Music power couple end relationship

They were one of the power couples in the great and the good of the music world.

But Bananarama's Keren Woodward, 56, and Wham! star Andrew Ridgeley have called it quits on their 25-year relationship for the second time.

Andrew told The Mirror: 'As close friends, with different lives, we see each other as circumstances allow and retain a great affection for one another.'

Keren has been living in London ever since August, away from the former couple's home near Wadesbridge in north Cornwall.

She added: 'Yes, we’ve gone our separate ways. These things happen unfortunately, but we still speak.

'He’s actually coming to quite a few of the dates on the new Bananarama tour.' 

The former flames initially split in 2015 but they soon rekindled the flames of their romance as they 'worked through everything'.

Andrew and Keren first set their eyes upon each other in the late Eighties but they didn't start dating until 1990 after Wham! had disbanded. 

They moved away from the London scene in 1994 after the Wham! singer failed to make a success of a solo career.

The couple, along with Keren's son Tom, moved to the 15th-century Cornish farmhouse which they lived in together for more than two decades. 

This article was first published on dailymail.co.uk and is republished here with permission.