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Sugababes star Keisha Buchanan opens up about break-up from secret boyfriend as she reveals she moved to Canada for him
Sugababes star Keisha Buchanan has opened up about her break up from a secret boyfriend. The noughties girl band member, 40, took to her YouTube channel last week to update fans on her love life. Keisha revealed that she had been in a secret relationship with a Canadian man, and she had even moved out there to live with him. But in the candid clip Keisha admitted that having been in several long term relationships, it was the first time she's been single for a long time and has realised she 'doesn't know how to date'. She said: 'I went through a breakup, and we actually were living together in Canada. So my ex boyfriend is Canadian, and it didn't work out, and that's very difficult to kind of navigate.' Keisha added: 'I went through a breakup. I never talk about my personal life, guys, but people don't know this, but I'm always in a relationship. I'm in very long relationships, whether it's six years, five years. Sugababes star Keisha Buchanan has opened up about her break up from a secret boyfriend who she moved to Canada for The noughties girl band member, 40, took to her YouTube channel last week to update fans on her love life (Seen earlier this month) 'Like, I don't really know what it is to be single. And for the first time, I am I've been single now for like I want to say like a good part of a year and a half. And this feels so weird because I don't know how to date. 'So, this is the phase that I'm in now. And you know, I'm hoping that I connect with the girlies who had everything written down that was like by this age I'm going to have this, I'm going to do this and everything else. And we're just out here still trying to figure it out.' Keisha's video comes after the Sugababes joined fellow singers Macy Gray and Kimberley Walsh at Usher's star-studded final show at London's O2 Arena earlier this year, bringing his mammoth Past Present Future tour to its close. The King of R&B, - whose full name is Usher Terry Raymond IV - finally completed his staggering tour, after wowing crowds with his hits like Yeah, Burn, U Remind Me and OMG since August. Keisha, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy were among the VIPs putting on edgy displays at the concert, before celebrating with Usher at his European tour wrap party at The Yeah Man. Keisha appeared to have not aged a day since shooting to fame in the girl group over two decades ago, in an effortlessly stylish all-black ensemble. She put on a leggy display in a tiny miniskirt teamed with a leather jacket and matching knee-high heeled boots. Her long raven hair was styled sleek and straight, while she accentuated her ageless beauty with a light palette of radiant makeup. Keisha revealed that she had been in a secret relationship with a Canadian man, and she had even moved out there to live with him But in the candid clip Keisha admitted that having been in several long term relationships, it was the first time she's been single for a long time (Seen with Sugababes in 2023) Keisha posed alongside bandmate Mutya, 39, who cut a typically glamorous figure in a daringly short fluffy miniskirt and bejewelled boots. Leaving little to the imagination, she paired her skirt with a sheer sparkly shirt with a plunging neckline, putting her ample cleavage on full display. Meanwhile, Siobhán, 40, opted for a more understated outfit, looking on trend in a pair of black leather trousers with silver studded details. She added a fashionable green bomber jacket over the top and trainers, while pulling her fiery red locks up into a chic updo. R&B songstress Macy, 57, looked to be having a ball at the gig and afterparty, keeping comfy in a grey hoodie and brown oversized trousers. While Girls Aloud star Kimberley, 43, opted for effortless sophistication in a chocolate brown blazer over a matching lowcut top. The mother-of-three added simple blue jeans and trainers underneath, while giving her look some added glamour with gold earrings and a radiant face of makeup. The Sugababes' appearance at the show comes after they embarked on a 'new chapter' and released their first single in two years. In March, the trio revealed their new track Jungle marking their return, after parting ways with their record label BMG to go independent. Sharing their elation at the new song, they said in a statement: 'We are so excited to release 'Jungle' and cement this new chapter for us, after what has been an incredible 3 years on the road. 'As soon as it was written, it felt like the perfect thing for people to hear first. A song about escaping the 9-5 grind, we hope everyone can let their inner animal out when they hear this!'
BBC News
30-03-2025
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Usher kicks off 10-night London residency, with mixed results
Usher has kicked off a 10-night residency at London's O2 Arena with a slick, two-hour show that was impressive and frustrating in equal US pop star played more than 40 songs, including hits like Yeah, Burn, U Remind Me and OMG, with multiple costume changes and buttery-smooth the show, which comes to the UK after a 62-date run in the US, felt oddly rough around the edges - including a handful of on-stage stumbles and missed musical momentum was frequently torpedoed by waffly, overlong video interludes - but Usher's magnetic stage presence just about held the concert together. Titled "Past, Present, Future", the tour is billed as an "intimate" look at Usher Raymond IV's 30-year career, as well as "a glimpse into the future".It comes as the star, one of the best-selling artists of the 2000s, is enjoying a career rebirth - following an acclaimed Super Bowl half-time show, and the release of his ninth studio album, Coming 10 sold-out shows at the O2, he enters an elite group of artists who've played double-digit residencies at the venue, alongside Queen (10 shows in 2022), Bon Jovi (12 nights in 2010) and Prince (21 nights in 2007). At its core, Past, Present, Future illustrates the skill with which the 46-year-old has navigated the evolving trends of the music see a video clip of him, aged 14, dancing to his debut single, Call Me A Mack, then watch as he transforms into a teenage heartthrob, a confessional balladeer, an EDM party-starter, and an elder statesman of R& arrives from under the stage in a fog of dry ice and a cone of laser beams, apparently controlling the lights with his bare hands, before dancing to the middle of the arena with the molten fluidity of his idol, Michael in a sparkly raincoat and wide-brimmed Pharrell hat, he races through hits like Coming Home, Hey Daddy and U Make Me Wanna, backed by a funky 10-piece band and a dance team that echoes his every choreography is a constant highlight. Usher's moves are so effortless that they look unrehearsed, but such ease comes at a cost: Last year, he had to postpone the start of the tour after injuring his neck in the O2, that pain seemed a distant memory, as he careened around the U-shaped stage on roller skates, pulling off a flawless moonwalk, and even freeze-framing in a might have fumbled a hat at one point, but it was one of his dancers who came closest to calamity - losing his balance during an elaborate chair routine, sending the chair spinning across the band also suffered a mishap, missing Usher's cue to extend the intro to Superstar, and coming in four bars early. Not disastrous, but still unusual for a show on this level. The hits were punctuated by numerous interludes, narrated by Celeste, a glitch-prone "computer driven by AI technology to help Mr Raymond tell his story", from teen wannabe to global superstar, against a backdrop of infidelity, tabloid infamy, redemption and problem was his songs couldn't support the weight of that story. With a few exceptions, Usher mostly sings about lusting after women in the club, and carnal pleasures in the result was a weirdly disconnected show, where Usher followed a moving video about his absent father with a song about his ex, which he sung while straddling a was a running theme. Women in the audience were fed with cocktail cherries ("oh, it's your first time?" Usher mugged into the camera) and part of the stage was turned into a strip club, complete with pole dancers, during Bad sort of tongue-in-cheek raunch has been a hallmark of Usher's career, but it felt dated and shallow in a concert that promised an intimate look into his personality. Perhaps he just wanted us to know that, deep down, he really, really likes sex. Luckily, the songs still hold up. A trio of quiet storm ballads - Climax, Burn and Confessions Part II - had couples serenading each other, while a trio of women near me took the opportunity to slow dance a security guard who was mopping the his credit, Usher sang everything live, with an airy falsetto that's undiminished after 30 years on tour. During U Got It Bad, he held one sustained note for over 10 times, he struggled to hold the audience's attention during the slow jams. The UK has always preferred him in club mode - and it was his three biggest-sellers, Yeah, OMG and DJ Got Us Falling In Love that really set the O2 it was one of those empty club anthems, I Am The Party, that ultimately carried the most meaning."Hopefully my [music] has been something to you," Usher said over the introduction."Maybe we fell in love together, maybe we had a good time together, but something brought you here. And I just want you to know, I appreciate the connection.""If I didn't have you to cheer me on, I wouldn't continue to do this."Pop stars say this sort of thing all the time. But as he stood at the O2, drenched in sweat, remembering the father who abandoned him and soaking up the audience's affection, Usher didn't seem to be putting on an the encore, he'd given up all pretence of being a high-rolling playboy. Instead, he bounded around the stage, giddily filming the audience on his phone, as they hollered out the chorus to Without only that performer had shown up earlier.
