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Pete Burns Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Pete Burns Biography

Pete Burns is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on August 5, 1959 in England, United Kingdom. English pop singer from England who released the hit song “You Spin Me Round” along with the group Dead or Alive.

He appeared briefly on television screen alongside He briefly shared the screen with Jimmy Savile on Celebrity Big Brother. on Celebrity Big Brother.

Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and television personality. In 1979 he founded the band Nightmares In Wax; in 1980 changes were made to the band’s line-up and the name was changed to Dead or Alive. Burns was the group’s vocalist and songwriter. The band rose to mainstream success with their 1984 single “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”.

While building his career, Burns worked at a Liverpool record shop, Probe Records, which became a meeting place for local musicians. Burns was notorious for his maltreatment of customers, sometimes throwing their purchases at them because he disapproved of their selection. Burns first performed as a member of the short-lived Mystery Girls, who gave only one performance, supporting Sham 69 in November 1977, and comprised Burns, Pete Wylie and Julian Cope. Cope stated that Burns’s performing style drew on that of the transgender punk performer Wayne County.

He was wed to Lynne Corlett from 1978 until 2006. He then was briefly married with Michael Simpson from 2007 until 2008.

NamePete Burns
First NamePete
Last NameBurns
OccupationPop Singer
BirthdayAugust 5
Birth Year1959
Place of Birth
Home TownEngland
Birth CountryUnited Kingdom
Birth SignLeo
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseMichael Simpson , Lynne Corlett
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Burns married Lynne Corlett in Liverpool on 8 August 1980. He met Corlett in a Liverpool hair salon where they both worked. They divorced in 2006. He entered a civil partnership with his boyfriend Michael Simpson shortly afterward in 2007. Burns stated in a Howard Stern interview that his husband has a daughter. Burns and Simpson also owned a cat, which can be seen in many of Burns’ television appearances.

Pete Burns Net Worth

Pete Burns is one of the richest Pop Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pete Burns's net worth $500 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He formed Dead or Alive in 1980 at the age 21. Before he was thrust into the limelight with Dead or Alive, he was a part of Mystery Girls and Nightmares in Wax.

He was back in the spotlight after he appeared in the 2006 season on Celebrity Big Brother.

Peter Jozzeppi Burns was born on 5 August 1959 in Port Sunlight, Cheshire. He had an older brother named Tony (born 1948). Although the two scarcely saw each other, they got on well and liked to listen to records together. Like Burns, Tony was an aspiring pop star. Burns’ mother, Evelina Maria Bettina Quittner von Hudec (1913–1987), was German and hailed from Heidelberg. As her father was Jewish, she moved to Vienna to escape the Nazis. At a tea dance in Vienna, she met an English soldier from Liverpool named Francis Burns. Evelina was 46 years old when she gave birth to Burns. He later wrote of his childhood in his autobiography Freak Unique in which he described his mother’s alcoholism and suicide attempts but maintained that she was “absolutely the best mother in the world”.

Net Worth$500 Thousand
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomePop Singer
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

After a minor hit in 1984 with a cover version of “That’s the Way (I Like It)”, the band had a number one hit in the UK in 1985 with “You Spin Me Round”. The song went on to become a hit all over the world, including the US where it reached the Top 20.

In the mid-1990s Burns collaborated with the Italian Eurodance duo Glam to produce the single “Sex Drive”, which was later re-recorded for Dead or Alive’s album Nukleopatra. In the early 2000s Burns recorded the single “Jack and Jill Party” with the Pet Shop Boys.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Pete Burns height 5 ft 11 in Pete weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 ft 11 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

Burns was next in Nightmares in Wax, a group that formed in Liverpool in 1979; they released a 12″ single, “Black Leather”, and a 7″ single, “Birth of a Nation”, each containing the same three songs, but never produced an album. In 1980, after replacing several members, Burns changed their name to Dead or Alive.

Paparazzi followed Burns around after his arrest for assault in 2006 (the charges were later dropped) and his attempts to revive his career premiered in the documentary Pete Burns Unspun on Living TV, where he lived with a fan due to court conditions. Burns was declared bankrupt in December 2014 and was evicted from a rented flat in April 2015 for non-payment of over £34,000 in rent.

Who is Pete Burns Dating?

According to our records, Pete Burns married to Michael Simpson , Lynne Corlett . As of December 1, 2023, Pete Burns’s is not dating anyone.

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In December 2003 the BBC apologised to its viewers after Burns swore repeatedly on its pre-9pm watershed Liquid News show when asked about his views on the Michael Jackson trial.

Facts & Trivia

Pete Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Pete Burns celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

In early 2006 Burns revealed in an interview that he had spent most of his life savings on 18 months of reconstructive surgery after a cosmetic procedure on his lips went wrong. In January 2007, he announced that he was planning to sue the cosmetic surgeon, Maurizio Viel, who performed his faulty lip surgery, for £1 million. Surgery-related health problems experienced by Burns included pulmonary embolisms and near-fatal blood clots.

What was Pete Burns cause of death?

Cardiac arrest

Why did Pete Burns wear an eye patch?

Pete was due to appear on Top Of The Pops with his band and decided to put an eye patch on to hide the side of his nose that was bad.

What happened to lead singer of Dead or Alive?

Dead or Alive founder and lead singer Pete Burns died Sunday at the age of 57. The singer died following a massive cardiac arrest, according to his official Twitter.

How much money did Pete Burns have?

Net Worth:-$250 Thousand
Profession:Singer, Singer-songwriter
Nationality:England

Who sang the original song You Spin Me Right Round?

Dead or Alive

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