one of the rare times he's on american tv and i miss it. and on vh1 too, of all places! i watch that channel all the time.
very true, I remember him saying that his accent changed depending on where he was. "transatlantic"
I doubt it's a piercing... moles can appear any time during your life, besides the hole is off center. maybe it's a sealed up piercing? left-ear piercings were big in the '80s, they say.