Tony Christie: Is this the way to reinvention?

The 60s pop star was enjoying a quiet retirement and the odd nostalgic gig, but his son had other ideas … Before Tony Christie's son came along to rescue his father's career – which, if not quite in the doldrums, was certainly gathering dust on its creaking rafters – Sheffield's answer to Tom Jones was in many ways a relic of a bygone era. Outwardly, at least, he seemed perfectly content: he was living in Spain, where he worked on his tan and frequently performed on a nostalgia circuit tha...

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