Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966 in Newton-le-willows, Lancashire) is a pop and soul musician best known for his 1987 single "Never Gonna Give You Up." At the time of its release, the song peaked at number one on the year-end charts in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, West Germany, and a dozen other countries. In the 2000s the song gained renewed popularity as an Internet bait-and-switch meme in which the link to the "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video is embedded in seemingly unrelated content. When people click on the link and open the music video, they are said to have been "rickrolled." Rickrolling has taken many forms, including through email, various peer-to-peer messaging platforms, text, social media, and much else. The music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up" has over 1.5 billion views.
These are photos from concerts where Rick Astley played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
New Kids On The Block / Rick Astley / En Vogue / Salt-N-Pepa May 23, 2022 Dallas, Texas, United States Uploaded by Kiwi
New Kids On The Block / Salt-N-Pepa / Rick Astley / En Vogue May 18, 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Uploaded by Felicia Medders
New Kids On The Block / Salt-N-Pepa / Rick Astley / En Vogue May 15, 2022 Kansas City, Missouri, United States Uploaded by Ericjgruber
New Kids On The Block / Salt-N-Pepa / Rick Astley / En Vogue May 14, 2022 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Uploaded by Sean Rider
New Kids On The Block / Salt-N-Pepa / Rick Astley / En Vogue May 13, 2022 Nashville, Tennessee, United States Uploaded by ❊ Ashleigh ❊
New Kids On The Block / Salt-N-Pepa / Rick Astley / En Vogue May 12, 2022 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Uploaded by Jackson Huff
Rick Astley / KT Tunstall Nov 4, 2021 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Jackie Bradshaw
Rick Astley / KT Tunstall Oct 30, 2021 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Uploaded by Huwernie
Highest Point Festival 2021 Sep 2 - 5, 2021 Lancaster, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Lucieolivia13
Latitude Festival 2021 Jul 22 - 25, 2021 Southwold, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Skdotcom
