THE Crazy World of Arthur Brown celebrates 45 years of his worldwide hit Fire with a brand new live show, complete with fire helmet and rock'n'roll theatrics, at the Shire Hall, Howden, tonight at 8pm.

Brown first came to prominence in swinging London in 1967. After spending some time on the Paris underground scene, he was signed to Track Records at the instruction of The Who’s Pete Townshend and released the single Devil's Grip, regarded by some as the record that gave birth to heavy metal.

He is best known for his 1968 number one single, Fire, an incendiary song since covered by the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Die Krupps, The Prodigy and The Who.

Brown’s next band, Kingdom Come, performed as the main act at the first filmed Glastonbury Festival in 1971 and in 1973 Kingdome Come became the first band to release an album featuring a drum machine.

Artists such as Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper and Bruce Dickinson site Brown as an influence and in the God of Hellfire's sixth decade in music, his fire is far from out, as witnessed on his latest album, 2014's Zim Zam Sim.

Tickets for tonight's Howden Live gig are still available at £17 from Touchwood in Howden, on 01430 431535, at howden-live.com or on the door.