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27.11.2023 - 11:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Maureen Nolan has revealed she can’t afford to retire despite selling millions of records at the height of her fame.
The Nolans were one of the most successful girl groups in history, selling millions of records, topping the charts with iconic hits including I’m In The Mood For Dancing and rising to the ranks of international stardom, even boasting a tour with Frank Sinatra under their collective belts.
But at the age of 69, the singer and actress is still having to work to pay the bills. Speaking to the Mirror, she’s opened up on the fact she has no pension and she reckons her and her sisters were ripped off early in their careers.
She said: “I need to keep working. We thought we’d be comfortably set up by this point in our lives, but I don’t have a pension, I don’t have any savings and I rent a house. When I split up from my husband in 2016, we sold our home. I couldn’t have bought a new place without a mortgage and at my age you can’t get a mortgage. I never thought I would ever rent. It would be nice to have just enough money to say, ‘OK, I’m out of here, showbiz-wise.’ But I don’t have that.”
Maureen sung with the band for 31 consecutive years, from when they formed in 1974 until their 2005 split, making her the longest serving member. During their incredible 30-year career they sold more than 30 millions of records. Maureen, the fourth of eight children, said: : “We made millions, well, somebody made millions, but not us. I think we were ripped off a bit along the way.
“We were probably a bit young and naive. We were very happy and we trusted people to handle our affairs. Looking back, that might be where it went awry. I sometimes think, ‘What happened to that?’”
But she admits that despite her success, she still
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