Billy Ocean started singing at the college dive bar Kismet. The band used to sell their tapes out of their van at local shows. The members of Billy Ocean met in 1989. The guitarist use to listen to CDs constantly as a child.

After this past hectic year the members of Billy Ocean will take a break. The group is in the middle of the promotional tour for their latest project.

Often times, critics praise Billy Ocean for their ability to rile up the audience at concerts. Neal Boughton, a music critic from Cincinnati, has always been impressed with band’s amazing bassist. Billy Ocean’s new release is receiving excellent reviews from all the critics, including Quincy Kaplan from Springfield and Norris Richardson from Cincinnati.

Billy Ocean first garnered some national attention with their first single. Now the band is a huge draw wherever they perform. A member of Billy Ocean started dating a girl whose momwas a record executive. She passed the single on to them and the band signed a record deal soon after. The band's members had horrible jobs when they started playing, just biding time until they would hit the big time.

Billy Ocean realized they had finally made it when Betty Ernhart started a fan club for the band in 1999. Initially the group only had a few fans from Pittsburgh in the club, but after playing country wide the fan club’s membership exploded to a few thousand.

Billy Ocean will mix songs from the new album with hits from its previous release. TheSeats.com has all the band information you need. Find Billy Ocean tickets, tour schedule, and concert seating charts in one stop online.