OHMYGOSSIP — Beyoncé is bringing ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ to US theatres on December 1.
Soon after wrapping her final show on the mammoth global jaunt in support of her seventh studio album in Kansas City on Sunday (01.10.23), the ‘Single Ladies’ hitmaker debuted the trailer for her concert film.
The synopsis reads: “It is about Beyoncé’s intention, hard work, and involvement in every aspect of the production, her creative mind, and her purpose to create her legacy and master her craft.”
In the preview clip, Beyonce admitted: “When I am performing, I am nothing but free.
“The goal for this tour was to create a place where everyone is free and no one is judged.
“I feel liberated. I have transitioned into a new animal.”
It has a runtime of 2 hours 30.
The 56-date tour made history as the highest-grossing run by a female artist.
The ‘Cuff It’ hitmaker showed just how much she cares for her Beyhive when she paid $100,000 to keep trains running so fans could get home after one of the shows.
The 42-year-old ‘Halo’ singer’s Washington DC gig was delayed by two hours due to a severe weather warning and she footed the bill amid fears concert-goers wouldn’t be able get home before services ended.
Her payout covered the costs of running more trains after hours and ensured Washington’s 98 Metro stations would remain open so supporters weren’t stuck, according to ABC7.
One of her army of fans praising the gesture online posted: “A real queen. This is why she is an icon.”
The gesture came days after she paid tribute to a fan who was stabbed and killed.
O’Shae Sibley, 28, was vogueing to one of the ‘Formation’ singer’s songs while at a gas station in Brooklyn on July 29 with friends when he was attacked by a group of men who shouted gay slurs before things turned more hostile.
After being stabbed, O’Shae was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn for stab wounds to his torso but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Beyoncé wrote on her official website: “REST IN POWER O’SHAE SIBLEY.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alice Cooper will still be rocking the stage in his 90s – if he’s in “good enough shape”.
The 75-year-old shock rocker has no plans to retire like his peers in KISS and Aerosmith and insists that if Rolling Stone Sir Mick Jagger, 80, “can do it, so can I”.
He told Rock Candy magazine: “A farewell tour hasn’t crossed my mind at all. And it’s weird, because all my friends are retiring. Gene Simmons said to me recently, ‘Look, I’m done. Come December, it’s over.’
“And I go, ‘Well, you know, these farewell tours go on for years and years now, right?’
“But Gene was very serious and said, ‘Not this time. I promise you that come December, Kiss as we know it is absolutely done.’
“The guys in Aerosmith are saying the same thing, as are many other bands from my era.
“But none of that occurs to me. It’s never been a thought that I’d retire. I feel great, and the band sounds great. I’m 75, but I’ll be up there at 90 if I’m still in good enough shape.
“I’m looking at Mick Jagger as the prototype. Mick still does three-hour shows and the soundcheck. So if Mick can do it, so can I.”
The ‘Poison’ hitmaker – who released his 22nd solo album and 29th album overall, ‘Road’, in August – previously insisted the word “retirement” “doesn’t exist” in his “vocabulary”.
The music legend has enjoyed decades of success but is showing no signs of slowing down with two touring bands: his own band and The Hollywood Vampires with movie legend Johnny Depp and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry.
Asked if he planned to hang up his microphone anytime soon, Cooper told KZZK radio station in 2020: “Not in the least. That word doesn’t exist in my vocabulary.
“A long, long time ago, I said if I come into your town and put on a show and nobody shows up, well, then I know I’m done. That hasn’t happened.
“At 72, I was not expecting to be in two touring bands.
“And the [Hollywood] Vampires are just like my band — everybody in that band are best friends.
“You’ve got Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and myself — three alpha males — and we’ve been together six years and I have never heard one argument. Everybody just goes, ‘Okay. Good idea. Let’s try that.'”
The ‘School’s Out’ hitmaker also previously stated he has no desire to retire because he still “belongs” on stage and both he and his wife, Sheryl Goddard, his dancer, get “restless” if they take too much time off.
He explained: “I feel better now physically than I ever have in my life. I’ll get up on stage and do that show and be the only one who’s not breathing hard.
“I’m not making records now to build a new audience, I’m making records because there’s a huge fanbase around the world that wants to hear new songs.
“So why wouldn’t I make albums? It’s what I do. Why wouldn’t I go up on stage?
“I feel more at home on stage than just about anywhere else. It’s where I belong.
“If Sheryl and I go six months without a tour, we both get a little restless. And then in the middle of the tour we’re like, ‘We can’t wait for the tour to be over?’ I don’t have any desire to retire and I’m not going to go fishing. What am I gonna do?”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Green Day appear to be teasing new music.
The punk pop trio – comprising Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt – used a meme for their hit song ‘Wake Me Up When September End’ to cryptically tease the project by sending fans to a website to “register for a wake up call”.
The URL, www.theamericandreamiskillingme.com, suggests the name is ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’.
Fans hit a “snooze” button before typing in their contact details to “set the alarm”.
In a video clip, frontman Billie can be seen waking up before a calendar is shown with October 24 circled, meaning fans are just weeks away from finding out what it’s all about.
Last week, the band released a 30th anniversary reissue of their album ‘Dookie’.
The ‘Minority’ rockers celebrated three decades of their 1994 record by dropping ‘Dookie (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’.
The new edition features previously unreleased ‘Dookie’ demos, as well as live recordings ‘Live At Woodstock (1994)’ and ‘Live In Barcelona (June 5, 1994)’, which had never been released before.
What’s more, Green Day fans with dogs might be pleased to hear the bumper box set, bizarrely, also comes with ‘Dookie’ pooch poop bags, as well as air freshener.
Other items include a five-button set, a postcard, a bumper sticker, a magnet, a paper aeroplane, and a poster.
The band’s third studio album was initially released on February 1, 1994.
The music, which featured themes such as anxiety, relationships, sexuality and boredom, was mostly penned by frontman Billie.
Singles ‘Basket Case’, ‘When I Come Around’, ‘Longview’, ‘She’, and a re-recorded version of ‘Welcome to Paradise’, which was initially on the group’s ‘Kerplunk!’ album, all featured on ‘Dookie’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Reytons are set to play their biggest headline show to date at the 20,000-capacity Clifton Park in Rotherham.
The Yorkshire rockers will play the huge outdoor summer show on July 6, 2024.
Tickets go on general sale on Friday (06.10.23) at 10am.
The Reytons sing on ‘Kids Off The Estate’: “Nintendos came second hand and Clifton Park was Disneyland.”
The last concert at the park in the South Yorkshire town was glam rock legends T-Rex in 1971.
The indie band recently played a homecoming gig at Sheffield’s 12,500-capacity Utilita Arena.
The four-piece are also set to release their new album, ‘Ballad Of A Bystander’, on January 19, 2024, and released the first taste, ‘Let Me Breathe’, last week.
The unsigned group playing bigger shows comes after they amazingly topped the UK’s Official Album Chart with their second self-released studio album, ‘What’s Rock and Roll’, earlier this year.
The group – who formed in 2017 and are made up of Jonny Yerrell, Joe O’Brien, Lee Holland, and Jamie Todd – told The Official Charts Company of the chart win: “We’ve got no words for it. We’ve been dreaming of this moment for as long as we can remember.
“We’ve absolutely grafted all week. We’ve had it in us heads, we’ve been using the law of attraction, we’ve had the trophy on us phones for the last two or three years. It feels really surreal, it’s not sunk in yet!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jungkook insists he’s “grateful for even the malicious comments” about his music.
The BTS star has admitted that whilst he doesn’t like his haters, he is thankful they’ve taken the time to pay him any attention.
Taking part in one of the listening parties for his latest solo hit, ‘3D’ with Jack Harlow, he noted that “there are plenty of people who don’t like me”.
He continued: “It means they’re spending their time on me. I’d consider that some sort of interest. Right? They’re different kinds of fans.
“If they had absolutely no interest in me, they wouldn’t. So, I thank them for their time.
“I don’t like them, though. I don’t have to like them, do I? Of course, I love the ones who love me. I wouldn’t love people who say bad things about me. I work for those who support me.”
The boy band member followed up his debut solo single ‘Seven’ with American rapper Latto with ‘3D’.
And he’s set to release a “mini album” by November.
Speaking to his bandmate Suga on his talk show ‘Suchwita’, Jungkook teased: “I have another single. And then, I’ll be releasing a small mini album by November.”
Jungkook admitted it was challenging following up ‘Seven’.
Asked if he’s finished the collection, he confessed: “No. I have to start working on them now.
“I want a song like [‘Seven’] for my second single too, but I haven’t found it.”
In a recent interview, Jungkook admitted his musical ambition is to become “more appreciated and be even better”.
He told Weverse Magazine: “In a word: cool. That’s the whole reason I’m doing this. I want to be that kind of pop star someday – I want to be able to really experience that feeling…
“I hope the day comes that I can look at myself from a third-person perspective and give myself that kind of recognition.
“I’ll know I’m that kind of pop star once I can do that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paramore have announced plans for an “almost remix” album ‘Re: This Is Why’.
The ‘Misery Business’ rockers started teasing a new release last week to coincide with the first anniversary of the record’s title track, and the collection will feature reimaginings, remixes, written songs and collaborations.
The new version of the record will be released on Friday (06.10.23).
In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), the band announced: “We’ve long wanted to recognize the connection we have with some of the artists who’ve influenced us as a band and/or who have cited our band as an influence.
“Re: This Is Why is almost a remix album. Some of the songs have been remixed sort of classically, while others were reworked or rewritten.
“It’s incredible to hear all our worlds colliding. Out 10/6.”
The tracklist is yet to be confirmed, but fans have already been speculating who could be involved.
At the moment, the main theories are that Romy from The xx will appear on a fresh version of ‘Liar’, with Remi Wolf – who will support Paramore on tour in Australia and New Zealand next month – expected to be joining on ‘You First’.
Meanwhile, singer Hayley Williams recently confirmed she and her bandmates Zac Farro and Taylor York have started work on their seventh studio album.
She told fans in Discord: “Zac, Taylor and I just want to get back to making things. We’ve been craving that for a while now.
“Not only the creative process but the layer[s] of insulation that can come with the creative process.”
The group are set to hit the road across the UK and Europe in May 2024 as they support Taylor Swift on her ongoing Eras Tour.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stevie Nicks has insisted Fleetwood Mac is “done” without the late Christine McVie.
The 75-year-old frontwoman admits there is “no reason” to continue the ‘Landslide’ band without their beloved keyboard player and vocalist, who died in November aged 79 after a stroke and cancer battle, because they “can’t go any further”.
Speaking to Vulture, she said: “When Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t.
“Without her, what is it? You know what I mean? She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac. Christine was my best friend.
“When I think about Taylor Swift’s song ‘You’re on Your Own, Kid’ and the line ‘you always have been,’ it was like, that was Christine and I. We were on our own in that band. We always were. We protected each other. Who am I going to look over to on the right and have them not be there behind that Hammond organ? When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.”
Christine was also the band’s main songwriter and Stevie claims the rest of the band couldn’t pen a pop hit like her.
She added: “Christine was the pop star. She wrote all those really super pop hits.
“None of the rest of us could write those songs. What would happen is we’d have to take the songs out, like we did when she actually retired for 18 years. We couldn’t re-create those songs. So we became a much more hard-rock band.”
Mick Fleetwood echoed Stevie’s sentiment in an interview earlier this year.
He told the Los Angeles Times: “I’d say we’re done, but then we’ve all said that before. It’s sort of unthinkable right now.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gary Kemp says his past hits feel like “baggage” when it comes to trying to create new music.
The 63-year-old Spandau Ballet guitarist made the remark about living with his 1980s heyday as he was recognised by the BMI London Awards on Monday. (02.10.23)
Gary was presented with the BMI Icon award at a ceremony at the Savoy Hotel, west London for his contribution to music.
He said it was “very nice” to be honoured, but admitted he suffers “imposter syndrome” when in the spotlight – despite Spandau Ballet being one of the biggest acts of the 1980s, with hits including ‘True’, ‘Gold’ and ‘Through the Barricades’.
Gary added: “I’m the same whenever I get told anything about me that’s nice, I feel a great sense of imposter syndrome.
“(I think) ‘They must have made a mistake’. This is the way I’ve been all my life.”
Gary, who started a solo career after Spandau Ballet, added: “But, I suppose, I’m still here. I’m still making records, I still made music, my records are still being played and embraced in different ways, and become part of the ether really, so it’s nice… some songs have stood the test of time and become part of the British songbook, you feel very proud.
“At the same time, it becomes extra baggage every time you sit down to write a song now.”
His 1995 debut solo album ‘Little Bruises’ was produced by Bow Wow Wow bassist Leigh Gorman, renowned for his work with Sex Pistols’ manager Malcolm McLaren.
Gary also collaborated with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason in his psych-rock band Saucerful of Secrets from 2018, and released his second solo album INSOLO.
Gary added: “It’s not as easy to have the same success as I did in those years (the 1980s), because every writer has a moment, a period of ten years when everything happens for them,” he explained.
“They are riding the wave, their age is right, you’re in the zeitgeist and things happen for you.
“Certain generations of people hearing music in their formative years will carry that music under their skin for the rest of their lives, and that is something to be thrilled about.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ed Sheeran says he’s waiting to meet Bob Dylan – but won’t dare ask him for a selfie if it happens.
‘The A Team’ singer, 32, said he has met “all” his idols aside from Dylan, 82, but said his rule is never to try and force a get together with other stars.
Ed was quoted in the Daily Star saying about his heroes: “I’ve met them all, apart from Dylan… but if you meet Bob Dylan prematurely… I don’t want the picture thing.
“My rule was always I am never going to seek someone out to meet them, I’m going to wait for them to meet me.”
Among Ed’s idols the singer has befriended is Eminem – who he once compared to Dylan.
He said about the 50-year-old ‘Stan’ rapper: “I wanted him to be like, ‘I like your stuff’.
“I waited and after four years he said, ‘We should do a song’ and we became like friends.”
Ed once told WatchMojo: “You might look at (Dylan and Eminem) and say they’re two totally different acts, but all you have to do with Eminem is put a guitar behind his words and it’s a very similar thing.
“Folk music tells stories and hip hop tells stories, there’s just a beat that separates it.
“Bob Dylan (raps) his tunes. If you listen to ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’, that’s not a million miles away from an Eminem tune.”
Ed added one star from Dylan’s era he loved meeting was famously grouchy Van Morrison.
He said about the 78-year-old Northern Irishman: “He doorstepped me at my hotel. I’d just made ‘Thinking out Loud’ and I remember my gran came to the gig and we had a lot of whisky, as you do.
“I went to bed at 4 in the morning and I remember getting this phone call at six and the front desk saying, ‘Van Morrison is here, he wants to have breakfast with you’.’ I thought they were taking the p***.
“It was really surreal because I was still drunk but he’s really sweet.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gladys Knight is returning to the UK stage for a final time in 2024 as she embarks on her ‘Farewell Tour’.
The 79-year-old ‘Empress of Soul’ – who began her career in the 1950s performing with The Pips and went on to produce an iconic songbook including hits ‘Help Me Make it Through the Night’, James Bond theme ‘Licence to Kill’ and ‘The Way We Were’ – is launching her shows on 24 June in Glasgow, Scotland.
She’ll also play in Birmingham, Swansea, Bournemouth, Nottingham and Southend, along with a date at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The icon will be joined by guests Mica Miller, 33, one of the UK’s most critically acclaimed modern soul stars.
Few singers over the last 50 years have matched Knight’s artistry, with the seven-time Grammy winner landing No1 hits in genres from pop and R and B to gospel.
She has written more than 40 albums and scored and has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
Knight has also been in a huge range of TV shows, films and theatre productions.
She’s expected to play all her classics during her farewell tour including standout Motown gem ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, which was voted one of Rolling Stone’s greatest songs of all time.
Knight is also set to play new material from her latest album ‘Where My Heart Belongs’.
Tickets for her upcoming tour go on general sale on Friday 6 October.

The full list of show dates:
JUNE 2024
24th – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
25th – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
27th – Royal Albert Hall, London
29th – Arena, Swansea
30th – BIC, Bournemouth
JULY 2024
2nd – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
3rd – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Bob Geldof is warning a new musical based on the story of Live Aid “better not be s***”.
The Boomtown Rats frontman, 71, is set to see the story immortalised on stage of how and Midge Ure he put on the iconic Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia on 13 July, 1985, to raise money for the Ethiopian famine – during which he famously told TV views of the shows: “Give us your f****** money.”
While giving his approval for ‘Just for One Day’ – which will premiere at London’s Old Vic theatre on 26 January – the straight-talking singer told reporters: “If this musical encourages just one person to have a positive impact for the better, then it will be a job well done.
“I’m looking forward to seeing it at the Old Vic – it better not be s***!”
He insisted in a chat with the BBC the show was not a “tribute thing”, adding: “I wouldn’t have anything to do with that.
“So, there isn’t a person dressed up as (Live Aid performer ) Freddie (Mercury) wearing a c*** moustache. The songs drive the drama along.”
Bob said about how he will be played by 44-year-old ‘Doctor Who’ actor Craige Els in the show: “It’s bad enough being Bob Geldof. It’s slightly worse seeing someone else pretending to be you.
“The one upside for me is that he’s got an amazing voice, so people will think I actually sing as good as that.”
Matthew Warchus, the Old Vic’s artistic director, said: “We all remember where we watched Live Aid, who we watched it with, and the pure amazement at the feat that was unfolding before our eyes.
“It’s these memories and individual stories that are the beating heart of ‘Just for One Day’, and I can’t wait for audiences to share in a moment that galvanised the globe once again.”
The plot of ‘Just for One Day’ – which takes its name from a line in
David Bowie’s hit ‘Heroes’ – combines a behind-the-scenes look at how Band Aid and Live Aid came together to put on the ’85 gigs.
Bob added: “The story is based on actual testimony from the day, real people telling their story, so it’s complex theatre.”
The stage adaptation was written by British author John O’Farrell and will be directed by Luke Sheppard and feature music from Bob Dylan, The Who, U2, The Police and The Pretenders, as well as Status Quo, Bryan Adams and Diana Ross.
Live Aid has been hailed as a moment that brought together 1.5 billion people through music.
The Band Aid Charitable Trust has given its permission for the musical to go ahead and will receive 10 per cent of the ticket sales.
It will tell how the concert at Wembley Stadium was put on, at which 70 global artists performed, with more than 1.5 billion people watching the live broadcast. The concert, along with a second gig in Philadelphia, raised £105 million for famine relief.
Live Aid was conceived by Bob after he was moved and infuriated by images of starving people in Ethiopia and came on the back of the astonishing success of charity single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ written by the musician and producer Midge, 69.
Bob said writer John, 61, and director Luke had approached him, saying: “We know you are going to say no, but we want to do it because our dads have never stopped talking about this day.”
David Bowie, Sir Elton John and George Michael were among the stars who performed at Wembley, with Queen’s Freddie Mercury’s act considered the top performer of the day.
Bob acknowledged Queen as “absolutely the best band of the day” with their 21-minute set.
After the concert, he said: “They understood the idea exactly, that it was a global jukebox. They just went and smashed one hit after another. It was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stevie Nicks is a huge fan of ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’.
The TV mini-series was partially inspired by the success of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie has admitted to being a big fan of the hit show.
Discussing what she enjoyed about the show, Stevie told Vulture: “It was the kind of snappy sarcasm between Daisy and Billy, who in my mind was like me and Lindsey [Buckingham]. It was the back-and-forth between the two of them. It was so good. It was so real and it was really so right on.”
Stevie, 75, admitted that the show triggered lots of fond memories for her.
The veteran singer believes that the mini-series really “got” Fleetwood Mac’s success and the band’s longevity.
Stevie – who dated Lindsey between 1969 and 1976 – said: “When two people capture the essence of something that reminds you of your life, it’s not like you go, ‘They look just like us or They dress just like us’. It’s something else.
“It’s a certain feeling that they got when they would look at each other after being in an argument and then they’d start to sing. It would blow your mind.
“I would be watching and be like, ‘Well, there you go. That’s exactly why we did it’. That’s exactly why Fleetwood Mac stayed together for 50 years. It was all for the music. It was all just to keep the music going, and the show got it.”
Stevie has also praised the performances of Riley Keough and Sam Claflin.
She said: “Considering that it seems like neither of them sang much before this, they did an amazing job.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Lathums would “love” to collaborate with Louis Tomlinson after supporting him on tour.
The Wigan indie rockers are currently touring Europe with the former One Direction singer and they’re keen to get in the studio with him in the future.
Frontman Alex Moore told the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column: “He’s very talented. I’d love to work with Louis.”
Being on the road with him has been “mad”, and they’ve enjoyed getting the chance to be around the ‘Written All Over Your Face’ hitmaker.
Alex added: “It’s been a made experience, it’s been very good.
“He’s a really nice fella to be fair, he’s not up himself. He’s a very down-to-earth fella actually, I think he’s really nice.
“He has loads of tunes as well, he’s done really well for himself.”
Alex – whose band topped the charts earlier this year with their second album ‘From Nothing to a Little Bit More’, having already done so with 2021’s ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be’ – has also been impressed with the “full-blown community” Louis’ fanbase has turned into, and the support they show for his support acts on tour.
Now, The Lathums – whose lineup is completed by guitarist Scott Concepcion, drummer Ryan Durrans and bassist Matty Murphy – are focused on the future after dropping new song ‘Thoughts of A Child’ with more in the pipeline.
Alex teased: “You can never count us out in terms of lots of new music.
“My mind wouldn’t allow me to stop, I’d be walking up the walls if I didn’t release any music, it’s coming in good time.
“We have always got something to look forward to, there’s no slowing down.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Demi Lovato has announced an upcoming holiday special.
The 31-year-old star has teamed up with streaming service Roku on ‘A Very Demi Holiday Special’, which will see her perform festive classics such as ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ and ‘Jingle Bell Rock’.
Demi is also set to perform songs from her latest album, ‘Holy Fvck’, alongside some of her best-known hits.
A surprise special guest will join the ‘Heart Attack’ hitmaker for a top-secret duet.
Fans will be able to watch from December 8.
Demi said: “The holidays are such a special time of year, and I can’t wait to put my special twist on the celebrations.”
Brian Tannenbaum, Head of Originals at Roku Media, added: “Together with Demi and the OBB Pictures team, we’ve created a truly fun and unique holiday experience for viewers to connect with and laugh over.
“We can’t wait for audiences to unwrap this one-of-kind Roku Original special.”
Demi recently released the rock covers album ‘Revamped’ after heading in that direction on her latest record.
It features new renditions of Demi classics, including ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ with Guns N’ Roses guitar legend Slash and ‘Give Your Heart A Break’ featuring Bert McCracken of The Used.
She said: “With ‘Revamped,’ I wanted to pay homage to the songs that resonated the most with fans and played a big role in my career by breathing an exciting new life into them. Creating this project has been incredibly fun and allowed me to express my passion for rock music in a new way… I can’t wait for everyone to hear more!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Paloma Faith is set to return with her first single in three years, ‘How To Leave A Man’.
The 42-year-old singer – who confirmed her split from Leyman Lahcine, with whom she has two children, in August – sings about “finding the confidence to walk away from a relationship and being empowered with your own happiness.”
It’s the first track from the ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ hitmaker’s upcoming sixth studio album.
‘Light Switch’ hitmaker Charlie Puth is among the songwriters credited on the tune.
Paloma has been teasing a “new era” across her social media channels.
The ‘New York’ singer’s last studio album was 2020’s ‘Infinite Things’, which dealt with becoming a mother and her relationship with Leyman.
Paloma said at the time: “My USP (Unique Selling Point) is the fact that I am brutally honest.
“Some people find it shocking and some people find it liberating. And I feel like this album will do both of those things.”
Paloma previously admitted that long-term relationships are “difficult”.
The singer also suggested that making a life-long commitment goes against human nature.
Speaking to Overdue Magazine, Paloma – who married Leyman in 2017 – pondered: “Humanity has decided that we’re meant to be with the same partner for life and actually it isn’t that easy or that natural. The question is, is it forced upon us by societal expectation or is it truly in our nature?
“To remain with the person you love is difficult; it can be very dividing and not all relationships survive the first few years after having a child.”
‘How To Leave A Man’ is released on October 11.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Take That have added two more shows to ‘This Life On Tour’, in Birmingham and Manchester, due to phenomenal demand.
The pop trio – comprising Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – will play a sixth show at Birmingham Utilita Arena on May 20, 2024, and a seventh show at Manchester’s Co-Op Live on June 12, 2024.
This means the ‘Shine’ hitmakers will now play 41 dates across 15 cities around the UK and Ireland, with special guest Olly Murs.
Tickets for these shows go on sale on Friday (06.10.23) at 9.30am. Head to TakeThat.com for the full tour dates.
The band recently returned with a fresh new sound on the single ‘Windows’, their first original track in five years, which is from their upcoming LP ‘This Life’, out on November 24.
They said: “It’s been a wonderful experience being back in the studio together making this record. It has that feeling of spreading your wings, letting out the old and bringing in the new.
“We’re incredibly proud of the new album – there’s a sense of togetherness, whether that’s us coming back together as a band or people wanting connection in their own lives. We’re excited for this new chapter!”
Take That will kick off the mammoth run in Sheffield with two gigs at the Utilita Arena on April 13 and 14.
Asked how they prepare for tours these days, Gary, 52, recently told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “Move and get outside – that’s what my dad used to say. I’ve tried ­everything, I really have. I come from a generation that works out when we’re overweight, but I don’t think like that anymore.
“We set aside six to eight weeks before the tour starts for rehearsals – that is our workout for what’s coming.”

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