This year sees the 50th year in showbusiness of one of the UK’s most enduring and popular figures… Cliff Richard.

Yes, it was in 1958 that a youthful Cliff first burst upon the scene and since then it’s been a two-way love affair.

“A 50 year-old love affair,” Cliff, now Sir Cliff, says. “Fantastic travels, memorable experiences, a world-wide family of amazing fans, a truck-load of awards and job satisfaction to last a life-time.”

Throughout his amazing career, Cliff has remained at the top of his game, and has managed Top Ten hits in six different decades and chart toppers in five of them.

‘Move It’, ‘Living Doll’, ‘The Young Ones’, ‘Congratulations’, ‘We Don’t Talk Anymore’, ‘Mistletoe And Wine’, the list of his hits appears endless and his chart presence totals a staggering twenty years.

He has represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest twice and has had hit TV shows and West End musicals to his name.

There is nothing he hasn’t turned his hand to, even the silver screen succumbed to his charms with a string of hit movies.

But nothing compares to his sheer longevity, and he still looks years younger than his 68 years.

To celebrate his Golden Jubilee, we have already had a Top Three single with ‘Thank You For A Lifetime’, a 50-track compilation CD, a massive 8CD Box Set and his long-awaited autobiography ‘My Life, My Way’.

But now we have the piece de resistance with his Time Machine tour, a dozen shows in seven Arenas over the length and breadth of the country which takes in the Manchester Evening News Arena on November 25th and 26th.

The show promises to be spectacular as it will encompass all of the 50 years of hit making. The main problem will be what to leave out!

Nothing is left to chance and Cliff promises that the shows will be the best he’s ever done, and it’s hardly surprising as unlike most other artists, he usually insists on six weeks of rehearsals so that everything is just right.

It is his intention that no-one goes away from his shows disappointed.

Tickets for the Manchester dates are £40, £45 and £50 from the usual agencies (if there’s any left) and the shows start at 7.30pm. A DVD of the show will also be released soon.

He might be 68 years old, but the ‘Peter Pan of Pop’ has no intention of giving it up yet, as he affirms. “I’ve been so lucky – and the great thing is, it ain’t over yet!”