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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Lewis Capaldi announces UK and Ireland tour after his triumphant return to Glastonbury following a two-year hiatus amid his battle with Tourettes
Lewis Capaldi has announced he's heading on a UK and Ireland tour this year following his triumphant return to Glastonbury. The Scottish singer, 28, left music lovers thrilled as he took to the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm on Friday, two years after his battle with Tourette's left him unable to finish his set. And days after his emotional return to the festival, Lewis thrilled fans once more as he revealed he's set to head on the road in September, humorously noting on Instagram that it's 'about time I got back to work.' The Someone You Loved hitmaker will play 10 dates later this year, playing venues in cities including Sheffield, Aberdeen, Birmingham and Nottingham. Lewis, who last week unveiled his new track Survive, will also play two days at London's 02 Arena. Lewis went on to confirm on Instagram that these would be his 'only shows' in the UK, Ireland and Europe this year. Pre-sale tickets go on sale on July 8, while general sale is on July 10. The Bruises hitmaker was greeted with cheers from the huge Worthy Farm crowd on Friday, following a two-year career hiatus. Delighted to be back in front of an audience he tearfully said: 'Two years ago I wasn't sure if I'd ever do this again, but I'm back baby!'. Lewis sung a number of his famous hits, before once chocking back tears as he performed brand new single Survive, which highlights the difficult period in his career following his last Glastonbury gig. Fans in the crowd could be seen crying and calling out his name before joining him in a rendition of mega-hit Someone You Loved. In his emotional speech, Lewis said: 'Glastonbury it's good to be back. Won't say too much up here today as if I do I might start crying, but I can't thank you enough for coming here and being with here'. 'Second times a charm hey! It's a short set today but just wanted to come and finish what I couldn't last time, also this was like the worst kept f*****g secret ever'. Following his set Lewis took to Instagram with footage of his performance alongside a post which read: 'Glastonbury it's so incredible to be back, thank you so much for having me x' After his emotional return to the festival, Lewis thrilled fans once more as he revealed he's set to head on the road in September, humorously noting on Instagram that it's 'about time I got back to work' Delighted to back in front of an audience he tearfully said: 'Two years ago I wasn't sure if I'd ever do this again, but I'm back baby!'' Lewis' 2025 tour dates September 7 – Sheffield, Utilita Arena September 11 – Aberdeen, P&J Live September 13 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro September 17 – London, O2 Arena September 18 – London, O2 Arena September 20 – Manchester, Co-op Live September 23 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena September 26– Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena September 27 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena September 29 – Dublin, 3Arena Fans and famous friends rushed to the comments to welcome the talented musician back into the public eye. Sam Fender said: 'Return of The King', while Alan Shearer said: 'Love It': Paddy McGuinness gushed: 'Governor' and Jade Thirlwall shared a slew of loving emojis. Following his emotional set at Worthy Farm in June 2023, the singer took time off to focus on his mental health and to 'adjust to the impact' of his Tourette's diagnosis. Also performing on Glastonbury's first day was CMAT, Lola Young, Alanis Morissette, as well Lorde with her own secret set. It came hours after Lewis shocked fans by announcing his comeback on Instagram, sharing a snippet of his new song and the Henry Dockrill directed accompanying music video. Captioning his exciting post, he simply wrote: 'It's been a while…' before directing his followers to the link to his song in his bio. The short video features sweet moments throughout Lewis' life and career, including snippets from his childhood. The new song has been described as a 'brutally honest track that addresses mental health challenges of self-doubt and despair', highlighting the difficult period in his career following his last Glastonbury performance. It features heartbreaking lyrics including: 'Most nights I fear that I'm not enough, I've had my share of Monday mornings when I can't get up.' However, more defiant lines include: 'I swear to God I'll survive, if it kills me to, I'm gonna' get up and try, if it's the last thing I'll do.' Lewis once again teamed up with collaborator Romans for the track, with the songwriter having famously co-wrote Lewis' megahit Someone You Loved. The star's announcement on Instagram sent his fans wild, with many sharing their excitement at his comeback in the comments. WHAT IS TOURETTE'S SYNDROME? Tourette's syndrome is a neurological condition characterised by a combination of involuntary noises and movements called tics. It usually starts during childhood and continues into adulthood. Tics can be either be vocal or physical. In many cases Tourette's syndrome runs in families and it's often associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Tourette's syndrome is named after the French doctor, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, who first described the syndrome and its symptoms in the 19th century. There's no cure for Tourette's syndrome, but treatment can help to control the symptoms.
Metro
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
I won't risk my safety by seeing Charli XCX at Glastonbury 2025
Having been eight times, I'd never felt unsafe at Glastonbury. Murmurs of crowds becoming claustrophobic and even potentially dangerous felt like a myth or unfortunate chaos that belonged in the past. That was until I was in the crush to get to Sugababes. In 2022, they were performing at the Avalon stage, a pop-friendly area with my name written all over it. It has seen some of the greatest artists from the Smash Hits era finally make it to Worthy Farm, when it would have been unthinkable to see them on the bill 20 years ago. The Avalon stage has a capacity of around 3,000 people and Sugababes were playing in the early evening. They've had six number one singles, four platinum albums and headlined the 02 Arena this year – clearly a 3,000 capacity stage wasn't going to accommodate one of the most successful artists on the Glastonbury bill. But somehow we managed to make it into the stage. I couldn't see Mutya, Keisha or Siobhan at any point but we made it in when thousands of others didn't, and endured the fresh hell of being part of the stampede trying to get into the tent. The Astroworld crush, which killed 10 people during rapper Travis Scott's gig, was just the year before and while Glastonbury would never let anything like that happen, it was still suffocating enough to cling onto friends and begin to panic. It was the first time I've ever been genuinely quite scared at Glastonbury and was sure I would never find myself in the same precarious situation again. Jump two years and Sugababes were back at Glastonbury, this time bumped up to the West Holts Stage – a significant upgrade with a 30,000 capacity, but still, it was obviously going to be another health and safety nightmare. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Stewards were trying to enforce a one-way system but there's only so much a handful of volunteers in high-vis jackets can do when there are thousands of fans with tunnel vision slipping through the net. They played on a Friday afternoon, clashing with Paul Heaton who was on The Pyramid, and once again it was an unnerving crush to see Push The Button live at Worthy Farm. I've spoken with friends and, after our previous experiences, many of us are concerned about this year. Subsequently, I've made the decision to avoid seeing the artist I was most excited to see. Charli XCX has by far been the most colossally important artist of the last 12 months. It was impossible not to get swept away by the Brat summer of 2024, whether you were a party girl functioning on Golden Virginia and Smirnoff Ice or you were just a spectator enjoying the ride from afar. She is the moment and I don't have a doubt she'll bring in the biggest crowd of the entire festival. Last year, she played a DJ set at Silver Hayes and thousands of people turned up just to watch her spin decks. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Huge crowds were turned away disappointed and it became one of the most celebrated moments of the weekend. It wasn't even a full Charli XCX show and the crowd was determined, engrossed and, more importantly, humongous. It is unthinkable, then, that she isn't topping off her Brat era on The Pyramid Stage where almost the entire festival could – and would – descend as one 170,000-strong army. Instead, she is on at The Other Stage, which has under half the capacity of the Pyramid, and sadly where I wouldn't dare try to see her. Last year Avril Lavigne performed on The Other Stage, her last hit single now 14 years old, and crowds complained they felt crushed as the swarm of fans expanded into camping areas. The thought of Charli on The Other Stage is genuinely terrifying and while every single person I know is dead set on watching her set, reluctantly I just can't face it. Glastonbury offers assurances every year that it always has a 'robust, dynamic crowd management plan in place', which I don't doubt, and Emily Eavis has admitted they've sold fewer tickets this year in an attempt to avert crushes. But logistically, I don't see how they can possibly keep the enormous Brat army confined to the limited space surrounding The Other Stage. At best it will be unbearable, at the very worst, potentially dangerous. There is a clash which might thin the crowd ever so slightly with rapper Doechi performing at the same time, but I can't see that being much of a deterrent for fiercely loyal Charli fans. More Trending It's sad that Glastonbury seems to specifically treat its pop artists this way, sidelining them to smaller stages, undermining their enormous fanbases and essentially losing grasp on its evolving identity. Granted, Olivia Rodrigo is closing the Pyramid Stage, but would it have been too much to have two humongous popstars headlining the same weekend? Glastonbury needs to realise what it is and who it's for before someone gets hurt. Yes, I am very lucky to be able to be in the field come the last weekend of June, but I can't deny I'm absolutely gutted that seeing Charli just feels like a dangerous option, which could so easily have been avoided. Do you have a story you'd like to share? Get in touch by emailing Share your views in the comments below. 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Scottish Sun
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Luke Humphries apologises to fans after hilarious nine-darter fail leaves even rival Nathan Aspinall laughing
Click above to watch the video LUKE AWAY Luke Humphries apologises to fans after hilarious nine-darter fail leaves even rival Nathan Aspinall laughing LUKE HUMPHRIES jokingly apologised to fans after failing a nine dart attempt in the Premier League play-off semi-finals. The 30-year-old was three darts away from completing the feat in the fourth leg and needed a 141 to do it. Advertisement 3 Luke Humphries apologised to fans after failing a nine-dart attempt Credit: X/ @OfficialPDC 3 The world No1 held his hand up to the crowd Credit: X/ @OfficialPDC 3 Nathan Aspinall couldn't help but laugh Credit: X/ @OfficialPDC However, on this third trip to the oche in the leg, he completely missed the treble 20 and instead hit one. The crowd sarcastically cheered in response, sparking a hilarious reaction from both Humphries and his oppenent, Nathan Aspinall. World No1 Humphries turned around to the crowd and held his hand up with a smile to apologise. Aspinall couldn't help but laugh before stepping up to the oche for his turn. Advertisement Humphries went on to win the semi-final 10-7 against the Asp. As a result, he set up a final meeting with Luke Littler for the second year running. Littler held off Gerwyn Price to win 10-7 at the 02 Arena in London. After the match, the Nuke said: "When he (Price) hit the double five to go 6-4 up I took myself straight off stage, I needed to get myself up for it. Advertisement CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS "The first five or six legs I was nervous and going into the break 6-4 down was not what I wanted. "I knew, especially after last year, that I love coming on after a break so I relaxed myself and I got the job done."
Metro
29-04-2025
- Science
- Metro
Giant ‘space umbrella' will orbit Earth but it won't stop the rain - here's why
The 'space brolly' is nothing to do with geoengineering A satellite that looks like a giant parasol was launched into orbit today, and will open itself up automatically in space. The 'space brolly' was made by the European Space Agency, and blasted off this morning from South America. While geoengineering projects about 'dimming the sun' have been in the news lately, this has nothing to do with them. It's not going to affect the weather, either by providing us with a cool bit of shade or by keeping the rain off (it's much too high up for that). The Biomass satellite is designed to 'weigh' forests using radar, to tell us more about the state of the world's rainforests and jungles. It will give 'unprecedented insights' into their 'crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle', showing us more about how well they are faring. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Its 12-metre-wide mesh reflector (the umbrella bit) is supported by a 7.5-metre boom, and was developed by over 50 companies led by Airbus UK. We'd better hope that it's better than our own umbrellas when it comes to getting buffetted by space winds. Why is this mission important? Forests absorb and store large amounts of carbon dioxide: around 8 billion tonnes every year. This makes them important in regulating the planet's temperature, and they are often called the world's 'green lungs'. When they are cut down or degraded, this carbon is released back into the atmosphere, contributing to global heating. We know this is a problem, but so far data is scarce on exactly how bad. How will Biomass help? It is the first satellite to be equipped with a P-band synthetic aperture radar. This is a type of radar which is often used to show us more about space, such as the surface of other planets, like Mars. Are we sure they didn't just repurpose the 02 Arena (Picture: ESA) But now it's being used to create detailed 3D maps of forests and essentially 'weigh' them to see how much biomass there is from trees (the total mass of living organisms in an ecosystem at a specific time). The ESA say this is the first satellite which is 'capable of penetrating forest canopies to measure woody biomass – trunks, branches, and stems – where most forest carbon is stored. 'These measurements act as a proxy for carbon storage, the assessment of which is the mission's primary goal. 'Data from Biomass will significantly reduce uncertainties in carbon stock and flux estimates, including those related to land-use change, forest loss, and regrowth.' The agency's Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Simonetta Cheli, said: 'With Biomass, we are poised to gain vital new data on how much carbon is stored in the world's forests, helping to fill key gaps in our knowledge of the carbon cycle and, ultimately, Earth's climate system.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: Controversial Russian satellite involved in nuclear row is 'spinning out of control' Arrow MORE: Rare 'smiley face' to light up sky when Venus, Saturn and the Moon align Arrow MORE: China plans to build nuclear plant on the moon to power base shared with Russia
Budapest Times
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Budapest Times
Good times, bad times but overwhelmingly good
Tim SImons was on Led Zeppelin's crew at City Hall in Salisbury, UK, on December 20, 1971, and he got chatting to drummer John Bonham at the post-concert meal. 'I know it's a bit cheeky but any chance of a lift home?' he wondered. Bonham asked why, and Tim, 17, said, 'Well, you're the only man I know with a white, soft-top Rolls-Royce Corniche. I live on a council estate and I would feel great if you took me home.' So Bonham did. But when Martin Pottinger joined the roadies for Led Zeppelin's month-long, 21-show, eighth North American visit in mid-1972, Bonham took a dislike to him. Pottinger tried to steer clear, finding Bonham to be a nasty drunk, a big guy with big hands looking to whack people. 'I think he thought I was some little twat, which is fine because I thought he was a complete arsehole and not a nice person at all.' Bonham tried to throw Pottinger's suitcase out a window, tossed a bucket of water on his hotel bed and finally got him fired. Encounters differ, then, and these are two poles-apart memories from the band's beginning in 1968 to its demise in 1980, via Scandinavia, Britain, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and the reunions at Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985 and the 02 Arena in London in 2007. Some 750-plus fans contributed to this 400-page oral history of one of rock music's greatest bands, mostly from the audiences, of course, but also the fortunate few who actually met Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John 'Bonzo' Bonham. Naturally, it's the close-up encounters between the fans and their musical gods that are invariably the most readable. Phyllis Fox, 16, and her girlfriends were outside the Convention Hall at Asbury Park in New Jersey, US, on August 16, 1969, waiting for the band's limousine to arrive. One of her friends was 'tall, blonde and gorgeous', and when the car drove in, the rear window rolled down and Jimmy Page reached out. 'She hopped in the limo and about 20 minutes later came over to us and whispered in my ear, 'I just gave Jimmy Page a blowjob.' Then she shouted it out for everyone to hear!' recounts Phyllis. There are a couple of similar tales about the imperious Messrs. Page, Plant, their peckers and compliant girls. Craig Barrows saw the band at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago, Illinois, US, on February 7, 1969, and he was in the men's toilet taking a leak when Plant came in and peed next to him. 'How do we sound tonight?' the singer asked. He also bummed a cigarette. 'My moment next to a hero!' recalls Craig. At the same gig, Bob Hollis and his friend were so close to Page on stage that he was sweating on them. And Stuart Langford reckons he saved Page from very nearly electrocuting himself at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK, on March 13, 1969, when, pre-gig, Langford found the guitarist kneeling on stage, hardly able to see in the dark, reaching under the boards, feeling around, trying to wedge the bare ends of his amplifier cable into a 15-amp socket, creating the odd spark, a 'zzzzzzzz' sound and the smell of singeing. Langford literally pulled Page away, saying 'Jimmy, don't do that!' They lent him a plug that he promised to return but didn't. Led Zeppelin uber-fan and chronicler Dave Lewis established the Tight But Loose fanzine in 1978 and in its 40-plus years it reached like-minded enthusiasts in more than 30 countries. Lewis saw the band 15 times and has contributed a foreword to Houghton's book, recounting how the band emerged out of the remnants of the Yardbirds, who split in summer 1968, leaving guitarist Page with the rights to the name and the task of assembling a new band. Page travelled to the Midlands to see a recommended singer named Robert Plant, and it is the then-unknown Plant who is the subject of the book's first fan contribution, in 1965 no less. Dave Braddock recalls seeing him perform at the Club Lafayette in Wolverhampton, UK, which was primarily a discotheque but occasionally hired local bands. Braddock doesn't remember the name of Plant's band, and says the singer belted out numbers a bit too loudly for a crowd that preferred the Tamla Motown sound. He mainly distinguished himself with yellow trousers with a large red overcheck, thus quickly dubbed as his 'Rupert Bear' pants. Derek Thomas, age 14, also saw 'Bob' Plant in 1965, at St. John's Hall, Stourbridge, in the Midlands. Plant was fronting Black Snake Moan, named after a Blind Lemon Jefferson song, and playing blues and R&B. Derek also saw him at a New Year's Eve gig in Dudley Town Hall, UK, where 'Bob' and Roy Harper serended the attendees with 'Auld Lang Syne'. Another early encounter comes from Peter Smith who saw Plant's band named Listen, at The Woolpack in Wolverhampton in 1966. Listen became Band of Joy with Plant singing and John Bonham on drums, and they played frequently around the Midlands. This was the year that top session guitarist Page joined the Yardbirds, first on bass then guitar after Jeff Beck left. On August 18, 1968, the four members of what would become Led Zeppelin met in a basement below a record shop in Gerrard Street, London, and John Paul Jones, familiar to Page on London's session musician circuit, said: 'We all met up in this little room to see if we could stand each other.' They played their first show, as The New Yardbirds, at the Teen Club, in a school gymnasium, Gladsaxe, Denmark, on September 7, 1968. Their second show, at an unknown venue in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 12, was curtailed when the speakers shut down, and after another show the same night in the Pop Club in Stockholm, a reviewer suggested that 'Robert Planto's (sic) dancing needed work'. The short tour concluded on September 15 at Stjarscenen Club in Gothenburg, Sweden. From October 4-19 The New Yardbirds played in Newcastle, London and Liverpool before debuting as Led Zeppelin at the University of Surrey in Guildford on October 25, 1968. Early UK dates were at the Fishmongers Arms Hall in Wood Green, The Toby Jug in Tolworth, Farx Club at The Northcote Arms in Southall and the Nottingham Boat Club. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, there is almost nil record of these early days. But on December 26, the band began its first US tour, and now the fans' comments start to flow. The vast majority are adulatory, telling how the band, both live and on record, changed people's lives, were a religious experience, blew the roof off, et cetera. Some unimpressed malcontents pop up among the euphoria and there were disastrously sloppy shows, but only a tiny minority. So, the fans recall the thrills and spills as Led Zeppelin stormed the rock world. Memories range from short and bland (Plant spotted down the high street in his wellies! Plant patted my dog!) to great detail. Here we have it all (over and over again) – clubs and enormodomes, electric atmospheres, ear-ringing marathon shows with acoustic interludes, rain and risk of electrocution, the odd riot, vibrating balconies, drum solos by stick and by hand, double-neck and triple-neck guitars, violin bows, the theremin and gong, rock 'n' roll medleys, lasers, acid, weed, tight trousers and cock rock, 8-track tapes and ticket queues, and squeezed lemons. Here's one of the best recollections – at City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire UK, on December 20, 1971, Susan Hayward and her husband Roger had seats because she was six months pregnant. She had never ever heard anything so loud. 'I swear you could feel the force of the sound against your face.' Her baby started kicking wildly and did so for the whole show, though there was some relief during 'Stairway to Heaven'. Later that baby, Justin, could impress friends by telling them he had been to a Led Zeppelin concert, albeit in the womb. Repetitive, yes, and even rather juvenile at times, but somehow a very compelling read. Your Budapest Times correspondent Christopher Maddock (aka Osterberg) was leafing through 'Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love, A People's History' and got a shock to find himself turning up on Page 97. His unwitting contribution was a comment that had originally appeared on the Led Zeppelin website a decade or so ago, when he pointed out the irony of the band listing all their concerts alongside the hope that photos, recordings, et cetera of shows would surface, a bit of a forlorn hope considering that 30 years or so earlier they had been actively combatting illicit live recordings, mainly to prevent rip-off bootleggers but also netting fans who simply required a personal souvenir of a concert. Here is his account: I WAS THERE: CHRISTOPHER MADDOCK Born in Cornwall in 1950, I started going to UK rock concerts and festivals in about 1968. One of my first was the Bath Festival of Blues in 1969, followed by the Shepton Mallet three-day event in 1970, the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. I was a junior reporter on The Kentish Times and I managed to get in the press area in front of the stage. Led Zeppelin followed Flock on stage. Flock were obviously very stoned and their set was cut a bit short, much to their stoned bemusement. This apparently happened on the orders of the Zeppelin team, who wanted Zeppelin on stage at their preferred time of dusk. While Zeppelin played, members of their crew continually jumped into the packed press area and barged through to rip cassettes out of cassette recorders that they had spotted, with no argument permitted. I suppose that was fair enough in a way, with bands' concerns about bootlegs. On Led Zeppelin's website on the page referring to the Shepton Mallet show, manager Peter Grant is quoted as saying: 'Some people were trying to videotape the Bath festival and they'd already been told beforehand they couldn't, so I had no qualms about throwing a bucket of water on to the tape machine which blew the whole lot up. Whoosh! It made a horrible smell and then it melted.' I did not see this incident, metres as I was from the stage. Ah, the wisdom of hindsight. It would be great now, wouldn't it, to have all those destroyed video and casette tapes. (Subsequently, 17 minutes of very good 16mm footage backstage and on stage at Bath 1970 has emerged on YouTube, also two hours and 11 minutes of dodgy audio – editor. )
