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Alannah Joy Currie (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand artist based in London. She is a musician and activist, best known as a former member of the pop band Thompson Twins. Career. Born in New Zealand and trained as a journalist, Currie emigrated to the UK in 1977. Currie squatted in South London.
Alannah Currie is a London based artist who makes work using luxurious veneers around uncomfortable and provocative narratives. She works under the name Miss Pokeno. Born in 1957 in New Zealand, Currie trained as a radio journalist and came to London in 1977 attracted to the idea of a punk revolution. She was part of the South London squat ...
Sep 21, 2023 · THOMPSON Twins star Alannah Currie has turned her back on fame after reaching the top of the charts in the 80s and even having a performance slot in Live Aid.
TOM BAILEY was the front man and songwriter for The Thompson Twins. Alongside his wife Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway, the trio ruled the world’s airwaves in the ’80s, and they played Live Aid ...
Alannah Currie was born on 20 September 1958 in Auckland, New Zealand. She is an actress and composer, known for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Sixteen Candles (1984). She was previously married to Tom Bailey.
Mar 29, 2023 · B ehind the imposing doorway of the Sisters HQ in Borough, south London, is a four-storey hive of mischief. The workshop is the enclave of Alannah Currie, one of pop’s great dissenters, and her shadowy feminist army, the Sisters of Perpetual Resistance.
Thompson Twins in 1985, left to right: Joe Leeway, Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey. Thompson Twins were a British pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield. [3] Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the early and mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom ...
Alannah Currie was born on 20 September 1958 in Auckland, New Zealand. She is an actress and composer, known for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Sixteen Candles (1984).
Alannah Currie, one third of the synth-heavy pop group Thompson Twins, was a fixture on Top of the Pops, which showcased hits such as "Hold Me Now" and "Love On Your...
Apr 16, 2022 · Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie, who were by now a couple, decided to continue as a duo and went straight into the studio to record album number seven, “Close To The Bone”, released in 1987. The best days were now over as “Close To The Bone” and its three singles, failed to reach the audience that had embraced them only two years earlier.
