Amelia Fletcher CBE | |
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 Amelia Fletcher, CBE | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1 January 1966 |
| Origin | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Indie pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, guitarist, economist |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Sarah, K, Wiiija, Elefant, Fortuna Pop!, Matinée |
Amelia Fletcher CBE (born 1 January 1966 [1] ) is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and economist.
Fletcher has been the frontwoman of an evolving series of pop groups from the 1980s to the present. Her bands included Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research, Tender Trap, and, since 2014, The Catenary Wires. [2] In 2020, she began a new band, Swansea Sound, with The Pooh Sticks's Hue Williams. She is associated with the Twee pop scene.
She also sang backing vocals for The Wedding Present early in their career and on the Hefner album We Love the City . She toured with, and was guest vocalist for, The Pooh Sticks on their albums Orgasm, Million Seller and The Great White Wonder , and in 1988 released a single under her own name, "Can You Keep a Secret?" She has also appeared as a guest vocalist for The 6ths on the song "Looking for Love (In the Hall of Mirrors)", on “Monday Morning” by The Candyskins, on both Bugbear recordings, a single by The Hit Parade, and on the "Why Do You Have to Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me?" single by The Brilliant Corners. From 1999 to 2003, she was keyboardist for Sportique. Amelia Fletcher was also an early promoter of Scottish group Bis who Heavenly performed alongside and whose lead singer, Manda Rin, repeatedly cited Amelia as one of her inspirations/influences.
With husband, Rob Pursey, she co-founded independent label, Skep Wax Records.
Fletcher read economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. [3] In 1993, she completed a D.Phil. in economics at Nuffield College, Oxford titled 'Theories of Self-Regulation'. In 2001, she was appointed Chief Economist at the Office of Fair Trading [4] and in 2008 took on the additional role of Senior Director of Mergers. [5] She left in April 2013, to become Professor of Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia. [6] She has been a Non-Executive Director on the boards of the Financial Conduct Authority (2013–2020), Payment Systems Regulator (2014–2020), [7] and Competition and Markets Authority (2016–2023). [8]
Fletcher was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Years Honours list for services to competition and consumer economics and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the economy. [9]
Fletcher has two children with her husband Rob Pursey, also a member of Heavenly, Talulah Gosh, Marine Research, Tender Trap, The Catenary Wires and Swansea Sound. She is the daughter of Jean and Winston Fletcher.
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Heavenly are a twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher (vocals/guitar), Mathew Fletcher, Peter Momtchiloff (guitar) and Robert Pursey (bass) had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.
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Talulah Gosh were an English guitar-pop group from Oxford, and one of the leading bands of the indiepop movement, taking their name from the headline of an NME interview with Clare Grogan. They supposedly formed in 1986 when Amelia Fletcher and Elizabeth Price, both wearing Pastels badges, met at a club in Oxford. Their original line-up comprised Amelia Fletcher, her younger brother Mathew Fletcher (drums), Peter Momtchiloff, Rob Pursey (bass) and Elizabeth Price (vocals). Pursey left early on, to be replaced by Chris Scott.
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Marine Research were an indiepop group, based in Oxford/London (UK), formed in 1997 by four of the five members of Heavenly, following the death of Heavenly drummer Mathew Fletcher. The band were joined on drums by DJ Downfall, who is also a solo recording artist.
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Swansea Sound are an indie pop band from Kent and Swansea, formed in 2020. The group reunites Amelia Fletcher and Hue Williams, who previously sang together in 1990s indie band The Pooh Sticks. The songs are written by Rob Pursey, Fletchers's husband and long-term musical partner in Heavenly, Marine Research and Tender Trap. Ian Button, formerly of Death in Vegas and Thrashing Doves plays drums. Bob Collins, of The Dentists, plays guitar.
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