Mary Hopkin Music Contact: Christian Thomas 079480951510 [email protected] Very Hopkin present “An Evening Without Mary Hopkin”

Jessica Lee Morgan has announced she is taking her mother Mary Hopkin's material on a tour in September entitled “Very Hopkin”.

After Jessica's success representing her mum singing 'Those Were the Days' at the Millennium Centre on St David's Day, she realised that people still wanted to hear Mary's songs live. This is a chance to celebrate Mary's music with the closest thing to Mary – Jessica!

Jessica said "I am so excited to be honouring my Mum in this way. It's been my job to politely decline gig offers but, partly in jest, I've offered my services in return. When I sang 'Those Were the Days' this year at the St David's Day Celebration in the Millenium Centre, the audience seemed to enjoy it. This pushed me to crack on with this tribute that I've been planning for some time. I love the songs that we'll be doing and I hope you'll enjoy them too!"

Mary retired from touring in 1999. She fully supports her daughter's tribute, saying “I'm delighted and flattered that Jessica wants to go out and sing my songs. She has a beautiful voice, is an excellent performer and I know she loves live performance much more than I do.”

You can expect to hear some of the hits, songs that Mary has written, and a few of Jessica's own thrown in.

Joining Jessica on stage will be Brian Willoughby, whose first professional gigs were with Mary and who features on Live at the , as well as on the subsequent releases. He wrote 'Love Belongs Right Here' with Mary, which can be heard on Painting by Numbers as well as his own Black and White. Brian is best known for his virtuoso guitar performances with . His partner, Cathryn Craig, has sung with The Righteous Brothers and Shel Silverstein among others. Together they will kick off the evening with a beautiful set of their own songs.

As well as Brian and Cathryn, the band will also feature Christian Thomas on bass and Simon Adams on drums. Mary Hopkin Music Contact: Christian Thomas 079480951510 [email protected] Tour dates will be announced shortly, and more information can be found at www.maryhopkin.com/veryhopkin Mary Hopkin Music Contact: Christian Thomas 079480951510 [email protected]

Notes to the Editor

• Mary Hopkin Music is a London based, independent label dedicated to releasing Mary Hopkin’s music

• It is run by Mary’s daughter, Jessica Lee Morgan

• The label has been running for ten years

• The label has released nine , and re-released ‘Those Were the Days’ and ‘Goodbye’

• Jessica is available for interviews and photos

• More information is on the website www.maryhopkin.com

• For all enquiries and interviews, contact Christian [email protected]