Pete Burns
Birth name	Peter Burns
Born	August 5, 1959 (1959-08-05) (age 48)
Origin	Port Sunlight, England
Genre(s)	Pop, Dance, New wave, Hi-NRG
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1979-present
Label(s)	Epic Records Sony Japan Cleopatra Records
Website	The Right Stuff: Official Dead or Alive website

Peter "Pete" Burns (b. August 5, 1959, Port Sunlight, Wirral, England is a British singer/songwriter and the frontman of the Hi-NRG band Dead or Alive, most famous for their number one single, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" in 1985. His father is English and his mother was from Heidelberg in Germany. is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Port Sunlight Port Sunlight is a village on the Wirral (in the North West of England). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... New Wave was a rock music and pop genre and movement that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Hi-NRG (High Energy) is a type of electronic dance music which emerged and then became popular in nightclubs in the early 1980s. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ... Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles based independent record label. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Port Sunlight Port Sunlight is a village on the Wirral (in the North West of England). ... Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula, more commonly known as The Wirral. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Frontman (also front man) is a term referring to the lead singer or band leader of a music group. ... Hi-NRG (High Energy) is a type of electronic dance music which emerged and then became popular in nightclubs in the early 1980s. ... Dead or Alive is a British New Wave band from Liverpool that rose to popularity during the 1980s. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) is a song originally released by Dead or Alive on their 1985 album Youthquake. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

Biography

While building his career, Burns worked at a Liverpool city centre record shop, Probe, that became a meeting-place for musical hopefuls of the time. Before forming Dead or Alive, he was a member of the short-lived Mystery Girls, and then Nightmares in Wax, an early proto-Goth, semi-punk group that formed in Liverpool around 1980. Nightmares in Wax put out a 12" single, "Black Leather", and a 7" single, "Birth of a Nation", each containing the same three songs, but never did an album. Burns has also accused fellow pop star Boy George of copying his style and mainstreaming his unique image. Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... George Alan ODowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham, London) is a rock singer-songwriter. ...

Fame

Known for his blatant sexuality and flamboyant style, Burns shocked audiences in the 1980s with his pre-Boy George androgynous clothing choices, exotic hairstyles and heavy make-up (although he maintains that he is not a transvestic fetishist, and that his wardrobe choices are based on fashion and image rather than sexual enjoyment). Almost as much as his career with Dead or Alive, Burns is known for his ever-changing appearance, which he freely admits has been greatly modified by cosmetic surgery. If referring to a flower, see disambiguation under bisexual Androgyny is the state of indeterminate gender, or characteristics of gender. ... A folded cream-coloured full slip Some men find the sheer fabric of stockings highly enticing Transvestic fetishism is a sexual fetish for the clothing of the opposite gender. ... Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. ...

Burns has had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose jobs and many tattoos. He revealed in early 2006 in a pre-Big Brother interview that he had spent almost all of his life savings on eighteen months of reconstructive surgery after a procedure on his lips went horribly wrong. Polyacrylamide is an acrylate polymer formed from acrylamide subunits that is readily cross-linked. ... Rhinoplasty is a type of cosmetic surgery that is used to improve the appearance of a persons nose. ...

Burns's autobiography, Freak Unique, was released in May 2006. In it, he writes candidly about his life and reveals that he was raped at a young age by a man who was never prosecuted. Burns also writes about his endurance of depression and his harrowing suicide attempts.

In December 2003, the BBC apologised ^[1] to its viewers after Burns swore repeatedly on its pre- 9pm watershed Liquid News show when asked about his views on the Michael Jackson trial. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Watershed is a term used in the United Kingdom (as well as Canada) to describe a time in television schedules beyond which it is permissible to show television programmes which have adult content. It is known in the US as Safe Harbor. Adult content can be generally defined as having... The Liquid News ident Christopher Price presenting a Liquid News programme Liquid News was the daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three (formerly BBC Choice) running from May 30, 2000 to April 1, 2004. ... The People of The State of California v. ...

Burns and his wife, Lynne Corlett, divorced in 2006 after more than twenty-five years of marriage. On 9 February 2006, in an interview with Channel 4's Richard and Judy, Burns and his boyfriend, Michael Simpson, publicly announced their engagement, displaying matching rings made for them by the designer Vivienne Westwood. However, only a day after the announcement, Burns said that the engagement was off, as Simpson was finding it hard to deal with his new recognition by the public. is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are married co-stars of British daytime television programmes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In January 2007 Burns announced that he was planning to sue the cosmetic surgeon who carried out the botched lip for £1 million^[2]. He also plans to introduce his own line of cosmetics.^{[citation needed]}.

Burns was arrested in March 2007 after a fight broke out between himself and Simpson. The couple are still together, as Burns has confirmed numerous times.^[3]

In November 2006, Burns recounted his and others' similar experiences of botched operations in a TV special entitled Pete Burns' Cosmetic Surgery Nightmares for the UK ITV network. Cameras followed Burns around through his recent arrest, and his determination to get his career back on track in the documentary, Pete Burns Unspun on Living TV. On July 6, 2007, it was reported that Pete Burns formed a civil partnership with his long-term partner, Michael Simpson, at a ceremony held in Central London; friends and family of both were present at the ceremony. A Television Special is a television program that is essentially a television movie or a short film usually intended to be broadcast sporadically, typically once a year at most. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Living is a British television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. ... A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing homosexual couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married heterosexuals (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by couples of differing sexes who do not...

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He appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap, which aired on 30 September 2007, where he lived with Neil Ruddock for five days. Simpson also took part in this programme. Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by UK independent TV production company RDF Media. ... Neil Razor Ruddock (born 9 May 1968 in Wandsworth, London) was an English footballer, playing as a central defender. ...

Pete Burns (right) dancing with George Galloway on Celebrity Big Brother.

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Celebrity Big Brother UK 2006

Burns appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother 2006 in the UK, eventually coming fifth on the show's final episode. After he claimed that his coat was made from gorilla skin, police removed the coat from the house, without Burns' knowledge or consent, for testing. Ownership of products made from gorilla is illegal in the UK without a licence. Tests found the coat was in fact made of Colobus monkeys, another endangered species. As a result the case was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service who determined that the pelts used to make the coat were imported before 1975, when it became illegal to import Colobus fur, and as such will not be pressing charges ^[4]. This greatly upset animal rights campaigners ^[5]. This article is about the British television station. ... // Celebrity Big Brother 6 was the fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother UK. The series started on 5 January 2006 and finished on 27 January 2006, running for three weeks. ... Type species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 distribution of Gorilla Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling omnivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ... Species Colobus satanas Colobus angolensis Colobus polykomos Colobus vellerosus Colobus guereza Black-and-white colobus are the Old World monkeys which bear a striking resemblance to skunks. ... The Siberian Tiger is a subspecies of tiger that are critically endangered. ... The Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales. ...

The show also saw Burns gain new fans and critics alike after his scathing verbal attacks on other housemates, most notably former page three girl Jodie Marsh and former Baywatch star Traci Bingham. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jodie Louisa Marsh, born 23 December 1978, is an English softcore model, best known for appearing topless in numerous publications and photographs and her high profile feud with numerous other celebrities. ... Baywatch was a popular American television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California. ... Traci Bingham (born on January 13, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an Actress, Glamour model and Television personality best known for playing the role of Jordan Tate on the television series Baywatch between 1996 and 1998. ...

After his stint on Celebrity Big Brother he has since appeared as a guest presenter for the Big Brother spin off show, Big Brother's Big Mouth, Burns presented four shows in August 2007.

Pete's PA

Burns is currently involved in Pete's PA, a UK Reality TV series on Living TV in which contestants compete to become his personal assistant (PA). The series takes place over ten weeks as potential PA's where pitted against each other in a series of challenges. Pete's PA began airing on October 8, 2007. Burns was assisted by celebrity personal assistant Donna Coulling and business psychologist Dr. Rob Yeung. Petes PA is a British reality television series which is broadcast on LIVINGtv. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Living is a British television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. ... A personal assistant, personal aide, or PA for short, is someone who assists in daily personal tasks. ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rob Yeung is a British business psychologist and management author. ...

Popularity

Yahoo! UK revealed that Burns was the second (behind Heather Mills McCartney) most-searched keyword in 2006 in their annual top ten search results. ^[6] Heather, Lady McCartney (born 12 January 1968 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England), usually known as Heather Mills or Heather Mills McCartney, is a campaigner on behalf of several causes, including amputees, the curtailment of land mines and animal rights. ...

References

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External links

• Dead or Alive - Official Site
• The Italian Website - by Carlo Ottavi
• Pete Burns at the Internet Movie Database
• "Where Are They Now?" from the BBC