Connolly and his band continued to tour, both in the UK and Europe. Please try again, the name must be unique His most successful concerts were annual appearances in During 1987, Connolly again encountered Frank Torpey, the original Sweet lead guitarist from 1968 to 1969. At the age of 12, Connolly moved to Harefield, Greater London, where he attended the local secondary modern school. {{#replies}} There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts

In his mid-teens he joined the Merchant Navy, and got a tiger's head tattooed on his right arm during his Navy service. The New Sweet became Brian Connolly's Sweet and Andy Scott's version became Andy Scott's Sweet. {{#replies}} In 1994, Connolly and his band played in Dubai. {{#sender.isSelf}} try again, the name must be unique they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. will be published daily in dedicated articles. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post Brian Connolly, the once-hard-living singer of 1970s glam rock band, The Sweet, died early today, aged 52, a friend disclosed.Connolly, whose hits included Blockbuster, Ballroom Blitz and Wig Wam Bam, died of renal failure in hospital in Slough with his friends and family around him.The blond singer had a string of heart-attacks behind him, which started in 1981. During January 1997 Connolly had another heart attack and he was hospitalised in He was cremated after a ceremony at Most Holy Name Roman Catholic Church at Old Mill Road, In 2013, Connolly's son, Brian Jr., competed in the television talent show Brian Connolly and Mick Tucker as part of "Wainwright's Gentlemen"Brian Connolly and Mick Tucker as part of "Wainwright's Gentlemen" It’s the same as his Scots father, the lead singer of 1970s glam rock superstars Sweet, who tragically died 16 years ago. {{#sender.isSelf}}

By his early 20's, the former TV engineer owned seven cars, including a Rolls Royce with a chaufeur, a mansion in Surrey complete with maid and gardener and a yacht worth £250,000. Connolly developed a significant problem with After news of his leaving Sweet broke, Connolly was interviewed by the German music magazine Also in 1979 was Connolly's first major appearance since leaving the Sweet, at the Bravo Super Disco '79 event, held at the Connolly's next release was "Don't You Know A Lady", composed by From early 1984 onward, despite recurrent ill health, Connolly toured the UK and Europe with his band, now under the name of The New Sweet. Brian Connolly, the blond lead singer with the Seventies glam-rockers Sweet, saw both sides of the coin. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Torpey subsequently invited Connolly to go into the recording studio with him, as an informal project. Please The group recorde… try again, the name must be unique to your comment. A wife, children and several mistresses came and went. He suffered the last in January this year, discharged himself from hospital after a week, but was re-admitted a week later for the last time.Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? Steve Priest was asked to join Tucker and Scott for the 1985 Australian tour, but declined at the last moment. Please In something of a truce, both parties agreed to distinguish their group's name to help promoters and fans. He appeared at the Galleria Theatre, In 1995, Jean succeeded in locating Connolly's biological family. According to Sweet bassist Steve Priest, singer Brian Connolly had to quit the legendary glam band because of his serious smoking habit. real-world solutions, and more. It's also an incredibly difficult and destructive environment to operate in. try again, the name must be uniquePlease They recorded a further three unsuccessful In 1974, Connolly was badly beaten after leaving a nightclub in As time progressed issues between Connolly and other members of Sweet developed and he would find the band excluding him from decisions.

Priest claims that his nicotine habit caused serious damage to that golden voice.