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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Boy George slams massive pop star for refusing to pose for fan selfies as he prepares to make UK comeback
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BOY GEORGE has hit out at stars such as Chappell Roan, who refuse to have selfies with fans. The Culture Club singer, whose Netflix documentary about the band will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month, said: 'I see a lot of famous people online behaving awkwardly. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 6 The Culture Club singer Boy George says he would never refuse a photo with a fan Credit: Getty 6 He hit out at stars such as Chappell Roan who refuse to have selfies with fans Credit: Getty 'I was watching this thing the other day with Chappell saying she won't have photos with fans. 'I went through periods like that but now I never, ever say no to a photograph unless I am on the toilet. 'I say, 'What is the point of doing this unless you absolutely love it?' I don't mind if people come and say hi to me. 'But I am lucky because I have this Batman thing, I can put on a hat with a sweatshirt and get on the bus. Madonna and Elton John can't do that.' Speaking on the Saturday Series podcast in US, George also opened up about the new Culture Club film and said it sheds light on his decision to not take part in the Live Aid concerts. 'The new documentary goes on about Live Aid and it makes it sound like it was the only thing that ever happened. 'Some acts seem so destroyed that they did not do Live Aid. "I had no idea why they were obsessed. "I knew it was the worst idea for me to appear on Live Aid. 'I did them a favour as I knew I was not well. I did not have any regrets not doing it.' Boy George sparks surprise feud with huge Hollywood actress in shock video BEY'S GOT GOOD JEANS 6 Beyonce dazzles in a denim leotard and chaps at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey Credit: Instagram/beyonce 6 The Texas Hold 'Em singer has been wowing the crowds Credit: Instagram/beyonce BEYONCE is keeping her stylist busy on the Cowboy Carter Tour by showing off another personally designed look. She strutted her stuff in a denim leotard and chaps at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey at the weekend, where she has been wowing the crowds. The Texas Hold 'Em singer will play her last show there tomorrow before bringing the tour to London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for six nights from next Thursday. She is regularly joined on stage by her daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi, and they are expected to continue that over in Blighty. Hopefully they'll all leave as Spurs fans, just like me. TOP GUN READY TO FLY AGAIN 6 A third instalment of Tom Cruise's Top Gun is in the works FANS had to wait 36 years for a Top Gun sequel, but a third film is poised to take flight sooner than expected. Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, who has worked on every Tom Cruise film since 2015's Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and was one of the writers of Top Gun: Maverick has revealed plans for the next instalment, teasing: 'It's in the bag.' On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said: 'I already know what it is. I thought it would be harder, and that's a good place to go from as you walk into the room going, 'Come on, what are we going to do?'' The 2022 flick Top Gun: Maverick made $1.5billion at the box office, so I can see why they're keen to get another one on screens. CHRISTINE 'CAST ON DATING 6 Christine McGuinness has launched a podcast with her pal, best-selling author Sophie Gravia CHRISTINE McGUINNESS is adding another string to her bow and has launched a podcast with her pal, best-selling author Sophie Gravia. The pair have called the venture Situationships, and promise to spill all on 'life, love and best pal boundaries' in the new series for BBC Sounds. Christine said: 'I am so excited to be hosting this podcast with Sophie. 'It'll be real, raw and, most importantly, judgment-free. We'll be chatting all things love, relationships, and everything in between.' Sophie added: 'Just like a girls' night in, no topic is off limits, and we will be diving headfirst into the comedy, chaos and sometimes downright cringe of dating. 'I cannot wait to chat through our own outrageous stories and the listeners' dating dilemmas.' The series launches on June 19 on BBC Sounds. I can't wait to tune in. BRYAN ADAMS is joining the line-up of shows at Warwick Castle Live and will play a huge concert there on August 28. The Everything I Do (I Do It For You) singer joins Texas and Pet Shop Boys on the bill for the three-day event, with tickets on sale from 10am on Friday. Bryan will release his 17th studio album, Roll With The Punches, the following day.
The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Boy George slams massive pop star for refusing to pose for fan selfies as he prepares to make UK comeback
BOY GEORGE has hit out at stars such as Chappell Roan, who refuse to have selfies with fans. The Culture Club singer, whose Netflix documentary about the band will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month, said: 'I see a lot of famous people online behaving awkwardly. 6 6 'I was watching this thing the other day with Chappell saying she won't have photos with fans. 'I went through periods like that but now I never, ever say no to a photograph unless I am on the toilet. 'I say, 'What is the point of doing this unless you absolutely love it?' I don't mind if people come and say hi to me. 'But I am lucky because I have this Batman thing, I can put on a hat with a sweatshirt and get on the bus. Madonna and Elton John can't do that.' Speaking on the Saturday Series podcast in US, George also opened up about the new Culture Club film and said it sheds light on his decision to not take part in the Live Aid concerts. 'The new documentary goes on about Live Aid and it makes it sound like it was the only thing that ever happened. 'Some acts seem so destroyed that they did not do Live Aid. "I had no idea why they were obsessed. "I knew it was the worst idea for me to appear on Live Aid. 'I did them a favour as I knew I was not well. I did not have any regrets not doing it.' Boy George sparks surprise feud with huge Hollywood actress in shock video BEY'S GOT GOOD JEANS 6 6 BEYONCE is keeping her stylist busy on the Cowboy Carter Tour by showing off another personally designed look. She strutted her stuff in a denim leotard and chaps at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey at the weekend, where she has been wowing the crowds. The Texas Hold 'Em singer will play her last show there tomorrow before bringing the tour to London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for six nights from next Thursday. She is regularly joined on stage by her daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi, and they are expected to continue that over in Blighty. Hopefully they'll all leave as Spurs fans, just like me. TOP GUN READY TO FLY AGAIN 6 FANS had to wait 36 years for a Top Gun sequel, but a third film is poised to take flight sooner than expected. Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, who has worked on every Tom Cruise film since 2015's Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and was one of the writers of Top Gun: Maverick has revealed plans for the next instalment, teasing: 'It's in the bag.' On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said: 'I already know what it is. I thought it would be harder, and that's a good place to go from as you walk into the room going, 'Come on, what are we going to do?'' The 2022 flick Top Gun: Maverick made $1.5billion at the box office, so I can see why they're keen to get another one on screens. CHRISTINE 'CAST ON DATING 6 CHRISTINE McGUINNESS is adding another string to her bow and has launched a podcast with her pal, best-selling author Sophie Gravia. The pair have called the venture Situationships, and promise to spill all on 'life, love and best pal boundaries' in the new series for BBC Sounds. Christine said: 'I am so excited to be hosting this podcast with Sophie. 'It'll be real, raw and, most importantly, judgment-free. We'll be chatting all things love, relationships, and everything in between.' Sophie added: 'Just like a girls' night in, no topic is off limits, and we will be diving headfirst into the comedy, chaos and sometimes downright cringe of dating. 'I cannot wait to chat through our own outrageous stories and the listeners' dating dilemmas.' The series launches on June 19 on BBC Sounds. I can't wait to tune in. BRYAN ADAMS is joining the line-up of shows at Warwick Castle Live and will play a huge concert there on August 28. The Everything I Do (I Do It For You) singer joins Texas and Pet Shop Boys on the bill for the three-day event, with tickets on sale from 10am on Friday. Bryan will release his 17th studio album, Roll With The Punches, the following day.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Boy George slams massive pop star for refusing to pose for fan selfies as he prepares to make UK comeback
BOY GEORGE has hit out at stars such as Chappell Roan, who refuse to have selfies with fans. Advertisement 6 The Culture Club singer Boy George says he would never refuse a photo with a fan Credit: Getty 6 He hit out at stars such as Chappell Roan who refuse to have selfies with fans Credit: Getty 'I was watching this thing the other day with Chappell saying she won't have photos with fans. 'I went through periods like that but now I never, ever say no to a photograph unless I am on the toilet. 'I say, 'What is the point of doing this unless you absolutely love it?' I don't mind if people come and say hi to me. 'But I am lucky because I have this Batman thing, I can put on a hat with a sweatshirt and get on the bus. Madonna and Advertisement READ MORE ON BOY GEORGE Speaking on the Saturday Series podcast in US, George also opened up about the new Culture Club film and said it sheds light on his decision to not take part in the Live Aid concerts. 'The new documentary goes on about Live Aid and it makes it sound like it was the only thing that ever happened. 'Some acts seem so destroyed that they did not do Live Aid. "I had no idea why they were obsessed. Advertisement Most read in Bizarre Latest Exclusive "I knew it was the worst idea for me to appear on Live Aid. 'I did them a favour as I knew I was not well. I did not have any regrets not doing it.' Boy George sparks surprise feud with huge Hollywood actress in shock video BEY'S GOT GOOD JEANS 6 Beyonce dazzles in a denim leotard and chaps at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey Credit: Instagram/beyonce 6 The Texas Hold 'Em singer has been wowing the crowds Credit: Instagram/beyonce Advertisement BEYONCE is keeping her stylist busy on the Cowboy Carter Tour by showing off another personally designed look. She strutted her stuff in a denim leotard and chaps at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey at the weekend, where she has been wowing the crowds. The Texas Hold 'Em singer will play her last show there tomorrow before bringing the tour to London's She is regularly joined on stage by her daughters Advertisement Hopefully they'll all leave as Spurs fans, just like me. TOP GUN READY TO FLY AGAIN 6 A third instalment of Tom Cruise's Top Gun is in the works FANS had to wait 36 years for a Top Gun sequel, but a third film is poised to take flight sooner than expected. Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, who has worked on every Tom Cruise film since 2015's Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and was one of the writers of Top Gun: Maverick has revealed plans for the next instalment, teasing: 'It's in the bag.' Advertisement On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said: 'I already know what it is. I thought it would be harder, and that's a good place to go from as you walk into the room going, 'Come on, what are we going to do?'' The 2022 flick Top Gun: Maverick made $1.5billion at the box office, so I can see why they're keen to get another one on screens. CHRISTINE 'CAST ON DATING 6 Christine McGuinness has launched a podcast with her pal, best-selling author Sophie Gravia CHRISTINE McGUINNESS is adding another string to her bow and has launched a podcast with her pal, best-selling author Sophie Gravia. Advertisement The pair have called the venture Situationships, and promise to spill all on 'life, love and best pal boundaries' in the new series for BBC Sounds. Christine said: 'I am so excited to be hosting this podcast with Sophie. 'It'll be real, raw and, most importantly, judgment-free. We'll be chatting all things love, relationships, and everything in between.' Sophie added: 'Just like a girls' night in, no topic is off limits, and we will be diving headfirst into the comedy, chaos and sometimes downright cringe of dating. Advertisement 'I cannot wait to chat through our own outrageous stories and the listeners' dating dilemmas.' The series launches on June 19 on BBC Sounds. I can't wait to tune in. BRYAN ADAMS is joining the line-up of shows at Warwick Castle Live and will play a huge concert there on August 28. Advertisement The Everything I Do (I Do It For You) singer joins Texas and Pet Shop Boys on the bill for the three-day event, with tickets on sale from 10am on Friday. Bryan will release his 17th studio album, Roll With The Punches, the following day.
Sunday World
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Bono opens up on relationship with his father – ‘I didn't think I was a very good son'
The Ballymun native, who hit superstardom with U2 in the 1980s, told he how became close friends with his father after he passed away, which he described as 'not so smart'. U2 frontman Bono has paid tribute to his 'courageous' father who he said he 'finally has the approval of', more than two decades after his passing. His memoir Stories of Surrender, which has now been turned into a movie, largely tells the story of Paul Hewson and his father, Brendan Robert Hewson "My father Bob, who I played every night, just by turning my neck and then I would have his voice,' he told the Brendan O'Connor Show this morning. "I always loved my father but I really learnt to like him. I realised how funny he was and how I might have missed some of his humour in my teenage years. "And then there is this other father, which I am now and the fear of becoming a father because I didn't think I was a very good son,' he said. Bono News in 90 Seconds - May 24th 2025 The Ballymun native, who hit superstardom with U2 in the 1980s, told he how became close friends with his father after he passed away, which he described as 'not so smart'. "But we got on great in one sense. We would go to Finnegan's and sit there and not speak to each other but there were looks and glances exchanged,' he said. He said that he felt his brother was closer to their father and more useful to him as he got ill. However, the Live Aid performer and philanthropist said that he feels he now 'has his father's approval' and that he can 'move forward' with his life. "I have always felt the blessing of my mother and I still get memories, even though I was 14 when she passed. "It's amazing the amount of people in Rock n' Roll who lost their mothers as a teenager, whether it was Paul McCartney or John Lennon,' he said. He said his father was very clever, but was taken out of school and later got a job in a Post Office. "He had all these other dreams but he just put them aside because in Ireland at that time, it just was dangerous to have those kind of dreams. "People would leave Ireland to follow those kind of dreams and we forget this. My mother was totally non-ambitious, she would tell him to take more time off. "We were just not materially very ambitious and that's very impressive. They put their friends first,' he said. He added that his father 'really lived his life' and 'laughed a lot' . "He had this beautiful voice and he had the Coolock musical society,' Bono added. When asked if he thought his father was jealous of his life, the U2 singer said: 'I don't think so, I just think he couldn't say, 'wow you got to do all the things I wanted to do'. He just couldn't say that,' he said. The Dublin artist also spoke of a third father, after his own father and himself as a father. That is his faith, represented through a father in heaven, or God, which he said he is still involved in a conversation with. "It gets more and more fascinating. I am more and more in awe,' he said. "The Americans have ruined it with awesome, we have all ruined it. But awe is an extraordinary word.' He described his father as a 'very courageous man', who was a catholic, that married a protestant woman against the wishes of his family. "His own family did not turn up at the wedding. He raised us, me and my brother Norman, in the Church of Ireland, if that's what my mother wants,' he said. The 65-year-old recalled how his father would drop them at a protestant church and would then walk 100 metres up the road to attend a catholic church. "I have found myself completely comfortable around Catholicism, with its mysticism… genuinely this sense of awe and wonder. And I love that aspect of Catholicism. "And yet I also feel really comfortable in the Evangelical world, particularly a black church in America where people are up freestyling scriptures, the poetry of them, they are conversant with those scriptures. "I need them. I'd be comfortable in a Synagogue, or in Islam with Sufi singers really take me.. I am in that sense a religious person,' he said. "And if I don't look like one and you bump into me late at night and I'm not acting like one, I would understand you being dismissive of my faith, but it is everything to me and our family share it.'
Irish Independent
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
‘We became close friends after he passed… I didn't think I was a very good son' – Bono on relationship with father Bob Hewson
His memoir Stories of Surrender, which has now been turned into a movie, largely tells the story of Paul Hewson and his father, Brendan Robert Hewson "My father Bob, who I played every night, just by turning my neck and then I would have his voice,' he told the Brendan O'Connor Show this morning. "I always loved my father but I really learnt to like him. I realised how funny he was and how I might have missed some of his humour in my teenage years. "And then there is this other father, which I am now and the fear of becoming a father because I didn't think I was a very good son,' he said. The Ballymun native, who hit superstardom with U2 in the 1980s, told he how became close friends with his father after he passed away, which he described as 'not so smart'. "But we got on great in one sense. We would go to Finnegan's and sit there and not speak to each other but there were looks and glances exchanged,' he said. He said that he felt his brother was closer to their father and more useful to him as he got ill. However, the Live Aid performer and philanthropist said that he feels he now 'has his father's approval' and that he can 'move forward' with his life. "I have always felt the blessing of my mother and I still get memories, even though I was 14 when she passed. "It's amazing the amount of people in Rock n' Roll who lost their mothers as a teenager, whether it was Paul McCartney or John Lennon,' he said. He said his father was very clever, but was taken out of school and later got a job in a Post Office. "He had all these other dreams but he just put them aside because in Ireland at that time, it just was dangerous to have those kind of dreams. "People would leave Ireland to follow those kind of dreams and we forget this. My mother was totally non-ambitious, she would tell him to take more time off. "We were just not materially very ambitious and that's very impressive. They put their friends first,' he said. He added that his father 'really lived his life' and 'laughed a lot' . "He had this beautiful voice and he had the Coolock musical society,' Bono added. When asked if he thought his father was jealous of his life, the U2 singer said: 'I don't think so, I just think he couldn't say, 'wow you got to do all the things I wanted to do'. He just couldn't say that,' he said. The Dublin artist also spoke of a third father, after his own father and himself as a father. That is his faith, represented through a father in heaven, or God, which he said he is still involved in a conversation with. "It gets more and more fascinating. I am more and more in awe,' he said. "The Americans have ruined it with awesome, we have all ruined it. But awe is an extraordinary word.' He described his father as a 'very courageous man', who was a catholic, that married a protestant woman against the wishes of his family. "His own family did not turn up at the wedding. He raised us, me and my brother Norman, in the Church of Ireland, if that's what my mother wants,' he said. The 65-year-old recalled how his father would drop them at a protestant church and would then walk 100 metres up the road to attend a catholic church. "I have found myself completely comfortable around Catholicism, with its mysticism… genuinely this sense of awe and wonder. And I love that aspect of Catholicism. "And yet I also feel really comfortable in the Evangelical world, particularly a black church in America where people are up freestyling scriptures, the poetry of them, they are conversant with those scriptures. "I need them. I'd be comfortable in a Synagogue, or in Islam with Sufi singers really take me.. I am in that sense a religious person,' he said. "And if I don't look like one and you bump into me late at night and I'm not acting like one, I would understand you being dismissive of my faith, but it is everything to me and our family share it.'
