Dave Cairns - Secret Affair Reunion

Secret Affair Reunion

In 2002 he once again teamed up with Page to reform Secret Affair, initially for three concerts in the UK, including a performance at London's Shepherds Bush Empire. They returned in June the following year, playing at The Scala in London to promote the release of Time For Action: The Anthology (Sanctuary), a major CD retrospective of hits, rarities and previously unreleased tracks. The concert was filmed and released on DVD.

In 2005 Page and Cairns attempted to mend their sometimes fractious relationship and started work on a fourth Secret Affair album, recording five new songs. The album remains unfinished and unreleased as of July 2008. In the meantime Cairns has started to make occasional solo appearances, playing at the 2006 and 2007 Small Faces Conventions and playing at charity events in aid of Cancer Research and the British Thyroid Foundation. He performed again with Secret Affair at The Isle of Wight Scooter Rally, on 22 August, The Astoria 2, London, on 13 September 2008 and The Small Faces Convention, Islington Academy, 21 September 2008.

In July 2011, Dave Cairns and Secret Affair were invited to re-record 'Time For Action' for Save The Children and the new recording (produced by Ian Page) spearheaded the charity's campaign for health workers in poor countries resulting in 42,000 petition signatures and presented to David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, Sept 2011.

On Dec 5th 2011, Dave Cairns appeared as a guest on BBC2 TV show, "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" (season 25, episode 10) hosted by Cilla Black with panel captains, Phil Jupitus and Noel Fielding and guests, Rizzle Kicks, Tiffany Stevenson, Holly Willoughby, Angelos Epithemiou to an audience of over two million UK viewers.

Dave Cairns continues to perform regularly with Secret Affair from 2009 to the current day playing UK dates and shows in 2011Dublin, Madrid & Moscow, Tokyo and with 2012 shows in Siena, Glasgow, M-Fest Leeds,and a 13 date tour of the UK ending at The 229 Club London on November 24th, 2012.

Secret Affair released their fourth studio album, 'Soho Dreams' after a 30 year absence, on their iconic I-SPY Records label, Sept 10th 2012.

In the past Cairns has written and produced music for TV commercials, including Lee Cooper, Toyota, Ford, and Raymond Weil.