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Here is the latest Pete Burns news.
http://www.deadoralive.net/newsite/news/news.html Due to unforeseen circumstances Pete will not be appearing at Rainbowfest 2008 at Queens Links in Aberdeen. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Default.aspx Pete Burns won’t be spinning right round in gay pride line-up Celebrity storms out of festival A NORTH-EAST gay, lesbian and bisexual festival has dumped Celebrity Big Brother star Pete Burns after he stormed out of a gay pride event in the Canary Islands. The singer, who rose to fame with 1980s band Dead or Alive, refused to play at the Gran Canaria Gay Pride Festival and is reported to have destroyed his hotel room shortly after. It is claimed that the 48-year-old stormed out of the Maspalomas event last week after hearing another band singing a cover of his smash hit song, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record), which is still a dance-floor favourite. Following the spat, Burns parted company with his booking agents Create Music, who had booked him to play the Rainbowfest in Aberdeen on July 5. But festival organisers have decided against re-booking the star through his new agent. “We have decided that we don’t want to go through similar issues and therefore are not booking him through his new agent,” a spokesman for the festival said. Burns launched himself back into the public eye with his appearance on last Celebrity Big Brother 2006, where he starred alongside comedian Michael Barrymore, MP George Galloway and US basketball star Dennis Rodman. He has been replaced at Rainbowfest by The Original Bucks Fizz, who won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. They will be joined by dance favourite Booty Love, who have had two top 10 hits in the last year. Also on the bill is So Solid Crew member Lisa Maffia The family event, which is organised by Aberdeen’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, takes place at Queen’s Links. It will be part hosted by Jan Hamilton, the Stonehaven soldier who became the first officer in the armed forces to have a sex change. As Ian Hamilton, the 43-year-old served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq but last year became Jan, and has since featured in a TV documentary. |
No news today but this page looks a bit boring so i put a music video of Pete to cheer this page up (Lover come back)
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http://www.deadoralive.net/newsite/news/news.html June 2008 We regret to inform fans that for health reasons, Pete will be unable to participate in this summer's Regeneration Tour as planned. |
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Eric’s legends back on stage
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-21417632/ THE spirit of Eric’s returns for one night only – as the Carling Academy recreates the legendary Liverpool club. As part of the On Song festival, Julian Cope and Pete Burns will perform a special set at the city centre Hotham Street venue. Organisers are working with Eric’s co-founder Ken Testi to recreate the atmosphere of the iconic site which spawned so many Liverpool bands. On Song will celebrate the process of songwriting celebrating all genres of music from rock and folk to electro and indie. Combining established musicians and up and coming artists, it aims to reflect the range of music that exists in Liverpool and the city's rich musical heritage. Carling Academy manager Sam Jones said: “It’s going to be fantastic to see two artists who haven’t played together for such a long time. “The last time Julian Cope played here was great. And Pete has never played here so we’re really looking forward to it. “It’s great to have Ken Testi involved. He’s said he’s looking forward to having Eric’s represented on a stage with live music again – rather than in a museum. “Best of all we’re looking forward to celebrating the songs in a festival of songwriting, where they belong.” Pete Burns was the Eric’s regular who shot to fame as the frontman of the Hi-NRG band Dead or Alive. They are best remembered for their 1985 number one single You Spin Me Round (Like a Record). The Port Sunlight singer/songwriter went on to appear on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Wife Swap. Cope launched his career in Liverpool in the late 1970s when he formed seminal post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes. He's now married with two daughters, Albany, 13, and Avalon, 10, and lives in converted stables in Wiltshire. The organisers have refused to speculate on any other Eric’s regulars who might make an appearance. “Who knows who’ll turn up?” said Sam. “But I’m sure there will be some surprises on the night.” Pete Burns and Julian Cope play the Carling Academy on September 12. Tickets are on sale now from www.liverpool-academy.co.uk. |
Pete Burns B-day in 2 days!
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Is it too late to nominate this form thread of the year?
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Pete Burns cancelled his tour. GOOD!
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the question is where is pete now?
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From http://www.deadoralive.net/index.html
March 15- Happy Birthday Steve! For those interested in purchasing some Dead Or Alive memorabilia, the following items are still available: - The purple outfits from the 'Spin Me' video, the one Steve wore. - Steve's Gaultier leather jacket from the 'Save You All My Kisses' video. Both item are 1000£ each |
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http://www.nouse.co.uk/2009/03/10/dead-or-alive/ http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/ar.../pete4.jpg-300 The capricious perception of Pete Burns vaults with each image of him that sneaks into the tabloid press. Is Pete the caustic scouser we saw on Celebrity Big Brother, or someone seeking refuge from the market of public opinion? Certainly, Pete himself seems ambivalent towards the question as our interview begins frostily: “I am what I am and I do what I do and that doesn’t directly effect any of the things that offshoot from it. I’ve rejected every kind of label. I lead a very different kind of life to what most people would think that I lead.” I ask him about his unique personal style, to which he replies “I’ll give you a one word answer”, but he heartily doubles the significance of his responses with a desultory “Yeah yeah”. Luckily, however, Pete warms up. His iconic style and his affinity for Vivienne Westwood’s clothes becomes the subject of discussion: “They were the first clothes that changed my life. Way back in the seventies she was the only person doing anything different. It was one of the things that had a big impact on my life, but she’s mainstream now. Once she put the pin through the nose of the queen and now she’s a Dame.” His sense of style meant that he got noticed on the local Liverpool music scene. After two other musical projects (Mystery Girls and Nightmares in Wax) that never really took off, Pete formed Dead or Alive, a New Wave band that found considerable international success with the classic ‘You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)’. A short time after the band’s 1980 inception, Pete became embroiled in a feud with Boy George, whom he accused of stealing his look and sanitising it for the mass market. “Successful artists these days are either tremendously disciplined or they’re a good actress. You have to deaden your brain to it” He has mellowed, however: “At the time I was livid – we were like spitting queens spitting fire at the time, but you grow up with age and what does it matter. Everything is a generic version of something else. Everything is mass consumption. Life is just a big supermarket with things you can steal and appropriate for yourself. It all seems like very long ago but at the time it was like a bunch of angry hairdressers bitching about who had the longest dreadlocks. If I ever kept a press file I’m sure I’d cringe at anything I’ve ever said.” Pete, who will turn 50 on Thursday, checks his nostalgia by saying “I certainly don’t think I’m in the bloom of youth anymore.” His high-maintenance appearance is deeply impressive, but he maintains “I’m not as concerned by how I look all the time as I used to be when I was younger. When you’re young it’s a sign of self-expression but as you’re older you find different ways to express yourself. I’m not interested in fashion in the mainstream in any way whatsoever. I couldn’t name you any of the new fashion designers, I don’t attend Fashion Week and I don’t look at fashion magazines because for me it’s just another means of conforming.” Pete has avoided conformity throughout his life and career. Dead or Alive’s sound was considered a revelation amidst the synth-pop of the early 80’s. He claims that he “didn’t expect any kind of success”, but ‘Spin Me’ ensured ongoing publicity commitments and an exhausting schedule. Moreover, the success of that one song overshadowed all the work Dead or Alive had recorded before or since: “In retrospect I wish there had been more of a natural growth period but there just wasn’t they did what they did and it was as if everyt hing else was wiped out.” During this successful time, however, Pete underwent profound personal trauma, having to reject a support slot on Madonna’s infamous ‘Like a Virgin’ tour due to his mother’s terminal lung cancer. He says that “if we had gone on tour the record company would have been willing to push all these buttons to make the next album go platinum,” but is adamant that this time enabled personal growth and reflection. At the height of the band’s popularity Pete worked with Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) - Kylie and Bananarama hitmakers – in what has been portrayed by Pete Waterman since as a fraught relationship. Pete Burns is keen to provide a reality check: “It was just their name on it that meant it got taken more seriously and we had a number one.” Pete despairs of the ‘inhuman’ workload imposed on artists by record companies keen to milk hit records for all they’re worth: “You make a record maybe in July, it’s not released until the November, and even by the time you’re doing that you feel like you’re stuck in the past. Then you spend a year going around the world, promoting it in all the countries that it’s Number 1 in and you really need to do either something new or nothing at all. Successful artists these days are either tremendously disciplined or they’re a very good actress, able to talk about their product all the time. You have to deaden so much of your brain to keep up with the repetition.” ‘Spin Me’ became SAW’s first number one – a success they were more than keen to repeat. Many of their artists began to sport a similar sound. Pete claims that the flagrant copying was obvious: “Bananarama themselves had put it down in print that they went in and asked for a record that sounded like Spin Me. And that’s what they got. SAW were in the best place because they didn’t want to work with people of an artistic temperament, they wanted people who came in, did what they were told and repeated the formula over and over again until nobody wanted it anymore. It was a very acrimonious split between us. They were immensely talented songwriters, and immensely talented producers who only showed 10% of their talent on the records the public got to hear.” ‘Spin Me’ has been covered and sampled by a diverse range of artists, most recently by rapper Flo Rida, whose version of the song currently sits at Number 1 in the official UK singles chart. Having been forced to sell his back catalogue to pay for reconstructive surgery, Pete receives no royalties from his records, but he was regardless happily surprised when I informed him that ‘Right Round’ sat atop the midweek charts. “It’s very flattering that something that I did maybe thirty years ago now and has been dug out by somebody. I think it’s better than my version and I wish I’d done their version. I wish I had my time all over again, and I wish I could start without the boundaries that were in place when I started making music.” Pete’s career, which he admits doesn’t operate on a ‘normal rota’, has for the past few years consisted of television work for Channel 4, Living TV, ITV and MTV. I ask whether he has to doctor what he says and thinks for these mainstream shows: “Oh absolutely. You’re given a script and you read the script off the idiot board and it’s very easy work and it’s very handsomely paid and it’s over in a day.” Pete is happy to play the character the producers want – either the softer Pete of Wife Swap or acid-tongued character on Big Brother. For example, on a number of shows, both him and his civil partner, Michael Simpson, have talked of Pete’s one and a half hour daily make-up ritual. Pete explains that this is “complete balls. But you think there’s the cheque - it’s two days work, it’s pretty mind numbing. The most real reality show was Big Brother because halfway through I was unaware of the cameras. I just didn’t want to be in there. I needed the money desperately because I’d just come home from Italy and I didn’t want to stay in there I didn’t want to bond with anyone. But it backfired and I was kept in for the full run of the show. The general public seemed to fall in love with me. Even to this day people call after me ‘Big Brother Big Brother, we love you we love you’ - the black community in particular. And it did me a lot of good. TV people were very reticent to have me on their shows before Big Brother, but now they all want me. Some of the offers that I get are just ridiculous, like cookery shows. I don’t cook and I won’t cook. But sometimes the money is great and I think ‘Oh I’ll go on and cook something, shove something in the microwave’.” Celebrity Big Brother brought Pete to the attention of a whole new generation. Pete’s verbal assaults on his assembled housemates are the stuff of legend - Jodie Marsh (“I wouldn’t piss on her if she burst into flames”), Traci Bingham (“You’re insincere to the point of nausea”) and Rula Lenska (“I don’t go in for all this spiritualist, zen ****. Every morning I chant ‘**** off **** off **** off’”) all suffered considerable battery. Pete believes that the fur coat controversy was “perpetrated by Big Brother. Bringing the whole fur issue in was very clever PR”, and is similarly dismissive of the rest of his experience in the house: “I hated every second. I’d just come back from two years of intensive surgery in Italy and it was the first time I’d been apart from my husband for any longer than two days - it was absolutely hell. I was withdrawn from all my medication. I couldn’t have my medication there because it couldn’t be approved by the official medical board since my doctor was based in Italy. I suffered anaesthetic withdrawal, painkiller withdrawal and steroid withdrawal. The house was like going cold turkey but it wasn’t the reason for any of my behaviour.” “Anybody who has had extensive cosmetic surgery will have problems. The problem migrated - I was on morphine drips” Despite numerous appearances on TV talking about his personal life, Pete is adamant that the world of showbiz and unmitigated torpor of trivial celebrity news does not interest him: “You see soul-selling every day. There’s a TV channel called the E channel - it’s full of people selling their soul, talking complete innocuous rubbish There are probably 150 magazines out every week, like Heat magazine, Hello magazine, Goodbye magazine, I cannot identify with anybody who’s interested in that sort of thing.” We move on to talk about his experiences with both cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Pete had his first nose job in 1984, but wasn’t happy with the results, using an eye patch to distract attention from the centre of his face. “Anybody who has had extensive cosmetic surgery will have problems. It’s not a guaranteed thing and the nose job was not what I wanted. I had to work through the success of ‘Spin Me’ without showing it because I hated what it looked like.” Pete’s experiences with reconstructive surgery are well documented. Pete has filed a lawsuit, the value of which could top £1million, against his Herley Street cosmetic surgeon Dr Viel. He explains “It’s still problematic. It’s something that will be with me for the rest of my life and the subject of a major lawsuit. It’s very serious - I nearly lost my life.” The problems began around 2003. “I met the Scissor Sisters and they asked me to do a song with them. They wanted to remix my back catalogue - Sophisticated Boom Boom or something like that - and record new stuff. But previous to working with them I’d had problems working with my lips. I didn’t talk about it in 2003 because I thought people might find it funny but it wasn’t. It ended up migrating into my kidneys, I had kidney failure, I was on morphine drips… I couldn’t take on any major body of work as I didn’t know what was going to happen. I needed a surgeon to sort it out. After a long time of doing nothing I consented to do one song with the Scissor Sisters and the next day I was so swollen it was unbelievable and I knew something serious had happened. Its probably the most extreme case of anything like this that’s on record.” Pete still suffers the effects of the botched lip injections to this day: “I’m going for diagnostic tests for swellings in the face and swellings inside the kidneys, I’ve been in ill health for four or five months with various maladies. Unfortunately at the moment I’m not wealthy enough to go into the private medical sector to get it sorted. I have to go through the NHS which is very very complicated. I went in a few weeks ago for something quite serious, an inflammation somewhere in my body, and the specialist wrote to my actual general practioner. Before he went on about my medical complaint - which I’m not willing to talk about - he talked about the amount of tattoos all over my body. I go to a doctor but they’re not hearing my words. I’m at that age now where I go and see a doctor and the doctor danced to my record when he was seventeen. And he’s wondering what it was like in the 80s and I’m in considerable pain.” Contrary to what one might expect, Pete lives a largely solitary life of reading, watching DVDs and generally spending time with his partner. He still, however, has hopes for the future and goals he wants to achieve: “I don’t think I’ve achieved my best work yet. I’ll hold out forever for the Pet Shop Boys. I saw the Brit Awards a few weeks ago and I was absolutely stunned by the power of their catalogue. It was such an honour to work with them when I did ‘Jack and Jill Party’ [a song Pete recorded with PSB in 2003]. It was a tragedy that the lip situation flared up to an uncontrollable degree and I couldn’t continue working with them. I want the Pet Shop Boys to take me and make me sound exactly like them. I just love their sound. When I hear a record I want it to make me happy or lift my spirits in some way. I hope I managed to achieve that in some way with my music. That Pete still has musical ambitions is a comfort to his fans and a source of intrigue for the general public. At present, he appears focused on living day to day: doing television work that allows him to keep ticking over. His self-perception shifts every day, and he forcefully upholds his right to change his mind about himself whenever he wishes. For Pete, his past opinions are an irrelevance, but they form a rich archive, populated by scathing witticism and stylistic flair. |
Dead or Alive singer/UK reality TV hot mess Pete Burns has landed in the hospital due to kidney failure!!!
The divalicious star announced his condition to fans on his official website Sunday: …i simply want it annouced i collapsed on wed and was rushed to hospital going in two kidneys failure and rushed for emerngency 5 hours surgery were they found 8 stones in each kidney but were unable to remove them as they were blocking both the kidney. The uretha and bladder. I'm in a very serious conditions on 24 hours intravenous morphine for the pain. Intravenous fluid as i'm so dehytrade and the kidneys cant retain the liquid. I also have diabetes insipidus which is puling water from my lung. Liver heart and brain. I'm criticaly ill and under 24 hours observation and will be in hospital for quite along time. Awful!! Feel better, Pete! We know if anyone can work it out, you can bitch! |
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Steve has confirmed that he is officially back as manager for Pete / Dead Or Alive. He and Pete are working on new material with a view to releasing later this year, possibly a new single to preview a new album in the summer. There will be exciting collaborations with known artists, more news to follow very soon. They are actively seeking a new record deal.
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This story is old [May 12th] but its the most recent story I could find [I wanted to post some news today]
Pete Burns: 'I was attacked by fan' Eighties singer Pete Burns claims his bag was stolen after he was attacked by a fan in the street when he refused to pose for a photo with the stranger. The Dead or Alive singer denied claims he and his husband Michael Simpson were arrested themselves following the bust up outside a restaurant in Soho in London. The cross-dressing star was seen being bundled into a police van after the public row on Monday evening but the star claims he was just hitching a ride home. A spokesman today told Metro: 'A member of the public kept persisting to take a picture of Pete Burns. When Pete declined, an argument between Pete and the guy started.' 'Pete got up and walked away but the other person ran after him and pulled his hair and kicked him in the back. 'The police were called and while they waited for the police Pete went inside the restaurant. While Michael followed him inside, the person who assaulted Pete stole Pete's bag (containing bank cards, Mobile phone and keys to his house).' 'When the police arrived to take all the details they offered to take them back to Pete's address, which why they were in a police car.' The star, 49, was arrested three years ago after an alleged assault at his Notting Hill home. http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article....8&in_page_id=7 |
Pete has done an interview for Pride Magazine recently
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Steve has reported that Pete's new tracks are fantastic !!!
Its a collaboration with The Dirty Disco: http://www.myspace.com/thedirtydiscomusic More news when they have finished recording and mixing. |
They do sound a good band and I hope they do good tracks together!
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Steve just told me that Pete's new tracks are fantastic !!!
Its a collaboration with The Dirty Disco, in fact, Steve is the manager of the band as well as Pete. http://www.myspace.com/thedirtydiscomusic More news when they have finished recording and mixing Adam from The Dirty Disco - June 26, 2009 (comment taken from their MySpace) "So funny thing happened about 8 weeks ago, i was in Topshop in London in a daze, walking around aimlesslessly. For some strange reason i was in the Kate Moss section of the Oxford Street store. It was a really strange day - i'd coincidently bumped into my brother and cousin within the space of 10 minutes. Then i bumped into Pete Burns. When i say bumped into, i mean i spotted him and then spent about ten minutes trying to grow some balls to go and ask him the question " Would you like to feature on a track with my band?".... I did. He did. We did....I must have looked like a right ****! Neverthelss... It's great. The song is so good and i can't wait for eveyone to hear it! We are going in to the Mixing studios in London This week to finish eveything up. Elecronics Kyle and I are also Writing and Producing for a possible Pete Burns album, and the first cut we have for that is gonna blow you away. Once this hook gets into your head, you will not be able to get the ****er out. Oh and a certain Monseiur Steve Coy of Dead or Alive and Pete's Manager, is currently representing us too. They are both ****ing hilarious. They are both Uber talented and passionate. It's been such an uplifting experience. More news as and When.... Lots of Love Adam xxxx P.S RIP MIchael - cliche, i know, but as an 80's child he was a huge inspiration to me, and to us all as a band. " |
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so far, we have worked with pete on 2 tracks, one is a collaboration and one is a song for pete. both have been recorded and mixed and will just need mastering. so everything is ready to go, what we are waiting for now is backing from a label. communication has not broken down, steve is representing us and always keeps us in the loop. by thumbs up i simply meant financial backing in the form of a label to support the release, as you must appreciate everything costs something these days! i hope this clears any confusion up and i really hope its not too much longer before its released! The Art one of the songs he has done is here http://www.myspace.com/thedirtydiscomusic Never Marry An Icon the other track he has done is not here yet. Both on itunes soon. |
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