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Speaker 2: Yes, you are celebrating forty years in the music industry,

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Speaker 2: which is it's no main fake. Did you ever think

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Speaker 3: Well, I kind of, I hope so, because you know,

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Speaker 3: when I was a kid watching Top of the Pops,

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Speaker 3: I used to say, oh, you know that Paul McCartney

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Speaker 3: too old, And they were probably only about thirty five. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: And here I'm at sixty two, so sixty two is

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Speaker 1: I could do more things with it.

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Speaker 3: And the anniversary tool was interesting because we did a

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Speaker 1: I think to Australia because it works so well.

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Speaker 3: What songs influenced me and obviously where we started, and

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Speaker 4: Going, but it was good fun sensation. I just want

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Speaker 4: Top of the Pops, the Queen had only been on

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Speaker 3: Don't that's horrible, that's cruel.

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Speaker 3: Thing is is that, I mean, none ofbers feel any different.

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Speaker 1: Out such as Been at the Moment. So I'm still

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Speaker 3: And to cut a long story short, i still get

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Speaker 1: Yeah good and so nothing.

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Speaker 3: I think if you if you like music, then what

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Speaker 5: Put it that way, boiler making.

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Speaker 2: were calling it on I was double decker bus representing

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Speaker 2: the glorious eighties. Who else was on your bus?

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Speaker 3: We had Lead John from Imagination, my great mate Gary

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Speaker 3: If you're listening, mate, you've got to come along. We

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Speaker 4: You've got the best fans in the world, haven't you.

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Speaker 2: gas doesn't charting again? Does it warm your heart to

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I'm very thankful that people still want

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Speaker 1: But they've also got into the new songs as well.

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Speaker 1: Make it a better album and just improving all the time.

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Speaker 5: Really, that's what keeps you young. Tell us.

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Speaker 4: I noticed Nick Rhodes is having your birthday today from

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Speaker 4: Duran Duran and were you guys mates? Great great chart rivals,

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Speaker 2: Have you ever thought about doing a you know, a

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm not sure the outfits would fit anyone, those

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Speaker 1: I mean it was when you know, you got into

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Speaker 1: Out and I remember our first trip there in eighty four.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Parade albums. It was Bonker's Mental Beatles. It

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Speaker 1: It was incredible. Yeah, yeah, absolutely incredible.

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Speaker 4: Remember seeing that gig at the entertainment said it was

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Speaker 2: That was me.

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Speaker 4: It was in the crowd. I was in the crowd.

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Speaker 4: We don't travel to get the gig. You talked about

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Speaker 4: you can do something.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, what's your secret? Have you kept? Christine?

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Speaker 1: Sleep yep? Right when you're on the road.

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Speaker 3: I mean I've just been, you know, when we're on

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Speaker 1: Asked Pavarotti that once. They said, you know, maest, what

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Speaker 3: Gym's a good friend of mine, is a great guy

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Speaker 3: and great singer too.

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Speaker 4: Before we go, you're wearing a college shirt today, but

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Speaker 4: was the last band or artist T shirt you wore?

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Speaker 1: Wow?

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Speaker 3: I don't really, I don't really do T shirts. There's

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Speaker 3: loads what if you. I'm not a I'm a shirt man,

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Speaker 3: lots of great bands around. I mean, I'm really, I

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Speaker 3: he's touching base in Australia, but he's absolutely fantastic. Sam Fender, Banners, Foles,

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Speaker 3: There's loads of good stuff out there, really is.

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Speaker 2: Well, Tony Hadley. We cannot wait to see you in

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Speaker 2: September at the ASTA Theater. Thanks so much for joining

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Speaker 2: us this morning.

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Speaker 1: Well, thank you for having me and be looking. I

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Speaker 1: can't wait to get over there. Always always enjoy ourselves

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Speaker 1: over and be brilliant, excellent.

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Speaker 5: We'll be in the take care.

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Speaker 1: We have a beer. Take care,