local act filling Friars is always going
to be a good night. The sight of Jed Hoile and his specialist mime
performances stay in the memory too"
One of three local acts to go big in 1983 (Marillion
and Kajagoogoo the others), Howard kept on getting bigger and bigger
playing the country's biggest venues by 1985/6 and had many successful
singles and albums (including the No 1 Humans Lib in 1984). Also appeared
at Live Aid 1985. Howard still makes records and gigs today and in 2008
celebrated his 25th anniversary
(since New Song) with a special gig at the London Indigo2
