About Flying Music

From a base in the South of England Paul Walden promoted virtually all of the major touring acts between 1972-1976, from Supertramp to Arthur Brown, including David Bowie and The Who. In 1976 he expanded into Artist Management and Agency with various solo artistes and groups taken on board including Voyager, Leo Sayer and Paul Nicholas. The establishment of a successful music publishing company followed and in 1982 he set up Flying Music and Flying Records.

In his native Scotland Derek Nicol promoted almost all of the major touring acts to visit Scotland during the Sixties, such names as The Searchers, The Troggs, The Kinks, Otis Redding, Deep Purple, The Who, Elton John, Marc Bolan and Fleetwood Mac. In 1971 he moved to London where he set up Mountain Management and managed Nazareth and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band throughout the Seventies. During this time he also established Mountain Records and Mountain Publishing. Later Derek then took the decision to join Paul Walden at The Flying Music.

Flying Music is now the foremost producer of conceptual theatre shows in the UK. Entertaining the nation for over 25 years Flying Music have produced numerous nationwide tours, they have presented a wide variety of artists including Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison, Ray Charles, Elaine Paige, Neil Sedaka, Art Garfunkel,  Smokey Robinson, The Three Degrees, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, The Pogues, Gene Pitney, Del Shannon, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, The Four Tops, Little Richard, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ELO, Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Nana Mouskouri, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, Tammy Wynette, The Illegal Eagles, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, Joe Brown, Marty Wilde, Petula Clark, John Mayall, Dennis Locorriere, Peter Green, Dionne Warwick, Vinnie Jones,  Tony Hadley, Martin Fry & ABC, Peter Cox and Go West. Many of whom still regularly tour with Flying Music. New for 2009, 10CC take to the road with Flying Music in the Spring to coincide with the release of their album, The Greatest Hits and More on Universal.

Flying Music have also produced and promoted major arena events including Return Of The Giants with The Four Tops, The Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas and Edwin Starr and the unique Born To Rock 'n' Roll with Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino together in concert. They also toured Van Morrison with Ray Charles in their first ever tour together as well as reuniting the four original Monkees for the first time in 30 years. In 2008,Flying Music promoted at the Royal Albert Hall, the world premier Abba – The Show, a 2-hour musical extravaganza dubbed “Absolutely the best ABBA since ABBA” by the official ABBA Fan Club. Abba – The Show is set to return for a second UK arena tour in late 2009.

Flying Music are also renowned for their Solid Silver 60s Shows. These sensational shows have been touring the UK for the past 24 years and have featured original artistes and groups such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Peter Noone, Wayne Fontana, Freddie & The Dreamers, The Troggs, The Searchers,  The Merseybeats, and The Swinging Blue Jeans to name but a few. The Solid Silver 60s Show has become a British institution, so much so that Universal Records recently released The Solid Silver 60s Greatest Hits CDs which reached the top Five in the national UK compilation charts.

This innovative approach in creating conceptual brands has also seamlessly moved into the world of theatre. Original shows created by the company include Hollywood and Broadway, The Magic of the Musicals, Salute to Sinatra, What A Feeling - The Rock 'n' Pop Musicals - In Concert, Sweet Soul Music and the recently premiered A Night at The Opera.

Internationally acclaimed Argentinean dance show, Tango Pasion and Ferry Cross the Mersey have both enjoyed successful transfers from touring to London's West End by Flying Music.


The Olivier Award nominated production show The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas - a spectacular celebration of the unforgettable music of Frank, Sammy and Dean enjoyed an enormously successful four year stint in London’s West End, breaking box office records during it’s run at the Strand Theatre and is still continuously touring all over the UK, Europe and the US.