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Mick Hucknall has admitted the next Simply Red album "may be the last".
The band will release their 11th studio album 'Big Love' next month to celebrate three decades since their first record, but the band's frontman has admitted it could be the final music anyone hears from the band because he wants to enjoy being "happy" with his family.
He confessed: "I do have the feeling I've reached a sort of end point. I'm very happy in my life, my focus is my family and actually enjoying what I have. I never thought I'd get to this place. I never thought I'd actually ever get to be happy."
The 54-year-old musician believes the latest LP with the group is a "very personal collection of songs," which has been inspired by his marriage to long-term girlfriend Gabriella Wesberry in 2010, their daughter Romy, and his late father, who brought him up single-handedly but passed away six years ago.
He explained: "The idea started out to mark the 30th anniversary of Simply Red but it turned into this very personal collection of songs."
And due to the emotional nature of the tracks, the 'Holding Back the Years' hitmaker confessed is unsure whether he will ever be able to perform them live without breaking down in tears.
Speaking about one specific song 'Dad', he told The Mail on Sunday newspaper: "I don't know how I'm ever going to sing this song live.
"I don't think I could get through it without crying."

The army had to be called when Conor Maynard was mobbed by fans in France.
The 'Turn Around' hitmaker's arrival was greeted by so many female fans, station staff thought they were there as part of a protest and his security team had to call for back up.
He said: "The first time I got properly mobbed, I was in France. There were more than 1,000 girls waiting for me at the station, but we hadn't warned the staff and they thought it was protest. The crowd just went crazy and the army had to be called."
However, the 22-year-old singer still thought it was "amazing" when he found himself surrounded by fans for the first time.
He explained: "It was a gradual thing. The first time I saw a big crowd was when I did the radio tour for the first single. They had to put barriers up outside, which was amazing."
Despite his dedicated fan base, Conor insists he can still pop out for a pint of milk without getting too much hassle.
He told Top of the Pops magazine: "I'm normally alright if I go to the local Sainsbury's, but it rarely happens that I don't get spotted. It's not so easy going to get a pink of milk when girls are chasing you!"

Kanye West has changed the name of his album.
The 'Bound 2' hitmaker previously announced his upcoming LP would be titled 'So Help Me God' but has since decided to change it to 'Swish'.
Writing on Twitter this evening (03.05.15), he said: "I'm changing my album name to SWISH (sic)"
But fans shouldn't get too comfortable with 'SWISH' as the 37-year-old rapper hasn't definitely decided on the name.
He added: "I might change it again but that's the name now (sic)"
Meanwhile, when announcing the previous title of the album, he refused to reveal a release date as he wanted it to be a "surprise" for his fans.
He said: "Release dates are played out. So, the surprise is going to be a surprise. There goes the surprise!"
Kanye also claimed the new LP will provide a "service to the people".
He said: "My last album was a protest of music.
"But this album is just embracing the music, embracing joy and just being a service to the people."
Kanye has already previewed a number of new tracks including 'Only One' and 'All Day', both of which feature Paul McCartney.

Meghan Trainor was inspired by "normal" singers like Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran.
The 'Lips Are Movin' hitmaker has revealed the pair encouraged her to believe in herself as they fronted a "new generation" of popstar.
She said: "I thought I'd never be famous but then there was a new generation of people - Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith. I felt it was the perfect time for me to say, 'Hey, I'm normal too!' I just want to write music and for people to like it."
The 21-year-old singer - who is known for her curvaceous figure - used to feel infuriated when she saw "beautiful girls" who were just being signed to record labels because of their looks rather than their talent.
She told Top of the Pops magazine: "There was a period of time when it was just beautiful girl being signed and they weren't even writing their own music or singing that well. In fact, sometimes people came in and sang the hard parts on the songs. I was furious!
"I don't feel like a big girl but I know I'm not a size zero. That was my thing as a songwriter."

Rixton think Ariana Grande likes talking to them because they are "normal".
The group have supported the 'Problem' singer on several dates of her US tour, and will do so again at her upcoming gig at London's O2 Arena, and they get on well with the 21-year-old star.
Bassist Charley Bagnall told BANG Showbiz: "I think she likes talking to us because we are normal. Just to get away from everything and have a normal conversation. "
Singer Jake Roche added: "She is really nice. She goes out of her way to make us feel welcome and she doesn't have to."
And the group are stunned at how far their career has come in a short time.
On playing New York's Madison Square Garden with Ariana, drummer Lewi Morgan said: "We are just four lads who started six years ago, played two nights at Madison Square Garden and we were around backstage thinking what has happened to our lives?"
Cornetto are running a competition to win the ultimate after prom party, where Rixton will perform for the lucky winner's year group. To watch their music video for 'We All Want The Same Thing' go to www.youtube.com/user/cornettouk

Taylor Swift has a "very exciting" life.
The 'Blank Space' hitmaker doesn't understand why people make fun of her when she gets excited by her accomplishments because her career is much more "fun" than her "edgy" contemporaries seem to make it out to be.
She said: "I've always been an easily excitable person and I'm also easily hurt. Let's say I'm easily moved.
"A few years ago, I realised being moved isn't necessarily normal in my line of work, or this cynical world we live in.
"There are viral videos of all the times I'd won awards and how shocked I'd looked. At first, I didn't know how to process being made fun of for being stoked about really exciting accomplishments.
"It seems like people become jaded faster than ever these days and in an effort to appear 'cool', people in my profession and everywhere else I look have taken to trying to seem bored all the time. Unmoved, unfazed, chic, edgy.
"Let me just clarify something, being a pop artist is a very exciting, incredibly fun thing to do."
These days, the 25-year-old star doesn't care if people laugh at her emotional outbursts.
She told Britain's Glamour magazine: "Over time, I realised it doesn't matter if people make fun of me for dancing at awards shows, or seeing a cute dog on the street or the fact it's autumn, or if I see a 13 year old on a building.
"Be who you are, and if you are a slightly awkward, very excitable person who sometimes cries when they see little girls dressed in princess dresses in malls, then be that."

The Who are to close Glastonbury Festival 2015.
The legendary rock band will reportedly join 'Bound 2' rapper Kanye West and the Foo Fighters as headliners of the music festival, which takes place in June.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "The Who booking has been kept quiet because the band are also playing a Hyde Park gig for the British Summer Time festival so the announcement will be made in a few weeks.
"The band are still one of the best live groups and are currently on their 50th-anniversary tour, so it's bound to be an amazing show.
"There'll also be support from an artist like Paul Weller or Noel Gallagher. It will be a dream night for rock fans."
The Who are already booked to play in Paris, France on the Sunday evening (28.06.14) but are said to be keen to rearrange that show so they can perform at Glastonbury.
Meanwhile, other performers at the event include Florence and the Machine, Patti Smith, Alt-J and Rudimental as well as Pharrell Williams and Mary J Blige.
Other confirmed artists include Motorhead, Mavis Staples, Jungle, Deadmau5, FKA twigs, Franz Ferdinand, Sparks, the Moody Blues, Azealia Banks, Alabama Shakes, Paloma Faith, The Chemical Brothers, Clean Bandit and Lionel Richie.
The event is set to take place near Pilton, Somerset, England from June 24 to June 28, 2015.

Union J would be able to talk to each other if any of them wanted to leave the band.
Josh Cuthbert thinks it would be "hard" if one of his bandmates George Shelley, Jaymi Hensley or JJ Hamblett, wanted to quit the group but thinks they'd discuss the situation together.
He told BANG Showbiz: " I'd probably say we would be able to talk to each other about it, but it would be hard if someone felt like that.
"I'd like to think we are all very honest with each other and we don't have secrets."
While the 'Carry You' group haven't experienced such huge global success as One Direction - who, like Union J, found fame on 'The X Factor' - Josh can understand why Zayn Malik recently quit the band to lead a more "normal" life.
He added:
Union J have been compared to One Direction - on several occasions - because they were both from the X Factor.
He said: "I can never begin to imagine what it's like being in One Direction [but] after experiencing a little taste of what it would be like, I completely understand why Zayn would want to lead a normal life. I get that 100%.
I am sure the 1D boys are really close. If Zayn felt like he couldn't speak to them, I suppose it depends on the circumstance."
Union J will be playing Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park on 28 June. Tickets are available at www.bst-hydepark.com/tickets

Carly Rae Jepsen found it "crazy" when Justin Bieber surprised her on the set of her music video.
The 29-year-old singer has revealed standing between the 'Baby' popstar and Tom Hanks on set for the music video for 'I Really Like You' was a "lovely moment".
Speaking about filming the popular clip with the pair of stars, she said: "It was incredible. It was freezing cold, but that's about the only complaint I have. Tom Hanks was fantastic. The whole crew we had were in such great spirits, so I think all of us were over the moon to be working with him.
"Having Justin come down last minute was a wonderful surprise - it made everything seem that much trippier. It was a lovely moment to look on my left and see Justin and then look at my right and see Tom - it was so crazy."
The 'Big' actor and the 'Never Say Never' hitmaker aren't the only two celebrities that Carly has been hanging out with for her 'E.MO.TION' album, as the 'Call Me Maybe' singer recently announced she has recorded a "girl anthem" with Sia.
Speaking to Digital Spy, Carly said: "Sia's fantastic and there's a song that we worked on together with Greg Kurstin that I'm pretty excited to share. It's got a very '80s flair to it, it's kind of girl anthem-y, I think we were going for that."