For Duncan, their new single One Last Time and its themes of grief and being there for loved ones in hard times are personal.
“My best mate Terry, he was a dancer on our first ever tour back in the day 25 years ago,” Duncan says.
“We just became best mates and I lost him very tragically and sadly last year and I was gutted. But I wrote this song in his memory and it was almost like a bit of a love letter to him.”
Terry John, a model, dancer and choreographer, has been previously described by Duncan as the most loving, giving and caring person he knew.
Meanwhile, he says Simon’s wife broke down in tears when she heard the song.
“It’s not easy to talk about but we lost her dad about a year or so ago suddenly as well and it’s just the shock factor of that,” says Simon.
“This song is one of those songs that takes you back to that one special person – or those special people in your lives that have passed on or those who you might not have seen for a long time and are hoping to do so.”
The band have all experienced grief, but didn’t want to make One Last Time a sad song.
“We wanted to put an uplifting beat on it,” Duncan says as they speak about how positivity has helped them through difficult times.