Bee Gees concerts still a family affair

  • Breaking
  • 21/02/2013

His music defined disco, and now sole surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb is getting his groove on in the Hawke's Bay.

The 66-year-old is performing at the annual Mission Estate concert this weekend, and gave 3 News an exclusive interview.

More than a decade since the Bee Gees were last in New Zealand, Gibb's back - but this time without his beloved brothers and band mates.

“I've really been hungry to play since I lost Rob, and I just wanted to get back on stage again, so there's that hunger, and it won't end here,” he says.

It's the first time he's toured since losing fellow Bee Gee and brother Robin to cancer - the third Bee Gee and Robin's twin Maurice died of a heart attack in 2003.

But Gibb says this tour is still a family affair.

“My eldest is on lead and a wonderful singer, my niece is also a wonderful singer, she's also singing in the show. In a way it's like looking at my brothers and so there's Gibbs all over the place,” he says.

The Bee Gees revolutionised 1970s disco. Catapulted by the popularity of their songs on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, they sold more than 200 million records and have more than 20 number one hits.

Gibb is even in the Guinness Book of Records as the second most-successful songwriter of all time, behind only his idol, Paul McCartney.

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