BASS playing whiz, Mark King, who is probably the fastest thumb in the music world, will be taking fans on a trip down memory lane when he comes to Worcester.

As the front man and driving force of Level 42, a pop phenomenom in the 1980s, he will belt out a string of much-loved numbers when he plays at Huntingdon Hall.

Mark, who still has a hardcore following of Level 42 fans, keeps them in touch with what he is doing musically through his website.

My role in life is to keep the old Level 42 fans happy," he says.

Because of the internet, fans are able to keep in touch with one another and have travelled from America and Australia to hear me play.

On my website I ask the fans if there are any songs they would like to hear live then I try and play them at gigs.

Level 42 broke into the charts at a time when Brit funk was evolving side by side with the New Romantic movement.

They enjoyed 18 top 40 hits, including Running In The Family and Lessons In Love over a period of 14 years.

Mark, aged 43, comes from Cowes, on the Isle of Wight and refers to himself as semi-retired.

Eventually, it felt to me as if Level 42 were an 80s band and we'd outstayed our welcome, he said. I do think it's a shame there aren't many real musicians in the charts now.

Mark started playing bass just before joining Level 42 and by 1980 he had won the Bass and Soul poll for the Best Bass Player in the World.

I wanted to be a drummer at first, but my best friend Phil played drums in the band, says Mark, who is married with four daughters.

I started playing bass at 21 and it was something I found very easy to do.

He has released five solo albums over the past seven years.

Mark says that Worcester is a smashing place and he played Huntingdon Hall last year during the floods. I couldn't get back to the hotel because the bridge was flooded! he added.

Mark will be playing at Huntingdon Hall, CrownGate, Worcester, on Saturday, November 24 at 8pm.

Tickets are £22.50.