British celebs that are bigger in Poland than in Britain

12th of november i'm going to the New Model army show in krakow. it's gonna be freaking awesome :) are they still popular in gb?

Some of my friends might still be vaguely interested in them, though I think that it's fair to say that they're not big here any more. Don't they have a massive following in North Germany? I remember going to some random village in Schleswig Holstein and being told that this was where NME played their first ever German gig.

There are a lot of British bands (older acts/has beens) who turn up for various music festivals and New Year's Eve parties.
It's difficult to know if they are bigger here or not.
This is apart from regular tours by modern day greats.

U2 might be bigger here because of New Year's day (is this the song about Lech ?). They will be in Poland next year.

I thought i saw Lord Lucan riding a horse near my farm.....possible the horse was Shergar.....

Ha Ha. Nice one

I Do much bigger gigs in Poland than in Uk. Worked with a few name bands ( Alan Silson, Pete Spencer from Smokie) done several gigs in Poland with 'The Animals', several radio shows, and last year a couple of solo shows. Wrote a few songs whilst touring out there ( check out Polish Pearl & City Girl) myspace.com/christophelees. I reckon we did just about every town & city out there between 1995 & 2005 as SOS

Nice guy , met him at a Christmas party at Chris normans house , Chris is married to my ex girlfriends sister , another really nice guy...

Don't forget about Norman Davies? He writes about history of Poland.
Nigella Lawson it's popular (I don't know why, for me she is... yuk!)

Jeremy 'sexist racist offensive dinosaur' Clarkson is very popular among Polish men, I can't work out why....

Mainly due to the huge popularity of "Top Gear" in Poland..

I think Norman now lives in a nursing home and his house was sold to pay for his care. He is so big in Albania because his films were some of the only westrn films allowed to be shown there under communism.

Kevin was a fireman and an EL teacher before becoming a TV celeb.

Good point!!

Also, there's Ray Wilson from Stiltskin / Genesis.

Anymore for any more... ?

Depeche Mode
The Rubettes

Is Smokie British?

As British as they come....They are from Bradford yorkshire , Chris norman the lead singer , and songwriter is married to my ex girlfriends sister , he left Smokie a long while back , and now has his own band...Smokie are still going strong , but only one of them is from the original band...Chris has told me some interesting tales of Smokies tour of Poland when he was in the band..

They played a couple of dates in Poland quite recently no? I love 'living next door to Alice'


Cool! I wish I were in the celebrity set!

Its hard to think of Chris as a celebrity , although he is a big star in Germany now... I know him only as a nice decent guy who does not act like your typical star , and is just a down to earth person... I am still good friends with my ex girlfriend , so i get to news about Chris and his family now and then...

Loads of musicians end up in Germany - have just been looking at some of the bands on this website: sounds-promotion.de/?mod=artists&lang=en

Chris does not actually live in Germany , but he does have a recording studio there , and his band consists of German guys...He actually lives in the isle of man seeing as he earns a few bob from his music....One of the people he made a record with was Suzi quatro , who also lives in Germany...

I love travelling around Germany as much as I love travelling around Poland.... a lady of simple tastes -I don't feel the need to treck around Cambodia or the tropical rain forests, me.

I bet these bands have a right old laugh touring around Europe. A bit like Still Crazy, that film with Jimmy Nail and Bill Nighey a few years ago.

Oh boy could i tell you some stories from Smokies days touring Germany , and Poland , but i won,t on a public forum....maybe if we meet some day i will whisper it...if you promise not to tell....?