Chris has many years’ experience in the
entertainment industry, starting out at the age
of 15 in his own rock band in his native Wales.
In 1990 he moved to Southern Spain where he
quickly became involved in the very lively
music scene that was thriving there.
The Costa del Sol’s first ever mobile karaoke
company - ‘The All Stars Karaoke’ - soon
became a big hit, and is still running to this
very day under the control of best friend
Steve Fozz!
Chris started his own music agency ‘Chris King
Promotions’ in 1996, bringing over some of the
very best tribute acts on the UK circuit, with
many from Granada TV’s top show of the time -
‘Stars In Their Eyes’.
He quickly established himself as one of the
most well known tribute act agents of the
era, and was probably the first agent to ever
take tribute acts to Spain from the UK.
The business progressed into bringing over
tribute bands, original recording artistes, soap
stars, and many famous ‘household name’
comedians.
These included Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket,
The Grumbleweeds, Stan Boardman,
The Krankies, Paul Melba, The Brother Lees,
Billy Pearce, Jimmy Jones, and more.
During this period, Chris was the main agent
for the most famous cabaret bar ever on the
Costa del Sol - THE ELEFANTE.
He also supplied these acts to venues in
Benidorm, Tenerife, and on the Algarve,
through the years.
In 2015, Chris met up purely by accident with
Alberto Cohen, and although as different in
their backgrounds and ways as chalk and
cheese, they very quickly struck up a great
rapport and the rest as they say, is history -
The Festival Of Legends was born!
Chris and Alberto staged many great
concerts along the Costa del Sol, including
some classics in the famous Summer venue,
the Mijas Auditorium.
In July 2017 they had the honour of being
asked to provide artistes for the famous
Starlite Marbella festival, bringing over the
highly acclaimed Bootleg Beatles from the
UK, backing them with the awesome
35-piece Malaga Symphony Orchestra, to
recreate the Sgt Pepper’s album live on
stage, to a sell out crowd!
The latest step in their business together, in
Autumn 2015, was to start making Themed
Music Cruises, with Spain’s leading cruise
company - Pullmantur, which very quickly
went from strength to strength.
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