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[edit] Botched lip procedure

I don't know why this information was removed as it is relevant to the article and only recently publicly revealed by Burns (on Celebrity Big Brother UK). Pete Burns is well known for his cosmetic alterations which is the reason this information is relevant. --sebiv 11:11, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

I second that the lip surgery is relevant to this article. How can anyone look at Pete Burns and NOT want to know about his cosmetic alterations? --highgater 16:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chart performance

"Although the single was only available through the Pet Shop Boys own website, it did reach #75 in the UK singles chart"

I'm sure this cannot be right - I thought only shop sales of singles counted towards chart placings, not sales through websites (disregarding downloads, which were not a factor at the time this single was out).....? ChrisTheDude 13:48, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Charts used to be based on record sales and radio play (which is how some songs managed to enter the chart prior to actual release), so I'm presuming this one picked up some air time.

Not in the UK. In the UK chart positions are based solely on record sales (and download sales now, but they weren't at the time Jack And Jill Party was released). Airplay has never counted to chart positions. So I don't think that it can have been solely available through their website.

I've removed the reference...... ChrisTheDude 13:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually some UK charts are based on both sales and radio airplay. It used to be called the Pepsi chart, I am not sure who sponsor it now. Astrotrain 13:28, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, but the chart that they're talking about, the one that it reached #75 on, is the official singles chart, the one with no airplay. I don't know if it did anything on Hit40 UK (which is what I think the Pepsi chart is chart now) but I'm not sure if anyone actually keeps track of it. It's like CD:UK's MiTracks chart, it counts for nothing really.

some interesting stuff

I dont see why they took all that stuff out, his moms name was eva, a jewish aristocrat she died of cancer and she was a member of the russian secret police with a fake passport, and she was forced into hiding, I dunno her family name, she fled the nazis with a scotsman in the army francis burns. Pete spoke german till age five and the local kids would tease him and shout heil hitler. They recon his sexuality is debatable.

(Debatable? Have you seen him lately?)

http://www.biogs.com/bigbrother/burns.html

http://www.nndb.com/people/022/000110689/

i notice that at the end of the article it says pete unfortunately died of aids in 1992!! must be his ghost in the house then??!! spooky!!

[edit] What the hell??

What is with all the editing and vandlism activity on this article in the last few weeks?? Exploding Boy 22:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

He's appearing in Celebrity Big Brother in the UK, which has cast him back into the public spotlight.--NaLaochra 01:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Private Life info

I changed the dates listed for Pete's marriage to Lynne Burns. They were actually married between 1980 and 2004, substantiated by a famous quote where Pete said the happiest day of his life was August 8, 1980, when he married Lynne. I also am not sure that Pete ever "denied" being homosexual. He had a Clinton-esque way of dancing around that issue whenever he talked about it, and I think he only said he wasn't gay--which, if he's bisexual, then he really isn't gay. He was married to Lynne, but many of his lyrical references were specifically about other men, like "Big Daddy of the Rhythm" on the album Youthquake. It was also readily accepted for many years that Pete and Steve Coy, the drummer from DOA, were lovers, and in fact Pete, Steve and Lynne lived together as a trio. This was remarked upon by several journalists, although I can't produce the articles for verification purposes here. I simply recall reading them.

VertigoXpress 16:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bischonen?

Should there be a link on this page to the Bischonen article?--80.47.95.10 17:05, 12 February 2007 (UTC) Why exactly? Since when has Pete Burns been a cartoon character???!!! 212.139.171.139 16:15, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Though I can kinda see what you mean. He is like a cartoon character- Dead Or Alive comic books are available in Japan... he's very popular over there; they like stuff like that. All my Japanese friends love visual kei bands.

[edit] Donna Coulling

I can't find any references on line to Donna Coulling, except in reference to this show, so I've rephrased the part about her. To be a "celebrity PA", I'd say you have to be a celebrity! Rojomoke 11:19, 3 November 2007 (UTC)