Perhaps best known as the frontman of totemic goth rock outfit The Mission, Wayne Hussey is out on an extensive solo UK tour in support of his autobiography, Salad Daze.
As part of the run, which visits Bedford this week, Wayne will spin yarns of a legendary life in rock ’n’ roll, and perform many of the unforgettable tunes that have soundtracked his illustrious career in music.
Born in Bristol and raised as a Mormon, Wayne had his epiphany as a young boy watching Marc Bolan and T. Rex on Top Of The Pops.
Seeing his destiny in a blinding flash of glitter, mascara and dark curls, he decided he was going to be a rock star too.
Later, leaving Bristol to move to Liverpool – home of his beloved Liverpool Football Club and birthplace his favourite band, The Beatles – it wasn’t long before Wayne surrendered to excess and debauchery as he gained international recognition and notoriety as lead singer and principal songwriter in The Mission, after previously being guitarist with The Sisters Of Mercy, Dead Or Alive, and a member of Pauline Murray’s Invisible Girls.
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Explaining why 2019 was finally the time to tell his story, Wayne says: “I’d recorded seven albums in eight years, and by the time we’d finished the last Mission album in 2016 I felt creatively exhausted and needed to do something else for a while.
“I’d been approached about writing an autobiography but always felt I’d rather make music than write a book.
“With my 60th birthday fast approaching it just felt like the right time to sit down and recall my life. It’s a strange thing, writing about yourself. There’s a certain conceit involved, that your life warrants recording and might be of interest to someone else, and it took me a while to come to terms with that premise. But once I did I thoroughly enjoyed the process.”
See Wayne at Bedford Esquires on Wednesday (October 23). To book tickets click here
