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Peter Noone
Brought An Olde
English Christmas
To Robins Theatre
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December 20, 2025
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​Peter Noone, the original lead singer of Herman's Hermits brought an Olde English Christmas as well as some other British Invasion hits to Robins Theatre last night.
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The show started with the band dressed as elves, playing Christmas music while the guitarist, dressed as Santa handed out t-shirts and CDs to the audience. Peter Noone then took the stage and went into "I'm Into Something Good." However, about halfway through the song, Noone stopped the band and said he was too distracted and needed to start the song over again.
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It was a strange way to start the show but it did kind of set the tone for a good but very uneven show.
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Noone proceeded to to play some Herman's Herman tunes along with some other British Invasion songs like "Love Potion #9" and The Kinks' "Dandy" along with an odd cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" that really didn't fit into the set. He also sprinkled in some Christmas songs like "Winter Wonderland," "Jingle Bells" and "Oh Holy Night."
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The strangest thing was that he went out into the audience. Typically, an artist might do that for a song or two to get up close and personal with the fans. However, Noone stayed out there for almost half of the set with the house lights on. At one point he agreed to take a selfie with a fan, but he couldn't figure out how to turn the camera around on her phone. He was trying to be funny but it did bring the show to a screeching halt.
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A cool thing that Noone did was he changed the lyrics to the Beach Boys "Barbara Ann" to "Robins Theater Warren, Ohio" and had the audience sing along. He also made "Ferry Cross the Mersey" a little more local as he changed it to "Ferry Cross the Mahoning."
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The show ended with three huge Herman's Hermits hits, "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter," and "There's A Kind of Hush."
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Overall it was a fun show that needed to have a bit more cohesion.
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Review and photos by Greg Drugan
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