Jason Donovan is really happy with life at the moment.
The former Neighbours star and singer is set to re-invigorate his pop career next year with his UK tour, Ten Good Reasons and Greatest Hits, from February to May.
And, at 47, he’s also happily married and content.
“The greatest thing about my story is that I know what I don’t want to do in life, whereas some people get to 40 and just go for it, marriages break up and there’s a bit of chaos,” he said.
“I got all that out of my system years ago and I’m happy to be at home with my kids, watching TV, and not going out getting hammered. I’m certainly not planning a mid-life crisis.”
“I believe everything happens for a reason and you just have to keep moving forward. Hey, I’d still love a Hollywood role – something which turned into a box set that I could put on the shelf next to the loincloth I wore for Joseph and my gold discs! Surely, that’s not asking a lot?”
Jason’s tour plans will be music (ahem) to his fans’ ears as he’ll be performing all the songs on his 1989 smash hit album, Ten Good Reasons, including singles Too Many Broken Hearts, Sealed With A Kiss, and Nothing Can Divide Us.
He explained: “The success of that album was the most amazing 21st birthday gift. I never meant to be a pop star. I was just so lucky, in the right place at the right time, with the best music producers in the world, Scott Aitken Waterman, and we created magic.”
He goes on to add: “That album has a place in many people’s hearts and the show’s a celebration of my life. I’ll chat and reminisce and I think it’ll be brilliant fun, but also quite poignant.”
As was the moment at the beginning of career when 20 million UK viewers watched him marry Kylie Minogue (as Scott Robinson to her Charlene Mitchell) in 1988.
In real life, he credits his wife Angela, a stage manager he met while performing in The Rocky Horror Show in 1998, as being his rock.
“During my childhood, the closest woman in my life was my grandmother, so I think I needed a strong woman and I was lucky enough to finally find Ange. I’m married to, and in love with, my best friend.”
“She’s my backbone, has a strong moral compass, gives me gravity and I respect her. I do everything to look after my ‘nest’: her and the children.”
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