Tommy Vance
Actor
- Born
- July 11, 1940
- Died
- March 6, 2005 (age 64)
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
Acting6
- 2007Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as Self
- 1988More Bad News as Self
- 1985Live Aid as Self
- 1985The Story of the Kinks as Narrator (voice)
- 1976Pressure as Radio DJ
- 1975Flame as Ricky Storm
Behind the camera1
- 2006Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes Director