Smash Hits
vol 8 no 9, 23rd April 1986
 
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Features Five Star - Five Star tell us some secrets.
 
Other features - A-ha, Level 42, Simon le Bon, Bronski Beat, It's Immaterial, Big Country.
Free inside: Giant double sided poster featuring Sigue Sigue Sputnik + The Smash Hits Top Ten Wallchart.
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FEATURES
56 BIG COUNTRY: Why are they so poutlicious?
 
PLUS
19 GET SMART: Why does the singer from Mr. Mister have a "funny" nose? Why have Led Zeppelin officially "died"? Why isn't Gary Glitter Paul Young's dad?
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Get Smart
Is it true that Big Country didn't play at Live Aid because Stuart Adamson and Tony Butler were just about to become dads? If so, what did they have? Their wives, that is.
J. Heath, Liverpool
 
Well, for a start, the "lads" couldn't have played even if they'd wanted to because they weren't asked! Whyever not? Over to His Sirness, "Saint" Bob Geldof: "I thought they'd broken up, I really did, or I probably would have called them. The decision as to who should appear was nothing to do with my own personal taste - it was current popularity and availability, more to do with how many people would watch them. I think Big Country are a great group, I just thought at the time they'd broken up." So there we have it. But you were almost right - Stuart and Tony both had baby girls in the summer (Kirstin Adamson and Joella Butler). And what's more Stuart also has a four-year-old son called Calum and Tony has a three-year-old son called Alex! Quelle coincidence, eh?!
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THE SMASH HITS HMV PRIZE CROSSWORD
 
* WIN HMV's TOP TEN VIDEOS
1 Dire Straits Alchemy Live
2 Madonna Virgin Tour
3 Kate The Single File
4 Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
5 Big Country Live
6 John Lennon Live In New York City
7 Dio Live In Concert
8 U2 Live Under A Blood Red Sky
9 Wham! Wham! 85
10 Duran Duran The Making of Arena 		ACROSS
10 Land that Big Country were once east of
 
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19 'Hounds -- ----' (Kate Bush) (2,4)
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 "HAPPENINGS".
 
SIMPLE MINDS: Glasgow Ibrox Stadium (June 7), Milton Keynes Bowl (June 21).
Tickets for Glasgow are £11.50 (including booking fee) and are available by postal application only from Regular Music, Box 77, Head Post Office, Edinburgh. Please send postal orders ONLY (not cheques) made payable to Regular Music and enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Milton Keynes tickets cost £12.80 (including booking fee) and postal applications can be made from MCP Ltd. PO Box 123, Walsall, Aldridge, WS9 8XY. Credit card bookings can also be made by calling 01-748 1414.
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Back cover poster of Big Country.

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