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Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Atomic Kitten singer Liz McClarnon, 44, pregnant with first child
Liz McClarnon has admitted she is 'petrified' ahead of welcoming her first child after having two miscarriages. As a teenager Liz joined the girl group Atomic Kitten alongside Kerry Katona and Natasha Hamilton. The group – who later had Jenny Frost join after Kerry left – scored three number-one hits – Whole Again, Eternal Flame, and The Tide Is High – plus two number-one albums. However last year Liz was left as the only member of Atomic Kitten after the other two quit. A year on Liz has revealed some exciting news in her private life. Earlier this month the 44-year-old admitted she'd 'been keeping a secret'. 'I've mostly kept myself off social media because sometimes it was hard to smile. But after years of sometimes quite painful IVF quite dark times…I'm pregnant,' she captioned a video, which showed her sitting in a park cradling her bump. 'I started to record a video of me just telling you but I got too emotional, so I thought I'd just hide behind this little announcement instead. I just can't believe we're here,' she continued. 'So many have been through exactly what I went through and worse. ❤️ I want to share what I can and add my voice and ears to those who already help others understand or deal with all that comes with IVF and loss after so much hope. I've been a part of some beautifully supportive communities. I'm so grateful.' The singer is expecting her first child with husband Peter Cho, a doctor she met on a dating app during the pandemic. Four months later they moved in together and four months after that the couple were engaged. Early in their relationship they began the IVF process as both wanted children and were aware her being 40 might delay the natural process. However, in 2022 they had three failed embryo transfers, and last year she suffered two miscarriages after the first successful cycles. In an interview with The Mirror, Liz said she decided to share her fertility struggles following 'dark times'. 'The whole process made me truly appreciate that having a baby is a miracle,' she said. 'When it doesn't work, you're just in shock. 'I felt so bad emotionally, it was really tough.' But Liz said she was now 'loving life' and was excited to find out the sex of her baby. She did joke about her nerves though too. 'My knees already hurt. Don't get me wrong, I'm so grateful, but I'm also petrified. But you know what? It's happened to women older than me before, and it'll happen again – so we'll just get on with it!,' she said. When sharing her pregnancy publicly, Liz was flooded with many messages of support – including from her former bandmates. 'Literally couldn't be any happier for you both! After all you've been through, this little miracle is everything,' Natasha wrote. 'The best news ever …. You have been through it girl but never lost faith in what you knew was meant to be 🤍 Beyond happy for you both,' Jenny added. More Trending Liz and Peter married in 2023, but she only revealed his identity to her followers when they celebrated their first wedding anniversary last year. After sharing photos with her husband's face covered by confetti soon after their wedding, she paid tribute to Peter a year later. Sharing a photo of them together, she wrote: 'Guess what?! I've been married to my perfect match for a whole year, I love you Peter Cho!' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: SXSW London: Everything you can expect from festival's inaugural week in the Capital MORE: Atomic Kitten's Natasha Hamilton 'horrified' after family members narrowly avoid Liverpool parade car crash MORE: 'Gigs don't have to cost £400 – the next Taylor Swift could be down the road'
MTV Lebanon
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- MTV Lebanon
Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died
Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided. 'Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie,' the band said in a statement. 'His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable.' The self-proclaimed 'rock & roll survivalist' started playing the drums when he was 14 in his school orchestra but was kicked out for playing too loud, according to Blondie's website. In the 1970's, he answered a band's ad in the Village Voice seeking a 'freak energy' rock drummer, kicking off his decades-long career with lead singer Debbie Harry and the rest of his Blondie bandmates. The band recorded its first album in 1976 and by the following year was touring with such icons as Iggy Pop and David Bowie. It became known as the most commercially successful band to emerge from a fertile New York rock scene that also produced Talking Heads and the Ramones. In 2006 Burke and the other original members of Blondie were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after selling more than 42 million records, according to Blondie's website. During the late 1970s and early '80s, the band had eight Top 40 hits, including four No. 1s: 'Heart of Glass,' 'Call Me,' 'The Tide Is High' and 'Rapture,' which is regarded as the first No. 1 hit to feature rap. There's also a five-track 1975 album demo that includes 'Platinum Blonde,' a sort of band mission statement. But Burke's mark was especially solidified with his rapid, powerful drumming at the start of 'Dreaming' in 1979. In 2022, after unearthing a New Wave treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes and records, the band created the box set 'Blondie: Against the Odds, 1974-1982,' with 124 tracks and 36 previously unissued recordings, demos, outtakes and remixed versions of Blondie's initial six studio albums. Burke reflected on the discovery in an Associated Press article: 'We never would have thought that we would still be here today. Looking back at our archives, it's pretty amazing.' The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame described Burke in a post Monday on the social platform X as 'a versatile and distinctive drummer who played exactly what each song required – and, when called for, let loose with blistering punk rock energy.'
Boston Globe
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Clem Burke, versatile, hard-driving drummer for Blondie, dies at 70
He can be heard tumbling forth with a rapid disco beat in the intro to "Call Me" (1980), only to switch to a tropical lilt on the reggae-inflected "The Tide Is High" (1980). Like other post-punk bands that slid into the New Wave movement — the Cars, Devo — Blondie was known as much for its image as for its substance. The band's album covers and press photos often featured Harry, with her angular face and wispy blonde hair, framed by her four male bandmates, usually in black suits and skinny ties. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Punk-pop band Blondie, in 1977. From left: bassist Gary Valentine, Mr. Burke, singer Deborah Harry, guitarist Chris Stein, and keyboardist Jimmy Destri. Anonymous Advertisement Mr. Burke stood out with his boyish cheeks and vertiginous mop of hair. But he and the band were about more than their sharp looks: In one survey, Rolling Stone ranked him the 61st greatest drummer of all time. 'The American roots of rock 'n' roll — Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochrane — that was the foundation of what I loved from an early age,' Mr. Burke told Mixdown magazine last year. 'It just spiraled from there.' Advertisement He played on all 11 of Blondie's studio albums, six recorded between 1976 and 1982 and the rest after the band restarted in 1997. The son of a professional drummer, Mr. Burke was already well known around the various music scenes of Lower Manhattan when, in 1974, he answered a want ad in The Village Voice placed by two musicians, Harry and guitarist Chris Stein, looking for a drummer for their new band, Blondie. Mr. Burke showed up for an interview wearing the shirt component of a sailor suit, a tribute to a look once sported by his idol, Keith Moon of the Who. The three bonded over their shared admiration for acts such as David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and the Velvet Underground. They soon added Gary Valentine on bass and Jimmy Destri on keyboards. Within a year, the band was playing regularly at storied East Village venues Max's Kansas City and CBGB, a musical archipelago where other bands in the punk, post-punk, and New Wave movements found a home. Blondie embraced all three genres, while breaking into the mainstream with radio- and dance-floor-friendly tracks like "Heart of Glass" (1979) and "Rapture" (1980), both of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Thanks in part to Mr. Burke's infectious beats, the songs managed to embody a genre, and range beyond it, as well: 'Heart of Glass' is both pop and disco, while 'Rapture' borrowed heavily from a new style, hip-hop, that was taking shape in the Bronx. "Our records were always all over the place," he told The Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 2004. "I always admired bands that didn't stick to one particular style." Clement Anthony Bozewski was born Nov. 24, 1954, in Bayonne, N.J. His father, Clement J. Bozewski, played in clubs around northern New Jersey, and his mother, Antoinette (Terracciano) Bozewski, managed the home. Advertisement Clem learned to drum from his father and played in school bands growing up. By his late teenage years he was crossing the Hudson River into New York, where he performed in a variety of rock bands before meeting Harry and Stein. He styled himself as something of a throwback to the rock-star drummers of the 1960s, including Ringo Starr, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin and Moon, who were known as much for their charisma onstage as for their virtuosity behind their kits. Moon was his north star. Mr. Burke was just going onstage in 1978 when he learned that Moon had died, at 32; when the set was done, he kicked his drums into the crowd, shouting, 'That's for Keith Moon — the greatest drummer in the world!' After a marathon run of six albums in just over six years, Blondie went on hiatus in 1982. Over the next 15 years, Mr. Burke became an A-list session drummer, working with Bowie, Eurythmics, Bob Dylan, and Pete Townshend. He played on classic songs including 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll,' by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and in 1987 he played two shows with the Ramones. Like the rest of the band, he chose a stage name: Elvis Ramone. Mr. Burke also formed or joined a long series of bands, including Chequered Past, the International Swingers, and the Plimsouls. Information on survivors was not immediately available. After Blondie reunited, the band released its seventh album, 'No Exit,' in 1999. This time the band was more heavily identified with Harry and Stein, and Valentine and Destri left after a few years, but Mr. Burke stayed on through the most recent album, 'Pollinator' (2017). Advertisement "Everybody around me seemed to think that becoming 'a rock star' was unobtainable, but I never felt that way," he told Modern Drummer magazine in 1985. "I felt that this was how I was going to be able to escape my working-class existence. I was on a quest to find the perfect lead singer. I always say that when I met Debbie, I sort of found my Mick Jagger." This article originally appeared in
Arab Times
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab Times
Clem Burke, legendary drummer of Blondie, has died
LOS ANGELES, April 8, (AP): Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided. "Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie,' the band said in a statement. "His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable.' The self-proclaimed "rock & roll survivalist' started playing the drums when he was 14 in his school orchestra but was kicked out for playing too loud, according to Blondie's website. In the 1970's, he answered a band's ad in the Village Voice seeking a "freak energy' rock drummer, kicking off his decades-long career with lead singer Debbie Harry and the rest of his Blondie bandmates. The band recorded its first album in 1976 and by the following year was touring with such icons as Iggy Pop and David Bowie. It became known as the most commercially successful band to emerge from a fertile New York rock scene that also produced Talking Heads and the Ramones. In 2006 Burke and the other original members of Blondie were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after selling more than 42 million records, according to Blondie's website. During the late 1970s and early '80s, the band had eight Top 40 hits, including four No. 1s: "Heart of Glass,' "Call Me,' "The Tide Is High' and "Rapture,' which is regarded as the first No. 1 hit to feature rap. There's also a five-track 1975 album demo that includes "Platinum Blonde,' a sort of band mission statement. But Burke's mark was especially solidified with his rapid, powerful drumming at the start of "Dreaming' in 1979. In 2022, after unearthing a New Wave treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes, and records, the band created the box set "Blondie: Against the Odds, 1974-1982,' with 124 tracks and 36 previously unissued recordings, demos, outtakes and remixed versions of Blondie's initial six studio albums. Burke reflected on the discovery in an Associated Press article: "We never would have thought that we would still be here today. Looking back at our archives, it's pretty amazing.' The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame described Burke in a post-Monday on the social platform X as "a versatile and distinctive drummer who played exactly what each song required - and, when called for, let loose with blistering punk rock energy.'
NBC News
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died
Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died. He was 70. The band said in a statement on its website Monday that he died from cancer but no additional details were provided. 'Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie,' the band said in a statement. 'His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched, and his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable.' The self-proclaimed 'rock & roll survivalist' started playing the drums when he was 14 in his school orchestra but was kicked out for playing too loud, according to Blondie's website. In the 1970's, he answered a band's ad in the Village Voice seeking a 'freak energy' rock drummer, kicking off his decades-long career with lead singer Debbie Harry and the rest of his Blondie bandmates. The band recorded its first album in 1976 and by the following year was touring with such icons as Iggy Pop and David Bowie. It became known as the most commercially successful band to emerge from a fertile New York rock scene that also produced Talking Heads and the Ramones. In 2006 Burke and the other original members of Blondie were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame after selling more than 42 million records, according to Blondie's website. During the late 1970s and early '80s, the band had eight Top 40 hits, including four No. 1s: 'Heart of Glass,' 'Call Me,' 'The Tide Is High' and 'Rapture,' which is regarded as the first No. 1 hit to feature rap. There's also a five-track 1975 album demo that includes 'Platinum Blonde,' a sort of band mission statement. But Burke's mark was especially solidified with his rapid, powerful drumming at the start of 'Dreaming' in 1979. In 2022, after unearthing a New Wave treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes and records, the band created the box set 'Blondie: Against the Odds, 1974-1982,' with 124 tracks and 36 previously unissued recordings, demos, outtakes and remixed versions of Blondie's initial six studio albums. Burke reflected on the discovery in an Associated Press article: 'We never would have thought that we would still be here today. Looking back at our archives, it's pretty amazing.' The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame described Burke in a post Monday on the social platform X as 'a versatile and distinctive drummer who played exactly what each song required — and, when called for, let loose with blistering punk rock energy.'
