Tommy Vance

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

10

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-07-11

Deathday

2005-03-06 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Also Known As

  • Rick West

Tommy Vance

Biography

Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal, along with London-based disc jockey Neal Kay, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was one of the first radio hosts in the United Kingdom to broadcast hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980s, providing the only national radio forum for both bands and fans.

The Friday Rock Show that he hosted gave new bands airtime for their music and fans an opportunity to hear it. He used a personal tag-line of "TV on the radio". His voice was heard by millions around the world announcing the Wembley Stadium acts at Live Aid in 1985.

Known For

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
7.0%

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Nov 12, 1996

Live Aid
7.9%

Live Aid

Jul 13, 1985

Top of the Pops
6.6%

Top of the Pops

Jan 1, 1964

Flame
7.2%

Flame

Feb 13, 1975

Classic Albums
7.7%

Classic Albums

Apr 14, 1997

Pressure
6.0%

Pressure

Nov 19, 1976

More Bad News
9.8%

More Bad News

Feb 27, 1988

The Story of the Kinks
0.0%

The Story of the Kinks

Jan 1, 1985

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Acting

2007
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as Self
1997
Classic Albums as Self
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1988
More Bad News as Self
1985
Live Aid as Self - Radio DJ
1985
The Story of the Kinks as Narrator (voice)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents... as Concert Compere
1976
Pressure as Radio DJ
1975
Flame as Ricky Storm
1964
Top of the Pops as Self - Presenter

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