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Rod Stewart says country should ‘give Farage a chance'

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Rod Stewart says country should ‘give Farage a chance'

Sir Rod Stewart has called on Britain to 'give Nigel Farage a chance' as he revealed how close he came to pulling out of his Glastonbury appearance. The 80-year-old singer backed the Reform UK leader ahead of appearing in the festival's afternoon legends slot on Sunday, 23 years after he headlined the Pyramid Stage. 'I've read about (Sir Keir) Starmer cutting off the fishing in Scotland and giving it back to the EU. That hasn't made him popular,' he told The Times. 'We're fed up with the Tories. We've got to give Farage a chance. He's coming across well. Nigel? What options have we got? 'Starmer's all about getting us out of Brexit and I don't know how he's going to do that. Still, the country will survive. It could be worse. We could be in the Gaza Strip.' Admitting his wealth ensures 'a lot of it doesn't really touch me', he insisted he is not out of touch and expressed his support for Ukraine – criticising US President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance for their treatment of Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky on his visit to the White House – and Gaza. 'It's depressing, what's going on in the Gaza Strip,' he said. 'Netanyahu doesn't realise that this is what happened to his people under the Nazis: total annihilation. And Trump is going to turn the Gaza Strip into Miami?' Stewart said a prolonged bout of flu, which forced him to cancel five shows in the US, nearly forced him to withdraw from a Glastonbury appearance he described to ITV as his 'World Cup final'. 'This time last week I was thinking of cancelling,' he told The Sun, crediting his wife Penny Lancaster with nursing him back to health. 'I have had Influenza A. It's been so terrible. It's the worst thing anyone could possibly have, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. 'Apart from (Vladimir) Putin. I'd wish it on him.' Stewart told The Sun he had negotiated an extra quarter of an hour on top of the allotted 75 minutes for his set. He confirmed he will be joined at Glastonbury by former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood, Simply Red's Mick Hucknall and Lulu, as well as performing the song Powderfinger by Saturday headliner Neil Young.

At 13, He Lost His Arm. Now He's a Top Peloton Coach

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At 13, He Lost His Arm. Now He's a Top Peloton Coach

Growing up, Logan Aldridge could never sit still—and if you've met him, you know that hasn't changed. Sitting across from him in his cowboy hat at Sounds Like Nashville Live, his smile was warm and his energy magnetic, so much so that you might not even notice he's missing his left arm. And that's exactly how he wants it. When Aldridge was 13, he was out wakeboarding—something his family did almost every weekend. In an instant, the rope he was holding tangled in the boat's propeller. His left arm was severed, and blood was everywhere. On the way to the hospital, still in shock and trying to process what had just happened, he looked to his mom for answers. 'In the ambulance, when I was thinking, 'Oh my gosh, my arm might get amputated,' I asked my mom [what would happen],' he told Men's Journal. 'And she says, 'Logan, it's just an arm.' That mentality can be viewed by someone as tough love, but it was also the moment that shifted my perspective. It kind of transformed the way I saw myself—and what could become of this.'Aldridge has never let his accident define him, and he doesn't want it to define how others see him either. After he lost his arm, he stood up in front of his entire school and told them what happened—head-on, no drama, no whispers. He's never been afraid of the spotlight—and he's spent the years since turning that resilience into a movement. Today, Aldridge is Peloton's only adaptive fitness instructor. The accident that changed his life also changed how he sees others: with compassion, not caution. While he encourages his trainees to work within the realities of their bodies, you better believe he'll still push them. "My coaching style is one of inclusive accessibility and democratization of fitness, where there shouldn't be barriers to entry, especially if the individual has physical limitations. And through that lens, it's made me a really compassionate instructor and coach. But, big but here, I will make you want to throw up." When he was young, Aldridge remembers people constantly trying to help him. Whether it was teachers stepping in to assist before he had a chance to figure things out, or people gently reminding him of what might be harder now that he'd lost his dominant arm, he understood they meant well. But he never saw himself that way—and he never wanted to be told what he couldn't he brings that same mindset into his training and coaching. He wants everyone he works with to walk away knowing they're capable of more than they think. That they can work hard, push themselves, and move past the limits they—or others—have placed on them. "Just because you're a seated athlete, bilateral amputee, one arm, or whatever the case may be, I have compassion and understanding, but I don't have sympathy," he said. "I still want to push you and show you, regardless of impairment condition or not, if somebody's timid and afraid, doesn't think they can become strong, I want to show them through affirming, empowering action that they're capable." He's able to do just that through Peloton, a platform that meets people wherever they are—no gym membership required. Since joining in 2022, Aldridge has made it his mission to help people of all abilities see themselves reflected in fitness. "I want to help build a way in which people who are intimidated, fearful, who have disabilities, can have this platform. It doesn't have to be on a bike or a tread. It can be in their pocket. It can be on an app. They can just be on the couch and open the app and just watch, just watch. And then maybe the next day you'll try, you know, it's just baby steps, micro changes that make it to macro solutions. And the community at Peloton is the definition of an inclusive, welcoming, understanding community." At 13, He Lost His Arm. Now He's a Top Peloton Coach first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 27, 2025

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