Fresh from coming off Chris Evans' BBC 2 Breakfast Show this morning (Friday) Bucks Fizz, now called The Fizz play Windsor's Theatre Royal on Sunday night and tickets are going fast, writes Paul Thomas.

Playing a great accoustic set on this morning's live show, the group sang Eurovision Song Contest winner, Making Your Mind Up, new title, Dancing In The Rain and top hit Land of Make Believe.

Presenter Chris, who is running the Windsor Half Marathon with a number of his team on Sunday, raved about their performance, vowing to turn out for their gig at 'The Royal' on Sunday night.

The unmistakable sound of Bucks Fizz – now known as The Fizz – is not only back, but in the zeitgeist. With their first new album in over three decades, 2017 brings back their signature sound updated, with a cannon of radio-friendly hits, written and produced by legendary maestro Mike Stock.

A history of pop music would be incomplete without The Fizz. The band were formed in the early 1980s and went on to represent the United Kingdom at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest in Ireland. It is part of pop music folklore that they won it in spectacular fashion. Bucks Fizz were launched to become a global phenomenon.

Mike Nolan, Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston and Bobby G were household names thanks to their iconic skirt ripping routine, and the song Making Your Mind Up was an instant hit giving the group their first No 1.

Bucks Fizz were far ahead of their time. A successful manufactured group in the 1980s when the music scene was evolving from punk to new romantics.

They secured their niche, re-styling and proving their versatility as performers with each album and single released, earning them sales of more than 50 million records worldwide. They collected countless music industry awards including, in 1982, Best Group at BPI Rock & Pop Awards (now known as the BRIT Awards), and an Ivor Novello Award, cementing their place in 80s music history and a highly successful recording career.

Thirty-five years later, Cheryl, Mike and Jay, original Bucks Fizz members, joined by Bobby McVay are still touring and showing that The Fizz and their songs are as popular as ever. Audiences old and new love Making Your Mind Up and The Land Of Make Believe. In a world where the charts are dominated by newly manufactured bands, you can’t beat the originals.

The Fizz, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Sunday, 7.30pm. Tickets from £16. Box office: 01753 853888.