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    PAUL HEATON

    Oct 17, 2022 5 minutes

    1978 THE YEAR HEATON TURNS 16

    Synthetic insulin is produced for the first time

    Sweden becomes the first nation to ban aerosol sprays

    Sid Vicious is charged with the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen

    I was already really into music. I was lapping up absolutely everything – blues, soul, punk, new wave. My mum took me to quite a few different gigs, so by 16 I had already seen The Stylistics and Brook Benton, and by 18 I had seen Stevie Wonder, The Clash, The Jam. So I was very lucky in that respect. Going to those gigs together was something my mum and I did at a certain time in our lives; we never did it again after I left home when I was about 21. My mum and dad carried on going to concerts of course, but without me. But it was obviously quite a big influence

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