I write the songs

Tim Rice's hits grew out of his love of LPs and Lloyd Webber's love of musical theatre

I'm about to embark on a 33-date tour of the UK. This recklessness has come about because a slightly shorter and less arduous version of this escapade worked very well last spring – 22 shows in 28 days, all in England. This time around, I'm also venturing into Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland itself. I made a rather half-hearted attempt to become a pop star in 1964. I wisely abandoned it a year later when I met the 17-year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber and decided to have a crack at writing songs rather than performing them. I also instantly abandoned my attempts to write tunes, as Andrew seemed to have that half of the process sewn up with staggering skill and determination. Furthermore, his ambitions were entirely centred round musical…

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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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