Jun 24, 2022

Rick Astley revisits his career-making song with 'gratitude'

Posted Jun 24, 2022 12:11 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — How does Rick Astley handle one of his songs being part of the biggest internet meme of all time?

He rolls with it, obviously. He says he's “ever so grateful for it.”

”Never Gonna Give You Up" turns 35 this year and is still very much alive, buoyed by a second chapter as a gentle joke wherein someone baits you with an enticing online link, which points instead to the video for this 1987 dance-pop smash.

Thirty-five years later, Astley is still singing it, this summer on tour with New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa, and En Vogue for the 57-date “The Mixtape Tour 2022.”