VIDEO PREVIEW: Legends announced for Sensational 60s Experience UK Tour

The Sensational 60s Experience - including dates in our region - will feature 76-year-olds Mike Pender, the original voice of Needles and Pins stars The Searchers, and Chris Farlowe, best known for his chart-topper Out Of Time.

Also on the bill and are some of the original veteran members of Herman's Hermits, whose hits include There's A Kind Of Hush, The Fortunes, famed for You've Got Your Troubles and The New Amen Corner, whose hits included Bend Me Shape Me.

And on the subs bench, a relative youngsters standing in for Pender on three shows and Farlowe for two of them, is 73-years-old Mike D’Abo, the former lead vocalist of Manfred Mann and composer of hit songs including Handbags and Gladrags.

Full tour list and details below.

Dates include Victoria Theatre, Halifax, on Saturday, October 7; Opera House, York, November 11; Opera House, Buxton, Tuesday, November 21; Sheffield City Hall, Saturday, December 2; City Hall, Hull, Saturday, April 7, 2018; The Auditorium, Grimsby, Saturday, April 21.

The Sensational 60s Experience is now an annual tour of some of the greatest acts of the Sixities, performing some the most unforgettable pop and tock songs of all time.

Promoters say the latest line-up, with a brand new show, promises a night never to be forgotten iwith hit after hit."There's a definite feel good factor about this show wth lots of legendary names from the decade. Their songs have stood the test of time, becoming household favourites permanently on playlists everywhere," said a spokesman.

Mike Pender, one of the greats to have come out of the Liverpool Beat Boom, is the rich vocal talent evident on many of the hit recordings that have become classics by The Searchers.

With over 50 years of success in the business he is still performing million selling hits such as Sugar and Spice, Sweets For My Sweet, Don’t Throw Your Love Away , When You Walk In The Room and Needles and Pins - regarded as one of the greatest pop records of all time.

Many other hit recordings feature not only his vocals bu his equally distinctive 12-string jangly guitar sound, that became a feature of The Searchers' recordings.

Chris Farlowe, who originally performied as Chris Farlowe and The Thunderbirds, started out in the late Fifties. His hits include classics like Out Of Time, Handbags and Glad Rags, which was also released by Rod Stewart and later The Stereophonics, Let The Heartaches Begin and Reach Out I’ll Be There.

Herman’s Hermits have sold 75 million records and throughout the mid-Sixties they were a dominating force of the music scene worldwide. From 1964 the band chalked up over 23 top 20 singles, 10 hit albums and three major movies.

Their chart breaking hits include, There’s A Kind Of Hush, Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter, Silhouettes, Henry V111, Something Is Happening and I’m Into Something Good

The Fortunes produced classics such as, You’ve Got Your Troubles, Here It Comes Again and, continued into the Seventies with more successful releases such as Storm in a Teacup and Freedom Come, Freedom Go.

The New Amen Corner promise to entertain with classics such as If Paradise Is Half As Nice and Bend Me Shape Me.

SENSTIONAL 60s EXPERIENCE TOUR DATES 2017-18