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Lifestyle Gossip Tuesday, June 18, 2019

om Walker has only seen his fiancee seven August, she’s so, so lovely. When we met I didn’t actually per’s Wired column, he said: “Me and my missus keep get- T times since they got engaged. The 27-year-old have a job and I was nowhere in the music industry and I ting happier and more settled. “Some of the tunes are singer popped the question to Annie, his girl- was just knocking on doors trying to get stuff done. So, about being in a relationship when you’re away on tour friend of five years, last August and confessed she’s been with me through the whole journey and is so and then coming back and making the most of the little the pair haven’t been able to see each other much since supportive and lovely and just ... she’s the one mate, she’s time you’ve got. The ‘Angels’ singer added that the pair they agreed to tie the knot due to his busy schedule - but the absolute one, she never gives me any grief man.” The are in “no rush” to get married and are enjoying being insisted that his partner is “the absolute one” and has ‘Leave a Light On’ hitmaker recently released his debut engaged. He said: “There’s no rush it’ll be nice to be always been “so supportive” of his music. Speaking to ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ and revealed that a few engaged for a little while.” Absolute Radio at the Isle of Wight Festival, he said: “Aye, on the record are about his relationship and missing seen her about seven times since we got engaged in Annie while on tour. Speaking to the Daily Star newspa-

layer played their final ever UK show at S Download Festival on Sunday night. The legends signed off on the second stage, while Tool closed the spec- tacle on the main stage at the event held at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. treated the packed crowd to a set full of their classic tracks, including ‘Raining Blood’, ‘Evil Has No Boundaries’, ‘’, ‘Gemini’, ‘Black Magic’ and ‘Chemical Warfare’, and finished off with ‘Angel of Death’ - from their 1986 album ‘’, which was the first time they collaborated with . At the end of the historic performance the band stood motionless as the crowd applauded and cheered before heading backstage. Later, 58-year- old singer reappeared for the fans and simply said: “Thank you very much. Good night.” The crowd continued clapping and cheering and chanting “Slayer” long into the night. Other high- lights on the Sunday of the heavy metal festival orde has confirmed that her “Apparently Melodrama came out two included performances from Anthrax, Dream L new album is getting close. The years ago today ... Want to say thankyou Theater and Lamb of God. Slipknot, Stone Temple 22-year-old singer - whose real for how you took that record and made it Pilots and Trivium were among the Saturday per- name is Ella Marija Lani Yelich- your own. Swells my damn heart thinking formers, while Rob Zombie and Def Leppard wowed O’Connor - announced in an Instagram about your love for it and your willingness leetwood Mac have teased they the iconic band may be set to headline the crowds on Friday. F will be headlining Glastonbury Glastonbury Festival next year... (sic)” post on Sunday celebrating the two-year to go there with me and to dance the way in 2020. The ‘Go Your Own Surprisingly, Fleetwood Mac have never anniversary of the release of her acclaimed that we did together. “The day it came out Way’ rockers are currently on performed at Michael Eavis’ world 2017 LP acclaimed ‘Melodrama’ that her i did a jigsaw puzzle all day in my hotel the UK leg of their sold-out European tour renowned event and Mick has admitted third studio album is “in the oven” and will room in NY. I felt so emptied, i didnt really and whilst performing at London’s that the band would “burn in hell” if they be ready to come out soon. On her know yet that you make a record and get Wembley Stadium on Sunday night drum- didn’t headline it at least once. He said: “Of Instagram stories, she wrote about filled up, and then releasing it empties you mer Mick Fleetwood told the crowd that course, we’ve been asked to play and it’s Melodrama: “I was such a baby making ... and slowly fills you up again (sic).” The the band still had a “big field to play” at “a never worked out. I think the legend of that work, lots of emotions and learning so ‘Green Light’ singer teased last year that rained out festival in England”. Although Glastonbury and Fleetwood Mac will come much all the time. Feels like I’ve grown a lot the new album could potentially have some Mick, 71, didn’t name the festival, true. I think I’ll burn in hell if we don’t do it since then, I’ve been to Antarctica, I have a piano-based songs as she recently learned Glastonbury is renowned for its inclement one day.” The Glastonbury Festival cele- dog now and a cat and I can bake bread the instrument. She said: “I haven’t started weather at the end of June when it takes brates its 50th anniversary in 2020 and and cook dinner and keep plants alive etc. properly on the next record yet, and I’m place on Worthy Farm in Somerset, South Michael - who organises the event with his It’s a good life you’ve given me. Thank you not sure how long it’ll be. “But I’ve been West England, and is often swamped with daughter Emily Eavis - recently dropped a thank you. Third one in the oven. (Sic)” The teaching myself how to play piano, and mud and sludge. His comments were huge hint that Sir Paul McCartney will be ‘Royals’ hitmaker thanked her fans for their here and there little bits come out.” picked up by specialist Glastonbury social one of the headliners. Speaking to BBC support and making ‘Melodrama’ “their media accounts and fans at the gig. The Somerset, he said: “Paul’s on good form at own” since it was released. She wrote: Glasto Thingy Twitter account wrote: the moment.” When asked if he had “spo- “Unconfirmed reports coming in that ken to him” and if he was coming to play at Fleetwood Mac announced they will be Worthy Farm again, Michael added: playing “a rained out festival in England” “Hopefully for the 50th, yeah. “Don’t make next year. (sic)” Glasto Fest Feed added: a big thing of it though will you?” Beatles “Could Fleetwood Mac just have con- legend Paul, 76, last topped the bill on the firmed for #Glastonbury2020? Pyramid Stage in 2004. Unconfirmed reports are indicating that

iffy Clyro closed the Isle of performance when a festival organiser B Wight festival 2019 in style on came on stage 10 minutes after her set was Sunday with an impressive fire- due to start to inform the crowd she would work display. The Scottish not be able to start her set. Instead, both rockers - comprised of Simon Neil and Biffy and Richard Ashcroft had their sets brothers James and Ben Johnston - head- moved forward to fill the gap, but the for- lined the third and final day of the music mer Verve frontman - who had the whole extravaganza at Seaclose Park, Newport, crowd singing along to classic hit ‘Bitter and made sure it was a night no-one would Sweet Symphony’ - chose not to extend forget as they wowed crowds with a his set any further. Elsewhere in the festi- lengthy firework display. The impressive val’s final day, Madness had crowds on show took place during the group’s final their feet and dancing along to several hit atboy Slim is aware “the clock is ticking” on his , 2013’s ‘Stingin’ Belle’, and came after tracks including ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘Our music career. The ‘Right Here, Right Now’ hit- F the trio had already stunned with show House’, and ‘It Must Be Love’. Closing out maker feels lucky that he is still successful but stopping displays of pyrotechnics and the Big Top stage this year were Keane, after more than 35 years in the industry, he confetti throughout their almost two-hour who played to a packed tent, with audi- knows that he does have a “sell-by date” and success set. Biffy Clyro played for 10 minutes ences belting out the words to the likes of won’t last forever. He said: “I’m just at a point in life where longer than expected after Jess Glynne ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ and leaving I’m kind of tremendously enthralled that I’m still allowed to pulled out of the festival at the last minute, frontman Tom Chaplin teary eyed. do this but aware that in terms of shelf life and sell by citing “exhaustion” as the reason for her dates the clock is ticking. “So, I’m trying to cram in all the cancelled set. The stage was set up for her things that I haven’t done yet.” The 55-year-old star - whose real name is Norman Cook - admitted he some- times gets “jaded” by his work because he’s been doing it for so long. He added: “I can occasionally get jaded about my musical career as I have been doing this for 35 years.” Despite his long career, the DJ still has a list of things he ess Glynne has pulled out of the helps her process her feelings and emo- wants to achieve - even if some of them are “stupid”. J Isle of Wight festival 2019. The tions and when she expresses herself in Speaking to Absolute Radio presenter Danielle Perry ‘These Days’ hitmaker was due words she finds the whole process a heal- backstage at the Isle of Wight festival over the weekend, to take to the stage at the annu- ing one. She explained: “The moment I got he said: “A film sound track was definitely the last one on al music extravaganza at Seaclose Park, in the studio and started making music my printed list, but it just frees me up to think of more and Newport, on Sunday but was forced to pull everything changed ... The reason I write more stupid things. I’m gonna play in a toilet this summer out at the last second for undisclosed rea- music, it’s kind of like a therapy for me, it’s somewhere.” The ‘Praise You’ hitmaker recently served as sons. The stage was set up for her per- my way of expressing myself.” The ‘All I musical director on Julian Temple’s ‘Ibiza - The Silent formance when a festival organizer came Am’ hitmaker also insisted that she feels Movie’ - and had a great time working with the “iconic” on stage 10 minutes after her set was due “reassured” that she is able to talk about filmmaker. He said: “He is one of the most iconic and tal- to start to inform the crowd she would not her own “insecurities” through her songs ented documentary producers. Well obviously I know be able to start her set. Instead, Richard because the music industry can affect your quite a lot about Ibiza, at least I thought I did until we Ashcroft and headliners Biffy Clyro will confidence and mental health. She said: started this film. “Julian Temple has just been a director have their sets moved forward to fill the “The industry that I work in though, it that I’ve always rated and the way he makes films is very gap, though it’s unknown as of the time of gives you a lot of insecurities and self- similar to how I make records. He uses little found bits and writing if either act will play for longer doubt, and it’s quite reassuring to know then glues them all together and makes a kind of collage than planned. Jess - who has been sup- that somebody like myself for others have out of it. So, we got on really well. “We have kind of got porting the Spice Girls on their huge definitely been able to talk about it.” history going back through Glastonbury and everything.” comeback tour - recently said songwriting