Tonight were an English five piece new wave band, from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
[1] They were active from June 1977 to January 1979 and had a hit single, "Drummer Man", in February 1978.
Tonight along with The Rich Kids, were the first acts to be described as power pop, a new UK music genre term in 1978, initially mentioned by Charles Catchpole, in the Evening Standard, 'Rock Notes' section, on 17 January 1978.
[2] Tonight scored the first hit for the power pop movement in February 1978, with "Drummer Man" reaching No.
The previously un-released Tonight album, Drummerman, was finally released in 2010, on Angel Air Records.