IAN PEEL‘S A TO Z of POP
BIS FOR… LETTING BYGONES BE BYGONES
THEY SAID IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. IN FACT, THEY DIDN’T JUST SAY IT, THEY ASSURED US THAT NO WAY, NOT EVER, WOULD IT HAPPEN. BUT THEN… IT HAPPENED!
Frankie Goes To Hollywood have reformed and played together – the classic five-strong line-up – for one last time at a Eurovision opening event in Liverpool back in May. It made me realise that if there’s one thing in pop that’s an absolute guarantee, it’s that bands that split up will reform. Including – and maybe even especially – the ones that assure us they never will. Definitive groups of the 60s, 70s and 80s have all now proved this to be the case.