I wasn't going to do it but I had such a good response from fans on the Visage website from people who'd bought my book (Blitzed) and I realised that fans were still out there. We're also re-releasing 'Fade To Grey' with a 'God Made Me Hardcore' remix that's really good. I'm quite excited by it. This tour is for the fans.

Mainly, it's a load of crap. I don't think there's anything as pioneering now as there was in the '80s. I think Visage and that whole Blitz scene was incredibly pioneering. No one was doing what we were doing. A lot of stuff today, that whole electro-clash thing, is influenced by us.

Pop Idol is a load of crap. It's manufactured rubbish. I think there'll be a reaction against it soon. I think there'll be a grass roots rebellion with lots of kids discovering music, art and creativity for themselves. I'm running a new club in London called Moon Over London, which showcases new acts, not just bands but young artists, poets, etc.

I've two main regrets. The first is changing my management when I did. If I hadn't done it I may have prolonged my career. The other is the heroin addiction. I don't blame anybody. I led myself into it.

It was just the pressure of work. My schedule meant I'd have to be in three countries in one day doing promotion for Visage and I was trying to run the Camden Palace at the same time. At first I was using cocaine just to keep me going. I was always anti-heroin but I remember I was modelling for Jean Paul Gaultier and at the after show party I was offered heroin and that was the start of the slide.

Well it was a cry for help really. I was in the middle of a nervous breakdown at the time. I got help through a holistic healing centre in London eventually. They basically saved my life and weened me off the drug. I remember the Big Breakfast asking my probation officer if I would come on the show to talk about it and I said yeah. I asked if £50 was OK for my appearance fee. How the mighty had fallen!

I wouldn't have picked up the cheques for the dinners, drinks and parties for all the liggers and hangers on around me. When my troubles started they all disappeared pretty quickly! My mum said: "Steve why do you pay for all these people. They won't be around when the money runs out." And she was right. I have about three good friends that have stuck by me though.

There was an on stage rivalry but off-stage we were all mates and usually partying round at my house. I'm still very friendly with Gary and Martin Kemp from the band. It's sad that the court case happened. They were life long friends. I had my run-ins with Boy George but we have a love/hate relationship now.

George told me that I was in it and invited me down to rehearsals. But I had a problem with the guy playing me. I told him: "Look, you're playing me like a bitchy queen and I'm not like that." Then George got annoyed because he had to retrain the actor. But I respect George. I don't have a grudge against anyone, well, except Marilyn. He is a nasty piece of work. I hear he's writing his autobiography and is touting it to publishers.

Oh, God. Has he?!

Well, it was just the era of excess. It was the whole 'greed is good' thing. Looking back now it was a load of crap. It was pure stupidity. It was a bit like being on a sinking ship and not realising it.

I wasted it on liggers, parties and picking up the cheques for everything. There was a lot of money coming in through the Camden Palace (which Steve ran together with pal and DJ Rusty Egan) and the band but I spent all of it. I can't cry about it though. I got to see the world and educate myself and I can still do that. Other people are my education. As long as I'm around creative people, I'm fine.