Graham Gouldman brings a Heart Full of Songs to Warwick Arts Centre.
When 10cc co-founder Graham Gouldman formed what became Heart Full of Songs more than a decade ago, it was purely for the pleasure of laying the songs he wrote or co-wrote in their simplest form, acoustically.
It started as a three-piece supporting at 10cc concerts and quickly evolved into a stand-alone entity. These days Heart Full of Songs is a semi-acoustic/electric, four-piece with its next UK tour set for October 2026, comprising 18 concerts including warwick Arts Centre on 18th October.
Featuring material from across Graham’s catalogue, the set includes such classics as 10cc’s I’m Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday; Bus Stop and Look Through Any Window, which were hits for The Hollies; For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul (the Yardbirds); No Milk Today (Herman’s Hermits); Bridge To Your Heart from his time with the late Andrew Gold as Wax, along with songs from film soundtracks and his solo albums.
Acknowledgement of Graham’s achievements has been growing more widely too, with him awarded an MBE in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours list, for services to music. Also underpinning his position as one of the world’s leading songwriters were the guest contributors on his latest album, I have Notes. They include Ringo Starr, Brian May, Hank Marvin an Albert Lee,
“It is extremely gratifying to do what I love, performing the songs I’ve written or co written over the years, to audiences who really appreciate them in a semi-acoustic format,” says Graham. “With Keith Hayman, Andy Park and Ben Stone we have a fantastic band that presents the songs with passion and to the highest musical standards. I couldn’t ask for more.”
In 2018 he was invited by Ringo Starr to join his All Starr Band for arena tours of Europe and the USA – during which the band played three 10cc songs each night – was “one of the most enjoyable things I’ve done”, says Graham.
Another event, although not widely known, gave Graham a further lift. It happened backstage at a festival when Robert Plant thanked him for writing one of the songs that got him through the audition to join what became Led Zeppelin. The song was one of his early compositions, For Your Love.
It’s the enduring popularity of Graham’s hit compositions, along with his work on film soundtracks, such as the title song for the Joan Collins and Farrah Fawcett film Sunburn (1979) – which also featured Paul McCartney’s With A Little Luck and 10cc tracks The Things We Do For Love and I’m Mandy Fly Me – and animated movie Animalympics (1980), along with songs from his solo albums Love And Work, Modesty Forbids and I Have Notes that makes a Heart Full of Songs concert such a special occasion.
Tickets for all shows are available here.
