Eighties icon Rick Astley opens up on his secret feud with 'naff' Neighbours singer Kylie Minogue

UK singer Rick Astley has revealed his brutal first take on his old friend and rival, Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue. UK singer Rick Astley, 58, has revealed why he didn't like Kylie Minogue in the '80s Kylie Minogue performs at the Brit Awards in 2024 On New Year’s Day 1987, a 19-year-old named Rick Astley recorded the song that would change — and finance — the rest of his life: the effervescent, synthesised ’80s classic Never Gonna Give You Up. Both Rick and Kylie were signed to English songwriting and producing trio Stock Aitken Waterman, the British pop factory responsible for more than 100 top 40 hits in the UK alone. Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue, and Jason Donovan on the cover of Stock Aitken Waterman Gold CD, alongside Bananarama 'My friend Mike Duffy had produced it very much in the style of SAW.