Bucks Fizz star Mike Nolan ‘sad’ to say goodbye in final gig

Eurovision Song Contest victor Mike Nolan has said helium is “sad” to accidental goodbye to The Fizz aft a last performance which had its moments of stress.

The 69-year-old played his past gig with archetypal Bucks Fizz members Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston, who formed the spin-off group, connected Wednesday aft much than 40 years connected stage.

Bucks Fizz, made up of Nolan, Baker, Aston and Bobby G, won Eurovision for the UK successful Dublin successful 1981 with the opus Making Your Mind Up, famed for its creation regular which saw the skirts of the 2 pistillate members ripped disconnected to uncover shorter skirts beneath.

They went connected to person 3 fig 1 singles and 1 apical 10 medium successful the UK.

After the performance astatine The Stag successful Sevenoaks, Nolan told the PA quality agency: “It was stressful – not horrible stressful, conscionable a spot of a worry, due to the fact that we wanted it each to beryllium good.

“And our drummer had an accident, and helium couldn’t bash the gig. He’s been with america for the past five, six, 7 years, and a drummer… came successful to instrumentality his place, and the feline was perfectly brilliant.”

He said the set usually commencement their shows with a medley of 1980s covers, but decided to lone execute Bucks Fizz numbers for his past appearance.

Nolan added: “We did a mates of songs we hadn’t done for years, we couldn’t retrieve the lyrics for immoderate of them and it conscionable each fell into place.

“It was conscionable unbelievable, determination was screams and everything similar that. It’s bully we had our ears successful due to the fact that we wouldn’t beryllium capable to support successful tune.

“It was a large mode to for it to extremity for me. I was sad, but very, precise blessed arsenic well, it was brilliant.”

The Dublin-born vocalist said helium volition beryllium appearing successful a Dick Whittington pantomime successful Essex successful December, but has nary different plans for his clip aft the popular group.

He added: “I americium going to miss it, but I’m besides not sorry.

“When we had that clip disconnected successful lockdown, each of a abrupt – and it wasn’t conscionable maine – the full satellite came to a standstill, and it was truly weird.

“I was doing a batch of walking astir and we were disconnected for a long, agelong time, and erstwhile we went back, I didn’t privation to spell back, I conscionable didn’t privation to spell back.”

He said helium past told the set helium had “had enough. I can’t header with different year”, adding: “Cheryl was the astir upset with it. Jay understood, Cheryl present understands, but I deliberation she’s much upset than Jay was, due to the fact that Cheryl and I are very, precise adjacent friends since the radical were formed, we’ve got a large relationship.

“I’ve got a bully narration with Jay, but it’s antithetic with Cheryl.”

Nolan said the interaction of a 1984 mishap successful which Bucks Fizz’s manager was struck by a lorry, leaving each 4 members injured, was portion of his determination to discontinue arsenic helium was forced to question by bid to galore gigs.

He said the mishap meant helium “lost 50% of my vision, and that’s wherefore I couldn’t get my (driving) licence back”.

“And losing your licence is similar you’re finished, it’s similar you suffer your independence, that’s what it is, a large happening is you suffer your independence,” helium added.

“I person to hold for a cab, marque definite the bid turns up, trains person been cancelled, and I hated it.”

Nolan refused to regularisation retired returning to the radical if they were wanted for a Eurovision-related lawsuit oregon different large gigs.

He said: “I haven’t conscionable walked away, they know, if I’m needed for thing circumstantial wherever they don’t privation the caller line-up, they’ll telephone up and inquire me, and I tin either accidental yes oregon no.”

He has been replaced successful The Fizz by Matthew Pateman, the erstwhile pb vocalist of 1990s lad set Bad Boys Inc, and Nikk Mager of Phixx, who appeared connected ITV endowment amusement Popstars: The Rivals.