Ouch, that's got to hurt! Pete Burns covers his face in piercings



A year after winning a lawsuit against his former plastic surgeon, Pete Burns has stepped out at London Fashion Week sporting new additions to his cosmetically-altered face.



Attending the Pam Hogg and Vivienne Westwood shows with partner Michael Simpson, Burns debuted piercings along his eyebrows, on his forehead and his cheekbones.



The couple sat front row at the Pam Hogg alongside the likes of Roisin Murphy, Janice Dickinson and Amber Rose, but all were eyes Burns' new facial embellishments, which his spokesperson confirmed he had done last week.



Unrecognisable: Pete Burns stepped out at London Fashion Week sporting a new pierced look

The 51-year-old, who had a costume change to watch Vivienne Westwood's show the same evening, has stepped up his public appearances after releasing a new single last week, Never Marry An Icon.



The singer, who found fame with eighties group Dead or Alive, recorded the new track, which his website says is a 'a hard-hitting and propulsive track, with synth accents very reminiscent of recent Dirty Disco songs.'

Bedazzled: The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant added the piercings last week

The Pete Burns site moderator added: 'Lots of aggressive dance beats and synthesizer riffs swirl around Pete's distinctive vocals.



'As for the lyrics, they're "pure Pete". I think I could recognise one of his singles by the cheeky, semi-autobiographical content alone.'

The single, which is available on iTunes, could be based on Pete's relationship with partner Michael Simpson.



The couple, who married in a civil partnership in 2007, briefly split the following year after ten months.



At the time Pete slammed gay marriage in May 2008, saying: 'I view marriage as a sacred institution. I think two men naturally are predators. Gay relationships are a commercial break, not a whole movie.

Burns, who was married to stylist Lynne Corlett until 2006, added: 'I don't know what goes on in many heterosexual marriages but I know mine was 28 years.



'There's a lot of promiscuity in the gay community. I don't understand why they take that union. How low is their self-esteem?

Now and then: Pete at London Fashion Week and (right) in his Dead or Alive days in 1985

'One's on Hampstead Heath meeting men, the other one's hiring rent boys.



'Surely marriage is throwing anchor and saying, "This is where I'm staying, I've made my choice and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door and I want to stand still." That's what I expected.'

But the reunited couple appeared closer than ever as they watched the catwalk shows over the weekend.



A year ago Pete won £450,000 in damages from his cosmetic surgeon Dr Maurizio Viel who the singer claimed left him 'suicidal' after several botched lip implants between 2000 and 2004.

Loved up: The couple, who also attended Vivienne Westwood, looked close after a brief split in 2008

'As I looked in the mirror it felt like everything I had worked for was ruined due to the disabling injuries I suffered caused by Dr Maurizio Viel,' Burns said in September last year.



'I am just glad the case is now over.'

'It is a terrible experience living with the trauma and worry of injury and disability and to have to re-live and recount the details and circumstances of how your injuries happened for the purposes of evidence for the court.'



He added: 'It has taken away my life and my career. I saw doctors in London who said the only option was to amputate my lips. I was suicidal.

Autobiographical: The former Celebrity big Brother contestant is set to release a new single, Never Marry An Icon



The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant claimed the surgery left his career in tatters just as he was due to record with the Pet Shop Boys and release a Greatest Hits album.



He says he was forced to sell his music catalogue and lost his Notting Hill home after being unable to work, and was left so disfigured he could not eat normally, could only drink through a straw and did not leave his house for months.



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