![]() ![]() "The 40th year anniversary has triggered everything this time. Instead, they bombarded me in the middle of Porthtowan taking the kids to school - with all the cameras and microphones - about 15 years ago. They wanted to film me coming out of the sea, but I rumbled them. They tried to set me up for a surf lesson, which all sounded a bit weird. Still looking like a sharp pop star at over 60, Graham says: "We briefly got together for the VH1 show Bands Reunited. Graham's pictured third left in the front (Image: BBC) Haircut 100 at the recording of Radio 2's Piano Room with DJ Ken Bruce. There have been Haircuts reunions over the years, but this is the big one. Read next: Cornwall musician who counts Elton John and Lady Gaga as fansĪfter just one album, the classic Pelican West, Haircut 100 folded and Graham formed Boys Wonder (who were Blur before Blur), was guitarist for a Sex Pistol, toured with Iggy Pop and then changed his life forever by moving to Cornwall in 1990. It could all get a lot bigger for Graham in 2023 too with talk of a UK tour. The band, fronted by his old mate Nick Heyward, have just played a much-heralded set for Radio 2's Piano Room with the BBC Concert Orchestra and are preparing for their biggest gig in years, at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in May. What does it feel like being a pop star again? "I've always been a pop star," jokes Graham, who lives in Porthtowan and worked as a tree surgeon when he first moved to Cornwall. ![]() The 1980s popsters - who scored four Top 10 singles in 1981 and '82 with Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl), Love Plus One, Nobody's Fool and Fantastic Day - are back and this time it's for good. You may have even rented a lodge off him, but after 40 years Graham's about to become better known as a member of pop band Haircut 100 again. If you live on the north coast of Cornwall you might recognise Graham Jones as that bloke who lopped some branches off your tree or taught your daughter how to play guitar. ![]()
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