I ask Hampson how Beggars Banquet reacted to his declaration that he was abandoning rock for good. “I’ve always said this, and I’ll say it ‘til the day I die. Beggars were so incredibly brave in losing one of their biggest bands, which was Loop. They stuck by me through thick and thin. I can’t ever complain about my relationship with them. There came a time where they had to be sensible, and say ‘listen – we can’t carry on doing this.’ But there was a lot of love there, and for that, I will eternally be grateful.”
