 BIRMINGHAM rock legend Roy Wood has vowed never to work with former bandmate Bev Bevan again following a big clash over a new version of their 60s band The Move. The wild-haired rocker is furious at Bev's decision to call his new group The Move, and go on tour in the autumn with former member Trevor Burton. And he says he wants no part of a revival of the famed Brum band who kicked off Radio One in 1967 with their hit Flowers In The Rain on the first Tony Blackburn breakfast show. Roy said: "I don't want people turning up to these shows expecting me to be on stage because they're going to be disappointed. "When The Move disbanded in 1972 we were at No 10 in the charts with California Man and I thought that was a good place to leave it. "This version of The Move has not got my blessing, to me they will never be more than a tribute band. I will never work with Bev Bevan again."
 Formed by Roy, Bev, Trevor, Ace Kefford and Carl Wayne, who died in 2004, The Move were one of the great pop combos of the 60s. Drummer Bev said he had asked Roy to join the revival tour, which marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Flowers In The Rain. The Birmingham-born rocker told the Mail: "It's a difficult one. I do not know why he is upset because Trevor and myself are both original members of the Move. "If he had taken the time to look at a poster, he would see we are calling ourselves The Move, featuring Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan.
 "I did ask him to be part of it, but he didn't want to. That's his decision. "It has the 100 per cent backing of Carl Wayne's widow, Sue, and if Ace Kefford had been fit, he would have been part of it too. "I am genuinely disappointed that he is not happy with the situation." The Move were famous for a string of 60s and 70s hits, including Blackberry Way, Flowers In The Rain, Fire Brigade and Brontosaurus. But they were also no stranger to controversy, with then Prime Minister Harold Wilson winning a court case for libel when the Move featured him on controversial artwork to advertise Flowers In The Rain. The band were ordered to surrender royalties from Flowers In The Rain to charities of Mr Wilson's choice. The Move play Birmingham Barfly on Sunday; Leamington's Royal Spa Centre on September 20; Worcester's Huntingdon Hall on September 27; Lichfield's Garrick Theatre on October 4; Birmingham Town Hall on October 5; Solihull Arts Complex on October 12 and Bromsgrove's Artrix Theatre on October 27. Roy Wood talks to the Mail's Andy Coleman about his latest tour and album in tomorrow's Birmingham Mail.
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