NEWS ARCHIVES
Tour, biography, dvd, and competitions
News date: 6 October 2012
Hello Everyone!
Lots of things going on at the moment, but wanted to take this opportunity to say hello before setting off on the autumn tour which is rapidly approaching. It's been a long time since my last missive because I have been extremely busy. After quite a task everything has fallen into place and I can now reveal to you everything that has been going on. 2012 what an exciting year it has been!
It can be summed up in three words and just for fun I'm adding a fourth!
TOUR, BIOGRAPHY, DVD, and COMPETITIONS. So read on dear hazelnuts and find out what's been going down…..here's the shape of things to come -
Breaking Glass Live & Greatest Hits Tour with full band !
I am delighted to be back on the road with Sarah and Clare and we have joined up with three lovely and talented lads to give you the full band sound on this Breaking Glass Live and Greatest Hits Tour. There are some surprises in the set which I hope you will enjoy and it all kicks off at Leicester Square Theatre London on the 11th October.
That will be followed by...
♦ OCT 12th TUNBRIDGE WELLS ♦ OCT 13th SOUTHEND-ON-SEA ♦ OCT 14th BIRMINGHAM ♦ OCT 16th ST ALBANS ♦ OCT 17th BRISTOL ♦ OCT 18th BUXTON ♦ OCT 19th HOLMFIRTH ♦ OCT 20th YORK ♦ OCT 21st MANCHESTER ♦ OCT 23rd LANCASTER ♦ OCT 26th CAMBRIDGE ♦ OCT 27th GREAT YARMOUTH ♦ OCT 28th BRIGHTON ♦ OCT 30th NOTTINGHAM ♦ OCT 31st DORKING ♦ NOV 1st IPSWICH ♦ NOV 2nd STROUD ♦ NOV 3rd BRECON ♦ NOV 4th LEEDS
I look forward to meeting many of you at the meet and greets after the shows.
Support will be Tensheds, the exceptions being Kovak and Andi Fraggs in Birmingham. Bristol, Manchester and Brighton; Spaceships Are Cool in Nottingham and Pony and Trap in Leeds for the last date of the tour.
Full details of all the shows can be found here on the website and events section on Facebook
Breaking Glass Barefoot - my biography
First edition hard back copies will be available at the shows where I will be able to sign your copy at the meet and greets.
You can also purchase by clicking on the image
I WILL BE SIGNING THE FIRST 100 COPIES.
For further info on Breaking Glass Barefoot, see the press release below.
Breaking Glass DVD
At last Breaking Glass is to be released on DVD! It has been digitally re-mastered for wide screen, and is the full length British version. It will also be available in a limited collector deluxe version too !
Release date is 1st November and you can pre-order by clicking on the image
I WILL BE SIGNING THE FIRST 100 COPIES.
Do be quick though as the collectors deluxe version is strictly limited.
For further info on Breaking Glass DVD, see the press release below.
COMPETITIONS
There are several competitions going on, so good luck with your entries.
♦ FACEBOOK
I have 2 copies of my biography Breaking Glass Barefoot up for grabs! I also have two copies of the collectors deluxe edition of the Breaking Glass DVD that could be yours IN ADVANCE of general release! Each will be personally dedicated and signed by me.
To enter, all you have to do is go onto my facebook page here
Simply share my cover photo (that's the big pic across the top of the page).
Click on it, then share it on your page and you will be put into the prize draw. Please note, that they have to be direct shares from my page AND THE SHARE HAS TO BE MADE PUBLIC else I can't see who shared.
Closing date for the competition is midday GMT 11th October. Winners will be drawn from a hat that very afternoon. Good luck!
♦ LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE
This competition will be run from Leicester Square Theatres mailing list. You can sign up for it here
Just answer a simple question in their next mailing and you could win, IN ADVANCE of general release, a personally dedicated and signed copy of the collectors deluxe edition of the Breaking Glass DVD.
Closing date for the competition is midday GMT 11th October. Winners will be drawn from a hat that very afternoon. Good luck!
Well that's all for the moment,
Spread the sunshine and see you all soon!
Love from Hazel x
Lots of things going on at the moment, but wanted to take this opportunity to say hello before setting off on the autumn tour which is rapidly approaching. It's been a long time since my last missive because I have been extremely busy. After quite a task everything has fallen into place and I can now reveal to you everything that has been going on. 2012 what an exciting year it has been!
It can be summed up in three words and just for fun I'm adding a fourth!
TOUR, BIOGRAPHY, DVD, and COMPETITIONS. So read on dear hazelnuts and find out what's been going down…..here's the shape of things to come -
Breaking Glass Live & Greatest Hits Tour with full band !
I am delighted to be back on the road with Sarah and Clare and we have joined up with three lovely and talented lads to give you the full band sound on this Breaking Glass Live and Greatest Hits Tour. There are some surprises in the set which I hope you will enjoy and it all kicks off at Leicester Square Theatre London on the 11th October.
That will be followed by...
♦ OCT 12th TUNBRIDGE WELLS ♦ OCT 13th SOUTHEND-ON-SEA ♦ OCT 14th BIRMINGHAM ♦ OCT 16th ST ALBANS ♦ OCT 17th BRISTOL ♦ OCT 18th BUXTON ♦ OCT 19th HOLMFIRTH ♦ OCT 20th YORK ♦ OCT 21st MANCHESTER ♦ OCT 23rd LANCASTER ♦ OCT 26th CAMBRIDGE ♦ OCT 27th GREAT YARMOUTH ♦ OCT 28th BRIGHTON ♦ OCT 30th NOTTINGHAM ♦ OCT 31st DORKING ♦ NOV 1st IPSWICH ♦ NOV 2nd STROUD ♦ NOV 3rd BRECON ♦ NOV 4th LEEDS
I look forward to meeting many of you at the meet and greets after the shows.
Support will be Tensheds, the exceptions being Kovak and Andi Fraggs in Birmingham. Bristol, Manchester and Brighton; Spaceships Are Cool in Nottingham and Pony and Trap in Leeds for the last date of the tour.
Full details of all the shows can be found here on the website and events section on Facebook
Breaking Glass Barefoot - my biography
First edition hard back copies will be available at the shows where I will be able to sign your copy at the meet and greets.
You can also purchase by clicking on the image
I WILL BE SIGNING THE FIRST 100 COPIES.
For further info on Breaking Glass Barefoot, see the press release below.
Breaking Glass DVD
At last Breaking Glass is to be released on DVD! It has been digitally re-mastered for wide screen, and is the full length British version. It will also be available in a limited collector deluxe version too !
Release date is 1st November and you can pre-order by clicking on the image
I WILL BE SIGNING THE FIRST 100 COPIES.
Do be quick though as the collectors deluxe version is strictly limited.
For further info on Breaking Glass DVD, see the press release below.
COMPETITIONS
There are several competitions going on, so good luck with your entries.
I have 2 copies of my biography Breaking Glass Barefoot up for grabs! I also have two copies of the collectors deluxe edition of the Breaking Glass DVD that could be yours IN ADVANCE of general release! Each will be personally dedicated and signed by me.
To enter, all you have to do is go onto my facebook page here
Simply share my cover photo (that's the big pic across the top of the page).
Click on it, then share it on your page and you will be put into the prize draw. Please note, that they have to be direct shares from my page AND THE SHARE HAS TO BE MADE PUBLIC else I can't see who shared.
Closing date for the competition is midday GMT 11th October. Winners will be drawn from a hat that very afternoon. Good luck!
♦ LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE
This competition will be run from Leicester Square Theatres mailing list. You can sign up for it here
Just answer a simple question in their next mailing and you could win, IN ADVANCE of general release, a personally dedicated and signed copy of the collectors deluxe edition of the Breaking Glass DVD.
Closing date for the competition is midday GMT 11th October. Winners will be drawn from a hat that very afternoon. Good luck!
Well that's all for the moment,
Spread the sunshine and see you all soon!
Love from Hazel x
Press Releases
News date: 6 October 2012
Press Releases
Breaking Glass Barefoot (Biography)
Available: 11 October 2012
Hazel's first, full autobiography, which captures all the ups and downs of a life of adventure and trauma, sadness and celebrity; which speaks to anyone who has ever followed their heart.
This is a story not just of the music business, its intense joys and spectacular lows: it is the story of a beautiful teenage runaway, a soldier's daughter who fought her own battles and those of people she cared for.
This amazing story covers her career as both a musician and actress through the past thirty years that has also included encounters with David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Duran Duran, Jesse Birdsall and Neil Morrissey amongst others. Hazel was even driven around Ireland during her early career by a young Louis Walsh; played Boggle with Bob Geldof and taught Elton John to balance a spoon on the end of his nose! The press even described her as George Michael's girlfriend!
Hazel's career has been a roller coaster ride and has included fascinating friendships, and relationships with The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell, and Ultravox's Midge Ure.
This is a story not just of the music business, its intense joys and spectacular lows: it is the story of a beautiful teenage runaway, a soldier's daughter who fought her own battles and those of people she cared for.
BREAKING GLASS (Digitally remastered)
Available: 1 November 2012
Collectors Edition DVD
This collector's edition features the digitally remastered film in its original British version, uncut and in widescreen.
BONUS FEATURES
♦ Original "Breaking Glass" Cinema Trailer (1980, 2 mins).
♦ Interview : Hazel O'Connor Remembers "Breaking Glass" (2012, 37 mins).
♦ 28 Page Illustrated Viewing Notes Booklet Written By Film Historian Marcus Hearn.
♦ 20 Page Reproduction Of Original "Breaking Glass" Press Pack from 1980.
♦ Colour Postcards Of Orignal Breaking Glass Promotional Posters from the UK, Hungary, France and Germany
Released in 1980, Breaking Glass is the cult movie that helped to define the post-punk, pre-new wave era. The soundtrack features such classics as 'Will You?', 'Eighth Day', 'Give Me An Inch' and 'Writing On The Wall'.
Hazel O'Connor gives the performance of a lifetime as Kate who learns the hard way that fame comes with strings. Starting out as a bottle-blonde post-punk ranter, fly-posting gig publicity on London's tube trains and yelling songs over fascist chants in rowdy pubs, she ends up as a stoned glam zombie dressed as a robot, packaging her anger for the benefit of manipulative music business executives. Phil Daniels stars as the grasping manager who finds himself out of his depth, and Jon Finch plays the manipulative record producer who comes between him and Kate. Jonathan Pryce makes an early screen appearance as Kate's sensitive but drug-addicted saxophonist.
Breaking Glass Barefoot (Biography)
Available: 11 October 2012
Hazel's first, full autobiography, which captures all the ups and downs of a life of adventure and trauma, sadness and celebrity; which speaks to anyone who has ever followed their heart.
This is a story not just of the music business, its intense joys and spectacular lows: it is the story of a beautiful teenage runaway, a soldier's daughter who fought her own battles and those of people she cared for.
This amazing story covers her career as both a musician and actress through the past thirty years that has also included encounters with David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Duran Duran, Jesse Birdsall and Neil Morrissey amongst others. Hazel was even driven around Ireland during her early career by a young Louis Walsh; played Boggle with Bob Geldof and taught Elton John to balance a spoon on the end of his nose! The press even described her as George Michael's girlfriend!
Hazel's career has been a roller coaster ride and has included fascinating friendships, and relationships with The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell, and Ultravox's Midge Ure.
This is a story not just of the music business, its intense joys and spectacular lows: it is the story of a beautiful teenage runaway, a soldier's daughter who fought her own battles and those of people she cared for.
BREAKING GLASS (Digitally remastered)
Available: 1 November 2012
Collectors Edition DVD
This collector's edition features the digitally remastered film in its original British version, uncut and in widescreen.
BONUS FEATURES
♦ Original "Breaking Glass" Cinema Trailer (1980, 2 mins).
♦ Interview : Hazel O'Connor Remembers "Breaking Glass" (2012, 37 mins).
♦ 28 Page Illustrated Viewing Notes Booklet Written By Film Historian Marcus Hearn.
♦ 20 Page Reproduction Of Original "Breaking Glass" Press Pack from 1980.
♦ Colour Postcards Of Orignal Breaking Glass Promotional Posters from the UK, Hungary, France and Germany
Released in 1980, Breaking Glass is the cult movie that helped to define the post-punk, pre-new wave era. The soundtrack features such classics as 'Will You?', 'Eighth Day', 'Give Me An Inch' and 'Writing On The Wall'.
Hazel O'Connor gives the performance of a lifetime as Kate who learns the hard way that fame comes with strings. Starting out as a bottle-blonde post-punk ranter, fly-posting gig publicity on London's tube trains and yelling songs over fascist chants in rowdy pubs, she ends up as a stoned glam zombie dressed as a robot, packaging her anger for the benefit of manipulative music business executives. Phil Daniels stars as the grasping manager who finds himself out of his depth, and Jon Finch plays the manipulative record producer who comes between him and Kate. Jonathan Pryce makes an early screen appearance as Kate's sensitive but drug-addicted saxophonist.