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Did you manage to grab a copy of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood - At Radio One exclusive vinyl for Record Store Day on the weekend?

๐Ÿ“ท Jeffrey Wrye

#RecordStoreDay2026 #RSD26

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Performing 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' on tour last year, at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Here's a gig throwback, FGTH headlined two nights at the Hammersmith Odeon in London this week in 1985. Take a look at this very rare video from one of the shows, performing 'Relax'. Who else had a ticket?

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Happy 35th Anniversary to my second solo album 'Dreams That Money Can't Buy', released on this day in 1991.

Photo by Trevor Leighton at Ridge Farm Studios during the โ€˜Dreams That Money Cant Buyโ€™ session, where I also recorded โ€˜WARโ€™ And โ€˜Love Has Got A Gunโ€™ with FGTH

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๐ŸŽž๏ธ Another snap I found whilst digging through my archives: photographed in Parson's Green during the late '80s. Possibly taken by Marco Cesare on my Camera

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Artist Charlie Barnett with musician Holly Johnson

Artist Charlie Barnett with musician Holly Johnson

Son Charlie works at Sailors Jail gallery in Falmouth (which also sells his art) and was buzzing when @mrhollyjohnson.bsky.social popped in.

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He's a very nice and talented young man , it was my pleasure to meet him

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"And that's all it was - a theatrical event."

Looking back on Frankie Goes To Hollywood's performance of 'Warriors Of The Wasteland' at Montreux Rock Festival, in this 1986 interview with Musical Box.

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In case you missed it: here are my upcoming live shows and headline slots! I'm excited to see you all this summer. Tickets are available now via the link in my bio.

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Iโ€™m playing the legends slot at this year's Pride On The Park Brighton! ๐ŸŒˆ

I canโ€™t wait to see you all on Sunday 2nd August for the 35th Brighton & Hove Pride, tickets are on sale now: prideonthepark.co.uk/tickets/

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Performing 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' on Top of the Pops, this month in 1985. Wearing Antony Price exaggerated Military silhouette for this Over The Top Stage outfit .

Where did you first discover this single?

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My single 'Americanos' was released today in 1989, performed here that same year at Rock Over in Amsterdam ๐ŸŽธ

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My cover and exclusive interview with Classic Pop Magazine is available to buy now!

You can get your copy here: www.classicpopmag.com/magazine/cla...

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Moving at one million miles an hour...

'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' was released as a single on this day in 1985 ๐Ÿ’ซ

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My first show of 2026! It was great to be back on stage playing The Retro Festival at the Hotel Schweizerhof, and seeing the wonderful sights of Lucerne ๐Ÿคฉ

๐Ÿ“ธ Festival photos by Marc Gilgen

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The view from my room at Lake Lucern . How lucky to get a show here . The Jacksons are playing on Saturday night . I'm on tonight at The Retro Festival !

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From my archives: With Jayne Casey in the Jukebox Room at Ericโ€™s Club, Liverpool. We were both in Big In Japan, and I also formed a duo with Jayne called The Sausages From Mars. We sang โ€œIโ€™m Sticking With Youโ€ by The Velvet Underground, and got offered a record deal.

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Some of the films and TV shows that have featured "Relax" through the years, which ones have you seen?

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Performing 'Penny Arcade' at the Baloise Session in 2022, one of my favourite songs from 'Dreams That Money Canโ€™t Buy' and to perform live. The song was inspired by the 1975 documentary 'Johnny Go Home' which had an impact on my teenage mind.

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Another unseen snap from my archives: photographed with Julie and Marie Muscatelli, also known as The Leather Pets, backstage at The State Ballrooms in Liverpool.

Photo courtesy of Sharon Johnson.

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On this day in 1991, 'Across The Universe' was released as the second single from my album 'Dreams That Money Can't Buy', along with the B-side 'Funky Paradise' ๐Ÿš€.

You can revisit the album here: lnk.to/DreamsThatMo...

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Who had a 'Frankie Say' t-shirt?

๐Ÿ“ธ Frankie fans wearing bootleg shirts outside The Tube studios, photographed by Virginia Turbett

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Going through my archives recently I found some unseen gems from over the years, hereโ€™s the first from my collection: a contact sheet photographed by John Stoddart in Liverpool, 1982. ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

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'Watching the Widlife' was released this week in 1987 as a single from the album 'Liverpool'. Here we are performing the song on the Dutch popshow "Countdown" that same year, it was Frankie Goes To Hollywood's last TV appearance.

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Reflecting on the success of 'Blast' in conversation with The Arts Desk, 2014.

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The moment Frankie Goes To Hollywood won Best Newcomer at the BRIT Awards, this month in 1985. Our single 'Relax' won Best British Single of 1984 and got the most votes from Radio 1 listeners, despite it being banned by the BBC...

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Taking you on a spin through my studio albums, which era is your favourite? ๐Ÿ’ฝ

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood's BBC Radio One sessions from 1982-83 are being released on vinyl for the first time, available April 18th for Record Store Day.

Don't miss out! Find your local participating record shop: recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...

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Iโ€™m happy to share I'll be headlining more shows this year:

13/3/26 - The Retro Festival, Lucerne
18/7/26 - 80s Live, Hamburg
8/8/26 - 80s Live, Frankfurt

Tickets are available now, as well as for my other live dates: linktr.ee/mrhollyjohnson

๐Ÿ“ธ Karel Uyttendaele

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๐Ÿ“น Playing Montreux Rock Festival with Frankie in Switzerland, 1985.

"It was just like an edition of Top of the Pops, but in this glamorous location in Montreux where Freddie Mercury would have parties on a yatch and Davie Bowie lived up the road." - speaking to Greatest Hits Radio in 2023.

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