Pete Byrne, frontman of British new wave band Naked Eyes, dies aged 74
Photograph: Randy Miramontez/AlamyView image in fullscreenPete Byrne performing in 2014. “Rob and I found that running a band was not as interesting as writing and recording,” Byrne said. “We decided to go back to square one.”View image in fullscreenNaked Eyes in 1983, with Byrne, left.
- ▪Photograph: Randy Miramontez/AlamyView image in fullscreenPete Byrne performing in 2014.
- ▪“Rob and I found that running a band was not as interesting as writing and recording,” Byrne said.
- ▪“We decided to go back to square one.”View image in fullscreenNaked Eyes in 1983, with Byrne, left.
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Pete Byrne performing in 2014. Photograph: Randy Miramontez/AlamyView image in fullscreenPete Byrne performing in 2014. Photograph: Randy Miramontez/AlamyMusicPete Byrne, frontman of British new wave band Naked Eyes, dies aged 74Duo had US hits with their cover of Always Something There to Remind Me as well as Promises, Promises and moreBen Beaumont-ThomasThu 24 Sep 2026 05.54 EDTLast modified on Thu 24 Sep 2026 05.57 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GooglePete Byrne, the frontman of British new wave group Naked Eyes who carried them to repeated chart successes in the US, has died aged 74.The news was announced on the band’s website and social media on Wednesday, stating that Byrne died peacefully in Los Angeles on 14 September after a brief illness.Byrne was part of the “second British…
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