LEO SAYER THE SHOW GOES ON... at 77!

THE MUCHLOVED POP ICON IS STILL TOURING AND LOVING LIFE

- Jenny Brown

The fall off stage, tumbling several metres backwards onto concrete, could easily have killed Leo Sayer. In horrific pain and with his body locking up, the pint-sized singer had to cancel a US show and seek help from Elvis Presley's physiotherapist.

Fast forward to today, almost 50 years later, and the injury still troubles Leo.

“Every now and then [the knee] plays up and doesn’t want to work,” says the Grammy Award-winning star. But it would take more than a partial kneecap replacement to stop Leo performing.

“If you live to be 77, like me, you will go through some strange things,” says Leo, who is about to go on the road again. “There have been quite a few setbacks and things weren't always easy. I've been ripped off, had some heart trouble, a few physical problems. But haven't we all?”