“I’m actually quite hilarious” AN AUDIENCE WITH PETER MURPHY
“I’m a performer. I’m the bloke who walks out with a bit of lippy on, points at lights and sings”
IT’S not a course of action he would recommend to everyone hoping to get their band back together, but Peter Murphy attributes the current Bauhaus reunion to having a heart attack. He was about to take the stage for a solo show in New York in August 2019 when he “felt slightly dizzy and had aching arms, the classic symptoms. But I’m one of those people who go, ‘No, I’m OK, don’t worry about it.’” The consummate performer, he even managed to finish the gig – “people thought it was an amazing show” – before his tour manager dragged him to hospital, where he was put into an induced coma and had stents placed in his heart. “During that time, some resistance within the band evaporated. I think it was due to the emotional factor: I almost died. Once one is that close to death, you do appreciate everything.”
Within weeks, Murphy had made a
