Marcus Andrew
Elton John Tribute Artist
West Midlands
based Marcus Andrew (Equity member) has been
performing as Elton John for 6 years.
In 2002 Marcus
auditioned for ITV1’s “Stars In Their Eyes”
reaching the final selection stage (last 100
out of the 30,000 applicants). TV
appearances as Elton include “Stars in their
Doubles”, Italian media / tv and Channel 4’s
“The IT Crowd”. Appearances as himself
include “Doctor Who”, “Casualty”, “Mayo”,
Nike advert for the World Cup 2006 and
finally has had a small feature on The
Jonathan Ross Show.
He is
represented extensively throughout the UK
and Internationally. Marcus has played many
prestigious venues including the Paragon
Hotel London (Official Fireman’s Ball 2004),
Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland (working with
Jimmy Tarbuck), the Radisson Edwardian Hotel
London (working with comedian Jimmy Carr),
Gordon Ramsay’s premier restaurant
“Claridges” in Mayfair London. The largest
audience to date was a 6,000 strong crowd at
an open air concert (MBNA International Bank
Limited) with the “Legends Live in Concert”
show direct from Blackpool. The most recent
prestigious assignments were A:Spearheading
a promotion for Telecom Italia’s latest
concert in Rome for Elton John and his band.
B:Christmas Eve 2005 performed at the
exclusive “Chang An Club” in central
Beijing.
His look, vocals
and mannerisms are second to none to the man
himself. He works consistently throughout
all areas of the UK working with many of the
top fellow look-a-likes and tribute artists
including Garry Pease (Rod Stewart) who
teams up with Marcus to perform “The Rod &
Elton Show.” Previous summer seasons have
included entertaining audiences at over 20
shows in various holiday parks. Performances
abroad include Spain, Italy, Portugal,
Turkey, Corfu, China, Belgrade, Jersey and
Dubai.
Marcus has a
complete self-contained show with the
highest quality PA with fantastic lighting
and lasers during the performance. He can
perform over 20 of Elton’s greatest hit
songs emulating the costume, charisma and
unique-style showmanship of the legendary
performer himself. |