Richard Hawley: stars of 2012

The national treasure: Sheffield's Richard Hawley, 45, released his seventh solo album, Standing at the Sky's Edge, in May to huge acclaim and a Mercury nominationHow has your year been?I'll start on the negative side first: I broke my leg in June. It was on the second day of the first tour that we'd done in two years and I slipped on a marble staircase in Barcelona wearing leather-soled shoes – sober, I hasten to add. When I came around in the hospital, the band said: "We'll get you a flight ...

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