Date: 19 October 2024
Published in: Daily Star (UK)
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Eighties pop fave Kim Wilde is targeting a major Glastonbury Festival comeback. The You Keep Me Hangin’ On singer releases new LP Closer next year. And she’s now in talks with Worthy Farm organisers to play at the event for the first time on the back of new music.
Kim teased: “We’re kinda hoping we might do that next year. We’re just waiting for the invitation.” After ruling the charts back in the 80s, Kim got into gardening.
She added: “I did take a step out of the music industry for a while because I stopped having fun – and then I found horticulture. But, when I came back into music, the fun came back because we started doing all this live work – and that’s when I started enjoying my career in a completely different way.”
And new LP Closer, which arrives in January featuring a duet with Midge Ure, is her favourite work yet. She said: “There are 10 bangers on the album. The songwriters include myself, obviously, my brother Ricky, and my niece Scarlett Wilde.”
Now she’s back there will definitely be no talk of retirement using rocker dad Marty as inspiration. She said: “My dad’s still performing – he’s 85. So I think I’ve just gotta give in to it. I’ve probably got a good 20 years.”
