The Sweet, seen here in their heyday, on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 15 March 1979. The poster accompanied a story about how the other three will get on without sacked singer Brian Connolly. [Answer: they won’t get far]
Sweet
Brian Connolly 1979
Brian Connolly, freshly sacked from Sweet, on the cover of Bravo of 15 March 1979.
Mick Tucker 1974
Sweet drummer Mick Tucker in action in Bravo Poster magazine of March 1974.
Sweet 1976
Sweet on a really good superposter in Bravo of 3 June 1976.
Steve Priest (Sweet) 1976
Brian Connolly 1977
Sweet singer Brian Connolly and his tanlines on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 15 September 1977. Cool swimming trunks.
Steve Priest 1973
Steve Priest of The Sweet on the cover of Bravo of 7 June 1973.
Pop magazine 5 April 1979
The cover of the Swiss-German Pop magazine of 5 April 1979. Included was a Panini football sticker album and 12 free stickers, which I doubtless collected (on the cover 1.FC Nürnberg are playing VfB Stuttgart). Also inside an article on ABBA, Boney M. and Leif Garrett getting together and having a bit of a party.
Sweet 1972
Sweet on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 22 November 1972. Their big hit at the time was Wig Wam Bam, hence Andy Scott’s headgear.
Bravo Cover 22 Nov 1972
Kissing lovebirds on the cover of Bravo of 22 November 1972, with Brian Connolly of The Sweet and sex abuser Gary Glitter. This week 49 years ago Germany’s youth read about
• A call to Marc Bolan: Let Mickey Finn also into the limelight
• Bravo on tour with The Sweet
• Three Dog Night are breaking in Germany
• Footballer Gerd Müller interviewed
• Gary Glitter’s life story (urgh)
• Karl May’s “Kara Ben Nemsi” to come on TV
• Bravo undercover: Beware of glam job offers in classifieds
• New in the cinemas: Sci-fi flick “Silent Running”
• Actress Helga Anders: How I got my first boyfriend
• Udo Jürgens: I’m back!