Matt Goss
Matthew Weston Goss is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of 1980s pop group Bros, which also featured his twin brother Luke as the drummer.
Early life
Goss was born on 29 September 1968 at Lewisham Hospital, in the London borough of Lewisham. He is the twin and younger brother of Luke Goss.Career
The Bros band
The Goss twins, Matt and Luke, and their friend Craig Logan were just schoolboys when they became famous in 1986. They sold 16 million records worldwide, hit the number one spot with tracks including "I Owe You Nothing" and "When Will I Be Famous?". Matt went on to become the youngest artist to headline Wembley Stadium, performing to 77,000 fans.Bros amassed millions of album sales, with their debut album, Push, going 4× Platinum in the UK and peaking at number two. It remained in the UK charts for 84 weeks.
In 1989, Bros won the Brit Award for "Breakthrough Artist", receiving the award from Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood and Bill Wyman.
After announcing a one-off Bros reunion show in the London O2 Arena in 2017, tickets sold out in seven seconds.
Solo music career
After the Bros band broke up, Goss continued a solo career, releasing five solo studio albums. His latest, The Beautiful Unknown, reached number seven in the UK album charts selling 6000 copies worldwide.Goss wrote the theme song Lovely Las Vegas for the TV station Fox 5, which was used for more than 10 years. He also wrote the theme song It’s The End of the Road for the American TV show So You Think You Can Dance.
Goss contributed to the soundtrack of the 1999 movie Stuart Little, writing the song Lucky Day. He published a memoir in 2005, More Than You Know.
After Bros split, Goss moved to America and by 2010 was performing in Las Vegas, at Caesars Palace in January 2010 and in 2015, he was performing four nights a week there, staying for a total 11 years. The show was brought to The Royal Albert Hall.
2018 saw the release of the documentary Bros: After The Screaming Stops, which was about Matt and his brother's life. It premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. It won "Best Documentary" at the National Film Awards and a BAFTA. The film also won "Moment of the Year" at the 2019 BBC Radio & Music Awards. Following a national theatre release, the movie went on to become the most downloaded BBC production in 2018 and has now been viewed more than 20 million times.
In 2022, he contended on Strictly Come Dancing. In 2023, Goss embarked on a UK tour, The Matt Goss Experience, which began at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and his 15-piece MG Big Band. He performed his songs, new original music and his own tribute to Cole Porter. The Times' reviewer gave it 3 stars out of 5, calling him the David Brent of pop.