OHMYGOSSIP — Dua Lipa is worried her third album could leak online.
The ‘Levitating’ singer’s record company bosses are desperately trying to ensure recordings for the highly-anticipated LP are secure after a song she worked on with Pharrell Williams appeared online this week, with the offcut from ‘Future Nostalgia’ the latest in a series of unreleased tracks from the 27-year-old pop star to have made it into the public domain.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Over the past month or so countless demos and rejected songs from Dua have been appearing online.
“It’s annoying as they didn’t make the album for a reason but obviously the main concern is to know if information about her third album is next.
“The stakes couldn’t be higher for the record after ‘Future Nostalgia’ turned her into one of the biggest stars on the planet, so bosses are determined to plug the leak, and quickly. ‘Future Nostalgia’ leaked a few days before it came out in 2020 and Dua was devastated. She has made it clear it must not happen again.”
Dua revealed in December the new record will be “very different” to previous albums and was going to turn out very differently to what she’d originally planned.
She said: ” Well when I was speaking to Elton John [in March] I really felt like I was halfway done. But it’s taken a complete turn as I’ve carried on working, and I really feel now that it’s starting to sound cohesive. So I’m going to keep writing in the early months of the new year and see where that takes me. The album is different — it’s still pop but it’s different sonically, and there’s more of a lyrical theme.”
However, the ‘Cold Heart’ hitmaker remained coy about giving any details away about the upcoming album and explained that even revealing the title would spoil the surprise.
She told Variety: “If I told you the title, everything would make sense — but I think we’ll just have to wait!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Simon Le Bon wants to play Glastonbury with Duran Duran.
The 58-year-old star is best known as a member of the rock band along with Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, and Roger Taylor and admitted that although they had the most “incredible year” in 2022 with performing at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee and their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with fellow music legends such as Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie, playing a slot at the Worthy Farm festival is still on their bucket list.
He said: “As the schedule becomes a little bit more forgiving, you get to look at where we are and to enjoy what’s happening and what has happened to the band We’ve had the most incredible year with the Jubilee, the opening of the Commonwealth Games, the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, some amazing shows, all over the world. To be honest with you, we really were amazed when we started to see it happening, especially when you took into account who we were up against – Eminem, Dolly Parton.
“We’re really happy to continue with this in 2023. But I’ve never been to Glastonbury. I made a promise to myself, I said I wouldn’t go until we got the right slot. I’m still holding out for it.”
Meanwhile, the ‘Come Undone’ hitmaker is set to resume the ‘Future Past’ tour with his band in the UK across April and May before taking the show back to America over the summer and admitted that the setlist is always a contentious issue amongst the rock stars and that he has to be careful to avoid vocal damage with “really hard” songs.
He told Metro.co.uk: “It’s always been difficult, it’s always been an issue. Everybody’s got an idea about what it should be. Obviously, for me there’s certain vocal issues – I’ve got to make sure that we don’t have too many really hard vocal songs next to each other. I’ve quite a bit of sway in the setlist… mind you, we all think we’ve got a lot of sway in the setlist!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Pink joked she is a “rash” that does “not go away”.
The ‘Never Gonna Not Dance Again’ hitmaker – who released her first single, ‘There You Go’, in 2000 – declared her upcoming album ‘Trustfall’ is a “nice two fingers for all the haters” who think she is no longer relevant but she’s happy for her music to keep evolving with her life experiences.
She told The Sun newspaper: “I am officially a rash. I do not go away.
“Each album is a chapter in my life in this experience I’m having.
“I was a little punk when I wrote ‘Can’t Take Me Home’ (2000 debut album) and ‘Missundaztood’ (the 2002 follow-up). I still feel that way at times but ‘Trustfall’ is right now.
“And this, my ninth album, is also a nice two fingers for all the haters that think I don’t matter.
“It’s also been a 20-year conversation between me and people all over the world just trying to figure out how to be human.”
The 43-year-old star is “stoked” that she’s still a successful recording artist.
She said: “It’s been therapy for me and the shows are like group therapy. And I feel nothing but grateful.
“I’m stoked. I love that I still get to do this and I still have a lot to say.”
Pink will head off on a huge global tour in support of the record and she’s promised fans a balance between her classic hits and new material.
She teased: “The thing with putting a show together like mine is I want it to be amazing but I want to have fun.
“And it’s a long show too. I will try and get five or six new songs in with the favourites — keep rotating the favourites because that’s what I want to see when I go and see a show.
“I want to have every emotion available to be felt, so we try to hit it from all angles. I’m so excited.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — BRITs Rising Star recipients FLO are heading to the Isle of Wight Festival this summer.
The ‘Cardboard Box’ hitmakers – comprising Stella Quaresma, Jorja Douglas and Renée Downer – will play the Big Top Stage on Saturday, June 17.
Festival promoter John Giddings said: “Having worked with the Spice Girls and Little Mix, I can see the same potential in this band. They’ve had an amazing year so far and it’s great they’re coming to play one of their first shows on the island. I can see them headlining festivals in the future.”
They join a stacked line-up also including the likes of Pulp, George Ezra and Robbie Williams, plus Blondie, Niall Horan, Sugababes, N-Dubz, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Anne-Marie, Sam Ryder, James Bay and more.
Meanwhile, FLO recently admitted that although they are grateful to Little Mix – who went on hiatus last year – for having “paved the way for us”, they want to forge their own path.
Jorja said: “We’re creating our own thing. We don’t want to be in their (Little Mix’s) shadow.
“Obviously, they paved the way for us. We wouldn’t have been able to win our BRIT if they hadn’t won their BRIT [for best British group in 2021].”
The ‘Losing You’ singers have set their sights on a headline slot at America’s Coachella festival, and back home, they’d like to see themselves on the cover of British Vogue magazine.
Renée said of their aspirations: “Headline Coachella. Ooh, cover of British Vogue. Edward Enninful, if you’re listening, get in touch.”
FLO were “so shocked and grateful” to be honoured with the BRIT.
They said in a statement: “From growing up watching the BRITs, to finding each other and forming FLO, releasing our first body of work in 2022, and winning a BRIT award in the same year! We are so shocked and grateful. We are the first group to win the BRITs Rising Star!
“We’ve just made history and couldn’t have done it without our wonderful fans and supportive families. It’s truly a dream come true. We feel so empowered creating the music we love and we hope others feel that too.”
The group rose to prominence after releasing their 1990s-influenced debut ‘Cardboard Box’ last year.
Tickets for the Isle of Wight Festival are on sale now via www.isleofwightfestival.com.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Geezer Butler is set to release his “candid” autobiography this summer.
The Black Sabbath bassist has announced that ‘Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond’ will be released on June 6.
The synopsis promises: “A rollicking, effusive, and candid memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath, covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed.”
As well as his working-class upbringing, the heavy metal musician will discuss his “disillusionment with organised religion and class systems.”
Geezer revealed in April last year that he had completed the first draft of his autobiography.
The Black Sabbath bassist previously revealed he was penning the tome for his grandkids, and while giving an update on his progress, the 73-year-old rocker asked his followers to help him choose a title for the tome, with ‘Into the Void’ one of the options.
He explained that the book is “about growing up in Aston, Birmingham and how Sabbath came about.”
Speaking about the memoir, he said: “I started out because when my parents died, I always wished I’d asked them a lot more things than I knew about.
“I don’t really know much about my mum and dad, ’cause they were always just there. So, I started writing a memoir for my grandkids to read, and that’s been fun going through stuff — old times and growing up in Birmingham, and all that. I’m right in the middle of doing that at the moment.”
The tell-all tome will likely be filled with tales about Ozzy Osbourne and co’s cocaine-fuelled antics.
On the time the ‘Paranoid’ rockers lived together in Los Angeles in 1972, Geezer recalled: “We used to have bucket loads of cocaine there, and we had this big bowl in the middle of the table, full of cocaine.
“One day Ozzy noticed this button below one of the windows; He kept pressing it, ‘I wonder what this does?’ The next thing, the police turned up – it was a panic button. And there was us with this great big bowl of cocaine in the middle. So, we dumped all the cocaine down the toilet and ran upstairs to get rid of our own stashes. The coppers went ,‘What’s the problem?’ Oh, nothing… ‘OK, see ya…’ And we’d dumped about five grams of cocaine down the bog!”
The band were notorious for their wild live shows and Geezer previously recalled how he was “nearly blinded” when a Sabbath fan threw a giant cross on stage.
He shared: “I’ll never forget that. I think it was in San Francisco. Somebody threw this massive bloody brass cross at us, about 18 inches.
“It hit me in the eye. Nearly blinded me. But I kept it.
“There’s also a painting someone gave us in Russia, with us as Samurai warriors. Gloriously hideous. We look like four versions of Ken Dodd.
“They found the jacket I wore on our ‘Vol. 4’ album sleeve. And my silver six-inch platform boots, with red crosses up the sides. God knows how I wore them.”
Black Sabbath – which was also made up of guitarist Tony Iommi and previously drummer Bill Ward – formed in 1968 and bid farewell with their final gig in their hometown of Birmingham’s Genting Arena in 2017.
Frontman Ozzy has just retired from touring completely due to his poor health.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Elvis Costello has recalled the late Burt Bacharach putting him in his place in the studio.
The songwriting pals first met in 1989 while working at the same recording studio and worked together for almost three decades.
And while recalling working on their 1998 LP ‘Painted From Memory’, the 68-year-old Grammy winner said the legendary composer was a “very considerate” person, but when it came to music, he had the kind of rigorous approach that “makes you fall in line”.
In an interview with The Times newspaper, Costello said Bacharach – who died from natural causes aged 94 on February 8 – was: “Very considerate, but he won’t let anything get in the way of the music, and all the geniality and elegance on the surface of the songs hides the power at the heart of them.”
He continued: “Once he gets the shape of a melody he won’t negotiate. ‘Could I get a triplet, so I can use it against this three-syllable word?’ — ‘No, you can’t.’ After a while, the sheer rigour of his approach makes you fall into line.”
Costello admits these kinds of “chance encounters” are rare today because a lot of artists work remotely.
He said: “These are the chance encounters that don’t happen today because now everyone makes albums on their laptops.
“I had been using a marimba with the same suspension as [that in the Bacharach classic] ’24 Hours from Tulsa’, as a gesture of acknowledgment really. He was down the hallway so I asked him to listen.”
Asked what the ‘What the World Needs Now Is Love’ hitmaker thought, Costello replied: “He was gentlemanly about it.”
Upon the sad news of Bacharach’s death, which happened before the release of the boxset ‘The Songs of Bacharach and Costello’ – which is out on March 3 – Costello admitted he’s devastated that the pair won’t get to collaborate again.
He said: “I am very sad today. But Burt Bacharach means the same to me this morning as he did at midnight on Wednesday, when the call came. I have to accept that there will not be the next song that he — or even we — might still be about to write. I will always struggle to think of him in the past tense.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — U2 have announced a Las Vegas residency.
The Irish rock legends confirmed ‘The U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At The Sphere’ residency is taking place in Sin City later this year, in a commercial that aired during a break at The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show on Sunday (12.03.23).
The series of shows will take place at the all-new MSG Sphere venue on the strip, and will focus on their 1991 album, ‘Achtung Baby’.
However, Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton will be performing without injured drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
The ‘Without You’ hitmakers explained in a statement: “The Sphere show has been in the works for a long time.
“We don’t want to let people down, least of all our audience… the truth is we miss them as much as they appear to miss us… our audience was always the fifth member of the band.
“Bottom line, U2 hasn’t played live since December 2019 and we need to get back on stage and see the faces of our fans again. And what a unique stage they’re building for us out there in the desert… We’re the right band, ‘Achtung Baby’ the right album, and the Sphere the right venue to take the live experience of music to the next level.
“That’s what U2’s been trying to do all along with our satellite stages and video installations, most memorably on the ZOO TV Tour, which ended in Tokyo 30 years ago this fall. The Sphere is more than just a venue, it’s a gallery and U2’s music is going to be all over the walls.”
The dates are yet to be revealed.
Dutch sticksman Bram van den Berg will step in for Larry, who underwent back surgery and is unable to perform for the rest of 2023.
In December, Larry ruled himself out of touring with U2 this year due to ongoing physical health issues.
The 61-year-old musician explained that he needed surgery after injuring his “elbows, knees [and] neck”.
Larry told The Washington Post’s journalist Geoff Edgers that he’d “like to take some time … to get myself healed.”
He continued: “My body is not what it used to be, physically. Like next year, I won’t be performing live next year. I don’t know what the band’s plan is. There’s talk of all kinds of things.”
Geoff took to Twitter to clarify that Larry is not “leaving or retiring” from the band.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Viral ‘Sure Thing’ hitmaker Miguel is working on new music.
The R+B star’s 2011 hit has seen a resurgence in popularity after going viral on the video-sharing platform, with even the likes of Kim Kardashian and her daughter North West using the sped-up version of the track to soundtrack one of their clips on the app, and it has given the 37-year-old singer the “momentum” to pen new tunes.
He said: “I’ve been so tunnel vision on this new project and getting excited more internally with my collaborators.
“I tend to be more laser focused in order to elevate the music.
“Getting the information that something of mine from so long ago is picking up, and exponentially picking up, week by week, is just fascinating.”
Miguel revealed that ‘Sure Thing’ was actually inspired by rap legend Lil Wayne and that he always felt the track was ahead of its time.
He reflected: “At the time, it was around 2007-2008, Lil Wayne was having a real moment here in the States. He had a style that was very unique to him.”
Miguel continued: “’Sure Thing was’ a very modern approach at the time for R+B; it was fusing a hip-hop approach in the writing.
“No one wanted to sign me. It didn’t make sense to them. I think the industry was looking for, at the time, a more traditional [R+B] artist.”
Of the song going viral more than a decade after its release, he told London’s Evening Standard: “It was done through genuine kids and people finding the song. I’m grateful for people finding the song and making things with the song. It’s wild – it’s crazy.”
As well as new music in the works, the ‘Coffee’ hitmaker also revealed he’s keen to make his long-awaited return to the UK for some live shows.
He said: “The last time I played the UK was at least five years ago – pre-COVID. I can’t wait to get to come and see the variety and how many different fans there are. It would be nothing short of a massive blessing and so much fun.”
Miguel’s last studio album was 2017’s ‘War and Leisure’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — SZA is celebrating being weed-free for a year.
The ‘Kill Bill’ hitmaker took to Twitter to mark the milestone and admitted she does not “miss” Marijuana, though she claimed being “sober” has caused her to gain weight.
She wrote on Monday (13.02.23): “Today officially makes a year + I haven’t smoked weed. don’t miss it at all .. never thought I’d say that.”
The 33-year-old star added: “Lmao that sober weight gain is a b***h tho. I’m on it !! One task at a time. (sic)”
Before ditching the psychoactive drug, SZA revealed her “debilitating anxiety” makes it difficult for her to be outside.
Meanwhile, SZA previously confessed she was fired from a retail job for being high.
During a Twitter Q+A, a fan asked the singer which retail stores she worked at before finding fame, and SZA replied: “True religion, lucky brand jeans, Sephora, h+m (lol), Abercrombie (double lol) uhhh the pizza shop in my home town, and anywhere else that would allow me to walk in late and moody.
“I forgot Diesel too. They fired me over a weed brownie conspiracy … conspiracy (sic).”
Fans subsequently started tweeting SZA in a quest to know more about her sacking.
The singer was happy to oblige, telling her followers: “Aight so bim. I walk into work and shorty has a full container of brownies she brought from home. Fresh hot… Seems normal. She opens em in the break room and everybody starts crowding like ‘ooooo aaahhh’. She DONT SAY NUFFIN BOUT NO DRUGS.
“Everybody takes one (u know when n***** say everybody it’s really 3 ppl) … Mind u I’m new here … Nobody’s eating the whole thing but MY hungry ass eats TWO like ‘mmmm ya free BREAKFASS’! 30 mins pass.
“I start to sweat … I’m looking at n***** across the sales floor, they laughing and s*** … I’m like wow I gotta boo boo I’m nauseous I’m … Mind u I ain’t even KNOW … 10 more mins pass.
“Long story short I’m the only one coming out of their actual skin looking like I ATE meth. I get called to the office. I don’t know why this is happening I tell her I need a doctor. She fires me (sic).”

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OHMYGOSSIP — S Club 7 are reuniting for an arena tour.
All seven members of the pop group – which includes Bradley, Hannah, Jo, Jon, Paul, Rachel, and Tina – are reuniting to celebrate their 25-year legacy in the music business.
Speaking about their comeback, the band said: “After eight years it feels amazing to announce that we’re reuniting and performing together again.
“We’re so excited to bring the S Club Party back to our fans across the country to celebrate 25 years of S Club 7. We can’t even believe it’s been so long!
“Music and friendship have always been at the core of everything that we’ve ever done. We hope everyone can join us for one big party!”
The band will embark an 11-date arena tour across the UK and Ireland, starting in Liverpool on October 13 and finishing in London on October 28.
S Club are set to perform some of their best-known pop hits, including ‘Bring It All Back’, ‘Never Had a Dream Come True’, ‘Don’t Stop Movin’, and ‘Have You Ever’.
The chart-topping group – which was created in 1998 by the former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller – also starred in two hit TV series, ‘Miami 7’ and ‘L.A. 7’.
Tickets for the tour – which has been named S Club 7 Reunited – will go on sale on Friday (17.02.23), via www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk. Meanwhile, Irish fans can get their tickets via www.ticketmaster.ie.

Tour dates:

Liverpool, M and S Bank Arena – October 13
Sheffield, Utilita Arena – October 14
Dublin, 3Arena – October 16
Glasgow, OVO Hydro – October 18
Newcastle, Utilita Arena – October 19
Leeds, First Direct Arena – October 20
Manchester, AO Arena – October 21
Cardiff, International Arena – October 23
Nottingham, Motorpoint Arena – October 24
Birmingham, Utilita Arena – October 26
London, The O2 – October 28

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OHMYGOSSIP — Morrissey has accused Capitol Records of shelving his album while promoting Sam Smith’s records.
All four of the ‘Unholy’ hitmakers records – including last month’s ‘Gloria’ – have been released via the label, but the former Smiths star has hit out over is unreleased LP ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’.
Writing on his own website, Morrissey ranted: “Capitol Records (Los Angeles) proudly promotes Sam Smith’s ‘satanism’; yet they consider the honest truth of Morrissey’s factual ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ to be their biggest threat and they will not release it despite their contractual obligation and promise to do so.”
The 63-year-old singer – who was dropped by BMG in 2020 – “voluntarily” left Capitol, as well as his management company, in December 2022 after signing a deal with the the previous year and has accused them of refusing to release his 14th solo LP ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ or return the records to him.
A statement on his website earlier this month read: “Morrissey is ‘too diverse’ for Universal Music Group. Capitol Records (Los Angeles) will not, after all, release Morrissey’s 2021 album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’.
“At the same time, Capitol Records (Los Angeles) are holding on to the album.
“Although Morrissey officially signed to Capitol Records Los Angeles, there has been no mention of Morrissey on Capitol’s website or on their Artists roster.
“Morrissey has said that although he does not believe that Capitol Records in Los Angeles signed ‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ in order to sabotage it, he is quickly coming around to that belief.”
The ‘Big Mouth Strikes Again’ hitmaker had planned to release ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ this month but announced in November it had been delayed, with no new release date offered.
A brief statement at the time read: “‘Bonfire of Teenagers’ is no longer scheduled for a February release, as stated by this site.
“Its fate is exclusively in the hands of Capitol Records (Los Angeles).”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Rod Stewart has confirmed he is to play a six-date UK tour at various castles and football stadiums, and he is now “impatiently awaiting” the summer to arrive.
The 78-year-old singer cannot wait to be “dancing under the stars” in the coming months when he hits the road again to visit the likes of Edinburgh Castle and Northampton’s Cinch Stadium.
He said in a statement: “My favourite memories have been summer nights with a beer or two alongside the best fans in the world.
“I’m impatiently awaiting this summer playing at a variety of special venues – football, cricket and rugby stadiums, estates and castles!
“We’ll all be dancing under the stars.”
Rod will kick off his UK run of shows at Plymouth’s Home Park Stadium on June 24th, before heading 230 miles north to Northampton’s Cinch Stadium on June 28th, and two days later he will play at Durham’s Seat Unique Riverside stadium.
After a few days off, Rod will play at Bristol’s Badminton Estate on July 2nd – the first time the Estate has opened its doors to live events – before he heads north once again.
This time he will play at Hull’s Sewell Group Craven Park stadium on July 4th, and he will conclude his six-date run of gigs, which is part of his Global Hits Tour, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It will be the first time in 13 years that Rod – whose father was born in Edinburgh – has played at the city’s historic castle.

Rod Stewart’s UK Summer Tour

June
Sat 24 Plymouth, Home Park Stadium
Wed 28 Northampton, Cinch Stadium
Fri 30 Durham, Seat Unique Riverside

July
Sun 2 – Bristol, Badminton Estate, Worcester Park
Tue 4 – Hull, Sewell Group Craven Park
Thurs 6 – Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nick Cave admits he likes “the fact that some songs are controversial enough to be outlawed”.
The ‘Mercy Seat”‘ singer has responded to news Sir Tom Jones’ classic ‘Delilah’ has been banned from being sung at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium due to its lyrics about a woman being killed by her jealous husband, and revealed he doesn’t actually like the song in the first place.
Responding in a Q and A on his Red Hand Files website, he said: “I understand there is a principle here, but on some level I like the fact that some songs are controversial enough to be outlawed.
“It fills me with a kind of professional pride to be a part of the sometimes contentious business of songwriting. It’s cool. I like it.
“I just wish it was a more worthy song to be awarded that greatest of honours, indeed that supreme privilege, of being banned.”
While Nick had praised for the ‘Sex Bomb’ hitmaker, he insisted he isn’t a fan of ‘Delilah’
He wrote: “I just don’t like it. I mean, I like Tom Jones. I sang a duet with him (‘Green, Green Grass of Home’ – a far superior murder balled) at a charity event a few years ago, and I like his version of ‘Weeping Annaleah’ which The Bad Seeds recorded on our ‘Kicking Against the P*****’ album.”
Nick – who released his own album ‘Murder Ballads’ in 1996 – acknowledged that the song won an Ivor Novello songwriting award in 1968, but insisted it still “just sort of sucks”.
He quipped: “As someone who knows a thing or two about murder ballads, for my taste, it’s all too waltzy and strident and hammy and mariachi and triumphant.
“And the words are ugly – ‘I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more.’
“Really? Most damning of all, even The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time, couldn’t do anything with it, although there is a wonderfully perverse attempt on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
“The inimitable Australian comic, Norman Gunston, lest we forget, also did a very funny parody of it back in the late seventies, which at the very least made you laugh.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Pink felt “very numb” the first time she heard ‘When I Get There’.
The 43-year-old singer – whose upcoming ninth album ‘Trustfall’ will be released on later this week – has reflected on the deep meaning behind her new single, which dropped today (14.02.23).
Speaking to March issue of Women’s Health UK, she said: “I lost my dad in August of 2021. He had cancer for eight years. When that song was sent to me, I was very numb.
“I don’t grieve in a normal way, like how I see other people grieve. They have such instant access to their grief, it seems.
“I just kind of go numb. It takes me a really long time to unpack that suitcase, and that song was part of the unpacking. I heard it and I thought, ‘That’s my song.’ ”
The ‘Never Gonna Not Dance Again’ hitmaker reflected on the process making her new collection, and revealed she had the benefit of being able to take her time – as well as more risks.
She explained: “I had time, because of a worldwide pandemic, so I went really, really slowly. I was able to take more chances.
“COVID slowed down life in a ‘what matters’ kind of way for me. Now all I want is to put things in the world that are meaningful and see my kids grow up.”
Later this year, Pink will hit the road on her ‘Summer Carnival’ tour in support of her upcoming album, and she’s promised fans a real “lovefest” at the live shows.
She added: “It’s a festival and a lovefest. I’m kind of like a circus act… It’s exhilarating. Every performance I get to do new things, so I’m always trying to to it.
“And it’s going to start getting really hard to do that because I’ve done the craziest stuff.
“But we’re always on the lookout for cool new things that you might not die from.”
The full Pink interview can be read in the March issue of Women’s Health UK, on sale now. Read the story online here: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a42854099/pink-cover-star/

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OHMYGOSSIP — Noel Gallagher has teamed up with Pet Shop Boys on a new track.
The synth-pop duo have collaborated with the former Oasis rocker on a remix of one of his new tracks with his band High Flying Birds.
Speaking to students at Cambridge University, vocalist Neil Tennant said: “We have just remixed Noel Gallagher. All collaborations are interesting.”
Neil explained that he and keyboardist Chris Lowe want to work with artists who can make the ‘West End Girls’ hitmakers “sound 10 times better”.
He added: “The aim is to work with someone who makes you sound ten times better. I would like more good singers to sing more of our songs, as I think they have great potential.
“As you get older you learn how music works. In the beginning you don’t really know, but now I think we know a little bit.”
Pet Shop Boys are looking at more potential collaborations but they don’t want to team up with anyone who strives to be cool.
He explained: “I wouldn’t say no. Who knows? Ed Sheeran might suddenly come up with some- thing. Like, if he approached us about it and had something in mind that might work.
“So we might do it. We won’t do ‘being cool’ and Ed Sheeran certainly isn’t ‘cool’.
“We have never really cared about doing ‘cool’ music. It is really about euphoric pop music. Never say never.”
Meanwhile, Noel recently opened the door to the union fans are really wating for as he admitted he’ll “never say never” to an Oasis reunion.
He said: “You should never say never, [but] it would have to take an extraordinary set of circumstances.
“That’s not to say that those circumstances would never come about.”
When asked how he and 50-year-old Liam are getting on, he replied: “Oh, brilliantly, yeah. Genuinely, yeah.
“He [Liam] has taken a year out apparently to find himself.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Duran Duran have announced Jake Shears as their special guest for their upcoming tour.
The ‘Rio’ hitmakers are heading on the road for a string of shows in the UK and Ireland this spring and they will be joined by the Scissor Sisters frontman.
In a statement, he said: “I’m thrilled to announce that I’m going to be a Special Guest for Duran Duran on their ‘Future Past’ arena tour.
“It’s such an honour to be playing with them again. They are a massive inspiration with their continual run of incredible music.
“To say that I’m excited is an understatement. See you there!”
With Scissor Sisters, the ‘Take Your Mama’ singer joined Duran Duran on their ‘Reunion Tour’ in 2004, while bandmate Ana Matronic would later collaborate with them on 2010 album ‘All You Need Is Now’.
Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor commented: “We are absolutely delighted to be reuniting with Jake Shears for our 2023 UK/Ireland tour, as he supports his fabulous new album ‘Last Man Dancing’.
“The Scissor Sisters were such an important part of our Reunion Tour in 2004.
“We also welcome the incredible Lia Lia from Berlin. The first time we heard ‘I’m A Moth!’ we were all completely hooked.
“With the support of these two amazing artists, we couldn’t be more excited about our upcoming shows.”
Lia Lia, who completes the lineup, added: “When my manager called and broke the news about me going on tour with Duran Duran I locked myself in the bathroom, and the first thing I did was to call my mom.
“I’m beyond excited, thrilled and absolutely terrified!! Living legends. (sic)”
When the group announced the tour last November, he frontman Simon Le Bon revealed how “grateful” the band are for their continued success.
He said: “It’s remarkable to me that as a band, we are still hitting new milestones, still able to introduce the sound of DD to new generations of music lovers.
“We are truly grateful that we get to do what we do on a daily basis, and that we still love our job as much as we did when we started out some four decades ago.”

Duran Duran ‘Future Past’ UK and Ireland tour dates:

April 2023
29 – The AO Arena, Manchester

May 2023
1 – The O2, London
2 – The O2, London
4 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
5 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
7 – 3Arena, Dublin
9 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Source: IconInsider.com