Back in June, Róisín Murphy took a tumble. The alt-pop polymath – singer, songwriter, producer, filmmaker and flamboyant style icon – was storming down the stage in Veszprém, Hungary, like it was a catwalk. Naturally, she was rocking a silver space-dress with a matching skullcap. Naturally, too, she stacked it just as Madonna famously did at the Brit Awards in 2015 – and, like Madge, she totally owned the moment.
“SHIT HAPPENS!” Murphy posted on social media the next day, adding: “As the wonderful audience will testify... I got right back up and finished the show. I’m glad to be alive!”
Well, the 50-year-old is always in charge, as she reveals throughout her riotous interview with Classic Pop. After 2007’s Overpowered, her second solo LP and arguably her most conventional,…