British pop group Simply Red is splitting up after more than 25 years together, the band’sfrontman Mick Hucknall announced on Thursday.

The group, known for hits such as Holding Back The Years and If You Don’t Know Me By Now, alreadyhas itsbreakup date the members willbe going their separate ways at the the end of their 2009 tour. Singer Mick Hucknall of British pop group Simply Red performs in Switzerland in July 2006. He plans to go solo.
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Hucknall, 47, said the band has already recorded its last album, Stay, released in 2006.

Twenty-five years is “long enough for anybody,” said Hucknall in an interview with the Gold radio network in the U.K.

He said he plans to concentrate on his solo career and wants to “invent a new form of music,” influenced by R&B tracks from the 1960s.

“I just want to use my name from 2010 and try and explore something new that’s got a bit more of an edge and a l ... Читать дальше »