Colin Gibb’s widow Sue Kelly revealed the Black Lace singer wanted everyone to wear ‘Agadoo t-shirts’ at his funeral, after his shocking death was announced.
The Do The Conga singer tragically died at age 70 on Sunday, just days after announcing his retirement to his fans.
His ‘devastated’ wife Sue shared that she and Colin spoke about their wishes and hopes for his funeral, before he passed away unexpectedly.
Sue shared that Colin wanted his fans and friends to wear ‘shit shirts’ or the iconic floral pineapple t-shirts from Black Lace’s hit song Agadoo and wanted people to donate to a cat charity instead of buying flowers.
While the funeral date has yet to be announced, Sue revealed she will let fans know when the service will be and thanked everyone for their kind support.
Colin Gibb’s widow Sue Kelly revealed the Black Lace singer wanted everyone to wear ‘Agadoo t-shirts’ at his funeral, after his shocking death was announced.
The Black Lace singer tragically died at age 70 on Sunday, just days after announcing his retirement to his fans.
His ‘devastated’ wife Sue (pictured) shared that she and Colin spoke about their wishes and hopes for his funeral, before he passed away unexpectedly.
She wrote on Facebook: ‘I can’t thank you all individually for your lovely and kind posts to my loving husband Colin. Thank you. I will let everyone know when his funeral will be.
‘Colin and I talked about our funerals and what we would want. He said that everyone would wear agadoo shirts or “shit shirts” as they were called to his funeral, so please, everyone is welcome, but fully fulfill his final dream.
‘Colin didn’t want flowers, he wants donations for his love of cats. So, to a cat charity, please. Let’s honor his wishes, he gave us so many memories.
“Thank you from your devastated wife Sue x.”
Sue said Colin was “very happy and looking forward to his new life” as they were due to fly to Spain on Thursday and begin their retirement together.
Announcing his death, Sue wrote: “I love you Colin, I spent 22 years living your dream Agadoo, we were due to retire to Spain on Thursday.”
‘You were so happy, so eager for our new life, now you’re gone. As we used to say, I will always love you forever.’
Colin revealed to his fans on May 13 that “all good things must come to an end” when he announced his retirement.
Sue shared that Colin wanted his fans and friends to wear ‘shit shirts’ or the iconic floral pineapple t-shirts from Black Lace’s hit song Agadoo and wanted people to donate to a cat charity.
While the funeral date has yet to be announced, Sue revealed that she will let fans know when her funeral will be and thanked everyone for their kind support.
Sue said Colin was “very happy and looking forward to his new life” as they were due to fly to Spain on Thursday and begin their retirement together.
Colin revealed to his fans on May 13 that “all good things must come to an end” when he announced his retirement.
He had to perform one last show this week in Spain, to thank his fans for supporting him for so many years.
He wrote: ‘Well, all good things must come to an end. I have decided to retire. My last show will be on Thursday at Villa Adeje Beach Hotel, in San Eugeneo.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported Black Lace over the years and to the thousands of friends I have met during that time, since we started in 1975.”
While Colin remained with the band for many decades, Black Lace had a number of changes to their group over the years.
The group, made up of Colin and his bandmates Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott, finished seventh at Eurovision when they represented the UK in 1979 with their hit song Mary Ann.
Black Lace led tributes to their ‘great friend’ after his wife Sue announced his passing, sharing a heartfelt message on the band’s official Facebook page.
It said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our great friend Colin Gibb.
‘Colin was one of the founding members of Black Lace, along with Alan Barton, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
“We would like to send his family and friends all our love and support at this extremely difficult time.”
Colin was the longest-serving member of Black Lace, famous for their hits Agadoo and Do the Conga (Colin pictured with bandmates Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott in 1979).
While Colin remained with the band for many decades, Black Lace had a number of changes to their group over the years (pictured: Colin Gibb, Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott).
Black Lace led tributes to their ‘great friend’ after his wife Sue announced his passing, sharing a heartfelt message on the band’s official Facebook page.
The group is famous for when Colin performed alongside his bandmates Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott (pictured during the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979).
Fellow Black Lace member Dene Michael also shared a sweet tribute after learning of his friend’s loss.
He wrote: “Very sad to hear of the passing of my singing partner in Black Lace RIP, my friend Colin Gibb. God bless you. We had good times together traveling the world.”
Colin was the longest-serving member of Black Lace, famous for their hits Agadoo and Do the Conga.
Agadoo reached number two on the charts in 1984, and earned the dubious honor by topping a poll by respected music magazine Q.
Black Lace enjoyed a string of novelty hits in the 1980s, but the duo were unable to match the success of the track which remained in the UK top 75 for a colossal 30 weeks.
Agadoo, which was accompanied by a silly dance, was only kept out of the number one spot by George Michael’s Careless Whisper.
Alan, who died in a bus accident in 1995, once said of the song: “It was a good party song, I’m not going to put it down.”