Cats in Space is a British rock band formed in Horsham, West Sussex in 2015 by guitarist Greg Hart and drummer Steevi Bacon. Following the band's inception, vocalist Paul Manzi, keyboardist Andy Stewart, bassist Jeff Brown and second guitarist Dean Howard were recruited to complete the official lineup. In late 2019, vocalist Paul Manzi announced that he would be leaving the band to join The Sweet after the first half of ‘The Narnia Tour’. Soon after Manzi’s departure from the band, vocalist Mark Pascall joined the band as their new lead vocalist.
History
Cats in Space began to work on their debut album Too Many Gods. The recording sessions had guest vocal appearances by both key songwriter Greg Hart's fellow co-writer Mick Wilson of 10cc, as well as a guitar/vocal session by Andy Scott of The Sweet. The band released their first single from the album on 24 August 2015 via YouTube, named "Mr Heartache." Cats in Space announced their second album, the follow-up to critically acclaimed debut album Too Many Gods, titled Scarecrow, with an official release date of 25 August 2017. Track two, "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" was released on 21 July 2017 as a music promo on YouTube, both albums were then announced as digitally available in their entirety on all the reputable digital media platform outlets.
Tours and shows
CATS in SPACE made their debut appearance at London's The Half Moon, Putney SW15 on Wednesday 6 January 2016. After a couple more low key appearances they accepted their fourth show at the Stone Free Festival at London's O2 Arena in the Indigo at the O2 venue on Sunday 19 June 2016. This weekender featured headliners Alice Cooper on the Saturday and Rick Wakeman on the Sunday. Their fifth performance was at The Ramblin' Man Fair, on the new Rising Stage at Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent on 24 July 2016. The lineup over the weekend featured many original classic rock band luminaries including Whitesnake, Europe, Thin Lizzy, Thunder, Airbourne and Black Stone Cherry. Thunder UK TourMarch 2017 December 2016, UK rock band Thunder announced that a studio album entitled Rip It Up would be released on 10 February 2017. This would also coincide with a number of live dates. Cats in Space were confirmed on 23 January 2017 as the official UK tour support. British Summer Time Hyde Park, London, UK Monday 27 March, Cats in Space were added to the Phil Collins BST Hyde Park concert line-up. The concert took place on Friday 30 June 2017. Fairport Cropredy Convention 2017 12 August 2017, the band played a one-hour set to an over 20,000 plus capacity at the Fairport's Cropredy Convention in Oxfordshire. Deep Purple Long Goodbye UK Tour 2017 An announcement was made onstage on the final night of the Scarecrow headline tour, that CATS in SPACE had been added to the whole UK leg of the Deep Purple 2017 arena tour along with Europe. Status Quo - Plugged in Live and Rockin' Winter UK Tour 2017 CATS in SPACE as special guests on the Status Quo Plugged In Live and Rockin' nine date UK winter tour of November/ December 2017. Bonnie Tyler - The London Palladium, UK CATS in SPACE were special guests to Bonnie Tyler - Wednesday 18 September 2019 at The London Palladium, Argyll Street, London UK
