Pete Burns ‘lost’ vocal appears on Belvedere Kane album

Belvedere Kane, the artist project of songwriter, producer and remixer Barry Stone, announce the release of Such Trying Times.

In 1996, Belvedere Kane released the single Never Felt As Good as the intended lead track from what was to be a debut LP. However, the record was shelved… until now that is. To mark the single’s 30th anniversary, the full-length album is set to be released for the first time on 13 February.

“I’m so excited that people are finally going to hear this album that’s been hidden away for so long. I’m extremely proud of it and so happy that I’ve been able to finish now, what younger me started then,” Stone says.

During this process, Stone (whose credits include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Steps, Dannii Minogue, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Jessie Ware, Little Mix and Olly Murs) rediscovered an off-cut from Dead Or Alive’s Nukleopatra album sessions, which he co-produced.

When he heard Pete Burns sing the evocative unheard lyric “I had such fun at 21, I’m gonna stay forever young,” he knew it had the makings of a banger. Barry used Dead Or Alive’s lost verse as the building block for a brand new song, Legends (Forever Young) by Belvedere Kane with Dead Or Alive, a resplendent club-ready anthem that feels especially poignant because Burns and bandmate Steve Coy are no longer with us.

With the Dead Or Alive estate’s blessing, the track is now a highlight on Such Trying Times.