Es ist dunkel, regnerisch, nass, widerliches Wetter in Berlin. Aber der ewig junge Brett Anderson sitzt auch noch nach vielen Stunden Interview geduldig im Büro von Ministry Of Sound und harrt der Popblog-Fragen anläßlich der Veröffentlichung einer neuen Best-Of-Compilation und des ersten Suede-Konzertes seit vielen, vielen Jahren in Deutschland am morgigen Freitag.

Brett Anderson: Do you want something to drink?
I’ll take a coke, thank you.
Brett Anderson: I hope you don’t want Coke Light! Cause that’s carcinogenic!
A regular Coke is fine, thank you… so you’ve formed Suede in the early 90ies…
Brett Anderson: …we actually formed in 1989…
…what are your fondest memories of being in Suede?
Brett Anderson: One of my fondest memories is the show we played in march 2010 in London…
…that charity gig you’ve played…
Brett Anderson: Yeah, it was an amazing night. It was the first time we played together for 7 years, we didn’t really know what the reaction was going to be like. It was very special, a quite magical night. That’s probably my favourite show we’ve ever done. If I had to chose one moment to relive for the rest of my life it would be that very moment.
Did you set out from the beginning on to do a full blown reunion or did the idea just develop after that gig?
Brett Anderson: I don’t think we had much of a clue what’s up next. We just did it. We just did what felt right at the time. We didn’t have a big plan. It was “this feels really good, let’s do some more shows and stop doing it before it gets really boring. …again!” So I don’t know how long it’s gonna last for and I don’t know if we’re gonna play shows next year. We might not – we got no shows booked for next year. I think it’s important to keep it special. If you’re gonna reform a band, it’s very easy to become really ordinary and quite dull quite quickly and I think it’s your duty to your legacy, to your fans to make it special so it doesn’t descend into some kind of self parody. At the moment it feels great. When I go on stage it feels electric, it feels amazing. But who knows…
I was talking to Carl Barat of The Libertines some weeks ago and he said he wouldn’t mind playing the odd gig with The Libertines but would never embark on a big “Up The Bracket” reunion tour without performing new songs. So if you go on performing with Suede do you think you have to write new songs?
Brett Anderson: I think Carl is probably right there … weiter lesen