www.musicweek.com PROFILE MATT GOSS
‘MY LABEL TEAM ARE VERY PASSIONATE’
Two decades after Bros bowed out, Matt Goss has reinvented himself as a Sinatra-style solo star in Vegas with huge success. Now with his UK record label Decca - supported by Capitol in the US - he’s gearing up for a big comeback on this side of the Atlantic
TALENT n BY TINA HART
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hen Music Week phones Matt Goss it’s 1.30 in the morning in Los Angeles. We’ve called to speak about his
forthcoming album, but Goss is looking even further ahead; the singer says he’s spent the day in a recording session for its follow-up, alongside his formidable partner-in-crime, producer extraordinaire Ron Fair (now the chief creative officer / EVP of Virgin). The boy from Peckham has racked up 27 years
of music industry experience, and reinvented himself from a UK teen-pop idol to a US star entertainer and modern-day crooner. He’s clocked up a five-year stint (and counting)
in Las Vegas, the last three years at Caesars Palace; his critically-acclaimed weekly headline gig in The Gossy Room that has been dubbed the ‘Hottest Show in Vegas’ by the LA Times. And now he’s coming for the UK. After proving his worth by selling out the Royal
Albert Hall in late 2011 as an unsigned artist, Goss is now back with a new record - the Capitol/Decca- issued Life You Imagine - and a UK tour that looks likely to cement his modern reputation as a rat pack-esque smoothie. He’s come a heck of a long way since Bros…
“When you sell out the Royal Albert Hall by yourself, there’s an independence there. Maybe in a rebellious way that was important for me” MATT GOSS
You were unsigned when you played the Royal Albert Hall in 2011. How did you end up being back on majors - Capitol in the US and Decca in the UK? When you sell out the Royal Albert hall by yourself, there’s an independence there - you go, ‘I know that I’m meant to have a record company and a big team to play the Royal Albert Hall.’ Maybe in a kind of rebellious way it was important for me. I think people noticed and respected that I just decided to push a very big button, playing a venue like that. Obviously I do all the shows at Caesars Palace as well. This is my fifth year in Vegas. So it’s very organic. I was writing this album [back in 2011], Ron [Fair] heard it and said ‘Okay, I want to produce this record.’ The rest is history. Ron and I just made the best album we could.
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