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Yes way, Cliff Richard is going on tour
By Aly Barchi | Published on Wednesday 15 October 2014
Perhaps over-optimistically or perhaps not, Cliff Richard has confirmed that he’ll ‘hit the road’ next year for a series of shows celebrating his 75th birthday. Providing, of course, the police investigation into allegations of historic sexual assault doesn’t escalate. Though the fact that he’s announced the tour possibly implies a confidence on Cliff’s part that that isn’t going to happen.
Nothing so far has come to public light of the police raid on Richard’s Berkshire-based property back in August, which, as previously reported, became a story in itself when it was reported that police had ‘tipped off’ BBC journalists ahead of the operation. The police argued that the Beeb, with pre-existing knowledge of their investigation, had forced their hand, though the Home Affairs Select Committee ruled the Corporation had acted “perfectly properly in respect of this matter”.
Either way, Richard has always strongly denied the “completely false” claims made against him and, despite being interviewed under caution by officers directly following the search on his home, has been neither arrested nor charged.
Aaaaanyway, back to those 75th b-day dates, the first of which is on 29 Sep 2015 at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. Find listings via the OFFICIAL Cliff site!
