FORMER members of Eurovision and UK top 40 stars Bucks Fizz will be performing live in Cumbria this year.

Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston and Mike Nolan are back on the road alongside fellow 1980s Eurovision contender Bobby McVay in a new line-up, coming to The Forum, in Barrow, on October 13, 2017.

Early in 1981, four complete strangers sat in the drawing room of a house in Fulham and were told: “you are now Bucks Fizz”.

In the eight weeks between that first meeting and appearing on A Song for Europe, Bucks Fizz were hurled into a melee of rehearsing, recording, styling, interviews and photography.

All that hard work and effort was to pay dividends - they went on to win the Song For Europe and Eurovision Song Contest 1981 and became household names around the world.

With more than 20 singles released over the next few years, including three number ones - My Camera Never Lies, Land Of Make Believe and Making Your Mind Up - they sold in excess of 15 million records, spending 219 weeks in the UK charts alone.

Performing all the hits and more, it promises to be a great night as the band members return to South Cumbria for the first time in a number of years.

Tickets for the show are available from The Forum box office now.