Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey was recovering from surgery last night after being attacked outside a nightclub. He was struck on the head with what may have been an axe, knife or machete.

The singer and girl band will be joined at the Seaton Carew festival by a host of other famous musicians from yesteryear ...

John Hendy, 53, rose to fame as a hunk in boyband East 17 but now works as a roofer in a much more 'normal' way of life. The former singer was part of the band who stormed the charts in the 90s ...