Stars We made our mind up.. no to £1m
Bucks Fizz have turned down £1million to patch up their long-standing rift with former bandmate Bobby G for a TV reunion.
Eighties icons Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston were given the offer by a top telly production company.
But the band, who won the 1981 Eurovision with massive hit Making Your Mind Up, bluntly rejected the mouth-watering deal.
They have endured a bitter legal battle with Bobby, real name Robert Gubby, over the band’s trademark name. and no longer speak to him.
Jay, 55, said: “We had an offer from a promoter who had a track record of making high-profile TV shows.
“The idea was that we would try to build bridges again with Bobby and have negotiations on camera.
“The company said they’d offer us a million so I spoke to Mike and Cheryl about it but they were a definite ‘no’.”
Mike, 61, added: “We could never work with Bobby again.”
The group, who notched up three No1 singles and eight Top 20 hits in the 80s, will begin a new UK tour in September with another Bobby – Bobby McVay.
He is a Eurovision veteran and was in trio Sweet Dreams, who f inished sixth in 1983 with I’m Never Giving Up.
Cheryl, 62, said: “We have so much more fun now on tour. I wish we’d had Bobby McVay right from the start.
“Bucks Fizz fans have fallen in love with him as much as we have and that’s just so nice.”