East 17 News

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Every year, pop stars vie for the Christmas number-one spot. Why? Because a good seasonal hit never dies... Nick Duerden meets the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future Rex Features Shane MacGowan gets in to the festive spirit for the Fairytale of New York in 1987 August 1994, at what was fast approaching the height of Walthamstow-boy-band ...

East 17 have reportedly confirmed that they will reunite as a four-piece for a one-off performance this weekend.

In the 1980s and 1990s Tom Watkins was the manager of pop bands such as Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17.

So the big news last night was the appearance of East 17 at the Dance Lounge. Maybe it's the seen-The-Whip-100-times ennui of a music journo, maybe it's nostalgia, and of course there's a dash of irony there, but I was pretty excited to catch Brian "I can eat twelve Es and be fine" Harvey and the other two - and two delays meant by the time they ...

Fans' enjoyment of East 17 's show last night at the Glastonbury festival was interrupted by the news that Michael Jackson had died of a heart attack in Los Angeles .

The music is due to begin at Glastonbury Festival with revellers arriving in their thousands hopeful the threatened showers hold off.

As a 10-year-old, Nicky Carvell idolised pop singer Brian Harvey. Now 15 years later, she has turned the singer in Nineties boyband East 17 - named after the Walthamstow postcode in which he grew up - into the star of her art college graduation show.