Thirty years after toppg the charts Frankie Go To Hollywood, Holly Johnson is back wh a solo album. He talks to <strong>Craig McLean</strong> about gay rights, jet-set stunts and the Ge
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HOW FRANKIE GO TO HOLLYWOOD’S GAY, CONTROVERSIAL MIC VIOS SHAPED THE ’80S
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