page_title: Graham Gouldman
section_title: 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends/Godley and Gouldman: 1999–present
hierarchical_section_title: Graham Gouldman / 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends/Godley and Gouldman: 1999–present
caption_attribution_description: English: Graham Gouldman at 10cc's performance in Swedish TV show Bingolotto, September 19th, 2010
context_page_description: Graham Keith Gouldman is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He has been the only constant member of the art rock band 10cc.
context_section_description: Gouldman began touring as "10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends", with his band comprising Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess, Mike Stevens and Mick Wilson. They first performed in 1999, at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Birmingham. After the release of his solo album, he got the lads back together to celebrate 30 years of 10cc in 2002, billed as "Graham Gouldman celebrates 30 years of 10cc".
  
  In January 2004, he reconvened with Kevin Godley to write more songs. Godley explained:
  In a nutshell … unfinished business. In all the years we've known each other we've only written three pure, Godley-Gouldman songs. That, and a desire to find out if the music muscle still worked with someone I enjoyed and didn't have to spend weeks getting to know.
  
  In Gouldman's words:
  Kevin and I have always stayed in touch even though we haven't actually worked together for many years, so I was delighted when he called to suggest we write some songs. When I asked "Why?" He said, "No reason … just to do it and see what happens." A good enough reason for me. What followed was a series of writing and recording sessions … Something like the early days when we wrote and recorded for ourselves with one ear half-cocked for something that broke the mould.
  I always figured Mr. G had the best voice in the band, ironic then that he never sang lead on a 10cc single … Even I managed that. Now justice has been done. Kevin's voice and razor-sharp lyrics take us to places we haven't visited before… Always a good place to start.
  In July 2006, Godley and Gouldman's website offered four downloadable tracks: "The Same Road", "Johnny Hurts", "Beautifulloser.com" and "Hooligan Crane". The songs are the initial 'offering' of a group of songs they have been working on over the past two years. During this period, Gouldman wrote the main riff in the McFly song "I've Got You".
  Gouldman and Friends toured the UK in 2009, simply billed as "10cc". In August 2010, 10cc featuring Graham Gouldman headlined the Sunday bill at the Rhythm Festival.
  While touring with 10cc Graham Gouldman formed an acoustic band named Heart Full of Songs aimed to perform acoustic versions of the songs throughout his career. The band took its first solo tour in 2013 and performs regularly ever since.
  In February 2014, it was announced that Gouldman would be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 45th annual induction ceremony which was held in New York on 12 June at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
  In 2017, a compilation album of music highlighting Gouldman as a songwriter was released under the name Listen People: The Graham Gouldman Songbook 1964-2005.
  In 2018, Graham Gouldman joined Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band on tour. In November 2019, he announced a new album titled Modesty Forbids featuring Ringo Starr, which was released in March 2020 on the British indie label Lojinx.
caption: Gouldman performing with 10cc in 2010
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