by urbanhaze | Feb 28, 2014 | news
The man behind Port Talbot’s famous rugby club has been honoured. Aberavon RFC chairman Andrew Vaughan John has been awarded the Freedom of Neath Port Talbot for his services to the county borough for rugby football and the business community. The prestigious honour...
by urbanhaze | Feb 28, 2014 | news
Max is definitely having a demanding month, so much so that the Swansea Grand has met the demand of a second night for Max in Concert. As well as the St David’s day celebrations Max is now performing on Friday 28th as an additional night. Tickets from the box...
by urbanhaze | Nov 11, 2013 | news
Celebrate St David’s Day at the Swansea Grand Theatre with Max Max has been touring the world for more than 30 years entertaining people in his own inimitable style. From Swansea to Sydney, from Newport to New Zealand, Max has taken his humorous look on life to...
by urbanhaze | Oct 17, 2013 | news
A WELSH legend along with a comedian and a rugby chairman are to receive the Freedom of Neath Port Talbot. Councillors have chosen Glynneath entertainer Max Boyce, Seven Sisters comedian Colin Price and Aberavon RFC chairman Andrew Vaughan John, to be in line to...
by urbanhaze | Oct 3, 2013 | news
Unbelievable, isn’t it? Then again, he does seem to have been around forever. Live At Treorchy, the seminal album that brought our very own Working Class Hero to the masses, was recorded a mere 40 years ago. Time flies and parts of Wales have since changed beyond all...
by urbanhaze | Oct 1, 2013 | news
Max Boyce, still singing Hymns and Arias – aged 70 The answer came almost before the question had been completed. It was emphatic, and it came with the most knowing of smiles. “Yes,” said Max Boyce. The question from his interviewer, John Inverdale, in a special...
by urbanhaze | Sep 23, 2013 | news
As Max Boyce reaches his 70th birthday John Inverdale invites the Welsh icon to reflect on a remarkable career that has spanned 40 years and two million record sales. With the help of a celebrity audience and guest performances from Cerys Matthews, Sophie Evans and...
by urbanhaze | Sep 23, 2013 | news
Carolyn Hitt recounts her 15 years of working with the legend that is Max Boyce, as the singer prepares for a landmark birthday It is one of the great joys of my life that I have the kind of job that allows me to work with my heroes. When I was a kid, if someone had...
by urbanhaze | Sep 23, 2013 | news
BBC Radio Wales will join in the celebrations of Max Boyce’s 70th birthday with a very special edition of the Louise Elliott programme live from Treorchy between 1pm and 4pm on Wednesday 25 September. Forty years ago, Max’s seminal Live At Treorchy album was recorded,...
by urbanhaze | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
This month sees a host of celebrations as Max approaches a landmark Birthday. With a career journey that has taken him from the intimate folk club to Australia’s Grand Opera House, this month also sees the 40 year anniversary of the album that launched his...
