HOWARD JONES...THINGS ARE STILL GETTING BETTER!

[color=white]HOWARD JONES STARTED HIS CAREER IN 1983, WITH HIS FIRST SINGLE,"NEW SONG". THE TRACK REACHED THE TOP 5 IN THE U.K.. HIS FIRST LP, "HUMAN'S LIB",ALSO CONTAINS HIS SECOND HIT, "WHAT IS LOVE", WHICH GARNERED HEAVY ROTATION ON MTV, AMKING IT HIS FIRST HIT IN THE U.S.. HE FOLLOWED UP IN 1984 WITH "DREAM INTO ACTION", WHICH FEATURED HIS NEXT SINGLE,"LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL" THE ALBUM CHARTED AT #10 IN THE U.S, AS WELL AS GOING PLATNIUM.,AND GIVING US THE MASSIVE HIT,"THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER". IN 1986 HIS EP,"ACTION REPLAY"CONTAINED HIS BIGGEST HIT IN THE U.S AND THE U.K., "NO ONE IS TO BLAME" THE SONG REACHED #4 IN THE U.S.. HOWEVER, THINGS STARTED TO SLIDE BY OCTOBER OF 1986, WHEN HE RELEASED "ONE TO ONE". IT WOULD BE HIS LAST HIT ALBUM. IN '89, HE RELEASED "CROSS THAT LINE", AND IN 1992,"IN THE RUNNING". BOTH ALBUMS FAILED.,YET HE DID HAVE A MINOR HIT IN '89 WITH THE SINGLE "EVERLASTING LOVE". aFTER HIS WARNER MUSIC U.K. CONTRACT ENDED,HE FOCUSED ON PRODUCTION, WRITING, AND OPENING HIS VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT "NOWHERE". HE THEN STARTED HIS OWN LABEL, 'Dtox" ,PRODUCED HIS ALBUM "WORKING IN THE BACKROOM" IN HIS OWN STUDIO, DUBBED "THE SHED'.1996 SAW THE RELEASE OF "LIVE ACOUSTIC AMERICA", AND "PEOPLE". IN 2001, hOWARD PLAYED KEYBOARDS FOR RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL STARR BAND ON THEIR TOUR THAT YEAR. IN SEPT. 03, HE PLAYED A SOLD-OUT CONCERT ,TO HONOR HIS 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN LONDON. HE WAS JOINED BY MIDGE URE AND NENA. THE CONCERT WAS LATER RELEASED ON DVD. IN 2005, HE RELEASED "REVOLUTION OF THE SUN", AND IN 2006, HE RE-RECORDED "THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER" IN SIMLISH, A MADE-UP LANGUAGE FEATURED IN "ELECTRIC ARTS:THE SIMS 2". IN 2007, HE DID AN ACOUSTIC TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, AND RELEASED "REVOLUTION:RE-MIXED AND SURROUNDED". HIS LAST CD WAS 2009'S "ORDINARY HEREOS". hOWARD IS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEATURED ARTS COALITION. nOVEMBER,2010 SAW THE RE-ISSUE OF "HUMAN'S LIB" AND "DREAM INTO ACTION".. iN nOVEMBER,2011, A U.K. TOUR WAS ANNOUNCED. AND IN APRIL,2012, HOWARD PERFORMED "HUMAN'S LIB" AND "DREAM INTO ACTION" IN 8 VENUES IN THE U.K.. /color]