Rick Astley reveals: I still get a tingle from singing

His face used to adorn many a teenage girl’s bedroom, but these days – as Emma Pinch discovers – Rick Astley prefers to live life anonymously

IT’S a sunny day and a 42-year-old bloke is taking a leisurely stroll down a south west London high street, toying with the idea of popping into Waterstones.

He doesn’t attract a single backward glance.

And that’s surprising because, not too long ago, Rick Astley’s smiley face, with its shock of stiff auburn hair, was splashed almost weekly across the centrefold of Smash Hits, as instantly recognisable as bubble-permed Stock Aitken and Waterman stablemate Kylie Minogue...