I can empathize with you, I hated school from the ages of 11-14 and music certainly helped me, and my brother-in-law used to sing 'Hey Jude' to me if I was miserable but change it to 'Hey June', so that song always makes me feel happy!

Nik Kershaw was great, it was a real last-minute thing too, between Christmas and the New Year, and I remember he was tiny (even with height added by his amazing hair) and the whole audience singing along to The Riddle!