AFTER the exceptional success of their festival shows in the summer of 2014, which included the 65,000-capacity British Summer Time in Hyde Park and a 23-date UK theatre tour through October-November, the legendary 10cc are back in 2015 with 19 major shows including a return to Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

The band will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their highly inventive and creative album Sheet Music, and as a special treat for fans, the band are to perform the whole album in its entirety.

The second half of the evening will feature all the usual 10cc classics, including Dreadlock Holiday, Rubber Bullets, I’m Not In Love, The Dean and I, and I’m Mandy Fly Me, making these shows a must-see for old and new fans alike.

Led by 10cc co-founder Graham Gouldman, the current live band has been together for over a decade, with Gouldman recently inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in America, joining legends such as Burt Bacharach, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney.

Gouldman attributes 10cc’s lasting appeal to the quality and individuality of the band’s songs.

He said of the songs: “They don’t seem to date, they are original, we never followed any trend we simple wrote for our own pleasure. The fact that the songs are being played as often on the radio today as they ever were shows how true that is."

* 10CC play the Bridgewater Hall on February 24 and tickets are available from 0161 907 9000