Cliff Richard is back 'for real' and set to release new album 'Rise Up', his first original music in 14 years
After a harrowing legal battle with the BBC, pop legend Sir Cliff Richard says he's back "for real" and is hoping to appeal to younger music fans as he releases his first original material in 14 years.
The 77-year-old three-time Brit Award-winner feared he would never get to share new songs again during his bitter court fight with the BBC, but is now back with the new album 'Rise Up', which Richard says was inspired by that “bad period”.
After broadcasting police searching his home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, a High Court judge ruled the BBC had infringed the singer's privacy, awarding him £210,000 ($270,000) in damages in July, refusing leave to appeal. Sir Cliff was never arrested or charged during the police investigation, which occurred as a result of an allegation made by a man who claimed he was sexually assaulted as a child by Richard at an event at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane stadium in 1985.