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IOL News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Holly Rey claps back at critic after being questioned over Hey Neighbour festival slot
From lineup criticism to clapbacks from local artists, this year's Hey Neighbour festival rollout has been anything but quiet. Image: Holly Rey/Instagram Music festival Hey Neighbour is two months away and has released more names of the artists that will be performing. Organisers have announced Grammy award-winning musician Doja Cat and the United Kingdom's trailblazing Central Cee and Leon Thomas as the headline acts. Acts for day 2 are DJ Lochive, Elaine, Akio, DJ Nkosh, Khuli Chana, Holly Rey, Nia Pearl, Tortured Soul, Sun El Musician and Muzi. The first Hey Neighbour festival created major impressions among festival goers, but it seems that this year's lineup might be struggling to live up to the high expectations. Hopeful attendees aren't too impressed with some of the local artists being brought to perform at the festival. @Shaun_thefirst tweeted: 'Guys who is making these decisions!!??' 'Bona themselves do they listen to Holly Rey? Have they ever picked their phone up to play a Holly Rey song? Would you leave your house to go listen to Holly Rey? Name me 5 Holly Rey songs.' However, Holly Rey clapped back and reminded the critic that her music is being listened to by her fans and she is deserving of being on the lineup. 'My bank account, Spotify streams and multiple songs that have gone multi platinum, in more then just Mzansi, would beg to differ, but who am I to argue with a wanna be DJ who puts 'umthandi wegqom' as their bio.' Fans of the festival have mixed reactions to the artists being announced and are making it known. @Miggs_NotMigos said: 'The hey neighbour lineup has me in stitches. 😭 so they spent their whole budget on Central Cee & Doja.. 😭😭' @SupremeShae said: 'Hey Neighbour day 2 line up is looking shaky🤣 only committing to Doja cause my homie wants to see her.' @Cocobby02 said: 'Hey Neighbour's marketing team is probably going through it. Every artist announcement is received with immediate backlash. I really hope they have more up their sleeves.' Hey Neighbour organisers, this year have made changes such as the festival being over two days instead of three. The festival will take place at Legends Adventure Farm, Pretoria on August 30 - 31.
Time Out
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Hey Neighbour Festival
Hey Neighbour Mark your calendars: from 30 to 31 August , the H ey Neighbour Festival returns to Legends Adventure Farm just outside Pretoria , bringing two days of high-energy performances, global music icons, and vibrant summer-festival vibes. Set to be one of the biggest music events near Johannesburg this year, the festival boasts a stellar line-up featuring international superstars like Doja Cat, Central Cee , and Leon Thomas , alongside top local talent. By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. 🙌 Awesome, you're subscribed! Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Discover Time Out original video
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
World-famous rapper attempts to go incognito as he works out and vapes at North Bondi outdoor gym flanked by eight-person entourage
Central Cee was spotted working out at an outdoor gym in North Bondi on Wednesday. The London-born rapper - real name Oakley Neil Caesar-Su - was flanked by an eight-person entourage at the iconic location. The 25-year-old, who is currently performing at locations around Australia on his Can't Rush Greatness world tour, attempted to go incognito in an all-grey ensemble as he strolled around the workout space. The Loading hitmaker braced for the cool Sydney winter in track pants and a pullover with an embroidered logo. Later on, as he warmed up, Cee took off his jumper to reveal a simple grey tee and his heavily inked body. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The star showed off his many tattoos, which cover his arms and neck, during the Bondi outing. On his feet, Cee opted for a pair of Nike Air Max 95s in a white, orange and black colourway. He finished off the workout fit with a grey patterned beanie, which shielded the star from the North Bondi wind. Cee could be seen puffing on a vape as he arrived by car at the beachside spot with a plaid scarf around his head, which he later took off. He also was caught sporting a bright yellow pimple patch on his face in the shape of a star. In one snap, Cee flexed his muscles, showing off his ripped frame, while flanked by his all-male posse. Another picture showed the rapper laughing with his mates as they stood around the workout space chatting, the blue ocean wild and wooly behind them. Cee is set to perform at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on June 28 before wrapping up in Perth at RAC Arena on July 2. The BAND4BAND hitmaker caused chaos and confusion in the Harbour City during his last visit in January, when a surprise visit to Oxford Street saw thousands of fans swarm the area. He visited the suburb of Paddington to promote his streetwear clothing label Syna World. However, pandemonium filled the streets as a throng of fans lined up from 4am around the block hoping to see him in the flesh. In the afternoon, they were finally rewarded when Cee arrived in his limo and was escorted into a store by his security team. Cee looked to be in good spirits as he waved to his adoring fans, who were heard loudly chanting his name and fighting to catch sight of the adored rapper. Fortunately, Cee was thrilled to oblige and looked every inch the rap star in stylish branded streetwear as he posed for photos and entertained the crowd. The rapper had the roaring crowd in the palm of his hands as many forked out hundreds of dollars to purchase one of his streetwear hoodies and jackets. His brief appearance thrilled his legion of supporters and left them screaming for more. Cee waved to them goodbye as he was driven away by his entourage. He rose to fame in 2021 with his hit single Obsessed With You. A year later, in 2023, he scored his first number one in Australia with his song Sprinter. His unique hip hop style has seen him work with a host of other popular artists, including Australian rapper The Kid Laroi and South Korean star Jungkook.
Daily Mail
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The eye-watering cost of glamping at Glastonbury with two teenage daughters: ‘It's the same as a fortnight in Greece'
It's Saturday night, close to midnight, in a field in Somerset. I am with my daughters Clemmie, 16, and Sasha, 18, gyrating, as much as the thousands of surrounding sequin-clad bodies allow us, and bellowing along to rapper Central Cee and his unprintable lyrics about b***hes and obscure sexual positions. Right behind us Zoe Ball is keeping an eye on her teenage daughter, who's in the thick of the rapturous crowd. Beside her, going almost unnoticed, rapper Stormzy is quietly grooving along. Welcome to Glastonbury, which I remember as a gathering in the boonies for smelly hippies, where you bought a ticket, without queuing, for £58 from your local record shop (or you simply climbed over the fence). Today it has morphed into the event of the summer, with more than 2.5 million people trying to get their hands on the 200,000 available tickets, paying £378.50 to watch some of the biggest stars in music. Highlights of this year's festival, which starts on Wednesday (and on the BBC on Friday), include Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, the 1975 and Alanis Morissette. To spend eight hours a day seeing everything Glastonbury offers over five days would take an estimated 30 years. Still, for the past couple of years my family has given it a good go. For me, it's extra poignant because I'm a returning veteran. I first hit Worthy Farm (the rest of the year the site's a working dairy farm) fresh out of college in 1993, subsequently completing four Glastos in a row. That run ended after the miserable mudbaths of 1997 and 1998. Yet, two children later, two years ago I braced myself to return. The girls had finished their A-levels and GCSEs, and Sasha was desperate to see her idol Lana Del Rey, who was headlining the Other Stage. The clincher was the camping situation. Glastonbury diehards deem me pathetic, but even when I was young and gung-ho I loathed sleeping on a deflated airbed under sweaty canvas in a sardine-packed field, with no washing for five days. And let's not even discuss the portable loos, which – in rainy years – overflowed. Yet during my absence, upmarket glamping sites have sprung up all around the festival's edges. Ours cost the same as a fortnight in Greece (we're talking at least £2,000 for five nights in a pre-erected bell tent, slightly cheaper if you bring your own bedding, more if you stay in one of the sites that boasts extras such as swimming pools). But not struggling with guy ropes, sleeping on a camp bed under a duvet, with access to hot water and flushing toilets is priceless. The overall cost for the three of us when you add up food, ticket price, accommodation and getting there comes in at around £3,580. It's the cost of a holiday so I decided to treat it exactly like one, putting my out-of-office on, and carving out the budget to pay for it. Accommodation sorted, next was the business of not humiliating my daughters. When I was a teenager, the notion of going to a festival with my parents would have been preposterous. But times have changed. I've never been clubbing with the girls, but they're happy to watch with bemusement as I sing along word-perfect at the sets of Gen X idols such as Blondie (Debbie Harry very much still rocking it at 79). In return, I accompany them in shimmying to Gen Z favourites The Last Dinner Party and the aforesaid Del Rey, where at Sasha's insistence we push up to the stage barrier. 'This is the best moment of my life!' she screams. Yet 30 minutes later, Lana still hasn't appeared – not unusual diva behaviour, but unacceptable by Glasto's hyper-organised standards. She mutters an excuse about having to do her hair. 1993 Forty-five minutes in, having exceeded the midnight curfew, she's abruptly cut off. We see her on her knees begging a sound man in a fleece to continue, but he's unswayed. Sasha's devastated. I give her a lecture about professionalism and the importance of punctuality. 'Shut up, Mum,' she yells. I can't pretend I'm completely down with the kids. There are moments when I sound like the High Court judge who'd never heard of The Beatles – take the moment the girls freak out at the sight of the rapper Aitch passing in a limousine. 'Ooh, is that H from Steps?' I ask excitedly, while the girls groan in humiliation. Sometimes we go our separate ways – me to see my teenage heartthrob Billy Idol, now fronting Generation Sex, and them to Weyes Blood (who?). But most of the time the girls stick gratifyingly by my side, keeping their normal caustic comments about 'cringe' mum dancing to themselves and humouring my Eddie-from-Ab-Fab delusions that I've still got it. Although this may be less out of daughterly devotion and more about accessing my credit card, allowing them to shop at the numerous vintage stalls and hundreds of food stands serving everything from fish and chips to Tibetan momo (I didn't know what they were either, but they were delicious). Newbies are always shocked by Glastonbury's vastness: it's the size of 500 football pitches. Without even trying, you're managing 30,000 steps a day. There are other unintended health benefits: being in mum mode means I'm infinitely better behaved than I was in yesteryear: barely touching alcohol. The pathetic phone signal also means I manage the longest digital detox since the invention of the iPhone. Naturally I spend a lot of time nagging my offspring about using sunscreen, staying hydrated and eating at least some vegetables – all things I never did back in the day (but no need to tell them that). At the same time, my presence halts any bad behaviour from the girls – they grumble a bit but bedtime's a strict 1am latest. What hasn't changed is that – so long as the sun's shining (anyone who claims festivals are fun in the rain has eaten too many magic mushrooms) – Glastonbury is still the most blissful way you can spend a midsummer weekend. For family bonding it can't be surpassed. I declare the experience 'peng', only to be reprimanded, 'Mum, that word's so 2020 – we say 'fire' now.' I'm gutted that this year both girls are behaving exactly as young-adult offspring should and choosing to holiday with friends, rather than hang out at Glasto with me. I ask, wheedlingly, if they now think I'm cool. 'Your dancing's still sub-par,' Sasha says. Clemmie says: 'I don't want you to be cool. I want you to be my mum.' WHAT WE SPENT TRANSPORT £80 TICKETS APPROX £1,000 GLAMPING APPROX £2,000 GOOD AND DRINKS £500 TOTAL £3,580
Daily Mail
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Central Cee lifts the lid off Spark Arena in Auckland as rapper kicks off Down Under leg of world tour
British rap phenomenon Central Cee has officially kicked off the final leg of his mammoth three month world tour Down Under. Kicking things off in Auckland on Friday night, the tracksuit-clad star had thousands of attendees shaking off their winter blues and belting out every word to his TikTok viral lyrics. Fresh off the back of his highly anticipated debut album Can't Rush Greatness, the London-born hitmaker is concluding his most ambitious run of arena shows yet. After scoring a cracking #91 spot in the Hottest 100 of 2024 with his undeniable banger 'BAND4BAND' alongside Lil Baby, there is no doubt these shows are going to be nothing short of insane. ' New Zealand what the hell,' the rapper captioned a fan-made video of the crowds at Spark Arena creating a sea of phone lights to 'Now We're Strangers.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Fresh off the back of his highly anticipated debut album Can't Rush Greatness , the London-born hitmaker is embarking on his most ambitious run of arena shows yet Earlier in the day, Cee went incognito at an Auckland café, where he stepped out with a black bucket hat pulled down over his head. He posted a short clip with a location tag to his Instagram Stories, as he leaned down to pat the dog of an unsuspecting customer who paid him no mind. Cee took to the stage wearing a Pounamu, also known as New Zealand jade or greenstone, in a small gesture of appreciation to Māori customs (Tikanga). The rapper, real name Oakley Neil Caesar-Su, will make his grand entrance on Australian soil on Sunday at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. He will then travel to Sydney for another one-night-only concert at Quodos Bank Arena on Wednesday June 25, followed by Melbourne on June 28, before wrapping up in Perth on July 2. The 25-year-old caused chaos and confusion in the Harbour City during his last visit in January, when a surprise visit to Oxford Street saw thousands of fans swarm the area. The London-born artist visited the suburb of Paddington to promote his streetwear clothing label Syna World. However, pandemonium filled the streets as a throng of fans lined up from 4am around the block hoping to see him in the flesh. Kicking things off in Auckland on Friday night, the tracksuit-clad star had thousands of attendees shaking off their winter blues and belting out every word to his TikTok viral lyrics Crowds at the Central Cee concert at Spark Arena in Auckland on Friday He rose to fame in 2021 with his hit single Obsessed With You and in 2023 he scored his first number one in Australia with his song Sprinter In the afternoon, they were finally rewarded when Cee arrived in his limo and was escorted into a store by his security team. Cee looked to be in good spirits as he waved to his adoring fans, who were heard loudly chanting his name and fighting to catch sight of the adored rapper. Fortunately, Cee was thrilled to oblige and looked every inch the rap star in stylish branded streetwear as he posed for photos and entertained the crowd. The rapper had the roaring crowd in the palm of his hands as many forked out hundreds of dollars to purchase one of his streetwear hoodies and jackets. His brief appearance thrilled his legion of supporters and left them screaming for more. Cee waved to them goodbye as he was driven away by his entourage. He rose to fame in 2021 with his hit single Obsessed With You and in 2023 he scored his first number one in Australia with his song Sprinter. His unique hip hop style has seen him work with a host of other popular artists, including Australian rapper The Kid Laroi and South Korean star Jungkook.
