Rudy Coby has been out of the magic scene for a long time, but thankfully has decided to come back, and one of the first stops on the coolest return in history will be the Blackpool Magic Convention in February.

We can exclusively reveal that Rudy will be not only performing in the Gala Show, he’ll be performing his new lecture AND performing close-up, Rudy will be performing Close-up for the first time in front of Magicians in over twenty years.

With the line up for Blackpool reading like a Who’s Who in Magic, this is NOT an event you want to miss.

Rudy joins Rick Merrill, Joshua Jay, Ian Keable, David Penn, Daryl, Dr. Sawa, Eugene Burger, Michael Ammar, Etienne Pradier, Marc Oberon, Tony Chapek, An Ha Lim, Jeff McBride, Kenn Dodd, Arthur Trace, Ervan, Tony Frebourg, Ian Rowland, James Randi, Obie O’Brien, Bruce Kalver and others to be announced..

Tickets are still available directly from the Blackpool Magicians Club Site, and the convention takes place 20th 21st and 22nd February 2009.

We’ll be bringing you all the news in the run up to the convention, and some interviews with the stars of this years event on our site.