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1: He used to be immense in Britain

Think of him as an ‘N Sync boy coming to the Strip. As the frontman of Bros, one of the UK’s first proper boy bands, he sold 20 million records between 1987 and 1991. Why Bros? Because he was in it with his twin brother, Luke (there was also a guy called Craig Logan, but we’ll pretend there wasn’t, as his leaving precipitated The End Of The Band). Matt sang, Luke played the drums and Judas Craig was on guitar.

Free elocution lesson: in the Queen’s English, Bros rhymes with “Goss” (ie none of your “bros before hoes” if you please).

2: He was the Robert Pattinson of the late 80s

Mention his name to British women of a certain age, and 9 out of 10 will blush furiously, scream or look wistful at the memory of their first love. This is because he was England’s swooniest heartthrob for about 90 percent of girls in the times of Bros. (We, incidentally were in the other 10 percent – way too busy snogging our poster of Jason Donovan cool to notice the Gosses. Which is why you should take note of our fawning now.)

3: He used to look a bit, um, different

To say the least. But don’t hold it against him. He’s well dapper now, and as he said to us on Saturday:

I had some dodgy fashion choices but I think we got off pretty lightly with ripped jeans and white t-shirts. If it had been four years earlier, we’d have been into the New Romantics and I’d have been really f*cked.

And no, we'll be refraining from showing what we looked like in 1989.

4: He used to sound a bit different, too

These days in Vegas, people call him The Voice. Slightly different voice in his Bros days. We’re not saying worse, ok, Matt? Just different.

5: He sings with a British accent

We never noticed how all Brits fake a US accent while they’re singing till a Yank pointed it out to us. He keeps it real though (he's a patriot, is the Goss). He’s also kept his London speaking accent - Catherine Zeta Jones could learn a thing or two.

6: You know his work already

He’s written for other people too. Change Me by Keri Hilson and Akon? He wrote that. The theme for So You Think You Can Dance? That too.

7: His fans are crazy

In a good way, we hasten to add. They tweet about him 24/7. They post pictures relentlessly. Some of them even got hold of Robin Antin’s personal email address when she took over as his manager, demanding she take good care of their boy. Want to be taken seriously as a fan? The initiation ceremony appears to be hurling your undergarments at him.

8: He's the new champion of Vegas fedora chic

In fact, we have yet to see him sans hat and we’ve spent much of the past week tailing him as part of our highly important journalistic research. Proof that he does have hair, for the cynics, is here.

9: You'll find him on the I-15

The Goss likes his fast cars – he was zipping round Vegas in a black Ferrari last week – and he likes driving between Vegas and LA, where he lives. If you see this car shooting by you at 120mph, be sure to let us know whether the fedora’s still on.

10: He’s the epitome of a former British boyband popstrel

By which we mean niceness incarnate. We’ve stalked interviewed a lot of popstars, and the young blades are uniformly twattish, but the ones who’ve seen ups and downs are adorable. The Goss is up there with Mark Owen from Take That and (our ex boyfriend) Jason Donovan in our pantheon of niceness. Clever, too - instead of hating on us for sniggering at him last week, he charmed an apology out of us on Saturday. What a playa. Can we be friends now please Matt? Thanks.

Thanks to Harrah’s Total Experiences for letting us drop in on a Goss meet and greet on Saturday. We’ll tell you more about the program soon!