Cliff Richard goes topless at 80 (sort of): Singer told fans his days of posing shirtless for his calendar were over, but it seems he’s had a change of heart
He told his fans last year that at 80 his days of going topless on his annual calendar were probably over.
If the 2022 version is anything to go by, however, it seems Sir Cliff Richard has had a change of heart.
August’s image offers a glimpse of the popular singer wearing a pair of swimming trunks and raising a glass to the camera while taking a dip in a pool.
August’s image offers a glimpse of the popular singer wearing a pair of swimming trunks and raising a glass to the camera while taking a dip in a pool
He told his fans last year that at 80 his days of going topless on his annual calendar were probably over. If the 2022 version is anything to go by, however, it seems Sir Cliff Richard has had a change of heart
The shirtless shot may come as a surprise to those who read his autobiography, The Dreamer, released last October.
‘I suspect I have done my final topless photo for my annual calendar,’ he wrote. ‘I suspect it’s time to gracefully exit the Chippendales market.’
Clearly not ready to give up his pin-up status just yet, however, yesterday he released the first look at his official 2022 calendar, which features 12 new photos of him in a number of poses.
For February’s picture, Sir Cliff embraces his inner rocker by posing in a leather jacket with a red electric guitar.
For the month of May he can be seen rowing on a lake and for December he poses in a cardigan before a fire, holding a present.
The shirtless shot may come as a surprise to those who read his autobiography, The Dreamer, released last October
Clearly not ready to give up his pin-up status just yet, however, yesterday he released the first look at his official 2022 calendar
The calendar was shot mostly in New York City earlier this year, with one of the pictures taken in Barbados.
A representative for Sir Cliff said: ‘Given the global pandemic, formal plans for the annual calendar shoot were changed to a more journalistic viewpoint of a Brit in USA finding picturesque spots within the environs of Central Park and nearby.
‘Sir Cliff loved the informality of the shoot.’
More than 1.5million of Sir Cliff’s calendars have been sold since the first one came out in 1979.
In the decades since he has delighted his fans around the world with an array of poses in some exotic locations, including sunning himself on a lilo in Barbados, riding a jet ski and sitting atop a cannon.
But in 2013 he hinted that he might be ready to stop the tradition, claiming it was too much ‘pressure’.
He told chat show host Graham Norton that his 35th would be his last. ‘I think the reason why the rumours got out that I’m not going to do any more is probably because it’s true,’ he said.
Sir Cliff, who had his first hit with Move It in 1958, has an estimated net worth of £80million. He will turn 81 on October 14.
More than 1.5million of Sir Cliff’s calendars have been sold since the first one came out in 1979