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The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Cliff Richard shares stark update about life and career
Sir Cliff Richard, 84, has reflected on potential retirement after a seven-decade music career, admitting that touring has become "very wearing". The musician expressed uncertainty about his future touring plans, including his current 'Can't Stop Me Now' tour, stating, "I might be dead next year." Richard, who has sold over 250 million records, acknowledged adapting his stage performance, saying he does not want to "try and be 18 anymore." His illustrious career includes 14 UK number one singles and he holds the record for the most top 10 singles for a male artist. He is the only artist to have made the UK singles charts across six decades, from the 1950s into the 2000s.
The Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Sir Cliff Richard, 84, says he ‘might be dead next year' as he reveals plans to quit touring
SIR Cliff Richard has revealed he "could be dead in a year", as he makes a sad revelation which will shock his fans. In a candid interview, The Young Ones singer, 84, spoke honestly about the future of his tours, as he gave his die-hard followers a heartbreaking update. 5 5 5 5 Sir Cliff has enjoyed an incredible career which has spanned almost seven decades. Over that huge amount of time, the star, affectionally known as the Peter Pan of Pop, has been constantly touring. However, Cliff, who will turn 85 in October, has admitted he may have to quit touring, as he gets older. Speaking to New Zealand radio station Coast, he admitted that he can't do most of his old dance moves on stage anymore. 'I don't want to be an 85-year-old guy trying to be 18,' he told them. Cliff is currently touring in Australia and New Zealand before returning to the UK in November. However, he has admitted that lately he has started to think about his own mortality. Asked if his Can't Stop Me Now tour could be a farewell tour, Cliff replied: 'I don't know. I might be dead the next year! "So I don't even think about it anymore. It's one of those things. As I get older maybe I'll become less able to perform, so I can't say…' The Bachelor Boy star admitted that the constant touring had started to take its toll. Cliff Richard arrives for Day 11 of Wimbledon 'The thing I would have to give up probably at some time is touring," Cliff revealed. "It's very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there." The singer - who shot to fame in the late 50s - said: 'I don't want to try and be 18 anymore. "I like singing now, I'm as excited now as I was when I came [to New Zealand] last time. 5 "And I'm sure the audience will see that we - the big band and I - are friends and almost a family when we're on tour. "So we'll try and do something that will make it look as though I'm 18! But I'm not.' Cliff, who has sold more than 260 million records worldwide, has enjoyed huge sucess since bursting onto the scene as a teenger. His hits include Living Doll, Summer Holiday, Devil Woman, and We Don't Talk Anymore. While it wouldn't be Christmas if we didn't hear Sir Cliff's hit song Mistletoe And Wine. His No1 hits include The Young Ones, Congratulations, Saviour's Day and Millennium Prayer, plus many more.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Cliff Richard, 84, admits 'I could be dead next year' as the music legend shares sad update ahead of new tour
Cliff Richard has said he will probably be forced to retire from touring, ahead of the music legend's upcoming shows in Australia and New Zealand. The hitmaker, who turns 85 in October, said he was unsure if the gigs would be his 'farewell tour' because he does not look too far into the future and 'could be dead next year'. The Mirror reported he told a New Zealand radio station: 'The thing I would have to give up probably at some time is touring. It's very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there'. He was unsure if it would be his final ever tour, but said: 'I might be dead the next year! So I don't even think about it anymore. It's one of those things. As I get older maybe I'll become less able to perform, so I can't say'. Cliff also revealed that he would not be performing his famous dance moves on the Can't Stop Me Now, due to not wanting to seem an octogenarian 'trying to be 18'. 'I'm sure the audience will see that we - the big band and I - are friends and almost a family when we're on tour. So we'll try and do something that will make it look as though I'm 18! But I'm not'. The hitmaker, who turns 85 in October, said he was unsure if the gigs would be his 'farewell tour' because he does not look too far into the future and 'could be dead next year' Sir Cliff, who was awarded his knighthood in 1995, has an epic back catalogue which includes more than 50 studio and live albums. His music career began when his father bought him a guitar at the age of 16 and he later joined band The Drifters. In 1958, he had a solo hit with his song Move It and has since sold 250million records. The Living Doll hitmaker previously insisted he'll never retire and the word is 'not in his vocabulary'. He said in 2022 that he likes the freedom of working whenever he chooses and would like to be less strict with his plans in the future. Cliff told the Mirror: 'I don't know if I ever want to retire. I don't mind stopping. 'Stopping would mean that I could absolutely change my mind any time I wanted to, or phone my office and say, "Can you get us a couple of nights at the Royal Albert Hall?" 'So, retiring is not in my vocabulary, but stopping is good for me – I can work whenever I want to, if I want to.' He previously said he never thought he would have a long career, telling Woman's Own: 'At 18, my management said, ''We are going to start a pension for you,'' and I was like, ''C'mon!''' Last year he released his 47th calendar – another one likely to leave Harry Styles ' sales in The Shadows. The evergreen pop veteran has been releasing his annual poses since 1979 and regularly outsells the likes of the former One Direction star and Taylor Swift. Sir Cliff's 2025 shots were all taken either at his Barbados home or aboard a cruise. February sees him posing in youthful check shorts with elephant statues in his garden, while August shows him clutching a cocktail on a liner. And although he disappointed fans in 2022 by announcing he had posed for his last topless shot, there's a hint of racier times in his October 2025 pool picture. The Young Ones singer said: 'All the pictures in my 2025 official licensed calendar were taken, once again, by Robin Williams at my home in Barbados and when on a wonderful cruise earlier this year. 'I just love being in or on the water. I find it calming and relaxing after a busy schedule has finished, and it clears my mind to make plans for future projects.' Sir Cliff's total calendar sales since 1979 are reportedly around the £2million mark – beating those of David Beckham. His 2022 release was the best- selling of any music star's calendar, according to Calendar Club, which had Elvis Presley in second, followed by Styles. Danilo Promotions, which tracks sales of all calendars, put Sir Cliff's 2024 in fourth, with Ms Swift top. Styles didn't make the top five.
Globe and Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
From a Coldplay kiss cam to Steve Miller's cancelled tour (and more), it's a cruel summer for concerts
Rick Derringer died May 26, at age 77. The flashy guitarist represented a different era, when rock 'n' roll was fun, footloose and hoochie koo. Now, not so much. We've gone soft. Jet Airliner singer Steve Miller just cancelled his band's tour before it even got off the ground. He blamed it on 'the weather,' presumably while gesturing vaguely toward the sky. 'The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires makes these risks for you our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable,' the 81-year-old rockstar said on his website. Steve, my dude, whatever happened to 'keep on rock'n me, baby'? It's been a tough week for touring all around, smack dab in the middle of the industry's busiest season. Let's start with the pre-sale for three Paul McCartney concerts in Canada that caused long waits online and predictably triggered complaints about the sky-high ticket prices. Paul used to be the cute one, now he's the rich one (and one of the only ones). Also this week, members of Jane's Addiction filed lawsuits against each other in a dispute that stems from a 2024 onstage altercation between singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. It's a real he says/Jane Says situation. In a 30-page complaint, Farrell accuses former bandmates Eric Avery, Stephen Perkins and Navarro of allegedly bullying, harassing and otherwise conspiring against him for years. He also claims his fight with Navarro was a result of his frustration over the band 'playing their instruments at a high volume so that he could not hear himself sing without blasting his own in-ear monitors at an unsafe level.' Loud music? Lock them up. In their own lawsuit, the other three musicians are seeking US$10-million from Farrell, alleging the singer caused the cancellation of last year's reunion tour. Navarro also filed his own action against Farrell for alleged assault and battery stemming from the scuffle at Boston's Leader Bank Pavilion last September. What with onstage punching and climate-change concerns, summer concerts are no longer safe. For further proof, just ask Andy Byron. The CEO of AI software company Astronomer was caught on a kiss cam getting all Viva la Vida with a woman apparently not his wife at a Coldplay concert this week at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. 'Oh, look at these two,' Coldplay's affable frontman Chris Martin said upon spotting what he assumed was a proper couple. 'All right, come on, you're okay. Oh, what? Either they're having an affair or they're just very shy.' Martin, of course, missed the third option: Perhaps the pair was horrified at being outed as fans of Coldplay, the bland purveyor of melodically emotive piano ballads. Besides, who takes their paramour to see a middle-of-the-road band such as Coldplay? Extramarital concert-going calls for something edgier and dangerous − Air Supply or, apparently, Jane's Addiction would be more appropriate. Coldplay gets credit for its commitment to climate change initiatives. The British band's current Music of the Spheres tour reduces carbon emissions by using sustainable aviation fuel and renewable energy sources where possible, while practicing a zero-plastic policy at their shows. Unfortunately, Coldplay's environmental impact can't come quickly enough for Miller, whose worry over volatile atmospheric conditions is too much to bear. He might be part of the problem, though. This is the rocker who in the 1970s famously sang about going from 'Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.' It was that kind of inefficient tour routing that left an excessive carbon footprint that got us where to we are today. I don't have any evidence, but I feel like mile-high shag carpeting was involved as well. Fly like an eagle, indeed. This weekend, I'm taking in a Beck show at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. I haven't seen him since 2002, when the Flaming Lips opened up for him and served as his backing band at Massey Hall. An equipment snafu cut the Flaming Lips set in half. Beck came on and hit himself on the head with his guitar. He left the stage for a bit, only to come back and curl up on the floor to sadly play a harmonium. Be careful out there, music lovers.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Is Darius Rucker's tour canceled? What to know about upcoming dates
Despite having to stop mid-performance in mid-July after saying he was no longer able to sing at a New Jersey concert, country musician Darius Rucker is not canceling his remaining tour dates, a spokesperson for the star confirmed. In a surprising moment on stage at the Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday, July 12, Rucker stopped the show live and told fans the show could not go on. "Y'all, I can't sing anymore," the 59-year-old Hootie and the Blowfish front man turned country singer told the crowd. "This never happened. I physically can't sing." Now Rucker is ready to retake the stage. "There is no further interruption in his touring schedule," Rucker's Nashville-based publicist Ebie McFarland told USA TODAY on July 16. "Following vocal rest, Darius has been cleared to resume shows." EDM festival will go on: Fire 'severely' damages main stage at Tomorrowland music festival Darius Rucker's international tour The Atlantic City concert marked the third show in a 45-date international tour for Rucker. "I promise you on everything that I stand for, I will make this up to you," Rucker said after announcing his voice was shot during the performance. "I've never done this before." Darius Rucker unexpectedly ended a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after losing his voice. Rucker promised fans in attendance they would receive refunds. — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 17, 2025 A fan captured the moment Rucker finished singing his hit song "Wagon Wheel," before apologizing to the crowd and exiting the stage. The country star promised refunds for fans in attendance, according to PhillyBurbs, part of the USA TODAY Network. JLo cracks joke during show: Jennifer Lopez has funny response to fan asking for hand in marriage When is Darius Rucker's next show? According to Rucker's tour schedule on his website, Rucker's next show is slated for Saturday, July 19, in Hollywood, Florida, at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino. The following show is set for Sunday, July 20, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa before Rucker and his band head to other venues across the United States and into the United Kingdom, as well as Canada. Rucker is set to return to the U.S. for his final show on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida. To see all scheduled shows, visit Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Darius Rucker not canceling tour dates after NJ incident
