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- Daily Mail
Leona Lewis cuts a glam figure as she puts on a showstopping performance alongside drag queens at G-A-Y in London just days after receiving an OBE from King Charles
Leona Lewis celebrated receiving her OBE from Prince Charles this week with a showstopping performance at G-A-Y in London on Saturday. The X Factor winner, 40, was the epitome of style as she took to the stage in a figure hugging black dress with a chic leather jacket draped over her shoulders. Slipping her feet into zebra print platforms she completed the look with statement earrings and toted her essentials in a sequinned handbag. Leona belted out some of her biggest hits as she was joined for the set by equally glam drag queens, sending the iconic venue's crowd wild. On Wednesday she was made an OBE for services to music and charity in an an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. Leona won the third series of The X Factor in 2006 and went on to achieve success with singles including Bleeding Love, Run and Better In Time. The British singer-songwriter from Islington, north London, became a seven-time Brit award nominee and was nominated three times for a Grammy award. She has also carried out charity work with a number of organisations including the Prince's Trust, the Teenage Cancer Trust and WWF. Also honoured was TV's Myleene Klass, 47, who received an MBE for services to women's health, miscarriage awareness and charity. The Loose Women star has campaigned for paid bereavement leave to be extended to those who experience a miscarriage. The mother of three suffered four miscarriages and has spoken openly about the psychological effects of baby loss on women. She is an ambassador for the pregnancy and baby charity Tommy's and fronted the Bafta-nominated documentary Myleene Klass: Miscarriage And Me in 2021, in which she met women around the UK to hear their experiences. Myleene has said she is 'so proud' of how far she had come and reflected on how she had battled back 'from a very dark place'. Talking to the BBC earlier this year she said: 'When I think back to how all of this started, it all came from a very dark place, and I certainly didn't have it in mind to become a campaigner at the time. Leona won the third series of The X Factor in 2006 and went on to achieve success with singles including Bleeding Love, Run and Better In Time 'Anyone who has experienced baby loss will know how personal and difficult it is to vocalise this level of trauma.' Myleene has championed changes to the Women's Health Strategy, advocating for earlier support for women rather than waiting until they have experienced three miscarriages. Her efforts have focused on improving miscarriage care and raising awareness about the emotional and heartbreaking toll of baby loss. The musician has used her platform to push for government reforms and has played a key role in ensuring baby loss is addressed as a critical health issue. She added: 'If you suffered three heart attacks you wouldn't only be offered support after the third one and so it shouldn't be the same with baby loss'. The former Hear'Say singer's work has been widely praised for its impact on breaking the silence around miscarriage and offering hope and support to other women. Myleene has been working with MP Sarah Owen, MP Olivia Blake, Miscarriage Association, and Tommys for a law to be introduced so that women and their partners would be able to take leave.
The Guardian
2 hours ago
- The Guardian
Charli xcx marries George Daniel in low-key London ceremony
The pop star Charli xcx and her partner, George Daniel, a drummer in the ban The 1975, have married at a ceremony at Hackney town hall in east London. The smiling couple were pictured and filmed walking down the art deco building's steps through a blizzard of confetti on Saturday. It was a low-key event given Charli's level of fame. The couple were reportedly spotted and filmed by a passerby, with the pop star later confirming the news on TikTok. According to the Sun, the 32-year-old singer wore a £3,300 Vivienne Westwood minidress, a veil and her signature black sunglasses at the ceremony. Daniel wore a dark double-breasted suit. The couple have been together for about three years and worked together on Charli's massively successful and well-regarded 2024 album Brat. Both were at Glastonbury this year with the Guardian reviewer Shaad D'Souza giving Charli xcx's performance five stars, suggesting she is a successor to Kanye West. D'Souza wrote: 'Despite being a prodigiously talented mainstream songwriter, she has dedicated her career to exploring the most caustic, hallucinatory sounds of the underground, and working out how best to synthesise them with the pleasures of pure pop music.' The 1975 performance, a headlining slot, wasn't far behind, with the Guardian's Alexis Petridis calling it 'bold, experimental, occasionally confounding, but ultimately hugely impressive'. Charli frequently refers to Daniel, 35, on stage and in song. 'I wanna dance with George,' she sings on Club Classics, a song co-produced by Daniel. He also co-wrote the song Apple. Charli's TikTok post features her strutting into a room wearing the dress, jokingly turning round and leaving. The text says: 'when george isn't crying when he sees me walking down the aisle.' She adds in a caption: 'luckily he did xx.' The soundtrack is Charli xcx's Girl, So Confusing. There are thousands of mostly congratulatory messages including: 'Congrats Mrs and Mr XCX,' 'ConBRATulations,' and 'this is the single most important thing since we discovered fire'. It's thought the video was taken by a passer
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- The Guardian
Singing in the bath: summer gigs bring noise back to Bath's Roman attraction
When night falls and the Great Bath empties of visitors, it usually morphs into a quiet place of glimmering light and shadows. But not at weekends this summer. DJs and musicians are to set up next to the steaming water and turn the historic space in the city of Bath into something of a party venue. 'It's a departure for us, an experiment,' said Amanda Hart, the director of archaeology at the Roman baths. 'We would like people to experience the baths in a different way and maybe attract a slightly different audience – visitors who wouldn't necessarily come to the baths.' The Summer Lates music series promises DJs playing disco, funk, gospel and jazz as well as live acoustic sets. It is not clear if people will dance. 'We're all a bit unsure as to how people are going to respond,' said Hart. 'Maybe people will have a bit of a dance.' But what would the Romans have made of it? Hart said there was no firm evidence music had been played at the baths in the south-west of England in Roman times 2,000 years ago – but she believes it probably was. Music was important in ancient Rome and was played on social occasions and at ceremonies and spectacles. 'I think we can make the assumption that music was played at the baths,' Hart said. 'It was a very sociable place. People wanted to be seen there and hang out and some people did business there and ate there. 'It wasn't just a place to go and partake in the bathing routine. It was a place to meet people and have fun as well. We're picking up on that idea. These were not quiet, contemplative places to be.' The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger wrote vividly about how rowdy baths could be. He once lived directly above a public baths and described the noise in a letter: the arguments, the hullabaloo of a thief being caught, the cacophony of a bather who wrongly thought he was a good singer, the splash of a person leaping into the water. 'Think of the different shouts of the drinks seller and the sausage seller and the pastry seller and all the cookshop hawkers selling their wares, each with his own personal cry,' he wrote. Sign up to Sleeve Notes Get music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras. Every genre, every era, every week after newsletter promotion The idea of the Summer Lates sessions is not to generate raucous evenings but to create a 'subtle, ambient' atmosphere. The publicity material promises the baths will be turned into a 'rich soundscape where heritage meets rhythm'. There will be live performances by Hayden Thorpe, the former frontman of the band Wild Beasts, and Our Man in the Field, an Americana group. The Bristol-based DJs Beavs (Lauren Beavis) and Fivestylez (Oli Ackroyd) are among those who will play sets. The Bath and North East Somerset council leader, Kevin Guy, said the Roman baths had long been a place where people came together. 'We're continuing that tradition in a bold and contemporary way. It reflects our ongoing commitment to sharing Bath's heritage in ways that are creative and relevant, and we look forward to welcoming residents and visitors to experience the Roman baths in this new way.' Summer Lates is a six-week programme of evening openings from 21 July to 31 August. The Great Bath will be lit with torches and there will be a pop-up bar. The live music and DJ sets will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. From Monday to Thursday, the Roman baths will remain open until 8pm. On Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and the August bank holiday Monday, the site will host visitors until 10pm.
