Global star Peter is headlining The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Peter Andre is starring in The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, touring to Hull City Hall in February 2026(Image: Steve Gregson)
Peter Andre says Hull audiences are “amazing” ahead of a return to the city. The star of stage and screen has been popping up in the area since the 1990s, for music releases, concerts and book signings, and most recently in a role that he is about to reprise on the stage at Hull City Hall.
He told Hull Live: “I remember Hull for having one of the most amazing crowds we have ever had. They go wild!”
Peter is starring in The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, hailed as “a spectacular high-pitched celebration of timeless music from one of the biggest selling groups of all time”. He was here last year, in his first “best of” run of the show that pays tribute to the life and career of four boys from Jersey who started singing under a street lamp but went on to become one of the most recognised groups in history.
Now the tour has a “very” in the title and is back by popular demand with a run that is taking Peter and the company all around the UK, between January and April. It makes a stop at Hull City Hall on Thursday, February 5, at 8pm; the nostalgic celebration of timeless hits will also be performed elsewhere for Humber area fans to enjoy, at Grimsby Auditorium, on Friday, March 13, at 7.30pm.
Peter said: “Hull audiences are amazing. From back in the day I remember, it was the first time I did a tour and it was the first time I’d been to all these places.
“I have such fond memories. There are three places that stand out to me: Newcastle, Hull and Sunderland. I remember the crowds being there and the really high energy of them.”
No one should be surprised if they see Peter taking in the sights of Hull before his forthcoming show. “I do like to get there earlier so I can go and have a walk around and have a look at things.”
He will no doubt be hoping for more of that Hull enthusiasm previously displayed in response to the Frankie Valli concert of which he says: “It’s a fantastic night, I can highly recommend it, and not because I’m in it.
“Everyone from two to 92 comes to these shows. The reason why it’s such young children, they come probably because their parents have made them, but the kids know the songs.
“Their parents have been playing them at home. They are singing all these songs and it’s amazing to see.
“The other night there was an elderly gent in the audience; he was about 90. I noticed his head was pointed upwards a bit, he was staring into space, and I thought, I hope he’s okay.
“On the fourth song he just stood up and everyone was cheering; no one expected it. A lot of the theatre rules are you can’t dance, but everyone saw him get up and the place erupted.”
Peter said the show brings with it a “phenomenal” band and supporting singers who are from West End musicals, and they have already being playing some sold-out shows on this tour, being true to the Frankie Valli sound but adding “a bit of a modern twist”. He recalls first being approached to take up the mic as Frankie and being dubious because “I didn’t think I’d know many Frankie Valli songs”.
“They said I would, and they were absolutely right,” he said. “I grew up on the Gold Coast of Australia where they had speakers on the beach and they’d play all the songs, so they are really part of my childhood.”
He loves sharing nostalgic hits, such as Sherry, My Eyes Adored You, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Grease, Oh, What A Night, and many more with his audiences but what many people may not realise is that Peter’s vocal range is naturally high. “I sing falsetto, it’s one of my strengths, I thrive on it.”
He said: “My brother Mike’s been to the show. He said to me, ‘Peter, that’s one of my favourite shows I’ve seen’.
“He can’t believe how much it reminds him of the Gold Coast when we were kids.” Speaking of children, Peter has five of his own, which means he is a “very busy dad” in between performances.
“When I’m not doing a show I try to see my mum in Australia; she’s not great,” Peter said. “It doesn’t matter how old we get, our parents are still our parents and it’s hard to accept their decline.
“It’s Parkinson’s that’s taken over Mum and I don’t know if the Alzheimer’s has come as a result of that. Seeing Mum not being Mum is difficult; I get out there whenever I get the chance, and it’s a balancing act when you have a family.
“Theo, my nine-year-old, never wants me to leave, for example. Mum did say something to me about a year ago when she was still able to speak.
“I said, ‘I need you Mum’, and she said, ‘like you need me, your children need you’. That stuck with me, and I can’t leave the children all the time.”
On Friday, January 23, Peter is excited to be releasing his first song in 11 years. “It’s called Rock U Right; it’s not a single as such, but it’s to promote my new album, and will be available to download from midnight on Thursday.
“The bass player on it is the bassist from Earth Wind and Fire. It’s a nod to the music I used to perform.”
The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will take place at Hull City Hall, on Thursday, February 5, at 8pm.