It seems to come around faster and faster every year.
It is, of course, the Sir Cliff Richard calendar which is the 48th installment of the annual fixture and is sure to leave Harry Styles’s sales in The Shadows.
The pop veteran, 84, has been releasing his annual poses since 1979 and regularly outsells the likes of the former One Direction star and Taylor Swift.
Sir Cliff’s 2026 shots include the singer taking a friend’s dog for a ride in a pushcart bike to mark April, while another shows the star looking delighted to have found a tin of his favourite biscuit Custard Creams in a supermarket in the Bahamas.
There is also another shot of the Young Ones singer visiting the Caribbean island as he playfully stands in front of angel wings in a shopping centre.
Sir Cliff Richard has shred some snaps from his 2026 calendar- the 48th instalment of the annual fixture
The pop veteran, 84, has been releasing his annual poses since 1979 and regularly outsells the likes of Harry Styles and Taylor Swift
Sir Cliff said: ‘I have been very lucky to spend some time at home and visiting friends and the 2026 calendar has some of the pictures taken along the way in Barbados, the United States and in Denmark.
‘I prefer these lifestyle images to studio shots as they reflect my enjoyment of travel, spending quality time with friends, and creating memories that I love to share in this calendar. I hope you enjoy all the pictures throughout 2026.’
Sir Cliff’s total calendar sales since 1979 are reportedly around the £2million mark – beating those of David Beckham.
His 2022 release was the best-selling of any music star’s calendar, according to Calendar Club, which had Elvis Presley in second, followed by Styles.
In one image, Sir Cliff proves he knows exactly how to give his fans exactly what they want, by offering up two images of himself sat on a chair in front of the sea.
Danilo Promotions, which tracks sales of all calendars, put Sir Cliff’s 2024 in fourth, with Taylor Swift top. Harry Styles didn’t make the top five.
In 2023, the singer left fans disappointed when he announced that he would be breaking with tradition by not stripping for his calendars going forward.
The new snaps include the singer taking a friend’s dog for a ride in a pushcart bike to mark April
And in another image, Sir Cliff proves he knows exactly how to give his fans exactly what they want, by offering up two images of himself sat on a chair infront of the sea
Of the calendar images Sir Cliff said the he prefers these lifestyle images to studio shots as they reflect his enjoyment of ‘travel, spending quality time with friends, and creating memories’ that he loves to share
Fans had become accustomed to him posing topless, as he did in a swimming pool in 2022.
‘I suspect I have done my final topless photo for my annual calendar… it’s time to gracefully exit the Chippendales market,’ he said.
It comes after Sir Cliff said he will probably be forced to retire from touring, ahead of his upcoming shows in Australia and New Zealand.
The hitmaker, who turns 85 in October, said he was unsure if the gigs would be his ‘farewell tour’ because he does not look too far into the future and ‘could be dead next year’.
The Mirror reported he told a New Zealand radio station: ‘The thing I would have to give up probably at some time is touring. It’s very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there’.
He was unsure if it would be his final ever tour, but said: ‘I might be dead the next year! So I don’t even think about it anymore. It’s one of those things. As I get older maybe I’ll become less able to perform, so I can’t say’.
It comes after Sir Cliff said he will probably be forced to retire from touring, ahead of the music legend’s upcoming shows in Australia and New Zealand
The hitmaker, who turns 85 in October, said he was unsure if the gigs would be his ‘farewell tour’ because he does not look too far into the future and ‘could be dead next year’
Cliff also revealed that he would not be performing his famous dance moves on the Can’t Stop Me Now, due to not wanting to seem an octogenarian ‘trying to be 18’.
‘I’m sure the audience will see that we – the big band and I – are friends and almost a family when we’re on tour. So we’ll try and do something that will make it look as though I’m 18! But I’m not’.
Sir Cliff, who was awarded his knighthood in 1995, has an epic back catalogue which includes more than 50 studio and live albums.
His music career began when his father bought him a guitar at the age of 16 and he later joined band The Drifters.
In 1958, he had a solo hit with his song Move It and has since sold 250million records.
The Living Doll hitmaker previously insisted he’ll never retire and the word is ‘not in his vocabulary’.
He said in 2022 that he likes the freedom of working whenever he chooses and would like to be less strict with his plans in the future.
He said: ‘The thing I would have to give up probably at some time is touring. It’s very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there’
Sir Cliff, who was awarded his knighthood in 1995, has an epic back catalogue which includes more than 50 studio and live albums (pictured 1965)
Cliff told the Mirror: ‘I don’t know if I ever want to retire. I don’t mind stopping.
‘Stopping would mean that I could absolutely change my mind any time I wanted to, or phone my office and say, “Can you get us a couple of nights at the Royal Albert Hall?”
‘So, retiring is not in my vocabulary, but stopping is good for me – I can work whenever I want to, if I want to.’
Sir Cliff’s 2026 calendar is now available at www.danilo.com
