Tenor Russell Watson released his album The Voice 20 years ago, since then he's battled brain tumours and become a bestseller.
While he's performed for both the Queen and Pope John Paul II, he says his most surreal audience was Emperor Hirohito of Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.As for collaborations, Watson's childhood icon Lionel Ritchie, was a"real gentleman", Meatloaf was"larger than life" and a fan of the brandy and as for singing with former Beatle Paul McCartney at the Nobel Peace Prize awards - all Watson can say is,"oh what a night".
He underwent five weeks of intense radiotherapy following the relapse and says it took him two or three years to come back from it.WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 27: at PBS' 2017 National Memorial Day Concert - Rehearsals at U.S. Capitol, West Lawn on May 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. "My confidence had been absolutely shattered. Getting back on stage and singing in front of thousands of people again was a big ask."
As he puts it:"There's nothing like a near-death experience to put you in tune with your own spirituality and everybody around you. "If it all came to an end tomorrow, I've got so many fantastic memories and I've achieved so many things that when I first started out in 1990, I would never have expected to have done. What a life and career I've had."
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