Nick Radcliffe
Nick has a BA Honours Degree in Music and taught Degree level Advanced Musicianship and Technical Development at the British Institute of Modern Music (BIMM).
He plays regularly with the highly acclaimed singer/songwriter Nik Kershaw in festivals across UK and Europe (watch HERE) and 80’s legend Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet (watch HERE).
Former guitarist for Multi-Platinum artist Gabrielle. UK tour, recordings, numerous TV and a BBC Radio live concert for the British Olympic team; headlined festivals and support slots for ‘Mike and The Mechanics’ and ‘Al Green’.
Nick is a member of Roger Taylor’s Queen Extravaganza with singer Marc Martel, hand-picked and managed by Queen. Since his Hong Kong Stadium debut in 2014, he has toured extensively, recording their Live at Hammersmith album in 2016. He was 1st choice to provide Brian May’s closeup finger-work for the Live Aid segment of the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody.
Nick performed ‘School’s Out’ with Alice Cooper for the song’s 40th anniversary (watch HERE), and has performed Bohemian Rhapsody with Brian May several times.
As a well established London West-End guitarist, his shows include We Will Rock You, Motown, MJ the Musical, Mrs Doubtfire, Tina (Turner) the Musical, School Of Rock, &Juliet (Max Martin), Rock Of Ages, Only Fools and Horses, Pretty Woman (Bryan Adams), The Bodyguard feat. Beverley Knight, Jersey Boys (The Frankie Valli story), and Ray Davies’ Kinks show Sunny Afternoon.
Nick was chosen by Brian May for the Queen musical We Will Rock You, was approved by Pete Townsend for a tour of The Who’s Tommy and has toured stadiums and arenas around the world with a Pink Floyd production. (watch HERE)
Nick has recorded many sessions for Multi-Platinum selling M People, X-Press 2 on BBC Radio 1’s record of the week, EMI Music Publishing, and various TV soundtracks including Tia Carrere’s Relic Hunter.
However, he will tell you that his proudest achievement was standing applause from his hero Jimmy Page after watching Nick emulate James Burton in a faithful reproduction of an Elvis Las Vegas concert.
Nick is the Owner and Director of FretHub Ltd.