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How a dystopian TV series inspired the latest single by the Dear Boys

This week sees the release of a new double A-side, “Gone Viral” and “Scan Me,” by The Dear Boys, the transatlantic “band” built around myself and Tony Page.

For background: Pagey joined my South London school band trio Apocalypse in 1981, as an additional guitarist but primarily to sing my composition given how bad my own voice was back then. As a five-…