‘I never lost the joy!’: singer Gilbert O’Sullivan on love, loss and lawsuits - The Guardian

In the early 1970s the Irish star conquered the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Then his career crashed. Now 75, he talks about self-belief, blowing his chance at Glastonbury – and the story behind one of the darkest No 1s in pop

Gilbert OSullivan is showing me a framed portrait of himself with Muhammad Ali, in which the young Irishman is attempting to land punches on The Greatest. It was 1973. The singer-songwriter an accomp… [+12178 chars]

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