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 - 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 ‘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 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 , 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. He shared: “We’ve time before releasing the follow-up to 2015’s rock and roll and in popular music”. The met the late great Lou Reed, he admit- the stage again as he collapsed on the been playing a couple of new songs a night on this ‘Wilder Mind’. Speaking to NME magazine, Winston 70-year-old rocker recalled how they ted: “I don’t think I could have talked to floor and asked his staff if he could have tour, and we’ve gone back to the mentality we had explained: “We all feel slightly different about the once lived together in London and how him. “And that’s saying a lot because I some water. He concluded his 40-minute when we first started out, when every song was next album, but I feel like we’ve got a really good the ‘Labyrinth’ star never missed an knew David Bowie, I talked to David gig by thanking his fans for having new to the audience and we’d get away with chunk of the record done, although there’s still a episode of the arts television programme Bowie. I thought I couldn’t talk to him, him and telling them he’ll be experimenting on them almost every night - work- lot more to do. “If you’re going to write an album ‘The South Bank Show’. He said: but he was so gracious and so friendly... I back soon for another ing out what wasn’t quite right, which lyrics didn’t of 10 songs, our attitude is that you need to write “[We]”shared digs ... in London at a beau- had an email friendship with David show. work, how 60 people in a pub reacted to certain 30 and choose 10 good ones. We could probably tiful old Victorian house that was looked Bowie, which one of the weirder, more things. “That was always part of our writing put out a not-so-good album right now, but it’s after by a lady named Mrs Potter.” amazing things.” process, but on ‘Wilder Mind’ we kind of changed better to wait and put out a great one.”

ana Del Rey is set to release two songs with A$AP LRocky. The ‘Video Games’ hitmaker will debut the two tracks, believed to be called ‘’ and ophie Okonedo and James Harkness have been cast in ‘’, on Apple Beats 1 Radio and BBC Radio 1 on Sthe new comedy-drama ‘Country Music’. The Tony Award- Wednesday. Sharing a clip of herself singing along to one of winning actress Okonedo, 48, and Harkness join ‘Taboo’ the tracks on Instagram, Lana wrote: “2 new tracks w ASAP star Jessie Buckley and ‘Harry Potter’ actress Dame Julie Walters ROCKY dropping on the 12th. Hear them first on beats and in the comedy-drama produced by Faye Ward, Deadline radio 1 that day. (sic)” The tracks are from the 32-year-old reports. Okonedo - who has starred in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ and singer’s forthcoming album ‘Lust for Life’ which drops on July ‘Doctor Who’ - has just finished performing on the West End in 21. The record already includes collaborations with rapper Edward Albee’s ‘The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia’. Harkness, mean- The Weeknd on the album-titled track, Stevie Nicks, who while, has had roles in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, ‘Macbeth’ recorded vocals on ‘Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems’ and and ‘The Program’. Helmed by ‘Peaky Blinders’ director Tom ‘’ featuring Sean Lennon. Speaking Harper, the film follows the story of Rose-Lynn Harlan (Buckley) about teaming up with the Fleetwood Mac legend, she previ- who wants to get out of Glasgow after having left prison and ously said: “She was amazing. She’s just everything you hope make it as a country singer in Nashville. The script will be she’s gonna be. She’s so contemporary, and she knows all the penned by ‘The C Word’ screenwriter Nicole Taylor and the new music that’s out weekly. She loved the track and she director teased that it is “full of energy”. He said: “Nicole Taylor added so much to it.” The ‘’ singer previously said has written a cracking script full of energy and charm. Her wit- she needed “space” to create the forthcoming record and ty dialogue will have you in stitches but at its heart, this is a needed to be as “far away” from “real life” as possible. She moving, universal story about roots and dreams. “Nicole has said: “You know in this time an artist really needs a lot of written the most wonderful script: hugely entertaining, sharp, space when they are trying to create something special. “A funny and with something to say about the way we live today. place to cultivate a world of their own away from the real I’m thrilled to be bringing it to life with such an exceptional world that is around them. “Luckily for me, I live right inside team of people. Jessie Buckley is a revelation in the lead role the middle of the edge of the Hollywood sign. “And this is and I can’t wait for audiences to hear her sing.” Back in 2015, how I spend most of my nights, perched high above the the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ star Karen Gillan was rumored to chaos that swirls within the city of angels below.” ‘Lust for Life’ be in talks for the movie but the actress doesn’t appear to be is the follow-up to 2015’s ‘Honeymoon’. connected to the film anymore.