True Facts About Chris Rea

[DRM]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj42gv5djjko
Chris Rea's latest project ended in failure, when his inaugural "Digbeth Run With The Bulls" Event got off to a premature start, when one bored bull set off early, Barry The Bull was eventually rounded up at the old Dunelm site, where he received some cattle cake & a drink of Red Bull, The West Midlands Lord Mayor, Sir Noddy Holder was said to be highly disappointed as the event was tipped to be as good as Pamplona's Bull Run, with a finish on the Bull Ring, but plans are now indefinitely on hold, after a full risk assessment

 

[Drago]

Following Elon Musk's threats to decommission all Dragon spacecraft, Chris Rea has been placed on stand-by to use the TURDIS to getting astronauts to and from the ISS.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Like that's gonna work. Have you ever seen Elon Musk and Chris Rea in the same room..................

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chris Rea is currently doing donuts round Accrington as he composes his follow up to the Road to Hell.

 

[Moon bunny]

Chris Rea admits to being mystified by space hoppers, pogo sticks he understands, but doesn’t see how something without springs can bounce. “It’s just like, empty, man” he exclaimed after cutting one open.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Chris Rea is forging a new career as a Max Wall impersonator, using the remnants of the stricken space hopper as his bald wig.

 

[grldtnr]

Never a dull moment with the omnipresent Chris Tea..

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea has cancelled his summer 2025 tour of Russian bomber bases as he's frightened to leave the TURDIS parked outside unattended.

 

[grldtnr]

Never a dull moment with the omnipresent Chris Tea..

That's Lemon Chris Tea of course
I meant Rea,.....

 

[craigwend]

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chris is getting a heated seat for his Turdis this Christmas. He’s been reported as saying it was a close call when he visited the last ice age for some ice for his whisky.

 

[craigwend]

It's all okay...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Pinno718]

Old one's are the best.

 

[craigwend]

For years, Driving Home for Christmas has sounded like the perfect festive journey — traffic lights glowing, roads stretching out, the sense of heading somewhere that matters. But when Chris Rea spoke to Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse, he revealed that the song came from a far less romantic moment, rooted in frustration, bad timing and an unexpected lift home.

Rea explained that the song was written on a night when everything had gone wrong. He had just been banned from driving, his manager had walked out on him, and he was standing outside with nowhere to go. “I was on the door when I wrote that,” he said. “I’d just been banned from driving.” With no way of getting himself home, it was his wife who had to drive down to London, pick him up, and take him back. Sitting there, unable to drive, watching the roads pass by, the song began to take shape.

Asked what he thinks about when he hears it now, Rea replied with dry humour. Rather than sentimentality, his mind goes straight to what the song eventually gave him: “I think of that lovely little holiday in the Maldives that it got you.” It’s a reminder that one of the most played Christmas songs of all time was born out of irritation and inconvenience — not festive cheer.

The conversation also touched on Christmas itself. Rea said he loves it, describing a picture of candles, a big tree, stars scattered across the tablecloth and, as he put it, “a fine assortment of wines for prison.” Whitehouse joked about being cynical, but Rea clearly wasn’t. For him, Christmas is something to be enjoyed properly — even if the song that defines the season came from a rough night.

What makes the story linger is how ordinary it is. No studio planning, no grand idea — just a banned driver, a long wait, and a wife arriving to take him home. A moment most people would forget ended up becoming a song millions return to every December, still humming along, unaware that it began because Chris Rea wasn’t allowed behind the wheel.

Sometimes the best songs don’t come from celebration at all — just from sitting in the passenger seat, heading home, and having time to think!