WAYNEHUSSEY

Discovery Centre, Winchester Tuesday, August 27 ticketsource.co.uk

He was in Dead or Alive and The Sisters of Mercy before stepping out on his own and creating goth rock legends The Mission. Wayne Hussey recently released the autobiography, Salad Daze which chronicles his early years, up until he founds the band for which he is best known. And he is about to head out on a 16-date tour which will see Wayne spinning yarns from his welllived life, as well as performing many of the unforgettable tunes that have soundtracked his illustrious career in music. The no-holds-barred book sees Wayne spilling the beans of a life in which he fully embraced the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll lifestyle. Explaining why 2019 was finally the time to release Salad Daze, 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.' 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. Later, leaving Bristol to move to Liverpool, it wasn’t long before he surrendered to excess and debauchery.