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lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017 GOSSIP Nicks joins Petty Tempah joins Wizkid on stage at Wireless inie Tempah made a surprise appear- ance at Wireless Festival on Sunday. The for duet at BST Hyde Park T28-year-old rapper sent the young crowd into a frenzy when he jumped on stage during Wizkid’s set in the main arena to perform their hit single ‘Mamacita’ together. But he didn’t just do one song and leave, as the songwriter - whose real name is Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu - stuck around to perform his 2010 single ‘Pass Out’ as well. Wizkid kicked off his set with his new song ‘Come Closer’, which fea- tures Drake, before he went into ‘Naughty Ride’ and told revelers that he “I loves London.” Earlier on in the day, North London artist Abra Cadabra asked festival goers to take part in a minute’s silence, before he kicked off his per- formance, as a tribute to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, which saw an estimated 150 people lose their lives when an inferno ripped through the apartment block in West London, last month. The commemorative moment was also in honor of Bradley Lowery - a six-year-old boy who died last week follow- ing a tough battle with neuroblastoma - a rare type of cancer. A notice published on site read: “Abra Cadabra asks fans to join him at the Pepsi tragedy.” He told fans as they gathered at the The community came together, stick together Max Stage and across the whole site to stage for his performance: “You know what and now they will pull together.” He then asked observe a minute silence at 1:45pm for the vic- happened in West London in the fire, it’s a sad the crowd to put their hands together and tevie Nicks joined Tom Petty and pulled out all of their biggest hits includ- tims of those affected by the Grenfell Tower thing - God bless everyone that passed away. applaud the victims. Sthe Heartbreakers on stage for a ing ‘Free Fallin’ and ‘Learning To Fly’. duet of ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Earlier in the day, Nicks played her own Around’ at Barclaycard presents British set opening with her song ‘Gold and Summer Time on Sunday. The Fleetwood Braid’ before closing with Fleetwood’s Mac legend and the US band recorded 1975 classic ‘Landslide’. The set featured the collaboration in 1981 and performed many songs from the iconic 70s group; Radiohead plan 2018 tour it midway through their headlining set at ‘Gypsy’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Gold Dust Woman’ and The Weeknd adiohead London’s Hyde Park for the first time in ‘Rhiannon’. The 69-year-old star also per- are planning to hit the road in more than 18 years. Petty, 66, introduced formed her hit with her bandmate R2018. The ‘Creep’ hitmakers will go on a Nicks as an “honourary” member of the Lindsey Buckingham, ‘Crying in the closes Wireless “little tour” next year but after that they group as she walked onto The Great Oak Night’, from 1973. Before singing the don’t have any further plans to team up again stage. Paying tribute to his bandmates on number, Nicks recalled how the track and will concentrate on solo projects. Speaking the band’s 40th anniversary, the ‘I Won’t meant she “didn’t have to be a waitress festival to the BBC at the TRNSMT festival, guitarist Ed Back Down’ hitmaker told the sun-kissed anymore”. She then reminded festival- O’Brien said: “We’ll hang up our Radioheads. It’s crowd: “It’s great to be here. It’s has been goers to keep dreaming as “dreams do time for everyone to go off and do their own far too long, and this beautiful London come true”. She continued: “And 44 years thing for a bit.” The group are currently touring summer is amazing. “We are celebrating later ... so if you ever fear that dreams their 2016 album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ and will our 40th year together ... these people don’t come true, they do.” Nicks said that conclude their latest run of gigs with a perform- [his bandmates] have been in my life a her BST show will be one “heartfelt” ance at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel on July long time and somehow we are still memory she will never forget. She said: 19. However, the show is somewhat controver- together. We are probably closer than “This is one big, heartfelt memory that I, sial and several celebrities, including Roger family.” Petty and the Heartbreakers Stevie, will take with me forever.” Waters, have signed a letter with Artists for people under foreign occupation. “Surely if mak- Palestine UK to ask the group to reconsider the ing a stand against the politics of division, of dis- performance in a country “where a system of crimination and of hate means anything at all, it apartheid has been imposed on the Palestine means standing against it everywhere - and that people”. The letter reads: “I’m asking you not to has to include what happens to Palestinians David Bowie’s Blackstar perform in Israel, Palestinians have appealed to every day.” Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny you to take one small step to help pressure Israel Greenwood has links to Israel as he is married to gets top prize to end its violation of basic rights and interna- Israeli artist Sharon Katan. The Weeknd closed tional law. Since Radiohead campaigns for free- this year’s Wireless Festival in London with a dom to the Tibetans, we’re wondering why you’d bang as fireworks exploded from the stage while at Sky Arts Awards turn down a request to stand up for another he belted out his popular track ‘The Hills’. he ‘Starboy’ hitmaker rounded off Tthe three-day music extravaganza, held at Finsbury Park in North London, on the main stage on Sunday with hit after hit from his ‘House of Balloons’ album as the crowd went wild for his incredible voice. The 27-year-old hunk - whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye - appeared to be having the time of his life as he bounced around on stage to shrieks from his fans. It’s not known if his girlfriend Selena Gomez - whom he’s been dating since the end of last year fol- lowing his split from Bella Hadid - was backstage watching his set but there were rumours floating around that she had touched down in the English capital. Earlier on in the day, the likes of Bugzy Malone, Tyga, Ty Dolla $ign, Pusha T, Nas avid Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ was Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that and Wizkid took to the main stage to per- Dawarded yet another posthumous Bowie had been in talks to do a joint form their energetic set under the hot sun. prize at the South Bank Sky Arts record with LCD Soundsystem’s frontman Things turned adventurous in the early Awards on Sunday. The late music legend James Murphy, but he was already too evening when Tory Lanez decided to try Mumford and Sons return - who died in January 2016 after a secret consumed in what would be his final something new towards the end of his gig battle with cancer - was honoured with record. The ‘All My Friends’ hitmaker did by crowd-surfing to his song ‘Diego’. The the Pop Music gong for his final album at however record some James said recent- 24-year-old rapper told the crowd: “Ok, to their ‘early days mentality’ the ceremony held at London’s The Savoy ly: “I reached out to David and said, ‘I’d we’re going to try something now. I need Hotel. The ‘Starman’ hitmaker’s close pal love to do a record just me and you’. “He you all to make a line and I’m going to surf Iggy Pop appeared via a video message said, ‘It’s funny you mention that, please from the front to the back and back again.” umford & Sons have returned to the that mentality - we wrote it less on the road and to pay tribute to the icon - whose record look me up when you get back to New It all seemed to be going well until he was M“mentality” of their early days for their more in the studio. “People can share songs online continues to pick up accolades including York.’” The 47-year-old musician was sur- almost dropped and security was forced to new album. Frontman Marcus Mumford so much more easily these days, so that experi- this year’s Mastercard British Album of prised he even spoke with the ‘Heroes’ intervene and heave him back on to the has revealed the British group are currently busily mentation is a little riskier than before, but we try the Year prize at the BRIT Awards. The ‘I singer as he was so starstruck by his idol, stage so that he could finish off his song. working away on new material for their fourth stu- not to be too precious about it.” Marcus’ thoughts Wanna Be Your Dog’ hitmaker, who but they ended up having a great rela- Despite his bright idea, Tory - real name is dio album and he said they’re in a similar frame of have been echoed by guitarist Winston Marshall, worked with Bowie on the album ‘Lust tionship over email. Speaking about Daystar Peterson - appeared to be mind to that which inspired their debut release, who revealed the band are happy to bide their For Life’, said he changed ‘“the game in how he would’ve been speechless if he exhausted when his feet finally touched ‘Sigh No More’, back in 2009.