15 Facts About Bob Catley

Robert Adrian Catley was born on 11 September 1947 and is an English singer.

Bob Catley is the lead singer of the hard rock band Magnum and is active as a solo artist.

Also, at this time, Bob Catley was becoming increasingly focused on his solo career, and he quit Hard Rain, marking the end of a working relationship with Clarkin that dated back to 1972.

Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley re-launched Magnum with the album Breath of Life in 2002 on SPV.

Bob Catley was first approached by Gary Hughes in 1998 to write a solo album.

Bob Catley teamed up with Hughes who wrote all the songs on The Tower.

Bob Catley made his debut solo appearance at The Gods '98, performing a show stopping set featuring tracks from The Tower as well as classic Magnum songs.

Bob Catley's backing band for the concert was made up of Canadian label mates Emerald Rain with Vinny Burns on lead guitar and Paul Hodson on keyboards.

Legends was launched at The Gods 99 where Bob Catley headlined the Saturday night with Emerald Rain and Paul Hodson providing backing.

Bob Catley toured the UK extensively during 2000 with Paul Hodson and Native Cain providing his backing band.

Bob Catley toured extensively in 2001 with Kip Winger opening acoustically early in the year, and then spent a month co-headlining UK and European dates.

Bob Catley was one of the many singers involved with the Power Metal project Avantasia, created by Edguy's frontman Tobias Sammet.

Bob Catley was featured in almost all Avantasia albums, from The Metal Operas through the Wicked Trilogy and The Mystery of Time to the most recent album, A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society.

Bob Catley took part in all Avantasia world tours in 2008,2010,2013 and 2016.

Bob Catley has been married and divorced three times and has two daughters.