Saga Magazine – August 2018

Decade

Busters

Interview Take Note

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so there’s no way Joe Public is
going to succeed.
Exercise, good diet or both?
Both. I do have a slight problem
with my weight. It’s something
that I’ve got to watch all the
time. I’ve got my own beer

• Moonstone IPA – and great
  beer and food are my second
  love behind music. I have a gym
  at home, which comes in handy.

Name two people from the past

you’d like to sit next to at dinner?

I’d love to catch up with my

generous, hard-working dad.

And Winston Churchill. A driven

man and an amazing politician.

Your hope for the future? That

we learn the lessons from the

past. There are still countries

with expansionist policies.

You think, ‘Come on, mate,

you’ve got a big enough plot of

land. Get on with your life.’

Turning 50

Adrian Lester actor

Lee Mack comedian

and actor

Turning 60

Madonna singer and actress

Sir Lenny Henry comedian

Adrian Dunbar actor

Turning 70

Robert Plant singer

(Led Zeppelin)

Ray Clemence footballer

Jean-Michel Jarre musician

Turning 80

Kenny Rogers singer and actor

Martin Bell TV reporter

and politician

good enough. Then, when

I was about 14, I started entering

the talent competitions on

holiday at Pontins. The first

time I sang in public, I got the

girl I’d fancied all week.

And when I started winning,

I was signing autographs, and

I thought, ‘I like this’.

Last time you broke the law?

I was sent on a speed awareness

course about three years ago.

There was lots of it I didn’t

realise. I haven’t been done for

speeding since.

Silliest thing you’ve done

recently? I’m always pulling

faces at my grown-up kids when

they’re about to drive off. And

pulling faces at my younger

daughters to make them laugh.

What makes you grumpy?

Lack of time. I always feel

I’m rushing everywhere.

Sometimes I’m like, ‘Woah,

Tone, calm down’.

Which new technology do you

struggle with? Most of it. I can

operate an iPad. It’s simple with

pictures. But have I any desire

to use my wife’s Apple Mac?

Not really. In the studio,

no one lets me near the mixing

desk because they know I’ll

muck it up.

What do you do to conceal

your age? Nothing. I’ve never

done Botox or anything like

that. The thing about facelifts is

that there are all those

Hollywood stars who’ve had

them and can’t get them right,

Verdict

He may be a technology

sceptic and have to watch

his weight, but Tony’s

still every bit the suave pop

star – and can’t really be

much past 45.

Going for Gold

Tony has been

a successful

singer since his

early teens

Join Possibilities

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Tony’s new album, Talking to

the Moon, is out now