Polydor in Germany is preparing for the continental European release of Rick Astley's first studio album in more than a decade as discussions progress about issuing the new material in the UK. Astley, who during part of the Eighties rivalled George Michael as the UK's biggest male solo artist worldwide, has already reached the Top 30 of the German airplay chart with Sleeping, which has also become an airplay hit in Switzerland and parts of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. It ...