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John Waite will perform at Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival<\/em>
Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. #WAMFest2016<\/em>
– photo credit Michael Cavacini<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

We have been missing John Waite since he\u2019s been gone. The English-born lead singer of The Babys and Bad English is back in Texas after his Wooden Heart Acoustic Tour<\/a> along the North Eastern part of America. For the past 35 years, John Waite has been writing, recording and performing his music for not only the love of song, but the love of his fans.<\/p>\n

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Since going solo in 1982 with his debut album \u201cIgnition,\u201d Waite has had growing international success, including 1984s \u201cMissing You,\u201d which landed him a #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and a top ten hit on the U.K. Singles Chart. A move that knocked Tina Turner\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got To Do With It?\u201d from the number one spot. Waite has also had successful soundtrack singles for films like, \u201cAbout Last Night,\u201d \u201cRover\u2019s Return\u201d and \u201cDays of Thunder.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1988, Waite reunited with former bandmates, Jonathan Cain, and Ricky Phillips, along with Neal Schon and Deen Castronovo, two former Journey members, to form the sugergroup Bad English. Although Bad English broke up in 1992, they released two albums and reached both no. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 and earned a gold-certificate single.<\/p>\n

Since returning to his solo career in 1995, Waite hit the ground running, more so the recording studio. Over the last decade, John released numerous rock \u2018n\u2019 roll albums, including 1995\u2019s \u201cTemple Bar,\u201d 1997\u2019s \u201cWhen You Were Mine,\u201d 2001s \u201cFigure in Landscape,\u201d 2004\u2019s \u201cThe Hard Way,\u201d 2006\u2019s \u201cDowntown: Journey of the Heart,\u201d and 2010\u2019s \u201cIn Real Time,\u201d an amazing live recording album. His tenth solo album \u201cRough and Tumble,\u201d in which the tile track went no. 1 on classic rock radio in 2011, proved that Waite was here to stay.<\/p>\n

You may have noticed Waite\u2019s single \u201cMissing You\u201d in the movie Warm Bodies<\/a>, but John Waite and Alison Krauss re-released the \u201984 hit single as a duet and even performed it on The Tonight Show back in February 2007. Listen to hit songs here: http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/John+Waite<\/a><\/p>\n