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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Robbie Williams takes a dig at Beyonce with playful jibe as they both bring their tours to London
Robbie Williams has taken a playful swipe at Beyonce as the two both played concerts in London over the weekend. The former Take That singer, 51, took to the stage at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium while Beyonce performed at Tottenham's Stadium just four miles away. During his show on Friday, Robbie couldn't resist poking fun at the American singer, 43, who is in the UK on her Cowboy Carter tour. According to The Sun, while encouraging a sing-a-long to Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer, Robbie quipped: 'You won't get that at a f***ing Beyonce gig.' Robbie admitted he was 'anxious' in the lead up to his 38-date tour, saying: 'I turned to my wife [ Ayda Field ] and said, "Babe, I'm anxious about this." From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'She said, "Rob, you behave like this is normal. You behave like you have to do this for the rest of your life. You behave like stadiums is where you're supposed to be." ' Robbie said this was all the encouragement he needed as her words changed his 'perception'. Beyonce is playing six nights in London this summer on June 5, 7, 10, 12, 14 and 16 - with the first kicking off on Thursday. While ticket sales for her 2023 Renaissance world tour in the UK sold out within minutes of being released it hasn't been quite the same this time around. On Thursday there were still 539 free seats left in the stadium which holds around 62,000 people for concerts. The cheapest seats available for the show were £71 for obstructed view seats while the most expensive were £278 for seated in better areas. The ticket sales may reflect less interest in her country-tinged Cowboy Carter material compared to her dance-friendly Renaissance material. The singer–songwriter also may be struggling to get fans who saw her on her whirlwind Renaissance tour to come back just two years later, this time at even higher prices. Over the past few months Beyoncé appeared to have drastically slashed prices at some of her shows in order to get fans to buy the unsold tickets. Some fans who saw her in LA were able to nab tickets as cheap as $35 before Ticketmaster's fees. It comes after Beyoncé insiders have lifted the lid on how she has become a record-breaking billionaire. The Houston-born superstar and her husband Jay-Z became music's first billionaire couple and are now worth around $3billion. And in a new interview those who have worked with her over the years have revealed how her work ethic that is on 'another level' and her attention to detail have been reflected in her impressive bank balance. Producer Larry Griffin Jr worked with the star on her 2011 album 4, told The Times Culture magazine: 'She knows exactly what she wants. It was one of the most intense weeks of my career.' She recorded a whopping 75 songs for 4 and had to narrow them down to just 16 for its release. In an example of her incredible work ethic, she hosted listening parties where family and radio people scored each song from one to five. Other insiders pointed out how the attention to detail on her current Cowboy Carter tour show 'another level' of planning and precision. Architect Ray Winkler helped design sets for two of her tours and said in the Times interview: 'The visual landscapes of her shows are just extraordinary.' Choreographer James Alsop worked with her for her song Run The World and added: 'She was involved in every aspect'. James explained how she rarely took breaks, eating and drinking as she rehearsed. Others who have worked with her also tell how she will watch tapes back of her shows to see how she can improve next time.
Daily Mail
26-04-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Having sex once a week is the perfect recipe for a happy marriage, scientists say
Having sex once a week or so is the perfect recipe for a happy marriage, a study shows. Researchers found that couples who were intimate weekly were just as content as those having sex several times a week – and much more satisfied with their relationships than others who have sex once a fortnight or less. Psychologists from the University of Alberta in Canada wanted to find out if intimacy is crucial to a relationship or whether many couples can be sexless but happy. A 2020 YouGov poll found that 11 per cent of British couples have sex once a week, 7 per cent twice weekly and 9 per cent at least three times. But the numbers decline as people grow older. Almost a fifth of those in their early 40s said they have no sex at all. For those in their mid-70s, this proportion jumps to 57 per cent. The Alberta team tracked 2,000 couples, mostly in their 20s and 30s, in long-term relationships where they were either married or living together. They recorded how active their love lives were and compared the data with results on relationship satisfaction. The research, published in the Journal of Family Psychology, showed that those who get passionate on a weekly basis were less likely to argue and were more inclined to share their feelings with each other. Researchers found that couples who were intimate weekly were just as content as those having sex several times a week – and much more satisfied with their relationships than others who have sex once a fortnight or less (stock image) But the vast majority of couples who got intimate only every few weeks had lower levels of relationship satisfaction. In a report on their findings, the researchers said the result showing weekly sex binds couples together is good news for couples who worry they should be at it all the time in order to be happy. 'This may counter unrealistic expectations that couples should be having sex multiple times a week, or the belief that the more sex they have, the better,' the report said. But what of happy sexless couples? 'We found only 2.3 per cent of them reported being happy with their relationship, despite not having had sex in the past three months.' Former Take That singer Robbie Williams, 51, talked publicly in 2023 about how the passion had gone from his marriage to Ayda Field, 45, but that the couple still loved to cuddle and spend time together. He blamed a slump in his libido after coming off testosterone replacement therapy, which he used to tackle his depression. Messy partners, a lack of passion and rows over who does the washing up are the most likely reasons to cause marital discord. They are at the top of 153 problems that can occur in relationships, according to research, and irritable, selfish and know-all partners are more of a headache than the traditional interfering in-laws. Lack of loyalty and respect, disagreement over family planning, and privacy invasion, such as reading a partner's email, were lower down the list. 'Intimate relationships tend not to be easy, and in the study, we have identified problems that plague them,' say the researchers, whose study appears in Human Nature magazine. They quizzed more than 200 men and women. Around 70 per cent were married and 30 per cent in a long-term relationship.
