News about Martyn Ware

Heaven 17's Martyn Ware does not succumb to Temptation when Grand Theft Auto VI's makers offer him £5,700 to use his biggest hit on latest instalment of game franchise that has made £6.5BILLION

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 7, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Heaven 17 bandmate has been left appalled after Grand Theft Auto VI makers offered him less that £6000 to use his biggest hit in their new game. Martyn Ware has expressed his fury at the abysmal offer Rockstar Games sent him asking if they could buy out his hit Temptation in GTA 6. This is despite the fact that Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games revealed earlier this year that the franchise has earned more than £6.4billion since 2008. In a post on X he wrote: 'I was recently contacted by my publishers on behalf of Rockstar Games re the possibility of using Temptation on the new Grand Theft Auto 6. Naturally excited about the immense wealth that was about to head my way, I scrolled to the bottom of the email re the offer...'

Eighties pop legends look completely unrecognisable as they perform at a Tramlines Festival in Sheffield - 43 years after their iconic number one hit

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 1, 2024
An iconic eighties pop band looked completely unrecognisable as they performed at Bristol Pride festival 43 years after releasing their global smash hit. 

After six months of controversy funded by celebrities including Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott and Human League founder Martyn Ware, parental pressures have put off plans to convert Emily Maitlis and Julia Bradbury's former grammar school into an academy

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 21, 2023
In a surprise Ofsted inspection last year, King Edward VII in Sheffield (left) was rated 'Inadequate' and told by the Department of Education that it must join a multi-academy trust. Hundreds of parents led a six-month campaign and arranged a rally, petition, and celebrity support, with some of the school's opposition to the institution's status as an academy. In May, Ofsted inspected the school again, and the study, which was released nine days earlier, found the school to be 'Good' in all areas. However, the academy order remained unchanged, and only Education Secretary Gillian Keegan could have withdrawn it. 'It is with immense joy and pride that I write to inform you that the academy order that was issued to King Edward VII School has been suspended,' wrote headteacher Linda Gooden.' Emily Maitlis (top-right) and Julia Bradbury (bottom-right), ex-Radio One controller Matthew Bannister, MPs, and Air Commodore Jon Chitty are among the school's graduates.