#Depeche mode best of rara series#

There was a time when they were regarded as girl-pop lightweights next to the likes of ABC, The Human League, Depeche Mode and Japan.

They didnвЂ™t always elicit such enthusiasm.

Already they are all over the tabloids, broadsheets and social media like a new pop rash.

#Depeche mode best of rara series#

ThatвЂ™s because Fahey is here with Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin, making this the first time all three вЂ™Nanas have been spied together in public for 30 years, give or take their brief reunion in 1998 for Channel 4вЂ™s Eurotrash and a 2002 performance at London club night G-A-Y.ДЄ little nudging of oneвЂ™s neighbourвЂ™s ribs is allowed вЂ“ after all, it is only hours since they announced that they will be reforming for a series of gigs later this year. Meanwhile, despite the busy, bustling scene вЂ“ itвЂ™s lunchtime at one of the capitalвЂ™s chic-est eateries вЂ“ the diners are feigning interest in their seared salmon and quinoa. вЂњWe were best mates before we startedвЂ¦ thereвЂ™s always this bondвЂќ вЂ“ Fahey You can imagine her coolly appending a вЂњdahlinkвЂќ to her sentence, in the manner of an aristocratic German dowager from a bygone era. ItвЂ™s partly jet-lag вЂ“ she has just flown in from Los Angeles, where she lives (she also owns a place in East London) вЂ“ and partly just the way she speaks. вЂњThatвЂ™s because we are ,вЂќ Siobhan Fahey states the obvious in her husky drawl. In fact, itвЂ™s Classic PopвЂ™s opening gambit: to remark on how incredibly like Bananarama they look. ThatвЂ™s the most striking thing about them. And theyвЂ™re looking fabulous, all three of them, smartly dressed in matching black, sitting in a row on a bench seat in the restaurant of a London hotel. Yes, the girl group with edge вЂ“ and an entry in the Guinness Book Of Records as the all-female outfit with the most chart entries in the world вЂ“ are, as Smash Hits would have it, back, back, BACK. Welcome back from suspended animation on Mars вЂ“ or rather, вЂVenusвЂ™ вЂ“ if you havenвЂ™t heard: Bananarama have reformed. How did that happen? Classic Pop finds outвЂ¦ We heard a rumourвЂ¦turns out itвЂ™s true! Bananarama are back in their original incarnation after 30 years apart.