Saga Magazine – August 2018

hen was your

first kiss? I was about

13 and it was with

Julie Lodge – in the back of her

mate’s dad’s van. It was very

innocent. Julie’s lovely and

still comes to my shows –

with her husband!

School prefect or school terror?

A terror who became a prefect

by default. I don’t think anyone

else wanted to do it. Me and

my mate, Pete, got voted in

while in the lower sixth, even

though we weren’t exactly the

most conventional people at

school. Were we any good?

Probably not.

Worst hairstyle? I was really

into punk and Iggy Pop was

playing at, I think, The Rainbow

in Finsbury Park. I tried to dye

my hair red, but it turned this

bloody awful auburn colour.

When I was leaving the house,

I would’ve normally gone

into the kitchen and given my

parents a kiss goodbye. This

time, I just called out, ‘Anyway,

see you!’ But my mum saw my

hair and was in tears. She was

still in tears when I got back.

First car? A sky-blue Vauxhall

Viva that had almost been taken

to the scrap yard. I painted

a great red stripe down the

middle so it looked like a packet

of Embassy cigarettes. It was

my pride and joy. Eventually it

just blew up.

What was your plan B?

My plan A was to be a surgeon,

but my maths wasn’t going to be

The Spandau Ballet and solo star has

a new album out, and in the autumn

he’s performing a show exclusively for

Possibilities members. He’s 58,

but, wonders Simon Hemelryk, how

old is he in his head?

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