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20 Established 1961 Lifestyle Gossip Monday, March 18, 2019 Walker won’t sing at his wedding Tom Walker won’t sing at his own wedding. Flux Pavilion to do the after-party! Absolute class!” But champagne and popped the question to her in Sri Lanka. A The 27-year-old musician popped the ques- the ‘Leave a Light On’ hitmaker and his wife-to-be are He previously said that she loves being with his sweet- tion to his long-term partner Annie last year still in early stages of planning the wedding as they have heart because she has been unfazed by his fame and but he’s dismissed suggestions he provide the been so busy. He said: “I have found a few potential ven- stood by him all through his journey. He said: “When I entertainment on their big day, insisting he can’t imagine ues and me and my missus have had a couple of discus- met my missus, Annie, I didn’t even have a job. She just “anything worse”. Asked by Britain’s OK! magazine if he sions about it. She just finished a masters degree and has likes me for me and nothing has changed between us, was going to be singing on his wedding day, he replied: started a new job and I have just been hectically busy as which is really nice because a lot in my life has changed “At my wedding? Are you joking? I can’t think of any- well. So hopefully when it all dies down a bit we’ll get but she’s stayed the same.” thing worse. Imagine, it’d be like, ‘Everybody come and some time to plan.” The ‘Angels’ musician had been dat- look at me!’ “I am trying to get James Taylor and then ing Annie for five years before he opened a bottle of The Raconteurs finish Aalto’s fans making their new album feel ‘accepted’ he Raconteurs have told fans they’ve “finished T making the rock ‘n’ roll album you’ve been waiting for”. The rock supergroup - which at concerts features Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack aara Aalto thinks her fans feel “accepted” Lawrence and Patrick Keeler - have confirmed via a short S when they attend her concerts. The 31-year- video that their long-awaited new album has just been old Finnish singer - who came second on ‘The completed. The group also released a statement, saying: X Factor’ UK in 2015 - is not planning on “Just finished making the rock & roll album you’ve been slowing her career down anytime soon and has a lot of waiting for.” The Raconteurs released their debut studio “ideas” in the pipeline that she wants to achieve in the album, ‘Broken Boy Soldiers’, in 2006 and have not future. However, the star also wants to continue making released a new record since 2008’s ‘Consolers of the her fans feel like they are part of her “family” when they Lonely’. Meanwhile, Jack previously revealed he consid- come to her gigs. Speaking to Diva magazine, she said: “I ers it an artist’s responsibility to “show something that no want to do a musical. I want to write a book. I have all one else is doing”. The 43-year-old star - who is best these ideas and I can’t get away from them. “When peo- known for his work with The White Stripes - explained ple come to my gigs, they feel accepted as they are and his outlook while discussing the rise of digital music. He they feel part of this family. It’s amazing what we can do shared: “If it was 1999 and I was asked: ‘What do you together. When I sing, when we’re together in that bub- think about digital music?’, it was my job to say: ‘Is that ble, I feel we can change the world.” And the ‘Monsters’ what everyone else is doing? Then I don’t like it.’ “If the hitmaker also admitted that she is excited to head on tour world had been into analogue, I would’ve said I loved with a new “intimate” show, which she describes as “Liza digital. As an artist it is your job not to take the easy way Minnelli meets Lady Gaga.” She added: “I want to bring Michael’s out. I want to be turned on when I listen to an artist people closer to me so it’s more intimate, An Evening art speak: I want them to show something that no one else is With Saara Aalto. I tell stories and talk with the audience doing.” The ‘Dancing On Ice’ finalist - who is engaged to her tal- ent manager partner Meri Sopanen - also opened up collection sold about her “wellbeing” and the values she has instilled in herself to make sure she never puts her health in jeop- ardy at the “risk” of her career. She said: “I have my val- at auction ues and I always stick with them. I won’t sell my soul to eorge Michael’s art collection has sold please people. Because of that, things might be a bit for £11.3 million at auction. The collec- harder for me. Industries are used to controlling people, G tion of the chart-topping pop star - but I don’t want that energy. I will never risk my wellbe- who died in 2016, aged 53 - featured ing for my career and it’s always worked out well for me to pieces from the likes of Tracey Emin and Damien and led me to the right places.” Migos Hirst, and some of his most cherished artworks have been sold at Christie’s in London to raise release new money for causes he supported. Damien Hirst’s 2006 piece ‘The Incomplete Truth’ was sold for an album next year eye-watering £911,250, whilst another Hirst piece, ‘Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain’, fetched as much as £875,250 at auction. A 1982 Bridget Riley new Migos album will be released painting known as ‘Songbird’ was sold for next year. Fans have been eagerly £791,250, and Tracey Emin’s ‘Hurricane’ was awaiting a follow-up to 2018’s ‘Culture A bought for £431,250. Meanwhile, Andrew Ridgeley II’ and while the trio have all been recently announced he is writing a book about his working on individual projects - friendship with the late pop star. The duo met at Quavo’s ‘Quavo Huncho’, Takeoff’s ‘The Last school and went on to form Wham! in 1981, Rocket’ and Offset’s ‘Father of 4’ - Offset has achieving huge stardom in 1984, before going their revealed that a new album is on the way. In a separate ways later in the decade. Penguin Twitter chat with fans this week, he was asked Random House imprint Dutton will publish ‘Wham! when Migos plan to drop a new record and George & Me’ in October and have promised replied: “next year”. He also revealed that he will Andrew will reveal all in “wonderful detail”. The release ‘Without Warning 2’, a sequel to his joint publishers said in a statement: “They made and album with 21 Savage. Meanwhile, Offset recent- broke iconic records, they were treated like gods, ly insisted he tried not to “offend anyone” with but they stayed true to their friendship and ulti- his solo album ‘Father of 4’. The Migos rapper - mately to themselves. “It was a party that seemed who has eight-month-old daughter Kulture Kiari as if it would never end. And then it did, in front of with his wife Cardi B, as well as Jordan, nine, and tens of thousands of tearful fans at Wembley Kody and Kalea, both three, from previous rela- Stadium in 1986. “Andrew’s memoir covers in won- tionships - wrote a song on his record which derful detail those years, up until that last iconic details the absent role he played in the first years concert: the scrapes, the laughs, the relationships, of his daughter Kalea’s life, and says the lyrics the good and the bad. It’s a unique and one-and- were “hard” to write. When asked which lyrics of only time to remember that era, that band and title track ‘Father of 4’ were difficult to write, the Gabrielle wants those boys.” 27-year-old rapper said: “The lyrics about my fans to vote beautiful daughter Kalea, and not really having a on her setlist Foals were ‘rearing to go’ with their new album abrielle wants fans to vote for which songs G they want to hear. The 48-year-old singer Foals’ Jack Bevan says the band were “raring just came quicker than normal. Jack added that the thinks an online poll - as used by the Rolling F to go” with their new album. The indie rock group - which also includes Yannis Philippakis, Jimmy Stones, who began asking their fans to select band recently dropped their first release since Smith, and Edwin Congreave - “never set out” to make a tracks for their setlists - is an “incredible idea” and would 2015, ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part double album however they felt like they “couldn’t edit” help “accommodate a lot of peoples wishes”. Speaking 1’ - with’ Part 2’ coming this spring - and the group’s their tracklist down. He said: “We never set out to make to BANG Showbiz, she said:” I think a Twitter poll is an drummer admitted that, following a year-long hiatus, the a double album but I think we got to a point where we incredible idea, it’s definitely something to think about, it group has a “creative build up” and so were able to pro- had finished 20 tracks and we were like ‘I don’t think we would work.

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