Iconic performer Matt Goss chats to our celebrity reporter Aimee Seddon ahead of his gig in Newcastle.
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00:00kicking off your latest tour in March. Can I ask you how you're feeling ahead of that?
00:05I'm feeling excited. I want to ask everyone to like come and you know come and support it because
00:12you know I've been in the States for quite a while and I just feel like this is a good
00:17rock and roll setup where my band are sounding better than ever, probably the best band I've
00:23ever worked with in my life and we're just creating some brilliant arrangements. I just
00:27just really really want to see everyone turn up and where I can really just you know do what I do
00:32best. Yeah and what can people expect from the show then? Describe it. It's um well it's obviously
00:40it's as the title says Hits and More. I'm going to play all my hits, mine, Ross, what I've also
00:45but also what I've learned in Vegas. I don't want to compartmentalise it anymore. I don't want to
00:50put it into little boxes. I want it just to be like listen guys this is what I do, this is what
00:54I've done. We're going to do the whole lot on stage and just get get it out and just really do
00:59beautiful musical arrangements where people have moved musically and not just you know not just
01:05because of the songs but because also because of the arrangements and anyone that's seen my
01:11show knows I'm a community kid. I communicate well with the audience and it's fun and it's
01:16it's uh but yeah I just I just really am excited because I just get to do everything I've learned
01:22and put it on one stage. You're going all the way up to Newcastle as well so have you been to
01:26Newcastle before? Yeah well Newcastle actually broke my band. They, Newcastle broke Ross. That
01:32was the first city in the world to actually break our band. They um we did a special a TV special
01:42there and that is the first kind of I guess experience of mania for my band so we uh they
01:49actually broke my band and so I'll always be forever grateful that Newcastle actually saw
01:56something in us and allowed us to actually pursue a career in music so. You don't have any connections
02:02personally with Newcastle before that? Newcastle? No whenever I'm there I'm always, people always
02:08tell me that there's a lovely bridge there. So I'm like what is it, what should we do? Have you
02:11seen the bridge? Lovely bridge. So I'm like that's, I've got to see more than the bridge. I've sat
02:16under the Newcastle bridge and had a few pints but um but no I don't have any personal connection
02:23with Newcastle. People reading this, why should they get those last remaining tickets to see you
02:28Matt? I just feel like you know we have a lot of history like first and firstly the people that
02:36stuck by me all these years that come out and keep this journey going. Like I want to keep,
02:41I want to see everyone in the venue and the energy that a big audience creates is the most
02:47joyous thing you could ever experience. So I want a lot to create a lot of joy and I want
02:52to see people around the country. I've been away for a long time and I just want to connect with
02:56everybody and you know I really believe it'll be one of the best nights out of the year.
03:00And people that don't know me or haven't seen me, if you're a music lover then come and witness
03:06just a brilliant band and brilliant songs and just let yourself be prepared to meet new people
03:14and make new friends and just have the time of your life. I mean I really mean that.