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 23rd February - 6th March 1990

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23rd February - 6th March 1990

 

Volume 12 - Number 04 - Issue 293

Cover Photo - Simon Fowler

Price - 52p    Pages - 64

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Interviewers

Miranda Sawyer - Matt Goss (Bros)

Mike Soutar - Lisa Stansfield

Tom Doyle - Beats International

Sylvia Patterson - Skid Row

Paul Summers - Revealed

Alex Kadis - And Why Not (Album Review)

Photographers

Julian Barton - Katrine Quinol (Page 3)

Simon Fowler - Bros (Page 10-12)

LFI - Lisa Stansfield (Page 16)

Peter Ashworth - Blue Zone (Page 16)

The DID Circle - Lisa Stansfield (Page 17)

Andy Catlin - Beats International (Page 24-25)

Tony Mottram - Skid Row (Page 29)

DID Circle - Pet Shop Boys (Page 31)

Simon Fowler - Yell (Centre Spread)

Gibson / DID Circle - Kylie Minogue (Page 34)

LFI - Kylie Minogue (Page 52)

Pictorial Pres - Madonna (Page 55)

Paul Rider - And Why Not (Page 56-57)

DID Circle - Wet Wet Wet (Back Cover)

Issue Information

Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else

Eurythmics - King And Queen Of America

Eric Clapton - Bad Love

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

Beats International - Dub Be Good To |Me

Rod Stewart - Downtown Train

Renegade Soundwave - Probably A Robbery

Skid Row - 18 and Life

Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me

Tina Turner - Steamy Windows

Front Cover:

Matt Goss

Centre Spread:

Yell

Back Cover:

Wet Wet Wet

General

Personal File

Ya Kid K (Technotronic)

Bitz

Interviews

Katrine Quinol (Black Box)

Matt Goss (Bros)

Lisa Stansfield

Beats International

Skid Row

The Beloved

Chaka Khan

Tim Simenon

Jorden Knight

Matt Goss

Dean Collinson

Brother Beyond

And Why Not

Sybil

Big Fun and Yell

Five Star

Guy Chadwick

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Fancy That:

Stock, Aiken and Waterman

Jason Donovan

Big Fun

Sonia

Pause 4 Thought

New Kids On The Block

Paul McCartney

Soul II Soul

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

The Sisters Of Mercy

Iron Maiden

Sebastian Bach

Doc McGee

Madonna

Luke Goss

Blimey!

Jason Donovan On Tour

Janet Jackson

U2

New Kids ON The Block

Silver Bullet

Michael Hutchence

Big Fun

The Stone Roses

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Nosey Parker

Michael Jackson

Bobby Brown

Kylie Minogue

New Kid On The Block

Dave Gahan

Marc Almond

The Happy Mondays

The Edge and Peter Gabriel

Lisa Stansfield

The London Boys

Peet Shop Boys

Bono

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Birthdays:

George Harrison (47)

Ewen Vernal ()

Gery Christian (35)

Jon Bon Jovi (28)

Shakin' Stevens (42)

Betty Boo (20)

Features:

Revealed - The Secrets Of Pop Star Faces (with):

Matt Goss

Kylie Minogue

Martika

Michael Jackson

Shalin' Stevens

Wendy James

Donnie (New Kids)

Jazzie B

Sinead O'Connor

Danny (New Kids)

Phil Collins

Paul (Yell)

Jimmy Hill

Jon Bon Jovi

Sonia

Guy Chadwick

Roland Orzabal

Janet Jackson

Richard Marx

Luke Goss

Neneh Cherry

Marti Pellow

Terrence Trent D'Arby

Posters

Mott Goss

Lisa Stansfield

Ya Kid K

Pet Shop Boys

Kylie MInogue

Fan Clubs

Depeche Mode

Reviews

Singles:
Chris Heath

Gloria Estefan - Here We Are

Kakko - You Should Be Dancing

Eddie Brickell - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

Shakin' Stevens - I Might

The Beloved - Your Love Takes Me Higher

Big Fun - Handful Of Promises

Tanita Tikaram - Little Sister Leaving Town

Halo James - Baby

The Railway Children - Every Beat Of The Heart

Bros - Madly In Love

Wet Wet Wet - Hold Back The River

Martika - Water

Milli Vanilli - Or All Nothing

New Kids On The Block - You Forever

The Quireboys - You Don't Love Me Anymore

Albums

The Delinquents Soundtrack (Syliva Patterson)

Del Amitri - The Waking Hours (Alex Kadis)

The Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland (Carol Irving)

And Why Not - Move Your Skin (Lola Borg)

Sybil - Walk On By (Miranda Sawyer)

Lloyd Cole - Lloyd Cole (Ian Cranna)

And Why Not - More Your Skin (Alex Kadis)

Various

Books

Ne Kids On The Block - They'll Be Lovin' You Forever (Miranda Sawyer)

Film

Born On The Fourth Of July (Barney Tabasco)

Blaze (Lola Borg)

Glory (Lola Borg)

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Film News:

Jack Nicholson

Mel Gibson

Tom Hanks

Madonna and Warran Beatty

Sean Penn

Video

UB40 - Labour Of Love (Sian Pattenden)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Lola Borg)

The Scott and Charlene Story (Sylvia Patterson)

Nights Out

Kylie Minogue - Sydney Entertainment Centre 

Fact Box

69 - Paul (Yell)

70 - Daniel (Yell)

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Gloria Estefan - Here We Are Singl

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Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence Single

Marc Almond - A Lover Spurned Single

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Links

Happy Reading

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