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Bee Gees to perform as duo for first time?
HOPES for a Bee Gees reunion are Stayin' Alive after Robin Gibb announced he and brother Barry are set to perform together again.
Speaking on BBC Radio's Test Match Special this week, Robin said: 'The two of us are getting back together again as we speak.'
The news comes six years after the death of the pair's bandmate and brother Maurice.
Robin told the BBC he and Barry had 'got through the breakwater of emotions' following their brother's death in 2003 and revealed they were planning a series of live dates.
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There has been speculation that Robin and Barry, who were born in Douglas and for a time lived in a corporation house in Willaston, brokered the reunion deal when they were made Freemen of the Borough of Douglas at a ceremony held in Douglas this summer.
Hundreds of Bee Gees fans lined the street outside the town hall to catch a glimpse of the stars on their return to the Isle of Man in July.
The Douglas homecoming was one of their rare public appearances together since Maurice's death and honoured more than 50 years in showbusiness. The ceremony was proudly watched by their wives and mother Barbara.
After Maurice's death, the brothers vowed not to use the Bee Gees name again but last year began talking about reforming 'when the time is right'.
Speaking at his gig at the Villa Marina in November, Robin spoke about the influence his late father Hugh had on the brothers and said next time he performed in the Island he would bring Barry, who lives in Miami, with him.
It is unclear at the moment where the brothers are planning to perform their concerts.
Robin, who has a home in Knocksharry, just north of Peel, received a lifetime achievement award at Isle of Man Newspapers' Awards for Excellence in November.
He hit the headlines earlier this year when it emerged he had fathered a baby with his and wife Dwina's housekeeper, Claire Yang, 33.
The baby, named Snow Evelyn Robin Juliet Gibb, was born just a fortnight before his sell-out charity concert at the Villa. Robin, 59, described the baby as 'heaven sent' and he and Dwina put on a united front.
The Bee Gees have sold 200 million records and won eight Grammy Awards. Their hits, many of which epitomise the music of the 1970s, include Night Fever, Tragedy, You Win Again and How Deep is Your Love.
Robin's announcement will thrill millions of fans worldwide, who will be hoping the Bee Gee wasn't Jive Talkin'.
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Saw the Bee Gees in ONE NIGHT ONLY in auckland NZ- not long before maurice died. It wa s the most amazing concert ever - maybe cus im manx or maybe cus they are just amazing. No doubt they will do concert in iom but i hope they sort out the mad scramble for tickets they seem to have here - no organising and lots of complaints !!!!!!
JULIE
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