Where: Gloucester Guildhall

When: Thursday, October 5, 7.30pm

John Power, former member of The La's and frontman of Cast, comes to Gloucester Guildhall on Thursday, October 5, to perform his solo work.

Having first made his mark on the UK pop scene in the late '80s and early '90s with renowned Liverpudlian quartet The La's, Power left the group to form a new group called Cast.

The timing of band's emergence was perfect, chiming with the mid-1990s rise of Britpop. With guitar-based kindred spirits such as Oasis and Blur dominating the charts, Cast's first two LPs, All Change (released in 1995 and reputedly Polydor's biggest-selling debut album) and 1997's Mother Nature Calls both sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Cast then split in 2001 when Power decided to take a break from the music industry. In 2003 Power made a come-back with the first of his three full-length albums, Happening for Love. Power then went on to complete two more LPs; Willow She Weeps (2006) and Stormbreak (2008) the last, to date, of his solo albums.

In May 2015, Edsel Records released a five-disc John Power box set, a compilation of the whole of his works including music from The La's and Cast, plus seven tracks recorded in December 2014 - The Mariner Sessions.

Intimate, acoustic versions of selected songs from Happening For Love and Willow She Weeps sit side by side with previously unreleased tunes including the bouncy Station Master and the wistful, melancholic When Did It Start.

This show gives you the chance to experience a great musician live, with a set spanning all aspects of his music career.

Support comes from local band Siracuse performing a special acoustic set.

Tickets are priced at £12 and are available from Gloucester Guildhall.