+ 0 - 0 | § ¶John Taylor - No Glastonbury Shock, Horror!
I just noticed that the BBC has an interview with Duran’s John Taylor.John on an ‘average day’ on the road: “We like saunas and steams.”
On partying: “I'm not a big party head. It takes so much energy.”
And on whether Duran Duran has been asked to do Glastonbury: “No.”
Read it all.
And just to get into a Duranie mood, here’s Hungry Like The Wolf...
+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Sonia - the unstoppable...
Following on from my last post, I note that the ever fabulous Sonia will be performing at Birmingham Gay Pride Main on 24th May. Disgracefully, I don’t think we’ve ever had a Sonia video here on The 80s Empire. I shall rectify that right away. Here she is (practising judo, by the looks of it, with a peculiar bloke with strangely bendy arms) - Sonia: ‘You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You”....+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Bucks Fizz Back Together Again?
Since their heydey in the early ‘80s, Bucks Fizz has performed in a variety of mystifying incarnations. Jay Aston was the first of the classic line-up to leave (in 1985), to be replaced by Shelley Preston. Various other members came and went in the succeeding years and, for a while, David Van Day (formerly of Dollar) joined. later David left, teamed up with ex-Bucks Fizz singer, Mike Nolan - and suddenly there were two Bucks Fizzes!The current line up of ‘The Original Bucks Fizz’ http://www.myspace.com/originalbucksfizz is Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Shelly Preston. According to another Bucks Fizz site on MySpace ‘Buck5Fizz recently starred in the Comic Relief video with Peter Kay & Matt Lucas..."It's the first time Cheryl & Jay had been in the same room for 20 years. We are all hoping to put all our differences aside and tour later this year as a five piece. We are all very excited at the prospect" ‘....
Interesting to see if that really happens. In the meantime, your next chance to see the ‘Original BF’ is on the Gay Pride Main stage on 24th May in Birmingham. The group will share a bill with Sonia, Brotherhood of Man and Scooch. Sounds good to me. And here, to get you in the mood, is the ever-popular Making Your Mind Up...
