John Otway was born on 2 October 1952 and is an English singer-songwriter who has built a cult audience through extensive touring.
11 Facts About John Otway
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The follow-up singles fared no better despite some imaginative promotion, which included an offer for John Otway to come to a buyer's house and perform the 1979 single, "Frightened and Scared", if their copy was one of only three copies from which the vocal had been omitted.
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When John Otway turned solo, his audience remained loyal despite poor record sales.
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John Otway appeared as the musical guest in the final episode of the British sitcom The Young Ones, "Summer Holiday".
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John Otway's 1990 autobiography, Cor Baby, That's Really Me was a study in self-deprecation, and his touring continued to sustain him.
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John Otway proposed hiring his own jet to take his band, and 300 of his fans, to some of the most prestigious venues in the world, including Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House.
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In October 2012, to celebrate his 60th birthday, John Otway booked the Odeon Leicester Square to show the documentary of his life.
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John Otway delivers occasional lectures on the theme, "Making Success Out of Failure", and the sequel to his autobiography, I Did It Otway was published in May 2010.
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John Otway performed nine such between March and May 2020.
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On 2 April 2022, John Otway played his 5,000th career gig, which, as a milestone event, was held at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.
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In September 2022, John Otway received a Honorary PhD in Music presented by Oxford Brookes University.