LULU is planning to go out with a Boom Bang-a-Bang after announcing her retirement from touring this year.
I can exclusively reveal that the Scottish singer is heading to Worthy Farm in June to play one final set at Glastonbury.
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Her last ever tour will wrap up at the London Palladium on Wednesday next week but Lulu will soon announce this very exciting final date.
She played her first and only gig at the festival nine years ago and will bow out with a huge set in the Field of Avalon.
A source said: “Lulu is going to be announced as a performer at Glastonbury next week.
“It’s a massive deal for her and she can’t wait to play the Avalon stage.
“When Glasto organiser Emily Eavis got in touch about going down to the farm she couldn’t turn it down.
“It will be an emotional moment for her as it’s the last time she will ever play Glastonbury.
“It was magical for her when she last played on that same stage in 2015.”
Lulu, whose ten Top Ten singles include Relight My Fire with Take That — which hit the top spot in 1993 — has said that playing at Worthy Farm was one of the best gigs of her career.
She added: “The roar from the crowd was deafening.
“I was very surprised, as I didn’t really know what to expect. It was just fantastic and I had so much fun.
Inside Lulu’s huge plans for her farewell tour as she speaks for first time after announcing retirement
“My daughter-in-law Alana took the best picture afterwards of my son Jordan and I laughing backstage.
“And she made me a mug as a present for my birthday with the photo on it.
“On the back it says, ‘My mother just rocked Glasto’. I drink out of that mug every day now. I love it.”
I told in February that Lulu was preparing to hang up her microphone after a six-decade career.
Fans who have seen her performing on her Champagne For Lulu tour so far have raved about how good she sounds, which is impressive given she is just five years away from turning 80.
Lulu said of her final live dates: “This is my farewell tour, with family and friends.
“Because last year I did a tour that was kind of gruelling — it was successful, it went well — but you need an army to be a success in your career these days.”
I can’t wait to see her at Glasto — it’ll be a set to Shout about.
VICK’S SWIFT STROLL
VICK HOPE has a flare for style.
The Radio 1 DJ was spotted enjoying a break from the non-stop rain outside Broadcasting House in London.
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She admitted this week to being a secret Taylor Swift fan but said she couldn’t listen to her songs when husband Calvin Harris with Vick, was around – because he dated her.
Vick said: “As soon as my husband goes away, I listen to Taylor.
“That’s just when I get my little fill, just a couple of songs, get it out of my system and then it’s done.”
Better not show Calvin your Spotify wrapped, Vick.
Just in case.
BELL: SOME MIGHT SAY REUNION IS POSSIBLE
OASIS guitarist Andy Bell is convinced the band will reunite despite Liam and Noel Gallagher’s constant snipes at each other.
They split 15 years ago after an almighty row but Andy, who is also in the band Ride, said he is quietly confident they will get back together.
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Asked on Virgin Radio if he thought reuniting would ever be on the cards, Andy who played with Oasis from 1999 to 2009, said: “I’m going to say a qualified yeah, I think they probably will.
“I don’t think it looks likely right now but I think life is long, isn’t it?
“As a Roses fan, I remember the Stone Roses reunion happened, and that happened completely against the way things were looking.
“At the time they were not getting on at all and there was a lot of bad blood in the press and stuff with the Roses then suddenly you were hearing about gigs and all the Roses fans around the world rejoiced.
“So we could see something like that with Oasis.”
Liam, top left, who has been very vocal about wanting to reunite with Noel, responded to Andy’s interview yesterday saying: “Andy Bell from Ride, the shoe- gazing phenomenon, should really not be getting people’s hopes up. It’s not big and it’s not clever.”
Pot, kettle, Liam.
MAND OVER BOARD
THINK Amanda Holden might have been watching a little too much Below Deck on Netflix.
The Heart FM DJ, who returned to work on Monday after spending Easter with her kids, took a trip on board a posh yacht to model her new clothing range with Lipsy.
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The collection, which includes bikinis, summer dresses and cover-ups, is on sale now.
At 53, Amanda has never looked in better shape and if I look as good as her in 18 years, I’ll be laughing.
THEY had a love-in backstage at The Brit Awards in February after Dua Lipa handed Kylie Minogue her Global Icon gong.
Now Dua is paying Kylie the ultimate compliment.
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We can reveal she has used Kylie’s video for her 2003 hit Slow as inspiration for her video for new single, Illusion.
Insiders told us it was filmed at the same location, the Montjuic swimming pool in Barcelona, Spain.
Dua will drop the promo for illusion this week.
It’s great to see women supporting each other.
RIHANNA: I WANT A BABY GIRL
SHE was the soundtrack to my boozy years at Leeds Uni – and with her Superbowl 2023 half-time show Rihanna proved she is still one of the greatest performers of all time.
But the singer is now playing down rumours that she is on the cusp of making a return to the charts.
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She is instead focusing on expanding her family with rapper ASAP Rocky.
The pair already have sons Rza and Riot and Rihanna said: “I would go for more than two.
“I would try for my girl. But of course if it’s another boy, it’s another boy.
“The only thing that I knew I wanted, or that I could imagine, was motherhood.
“I didn’t know how it would come but it is the best part of my journey so far.”
Rihanna has been dating Rocky, as she calls him, since 2020, after a long friendship turned into romance.
In a rare chat with Interview magazine, she said: “Covid sped up our relationship.
“And had it not been for Covid, we would’ve taken a lot more time to get comfortable with each other, to even know that we were ready.
“I mean, we didn’t even really talk about it. There was no denying it.
“It was the best thing that ever happened to us. It just happened.”
Rihanna, who previously dated Chris Brown and Drake, added: “I let God lead and just let go.
“In previous relationships I tried and tried and tried my best, and you still feel like it’s not enough.
“So when someone sees you completely, and believes in you, and thinks you’re worthy of being the mother of their kids, it’s a great feeling.
“I felt the same about him. I knew he would be a great dad.”
AARON BACK IN BLACK
HE’S been offered the chance to take centre stage as the next 007 but Aaron Taylor-Johnson was in a supporting role at the Back To Black premiere after-party.
Looking sharp in this black leather jacket and strides, left, he was by his wife Sam’s side at the bash at 100 Wardour Street in London’s Soho following the screening in Leicester Square.
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She directed the film about the late, great Amy Winehouse’s life, which has been well received by her family.
David Furnish and Nick Cave and were also at the party, along with Marisa Abela who plays Amy, and Jack O’Connell, who features as her ex-partner Blake Fielder-Civil.
The film, which hits cinema screens on Friday, is a Hollywood-friendly tribute to Amy’s life.
And while some snobby critics have written it off, I think it’s a brilliant celebration of one of our country’s most talented singers.
STONES SAVE A SHOP
THE Rolling Stones have always been pretty natty dressers.
Now Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood have pumped in cash to bring their favourite clothing store back to life.
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The trio are lifelong fans of Granny Takes A Trip, a boutique on the Kings Road in West London which shut in 1979, and are preparing to relaunit the brand online.
A source said: “Mick, Keith and Ronnie have invested in Granny and it’s new website will go live today.
“It’s a really cool shop which stocks one-of-a-kind pieces and when the opportunity came up for them to invest and support it they jumped at the chance.
“The Stones’ touch can now be seen on the brand, with shoppers getting emails with the sign-off line ‘Satisfaction, always’.”
The rockers, who kick off their Hackney Diamonds tour in Houston, Texas, on April 28, spent a lot of cash at the iconic store during the Sixties.
Well, a lot of cash in old money, as a receipt for Keith proved.
The handwritten note from 1967 and signed by him was auctioned for more than £1,500 when it was dug out a few years ago.
The receipt shows how Keith spent £34 13 shillings – around £775 today – on a trousers suit, two pairs of velvet trousers and two Indian smocks.
Groovy.
