Mendip Living Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
At last the Christmas editions are here! With festive fun, gifts and interiors, plus kitchen design advice from Interior Design expert Julia Kendell, an interview with the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen, as well as Spandau Ballets very own Martin Kemp. Plus, our competition pages return, with staycations, laundry upgrades, festive hampers and a chance to win tickets to see Paloma Faith in concert!
At last the Christmas editions are here! With festive fun, gifts and interiors, plus kitchen design advice from Interior Design expert Julia Kendell, an interview with the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen, as well as Spandau Ballets very own Martin Kemp. Plus, our competition pages return, with staycations, laundry upgrades, festive hampers and a chance to win tickets to see Paloma Faith in concert!
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This much is<br />
TRUE<br />
ADE HILL CAUGHT UP WITH 80’S<br />
POP STAR AND ACTOR MARTIN KEMP<br />
WHO DISCUSSES GETTING BACK<br />
ON STAGE, LIVE AID AND MUSICAL<br />
INFLUENCES!<br />
Image credit:<br />
Chris Bailey Photography<br />
WELCOME TO FROME AND OF<br />
COURSE OUR BELOVED CHEESE<br />
AND GRAIN. TELL US MORE ABOUT<br />
TONIGHT’S 80’S EXTRAVAGANZA DJ<br />
SET?<br />
Tonight, is something I’ve been doing<br />
for the last few years. We’ve been doing<br />
in the region of about 135 DJ sets up<br />
and down the country. Of course, we<br />
had to stop due to the pandemic. This<br />
is probably the most euphoric thing I’ve<br />
ever done.<br />
You’ll see tonight people who want to<br />
be transported back to being 17 years<br />
old again and they absolutely play the<br />
part. I’ve never seen people sing to every<br />
single song I play. You know it’s very<br />
different to listening to 80’s music on<br />
the radio and listening to it through giant<br />
speakers.<br />
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK ON<br />
THE ROAD AND PLAYING TO PACKED<br />
AUDIENCES ONCE AGAIN?<br />
You know I remember during the<br />
pandemic the one thing I missed was<br />
doing this. Getting that adrenaline and<br />
that buzz. You know what I like about it<br />
most? I’m not up there separate from the<br />
audience. The audience and me are just<br />
one and we are all having a great time.<br />
YOU’VE VISITED FROME ON SEVERAL<br />
OCCASIONS, RIGHT?<br />
Yeah. It’s a lovely little town and you<br />
know I absolutely love coming back.<br />
Frome is quite the place to be.<br />
I’VE GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE<br />
CONCERT OF THAT DECADE AND<br />
36 YEARS AGO. OF COURSE, I’M<br />
TALKING ABOUT LIVE AID! WHAT<br />
WAS THAT DAY LIKE FOR YOU AND<br />
YOUR BAND SPANDAU BALLET?<br />
It was an amazing thing. You know like<br />
when something becomes historical in<br />
retrospect when you look back at it. We<br />
knew Live Aid was going to be historic on<br />
the day. There was like two billion people<br />
watching it that day around the world, so<br />
you knew how big is was going to be. It<br />
was a different day to anything we’d ever<br />
done.<br />
The special moment about Live Aid for<br />
me, wasn’t about doing our thing that<br />
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