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Thomas Alexander Bailey (born 18 January 1954) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. Bailey came to prominence in the early 1980s as the lead vocalist for the new wave band Thompson Twins, which released five singles that entered the top ten charts in the United Kingdom during the 1980s: "Love On Your Side", "We Are Detective", "Hold Me Now", "Doctor! Doctor!", and "You Take Me Up". He was the only member of the band to have formal musical training. From 1994, Bailey was also a member of its later incarnation, Babble, releasing two commercially unsuccessful studio albums.

Tom Bailey
Bailey performing live on the Retro Futura Tour in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Alexander Bailey
Born	(1954-01-18) 18 January 1954 (age 68) Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Origin	Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Genres	New wave pop post-punk alternative rock dance-pop alternative dance synth-pop indie rock worldbeat house dub indian music
Occupation(s)	Singer musician songwriter composer record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals keyboards synthesiser piano guitar bass guitar upright bass harmonica percussion
Years active	1975–present
Labels	Arista Records Warner Bros. Records
Formerly of	Thompson Twins Babble International Observer Bailey-Salgado Project
Website	thompsontwinstombailey.co.uk

He currently works in various musical fields including scoring for film. He records and performs dub music under the name International Observer and Indo-fusion music with the Holiwater Project. He also collaborated with astronomer and visual artist José Francisco Salgado as part of the audio-visual ensemble Bailey-Salgado Project (BSP).

Early life and education

Tom Bailey grew up in a family associated with the medical profession. His father was the Medical Officer of Health for Chesterfield Borough Council, and Bailey was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School. After training as a classical pianist, Bailey initially worked as a music teacher at Brook School, Sheffield. In his late teens and early twenties, he travelled the world.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

1977–1993: Thompson Twins

Bailey formed the Thompson Twins in 1977 with Pete Dodd (guitar/vocals), John Roog (guitar), and Jon Podgorski (drums). Podgorski did not want to move to London, so Andrew Edge played drums with them for one year before Chris Bell joined.[1] The group eventually ended up as a trio with Bailey on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards, his then girlfriend Alannah Currie (percussion, saxophone, and vocals), and Joe Leeway (percussion and vocals).[1] The Thompson Twins became fixtures on MTV during the 1980s as the videos for "Hold Me Now", "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "King for a Day" were played frequently.[1] Subsequent to the marriage of Bailey and Currie, Thompson Twins released their final album, Queer, in 1991.

1993–1996: Babble

In 1994, Bailey and Currie formed the electronica-orientated duo, Babble.[1]

2000s: International Observer

Between 2001 and 2015, Tom Bailey released several dub/electronica albums under the name International Observer.

2010s: Tom Bailey Solo

Tom Bailey performed Thompson Twins songs live for the first time in 27 years on 17 August 2014 at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire for the Rewind Festival.[2]

Also in 2014, Tom Bailey took part in the Retro Futura Tour in the USA. He was billed under the moniker "Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey." The 2014 Retro Futura Tour also featured Howard Jones, Midge Ure, China Crisis, and Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves.[3] During an interview with the Stuck in the '80s podcast prior to the tour, Tom Bailey said that while preparing for his return to the stage he went to a store and bought a Thompson Twins greatest-hits CD to help him learn the songs again.[4]

In 2016, Tom Bailey released a new solo single entitled "Come So Far", which included a music video.[5]

On 25 April 2017 the official Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey website announced that Bailey was recording his debut solo album and that he hoped to release the album in early 2018. The album, entitled Science Fiction, was released in July 2018.[6] To promote the album, Bailey toured the United States and United Kingdom with The B-52s, Culture Club, and Belinda Carlisle as part of The Life Tour.[7][8]

2020s: Into The Gap Australian Tour

In October 2022, Tom Bailey performed the "Into The Gap" Album in its entirety in Australia, (along with his band known as “The Sisters of Mercy”), having recently moved back to New Zealand full time from his home in London.

Dates and Venues: Thu 20 Oct 2022 The Tivoli, Brisbane - Sat 22 Oct 2022 Enmore Theatre, Sydney - Sun 23 Oct 2022 Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul - Wed 26 Oct 2022 Canberra Theatre, Canberra - Thu 27 Oct 2022 Northcote Theatre, Melbourne - Fri 28 Oct 2022 The Gov, Adelaide - Sun 30 Oct 2022 Astor Theatre, Perth.

Set List Northcote Theatre: 1. In The Name of Love 2. Science Fiction 3. Lies 4. Lay Your Hands on Me 5. If You Were Here 6. Psycho Killer (Talking Heads Cover) 7. The Gap 8. Day After Day 9. Sister of Mercy 10. No Peace for the Wicked 11. Storm on the Sea 12. You Take Me Up 13. Who Can Stop the Rain 14. Doctor! Doctor! 15. Hold Me Now - Encore 16. - Love on Your Side

Musical collaborations

In 1988 Bailey collaborated with Phil Thornalley, who worked frequently with the Thompson Twins, on Thornalley's only solo album, Swamp. Aside from playing instruments, Bailey also produced three tracks, remixed three tracks along with Thornalley and co-wrote the track "When I Get to Heaven".[9][10]

In 1999 Bailey produced the New Zealand band Stellar, and in 1999 he won Record Producer of the Year in New Zealand for their debut album, Mix.[11]

In 2002 Bailey became the figurehead for the dub project International Observer. Recent performances with 'Holiwater', a cinematic fusion of Indian classical music (Sarod- Vikash Maharaj), electronica (keyboards – Bailey) and video (film maker – Andrei Jewell), blur boundaries between art installation and performance. The band was formed to highlight issues of water pollution on the Ganges.

In 2010 Bailey and astronomer and visual artist José Francisco Salgado formed an audiovisual ensemble called Bailey-Salgado Project (BSP). BSP combines music with photography, video, and motion graphics to create multimedia works that have as subject the physical world. Their first work together, a short film entitled Sidereal Motion, was previewed in Bath, England in October 2010.[12]

Personal life

Bailey was married to fellow band member Alannah Currie from 1991 to 2003. They have two children. As of 2014, Bailey lives in France with his second wife, artist Lauren Drescher.[13] He has homes in New Zealand, France, and London.[14] Bailey has been vocal about his choice to be a vegan, and he does not drink or use recreational drugs.[14]

Discography

Solo albums

• Science Fiction (2018), UK#166 SCO#68

with Thompson Twins

• A Product Of... (Participation) (1981)
• Set (1982)
• Quick Step and Side Kick (1983)
• Into the Gap (1984)
• Here's to Future Days (1985)
• Close to the Bone (1987)
• Big Trash (1989)
• Queer (1991)

with Babble

• The Stone (1994)
• Ether (1996)

Gallery

• 
  Bailey singing
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  Bailey playing the keyboard
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  Bailey singing

See also

• List of vegans

References

External links

• Holiwater official site
• Bailey-Salgado Project (BSP) official site
• Tom Bailey interview with Stuck in the '80s podcast

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Thomas Alexander "Tom" Bailey (nacido el 18 de enero de 1954 en Halifax, Yorkshire del Oeste) es un cantante británico del género new wave. Es conocido por haber sido el miembro fundador del grupo Thompson Twins.

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