Rick Astley Christmas Swing Show

A Christmas show by Rick Astley, the English singer, built around jazz and swing material and staged at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Rick Astley began recording in the late 1980s, and his debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, was released in 1987. Its single Never Gonna Give You Up reached number one in the UK chart that year and remains his best-known song. Since then he has recorded across several styles, and this Christmas show turns towards the jazz and swing traditions.

The evening is a Christmas concert in the jazz idiom, drawing on swing arrangements of seasonal songs. It is a different proposition from the pop material of his 1980s records, with the emphasis placed on jazz phrasing and big-band style arrangements.

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert and show venue in London that hosts performances across many genres. The evening suits listeners who enjoy seasonal jazz and swing standards performed by a singer with a long recording career.