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Bros (/b//r//ɒ//s/) are an English band formed in 1986 in Camberley, Surrey. The band originally consisted of twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss, and their friend Craig Logan, who attended Collingwood School in Camberley. The band was managed by former Pet Shop Boys manager Tom Watkins. They achieved chart success and a large teenage fanbase in 1988 with songs such as "When Will I Be Famous" and "I Owe You Nothing". Early the following year, Logan quit the band and the Goss twins continued as a duo. After two more albums the band split up in 1992. Bros are estimated to have sold 16 million records worldwide. In 2017, the Goss twins reunited to perform two dates as Bros at the O2 Arena in London.

Luke Goss and Matt Goss (born 29 September 1968 in Lewisham, London) had settled in Camberley, Surrey, after their parents had split up and their mother had found a new boyfriend, who bought Luke an electronic drum kit and Matt a saxophone, noticing their interest in music. The twins attended Collingwood College, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Logan agreed, and the trio went through a variety of names for the group before settling on Gloss. The group were noticed by Bob Herbert, who had ambitions to break into the music business as a manager – Herbert's son Chris was a classmate of the trio at Collingwood. Herbert allowed the group to practise in his summer house and paid for them to record demos, but he was unable to sign them to a contract as they were under 18 years old. During this period Gloss had met Nicky Graham, a songwriter and producer. Graham was working and writing songs with music manager Tom Watkins, and he suggested that Watkins meet the group. Although he was unimpressed with either their look or their music, Watkins realised that he could shape the group into a boy band for the teen girl market, with Graham and Watkins writing the songs for them. However, their breakthrough came with the release of their second single, "When Will I Be Famous? ", in November 1987. The song reached number two in the UK, The song also reached the top ten in 10 other countries across Europe and Australia, and peaked at number 10 in the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Bros followed up the success of "When Will I Be Famous?" with their third single, "Drop the Boy". Like its predecessor, it also peaked at number two in the UK as well as double platinum in Australia, platinum in New Zealand, and gold in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. A deluxe 3 CD edition of Push was reissued in 2013 by Cherry Pop records for its 25th anniversary, featuring bonus tracks. Bros reissued a remixed version of "I Owe You Nothing" as a single in June 1988, which became their only number one single in the UK. Bros had over six million fans worldwide join the band's fan club, known as the Bros Front. With such demand for merchandise and fans wanting to talk to their idols, a phone line was set up, with 70,000 fans using the service within the first month. Logan left the band in early 1989, due to several bouts of illness, including chronic fatigue syndrome, and the fact he could no longer walk and was being assisted on and off stage. Logan was admitted to hospital for six weeks, and once released from hospital he spent a further six months of rehabilitation to learn to walk again. Logan decided that the pressure of stardom was no longer for him and told Matt and Luke he was thinking of leaving the band. He appeared with the brothers at the 1988 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party; this was his final appearance as a member of Bros. He appeared on the BBC1 television programme Wogan discussing why he had left the band. During the interview Logan talked about the legal action he took against the management of Bros over unpaid royalties, but confirmed he left the band due to illness. Bros continued as a duo, with Matt Goss and Luke Goss continuing with the sold out world tour titled 'The Global Push', where the band played to fans in Australia, Japan, mainland Europe and the UK. After a short break recovering from their Global Push Tour, Bros went back to the recording studio and released their second album, The Time. The album was released on 16 October 1989 and reached number 4 in the UK Albums Chart. Bros released several tracks from the album as singles, including "Too Much", "Chocolate Box", "Madly in Love", and "Sister". Bros did a one off concert, "Bros in 2 Summer", which was seen by over 77,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in August 1989. The support acts for the show were Salt 'n' Pepa and Debbie Gibson. In 1991 Bros released their third and final album, Changing Faces, before the band split up in 1992. They released two tracks from the album: "Are You Mine? ", reaching number 12 in the UK and "Try", which got to number 27. The band never had commercial success in the US, where they remain relatively unknown.

Matt Goss began a solo career during the 1990s, enjoying chart success with singles "The Key" and "If You Were Here Tonight", and had his own Vegas Residency at The Palms, Caesars Palace and The Mirage. Luke Goss moved to the US and became a film actor, appearing in Hollywood movies such as Blade II and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. He starred in the UK film Interview with a Hitman in 2012 and released his directorial debut Your Move in 2018. Craig Logan became a songwriter and later an artist manager following his departure from the band in 1989. At the time he was in a relationship with singer Kim Appleby and co wrote many of her solo songs. From 2006 to 2010 he was the head of RCA Records in the UK, before launching his own management company.

On 1 July 2008, singer Matt Goss told BBC News that he had spoken to the other members of the band and in principle they had agreed to reform, feeling that he and his bandmates "are finally at a place" where they could reunite. However, his brother Luke denied any plans of taking part in a reunion. On 14 September 2010, Matt Goss stated that the band would not be reuniting in the near future, saying that the moment had passed. On 19 August 2017 — 28 years to the day since the band's original farewell concert at Wembley Stadium. — Matt and Luke Goss played a 30th anniversary Bros concert at London's O2 Arena. A documentary film of the brothers' reunion and the rehearsals and lead up to the first concert at the O2 Arena, titled Bros: After the Screaming Stops, was shown on 18 October 2018 as part of the BFI London Film Festival and given a limited cinema release on 9 November 2018, with a DVD and digital release on 12 November. The film debuted at number one on the UK's Official Music Video Chart. It received its television debut on BBC Four on 23 December and became one of that year's Christmas television highlights due to its subsequent popularity on BBC iPlayer. Following the documentary's success, the duo played another concert at London's O2 Brixton Academy on 5 July 2019, followed by further UK tour dates. They also planned to re record their debut album Push in a more contemporary style, and to release an album of new material in the future.

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK BEL FRA GER IRE NZ NOR SWE SWI 1987 "I Owe You Nothing" 80 — — — — — — — — — — —Push "When Will I Be Famous?" 2 5 9 4 7 4 1 5 43 2 20 2 1988 "Drop the Boy" 2 9 17 34 — 9 1 23 8 2 — 5 UK: Silver "I Owe You Nothing" (re release) 1 6 — 4 7 13 2 5 5 — — 9 "I Quit" 4 14 — 17 25 38 23 30 47 — — — "Cat Among the Pigeons" / "Silent Night" 2 15 — — 41 26 4 91 27 — — — UK: Silver 1989 "Too Much" 2 11 — 21 37 28 1 42 6 — — 24 UK: SilverThe Time "Chocolate Box" 9 23 — 35 — — 2 87 29 — — — "Sister" 10 98 — 36 — — 5 — — — — — 1990 "Madly in Love" 14 68 — 29 — — 7 — — — — — 1991 "Are You Mine?" 12 98 — 27 — — 6 — — — 30 —Changing Faces "Try" 27 168 — 39 — — — — — — — — 2017 "Love Can Make You Fly" — — — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.