Mick Hucknall and Co. are currently embarking on their 30th Anniversary tour, despite announcing their retirement in 2010.

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Simply Red star Mick Hucknall has backed opposition by locals to plans for Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm in Donegal.

Mick Hucknall is to revive chart-topping act Simply Red for a 30th anniversary tour next year – five years after retiring in the wake of a farewell tour.

Red will be in fashion next month as the fifth Redhead Convention welcomes people from all over the world to Crosshaven in Co Cork.

Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall and saxophone player Chris De Margary have reached a settlement with a neighbour over hunting rights in Co Donegal.

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Rod Stewart wants to reform 70s band the Faces with former bandmate Ronnie Wood.

IN June, 2007, then 41-year-old Sarah Primmer, from Plymouth, in England, was awarded £18,000 in compensation for having been bullied at work. The former kebab shop employee had been taunted about her red hair and its perceived, inherent sexual characteristics.

Stephen McMahon’s debut album, Half Blind, refers to his injuries after a car crash six years ago. Writing songs has sustained him through recovery and a relationship break-up, says Colette Sheridan

Rod Stewart says One Direction need "protection" from the pitfalls of fame.

Acts such as Stereophonics and chart-topper Gabrielle Aplin are to take part in a re-staging of a mammoth famed Beatles recording session exactly 50 years on.

GIG WISE: It’s the hottest ticket in town … Dingle town at least, and probably the entire country.

MUSIC NEWS: Noel Gallagher managed to win his own gold medal for sibling wind-ups at last week’s Olympics closing ceremony.

The entertainment world has led tributes to Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, after the “musical giant” lost a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 62.

The entertainment world has led tributes to Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb after the “musical giant” lost a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 62.

Ronnie Wood has removed all the alcohol the home bar of his Irish mansion on his girlfriend's wishes.

Mick Hucknall feels he has been “set free” now Simply Red are splitting up.

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SIMPLY Red star Mick Hucknall has issued “a public apology” to the hundreds of women he slept with at the height of his fame.

Rolling Stones guitarists Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards both have “itchy feet” to tour with the band.

A HOST of celebrities from footballers to film stars appear in the pages of Tony Blair’s memoirs.

Noel Gallagher wants to tour with The Faces.

Seventies chart stars The Faces are to reunite, with Mick Hucknall taking Rod Stewart’s role, it was announced today.

Ronnie Wood is working with Mick Hucknall on The Faces reunion.

BRITAIN’S Got Talent unearthed a “young Mick Hucknall” during the latest auditions.

Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall has filed suit against another major record label - a year after resolving a seven-year legal battle with another music company.

Kelly Osbourne is to make her big screen debut – as an animated character in an advert for Virgin Media.

Simply Red has developed a bad case of the blues, but frontman Mick Hucknall is delighted.

Justin Rose has already begun preparations for what he admits will be a poignant return to Royal Birkdale for the Open Championship later this year.

Simply Red star Mick Hucknall has branded those who mock redheads as "racist".

Musician Mick Hucknall has vowed never to perform his biggest hits again - because he is desperate to rid himself of his Simply Red connections.

Simply Red is splitting up a quarter of a century after the band was formed, Mick Hucknall revealed today.

Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall looks to be finally settling down - he has become a dad for the first time.

A host of top music performers, including Mercury Prize winners Franz Ferdinand, will come together for a concert to help the people of Sudan tonight.

American Idol judge Simon Cowell is easily annoyed by many celebrities, but rates Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall as his least favourite star.

The life and times of the great American songwriter-composer Cole Porter, portrayed by Kline, in one of his best ever performances.

The “world’s biggest bootlegger”, who pocketed up to £15m (€22.5m) ripping off some of showbusiness’s top names, was jailed for three and a half years today.

Rocker Rod Stewart is hoping to prove he’s got hot legs when he captains a football squad in Italy.

Chart star Robbie Williams is the music world’s biggest winner of 2003, according to a new list of the all-time greats today.

RAP star Ms Dynamite added to her clutch of glittering prizes yesterday when she was named favourite female vocalist at the Capital FM Help A London Child Awards.

Simply Red star Mick Hucknall has ambitions to sit in the English House Of Lords.

Comedian Johnny Vegas and singer Jennifer Lopez are the celebrities with the most “come to bed” eyes, according to a survey published today.