Kim Wilde: 'I did get caught out with a few bad habits, especially with alcohol'

30  years on from her heyday, Kim Wilde is back on the road and has a new album, write Casey Cooper-Fiske and Naomi Clarke
Kim Wilde: 'I did get caught out with a few bad habits, especially with alcohol'

Kim Wilde plays in Ireland in April. Picture: Sean Vincent

Thrust into the limelight in her 20s as her debut single Kids In America stormed to number two in the UK singles chart, Kim Wilde was thrown into the temptations of the music industry at an early age.

But now at the age of 64, the Brit Award-winning pop star is proud of the way her younger self handled fame, even if she did allow herself a few indulgences.

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