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BBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
TikTok star PinkPantheress gets honorary University of Kent degree
Singer PinkPantheress is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Canterbury-raised musician, who kickstarted her career on social media, is to be recognised for her contribution to and achievements in music in the digital three-time Brit Award nominee – whose real name is Victoria Beverley Walker – will be made a Doctor of Music at Canterbury Cathedral during one of the university's graduation ceremonies on Tuesday."I am so honoured to get this, this is so cool," the 22-year-old said. PinkPantheress shared her first song, the Michael Jackson-sampling Just A Waste, on TikTok on Christmas Day in the next 18 months, she shared 15-second online snippets of her then, she has signed with record label known for her Top 40 singles Just for Me, Pain and Boy's a Liar, she has won BBC's Sound of 2022 poll and Best Female Act at the MOBO awards in the same year. She also performed at Glastonbury last she posted on social media that years of exposure to loud music had left her 80% deaf in her right last year she cancelled a number of tour dates, stating that she had to "focus on my physical health and overall wellbeing".Others receiving honorary degrees throughout the week include writer Sir Michael Morpurgo MBE, presenter Iain Dale, filmmaker and former actress Andrea Arnold and conservationist Giles Clark.


Daily Mirror
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Glastonbury 2025 star admits lifetime Sainsbury's ban for shoplifting
Pop star PinkPantheress has revealed that she was banned from all Sainsbury's stores nationwide as a teenager after her friend stole a Drumstick lolly Rising pop star and Glastonbury favourite PinkPantheress has revealed she's been banned from every Sainsbury's store in the UK over an incident involving a stolen Drumstick lolly when she was younger. In a new interview with GQ, the 23-year-old singer, whose real name Victoria Beverley Walker, reflected on the surprising moment from her teenage years, which has haunted her ever since. 'My friend stole a Drumstick from Sainsbury's, but that actually is illegal,' she explained. 'I remember thinking to myself like, and we got banned, and we really went through it. I got banned, but I didn't steal anything.' Although she insists she wasn't the one who took anything, she still received the same punishment: 'Given our age at the time, one Drumstick resulting in a ban, it's a bit much. Because we were banned from all Sainsbury's across the country.' The candid confession came as she promoted her latest single, Illegal - a tongue-in-cheek coincidence which has not got lost on fans. PinkPantheress is currently enjoying a career high following her breakout Glastonbury performance on the Woodsies stage. Her Friday night set was met with glowing praise online, with festivalgoers describing it as one of the standout moments of the weekend. One fan posted: 'PinkPantheress is brilliant. Don't think you'll see a crowd enjoy themselves more this weekend.' Another added: 'Genuinely never heard of PinkPantheress but wow, she's an unreal artist.' A third wrote: 'PinkPantheress's stage presence has improved so much - I love this for her.' However, her time at the festival wasn't without hiccups. A planned intimate set the day before the festival officially began was cancelled at short notice, leaving some fans disappointed. Speculation initially swirled around crowd control concerns, but organisers quickly clarified the reason. A Glastonbury spokesperson said: 'This change was absolutely not as a result of overcrowding fears, the artist was simply no longer able to make this performance. But she is still playing her Woodsies set.' Since rising to fame through viral success on TikTok, PinkPantheress has quickly carved out a spot as one of the UK's most exciting new pop voices. With a distinct, genre-blending sound and a growing fanbase of over 2.7 million Instagram followers, she has already earned three Brit Award nominations and landed both singles and albums in the UK Top 10. Her new single Illegal arrives as she continues to ride a wave of momentum and with stories like her Sainsbury's ban now out in the open, it seems PinkPantheress is more than willing to keep things real as her music career continues to blossom.


Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
British popstar hot off her Glastonbury gig reveals she was once BANNED from all Sainsbury's stores across the UK over shoplifting
Brit popstar PinkPantheress has revealed she was once banned from all Sainsbury's stores across the UK for shoplifting. The singer-songwriter, 24 - whose real name Victoria Beverley Walker - wowed crowds at Glastonbury just last month. But while promoting her new single Illegal, PinkPantheress revealed that she received a blanket ban from entering any Sainsbury's shops as a youngster. Speaking to GQ, she spoke about how her friend once stole a Drumstick lollipop from a Sainsbury's store and both herself and her friend were banned as a result. The star said she did not steal anything but was banned anyway, and thought that a whole-country ban for just taking a Drumstick was 'a bit much'. 'My friend stole a Drumstick from Sainsbury's, but that actually is illegal,' PinkPantheress said. 'But I remember thinking to myself like – and we got banned – and we really went through it. I got banned, but I didn't steal anything. 'I remember thinking like given our age at the time, one Drumstick resulting in a ban, it's a bit much. Because we were banned from all Sainsbury's across the country.' It comes after PinkPantheress's intimate Glastonbury gig was cancelled and she was moved to a larger stage. PinkPantheress was scheduled to play a 30 minute slot on the Levels stage in Silver Hayes at 11pm on the Thursday. But a major change in the set schedule saw Roza Terenzi instead play 10.30pm to midnight, in between a Confidence Man DJ set and Marie Davidson. Fans of PinkPantheress were not left disappointed however, as she instead graced the Woodies Stage at 7.30pm on Friday. Taking to Reddit, eagled-eyed fans welcomed the decision at the time as they believed the star was too popular for the original schedule as they said it would have been 'rammed'. They wrote: 'Was going to be dangerously rammed,'; 'Could have seen that coming, why even book it then,'; 'Probably for the best, having anything remotely popular on the stage (especially on Thursday) is always a recipe for disaster,'; 'Yeah everyone knew it would be carnage from the moment it was announced.' A spokesman for Glastonbury told the Sun: 'This change was absolutely not as a result of overcrowding fears, the artist was simply no longer able to make this performance. 'But she is still playing her Woodsies set.' Pink Pantheress found fame on TikTok and has had a top 10 in the UK singles and album charts, respectively, as well as being nominated for three Brit Awards. She is the daughter of a statistics professor and a Kenyan-born civil servant, and was born in Bath in 2001, where her father Stephen worked in the maths department at the city's university. One well-connected diplomat described the singer as 'posh' in 2022. Along with her mother Elza and older brother Christopher, the family moved to Kent in 2010, where home was a £500,000 townhouse in Canterbury. Pink Pantheress found fame on TikTok and has had a top 10 in the UK singles and album charts, respectively, as well as being nominated for three Brit Awards (Seen in 2024) She attended the selective and high-achieving Barton Court Grammar School, during which time she says she stacked shelves at the Co-op supermarket. Her showbusiness career began at the age of 12, when she danced in a school production of Bugsy Malone, but music was her passion and she began to write songs in her bedroom and plan her unorthodox approach to her career. Her stage name was coined after watching the ITV quiz show The Chase, where host Bradley Walsh asked a contestant what a female panther was called. She said the answer – pantheress – was to be her name, but after realising there was already a person using that online, she put 'pink' before it.


The Sun
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Glastonbury star and chart-topping pop act reveals she's banned from Sainsbury's for life for shoplifting
LIFETIME BAN It comes after this star was a HUGE hit at Glastonbury recently A GLASTONNBURY star and chart-topping pop act has revealed that she's banned from Sainsbury's for life for shoplifting. The star made the surprising confession, as she promoted her latest single, Illegal. 3 3 3 PinkPantheress - real name Victoria Beverley Walker - made the revelation in a new interview. Speaking to GQ, she said: 'My friend stole a Drumstick from Sainsbury's, but that actually is illegal. "But I remember thinking to myself like – and we got banned – and we really went through it. I got banned, but I didn't steal anything. "I remember thinking like given our age at the time, one Drumstick resulting in a ban, it's a bit much. "Because we were banned from all Sainsbury's across the country.' GLASTONBURY STAR PinkPantheress is riding high after Glastonbury debut went down a storm. The British singer performed at Woodsies on the first night of the festival. Fans took to social media to praise her set, with one saying: "Pinkpantheress is brilliant. Don't think you'll see a crowd enjoy themselves more this weekend." Another added: "Genuinely never heard of PinkPantheress but wow she's an unreal artist."p A third said: "Pinkpantheress's stage presence has improved so much i love this for her." What REALLY happened with Harry Styles' Glastonbury kiss - and which new celeb couples went public? However, the singer was due to play an intimate set at the festival before it officially started the day before - but it was cancelled at the last minute. Fans were left disappointed, but organisers revealed her popularity had put the set at risk. A spokesman for Glastonbury said at the time: "This change was absolutely not as a result of overcrowding fears, the artist was simply no longer able to make this performance. But she is still playing her Woodsies set." PinkPantheress is at the top of her game right now. The star has 2.7m followers on Instagram and found fame after breaking out from social media app TikTok. She's also had a top 10 in the UK singles and album charts, respectively, and been nominated for three Brit Awards.


Metro
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
British pop star's Glastonbury gig cancelled with last minute replacement
A British pop star has pulled out of their Glastonbury set with a last minute replacement. Just For Me singer PinkPantheress, whose real name is Victoria Beverley Walker, was due to take to the Levels stage in Silver Hayes at on Thursday night for a 30 minute slot. However, the 11pm gig has now been scrapped with a couple of days to go, and festival-goers spotted the lineup change on the official festival app. Instead, Roza Terenzi will be playing from 10:30pm until midnight, sandwiched between a Confidence Man DJ set and Marie Davidson. Thankfully for PinkPantheress fans, she will still be performing as planned the Woodies Stage on Friday evening at 7:30pm. The last minute changed her sparked speculation from fans that the reshuffle was down to the 24-year-old star's popularity. 'Was going to be dangerously rammed,' a fan wrote on Reddit, while another said: 'Could have seen that coming, why even book it then.' A different fan commented: 'Probably for the best, having anything remotely popular on the stage (especially on Thursday) is always a recipe for disaster.' And someone else added: 'Yeah everyone knew it would be carnage from the moment it was announced.' However, Glastonbury has rubbished fears of 'overcrowding' and insisted PinkPantheress was not able to perform. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A spokesman told The Sun: 'This change was absolutely not as a result of overcrowding fears, the artist was simply no longer able to make this performance. But she is still playing her Woodsies set.' Already, PinkPantheress has 2.6million Instagram followers, having grown her fanbase on TikTok by sampling 90s and 00s tracks. She's already found herself in the top 10 singles and album charts in the UK, and has three Brit Award nominations to her name. Last summer, she cancelled all her remaining 2024 dates due to ill health after struggling with her 'overall well-being'. 'It is with the heaviest heart that I sadly have to announce that I will not be able to continue with the rest of my live shows this year,' the Boy's A Liar star wrote on Instagram at the time. She added: 'It appears I have reached a wall which I am struggling to penetrate through.' Organisers have slowly revealed the artists for each stage ahead of the festival — which runs from Wednesday, June 25 to Sunday, June 29 — but punters know there's always plenty hidden in the fields. Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975 and Neil Young will headline with the likes of Scissor Sisters and Busta Rhymes performing elsewhere at Worthy Farm, while fans are trying to figure out some secret performances over the weekend. More Trending This year, a lot of the attention is largely focused on the mysterious Patchwork, who are taking to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday. Emily Eavis — head organiser and daughter of Sir Michael Eavis — has teased that the secret set has been 'in the works for a while'. Metro has contacted representatives for Glastonbury and PinkPantheress for comment. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Kneecap have principles – that's why Starmer doesn't want them at Glastonbury MORE: Glastonbury 'weren't interested' in legendary band headlining for 30th anniversary MORE: Inside the £28,999 Glastonbury accommodation with pools, an onsite hairdresser, and helicopter arrivals