COMEDY and music legends Don Maclean, Malcolm Stent and Dave Sealey are bursting to the brim with excitement as they take a break from rehearsing to tell the Evening News why they can't wait to perform in Worcestershire.
For Sealey, of Redditch, and Maclean and Stent, of Birmingham, are all vehemently proud of their Midland routes - which is what their show Back to Back, to be performed at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall tomorrow night, is all about.
"The show is simply a review, a word that was in great usage in the 50s and 60s and has fallen into disrepute," said Maclean, a comedian by trade who has appeared regularly on television, radio, cabaret and in theatres all over Britain.
"It's looking back at life in the 60s in Birmingham and the Midlands, that's what makes performing it to audiences in places like Worcester so important to us.
"We talk about things that people of our generation remember fondly, like balaclavas, pop bottles with stoppers, woolly swimming costumes and all the things that were wonderful about our youth."
The show will see a mixture of individual stand-ups and music - including a few mickey takes of bands of the 90s and noughties - including Boyzone.
"There's a sketch where we call ourselves Granddadzone and do our own version on No Matter What which we think is very amusing," said Maclean.
"I've recently learnt how to play the trumpet," he added, before being quickly interrupted by Stent who joked: "He uses the term 'learnt' loosely!"
"Anyway," continued Maclean, who chose to ignore the tongue-in-cheek swipe, "I wanted to be able to show my new skills off a little bit!"
Stent and Maclean met more than 25 years ago, and have worked together on-and-off ever since.
"My agent wanted me to see what I thought of him (Stent)," said Maclean.
"So I went along to see him perform, and there was this weird looking thing with uncombed hair - he had hair then you see - who was very, very funny and still is."
According to Stent, the star of numerous television programmes, presenter of folk, comedy and music shows on the radio and a best-selling writer, the pair make a brilliant duo.
"The great thing is that we come from different backgrounds," he said. "Don is very focused and very fast and I'm more slow and laid-back.
"We are never treading on each others' toes and have our own styles, which means we can bounce off each other."
And the pair are about to join up with legendary comedian Jasper Carrott in Stent's comedy musical Go Play Up Your Own End.
For tickets to see Back to Back at Huntingdon Hall tomorrow night at 8pm, which costs £14, call 01905 611427. It will also be staged at Evesham Arts Centre, on Friday, April 22, and tickets can be obtained by calling 01386 45567.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article