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Home/People/Tommy Vance
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Born
Jul 11, 1940Died: Mar 6, 2005
Lived 64 years
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

6
Movies
5
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
Rick West
IMDb Profile

Tommy Vance

Acting

Biography
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.
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon poster

Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

as Self
2007
More Bad News poster

More Bad News

as Self
1988
Live Aid poster

Live Aid

as Self
1985
The Story of the Kinks poster

The Story of the Kinks

as Narrator (voice)
1985
Pressure poster

Pressure

as Radio DJ
1976
Flame poster

Flame

as Ricky Storm
1975