In the late 1990s I was musical director for the Rocky Horror Show and we played Belfast on a couple of occasions. One time Mo turned up to a Saturday night gig, doing a full-on Time Warp - in a private box, but we could see her from our band position on the stage. An invite came round backstage for all cast and crew to join her at Hillsborough. I turned up in a taxi with Nicholas Parsons but they still let me in.

We drank the Queen's Guiness and bashed hell out of the Queen's piano till the small hours. Mo was charming, funny and adorable, as happy to chat about NI as she was to sing American Pie (very loudly).

Here's the photo to prove it, in the background is her husband - looking like he's about to punch Jason Donovan!