Rick Astley: Celebs Rumors

Simon Cowell's appearance during the latest Royal Variety Show left viewers baffled - and it appears for the same reason. The former X Factor judge and Britain's Got Talent boss appeared during the pre-recorded entertainment show on ITV on Sunday night (December 17).

The Royal Variety Performance returns to ITV tonight (Sunday December 17) with a spectacular line-up of stars. Hosted by The Chase presenter Bradley Walsh, the gala showcases the best talent from Britain and beyond across music, theatre and comedy.

Princess Catherine (aka Kate Middleton) and Prince William were two of the guests of honor at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday (November 30) in London, England.

Hozier, Courteeners, Madness and more.Announced today (November 27), the new line-up reveals a range of the headliners and support acts set to appear at next year’s instalment. The 2024 edition will take place on Lytham Green from Wednesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 7.So far, all of the headliners and special guests for the upcoming edition of the festival – which is the biggest in the North West – have been announced, barring those performing on Thursday, July 4.

TRNSMT Festival has revealed its first wave of artists for the beloved festival next year. Scotland's biggest music festival is set to return to Glasgow Green for its 7th year from July 12 - 14 2024, bringing its massive energy to the city once again.

Glastonbury Festival 2024 sold out in just 25 minutes after going on sale last today (November 16).Britain’s biggest festival is making its trumphant return to Worthy Farm this year from June 26 through to Sunday June 30, 2024. Its spectacular 2023 edition saw Elton John, Arctic Monkeys, Rick Astley and more take to the stage.After going on sale at 6pm today, the expected ticket frenzy has resulted in coach and ticket packages selling out within 25 minutes.Glastonbury Festival announced the news on social media: “The Glastonbury 2024 tickets with coach travel on sale this evening have now all been sold.

It's raised over half a million pounds to date, and now Maggie's On The Runway returns for its final flight. The huge charity fashion event launched back in 2016 in aid of Maggie's Manchester, a cancer support centre based in the grounds of The Christie Hospital.

Singer Rick Astley will host the BBC’s New Year’s Eve show this year.

Rick Astley is set to perform on the BBC’s New Year’s Eve celebration event, ‘New Year’s Eve Rocks’ this year.Broadcast to viewers live from Camden’s Roundhouse, the event will see Astley “joined on stage by some very special guests”, according to a statement from the BBC today (November 11). Tickets for the event go on general sale at at 9am on November 14 and can be purchased here.It added: “Performing his global hits and some surprise numbers, Rick and his all-star guests will party right into 2024.

Ozzy Osbourne has been unveiled in the rock legend’s hometown of Birmingham – made entirely of cake.The extravagant gateau depicts the Black Sabbath singer sitting upon his throne, eyes wide in a satanic grin, his finger outstretched at passers-by.The sculpture is part of this year’s Cake International show at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, with Jane Lashbrook the cake artist that has brought the Prince of Darkness to life in sweet form.A lifesize cake figure of King Charles III was unveiled at the Cake International show at the NEC in Birmingham., with Ozzy Osbourne and Stranger Things also on show pic.twitter.com/eUQTRuWqNW— PA Media (@PA) November 3, 2023Other famous figures that have been modelled at the exhibition include King Charles and the cast of Netflix show Stranger Things.It continues an unusual period of time in Ozzy Osbourne news, after it was recently revealed that he once attempted to recruit a backing band for ‘80s pop maestro Rick Astley at the height of his fame. The offer was quickly given short shrift by Ozzy’s wife Sharon, however.Sharon and Ozzy have recently been reflecting on the end of Ozzfest, the annual heavy metal festival that they founded.

Due to Glastonbury postponing its ticket sales, festival-goers will have to wait a little bit longer before getting their hands on tickets.

Blossoms’ lead singer Tom Ogden revealed that music legend Rick Astley spent the night at his house in Stockport. The Never Gonna Give You Up was visiting the band and ended up staying in Tom’s spare room.

Rick Astley has revealed that he suffers from hearing loss and has recorded a new version of his song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ with incorrect lyrics to raise awareness of the condition.Astley has partnered up with Specsavers to highlight the impact of hearing loss and the importance of getting tested and treated. In a video released on his social media channels, the singer discussed taking a hearing test and discovering that he has lost some of his hearing.“There are certain things I just can’t hear anymore,” Astley reveals, adding that mishearing words is one of the first symptoms of hearing loss.

Rick Astley has claimed that Ozzy Osbourne once attempted to recruit a backing band for him.The ‘80s star told Classic Rock magazine that the former Black Sabbath singer was chatting to him during the height of his success, and made the impromptu offer.“He said, ‘Are you over here playing?’, and I said, ‘No, we’re just doing promo,’” Astley recalled. “And then went, ‘If you want to put a band together, let me know.

Rick Astley’s lawsuit against Yung Gravy has been settled.

Rick Astley has settled a months-long lawsuit with American rapper Yung Gravy over the use of his song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ in Gravy’s 2022 single ‘Betty (Get Money)’.Deadline reports that an attorney for Yung Gravy had filed court papers with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elaine Mandel this past Tuesday (September 22), which stated the case was resolved on Friday September 22.No further details were divulged, however, and neither Gravy nor Astley – or representatives from their respective legal teams – have commented on the suit since the news of its settlement was made public.In January, Astley sued Yung Gravy – real name Matthew Hauri – on the grounds of his vocals being imitated on ‘Betty’ without authorisation.The suit alleged that in the terms of clearing the sample of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ for the song, Hauri and his co-producers were allowed to replicate the instrumental of the song and interpolate its chorus melody for its own hook. As such, the original songwriting team of Stock Aitken Waterman were given writers’ credits.

UPDATED, 11:25 AM: Rick Astley has settled his right-of-publicity suit against “Betty (Get Money)” rapper Yung Gravy over a song that the British singer claimed borrowed heavily from his signature 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

Rick Astley covered Foo Fighters‘ ‘Everlong’ at a gig in Leicester last weekend, describing the track as “one of the best songs ever”.The singer was performing at Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester on Saturday (September 17) when he joked that he likes “playing other people’s songs”, asking the crowd if they were “in the mood for us to murder one of the best songs ever?”.The ’80s pop icon and his band then launched in a rendition of the Foos’ classic 1997 song.

Rick Astley will be the face of supermarket chain Sainsbury's Christmas advert this year, according to reports. The pop star, 57, who rose to fame in the 80s, has allegedly already filmed scenes for the festive TV advert at one of Sainsbury's flagship stores in Bromley, South East London. A source told The Sun: “It's going to be a battle of the Christmas ad crooners.

Singer Rick Astley has revealed that he “didn’t speak” to his father for more than two decades before he died last year, due to their complicated relationship. After his parents divorced, Rick’s father Horace raised the singer from five years old, however, Rick ended up cutting ties with his father as he was a “complicated person”.The Never Gonna Give You Up singer, 57, didn’t contact his dad for 25 years before Horace died last year in his 80s.

Kendall Calling is back for four days of music and festival fun this week. Taking place at Lowther Deer Park, near Penrith, Cumbria, the popular event runs from Thursday July 27 until Sunday July 30.

Glastonbury organisers have confirmed the dates for next year’s festival. Check out all of the latest info for Glastonbury 2024 below.Keeping with tradition, next year’s festival will be taking place on the final weekend of June from Wednesday June 26 through to Sunday June 30, 2024 at Worthy Farm in Pilton,The Somerset-based festival is renowned not just for being one of the biggest festivals in the world but also one of the hardest to get tickets for.

Naman Ramachandran Elton John’s headlining set on Sunday night at Glastonbury Festival on BBC One received the biggest ever overnight audience for a Glastonbury performance, the broadcaster said. The performance, the 76-year-old legend’s last in the U.K., had a peak overnight audience of 7.6 million and an average of 7.3 million with a 48.9% share. It was also broadcast on BBC Radio 2, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Overall, 200,000 festival goers attended the concerts across different stages on Worthy Farm. On the BBC, a record 21.6 million people — 7% more than last year across linear TV — watched, with over 40 hours of linear programming available to audiences.

Elton John, Rina Sawayama, Rick Astley and more have spiked after their performances at Glastonbury this weekend.According to a new Spotify round-up of this year’s Glastonbury tracks and artists that was shared with NME, streams of John’s songs increased 294 per cent in the UK in the hour after his career-spanning headline set on the Pyramid Stage yesterday (June 25).Gun N’ Roses‘ opening track of their headline set on the Pyramid stage on Saturday (June 24), ‘It’s So Easy’, saw a 300 per cent increase in streams in the UK on Sunday.Meanwhile, Friday (June 23) headliners Arctic Monkeys, were identified as the artists with the most tracks on user-generated Glastonbury playlists.Rick Astley’s debut Glastonbury performance was also followed by a 294 per cent spike in steams of his song ‘Dance’ in the UK.

Rick Astley covered Harry Styles‘ ‘As It Was’ during his Glastonbury 2023 performance this weekend – see footage below.Astley opened proceedings on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday (June 24), going on to play a secret set of Smiths covers with Blossoms later in the weekend.During his Pyramid set, Astley played hits from across his career including the iconic ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.He also covered AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’ while playing drums, and for his third song of the set he took on Styles’ huge chart-topper ‘As It Was’.See Rick Astley cover Harry Styles at Glastonbury below.

Glastonbury viewers reckon Rick Astley has 'won' the festival after he performed an unusual collaboration with Stockport's very own Blossoms.

Blossoms and Rick Astley‘s suprise set at Glastonbury consisting solely of covers from The Smiths‘ discography.The musicians’ supergroup covers band played an hour-long set at the Woodsies Stage today (June 24).

Glastonbury fans were surprised when Rick Astley performed an 'iconic' cover at the festival, with many admitting it wasn't on their bingo cards for 2023.

Rick Astley and Blossoms have announced the return of their Smiths supergroup covers band for a secret set at Glastonbury 2023, with the pop icon telling NME about what went into it and the backlash from Johnny Marr.Astley, who this weekend made his Glastonbury debut by opening up the Pyramid Stage, made headlines last year when he joined Blossoms on stage in London to perform a number of Smiths covers – before they then played a number of full gigs dedicated to the iconic ’80s indie icons. Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr was less than pleased having not been told about it, before telling NME that he’d been in touch with Blossoms and “dealt with it“.Now, they’ve announced that the tribute project will be performing at Glastonbury on the Woodsies stage at 6pm tonight (Friday June 23), filling in one of the TBA slots with a secret set.“I can’t tell you how much I love doing this,” Astley told NME of the covers band. “I know it’s sacrilege and they should hang the lot of us on the line for doing it, but I also just don’t care.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl dedicated the last song of the band’s surprise set on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins. The US rock band stormed through a number of hit songs during the hour-long performance – their first time at the world-famous festival since 2017.There had been high speculation that the Foo Fighters would take to the main stage on Friday from 6.15pm in a slot which was billed under the name The Churnups. An hour before the slot, the band posted a photo of flags within the festival crowd, one with the phrase Churn It Up brandished across it, and tagged the post #Glastonbury2023.

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Rick Astley has spoken to NME about what to expect from his debut Glastonbury performance this weekend, as well as the rumours that Foo Fighters will be performing a secret set.Thousands of fans were present for festival organiser Emily Eavis opening the gates at Worthy Farm this morning (Wednesday June 21) with this year’s line-up including headline performances from the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Elton John, and Arctic Monkeys, alongside the likes of Lizzo, Lana Del Rey, Måneskin, Fred Again.. and Cat Stevens, Manic Street Preachers, Wizkid, Lil Nas X, Chvrches and The War On Drugs and more.Astley meanwhile, will be opening Saturday’s Pyramid Stage performances with an early set at 12pm – an honour that makes him feel “quite nervous”, as he told NME.“I think anyone who’s never played it before would have to say that,” said the pop veteran. “I’m so looking forward to it.

RELEASESGucci Mane will release new album ‘A Breath Of Fresh Air’ on 13 Oct. Out now is new single ‘Bluffin’, featuring Lil Baby.Rick Astley has announced that he will release new album ‘Are We There Yet?’ on 6 Oct. “Now, that phrase has multiple meanings”, he says of the title.

Glastonbury have asked festival goers coming to this year’s event not to bring disposable vapes.The organisers have added the items to its official “do not bring” list.

Elton John has admitted that he’s “a little intimidated” by the prospect of headlining Glastonbury Festival 2023 this month.The legendary singer and pianist will top the bill on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset on Sunday, June 25.In an interview with BBC London, John admitted that he was feeling trepidation ahead of the performance, saying: “I’m a little, not frightened, but I’m a little intimidated by it because I haven’t played there, I haven’t been there.”However, he told Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2 that the opportunity to headline Glastonbury has “come at the right time. I’m a great believer in serendipity and fate – this is the most wonderful way to sign off in England.

BBC have shared details of their coverage for next month’s Glastonbury Festival.Glastonbury 2023 – which will be held from June 21-25 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset and headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John.Yesterday (May 30), the full line-up and stage times were shared, with new names added including Queens Of The Stone Age and Rick Astley.Now, details of the full TV and radio schedule for Glastonbury’s BBC coverage has been shared.BBC Music’s presenters for the festival include Lauren Laverne, Jo Wiley, Clara Amfo and Jack Saunders, with pre-festival programming including an updated version of the Glastonbury: 50 Years & Counting documentary, first shared for last year’s event.From there, over 40 hours of TV coverage will be broadcast alongside 85 hours of live radio broadcast from the festival.New for 2023 includes British Sign Language on Pyramid Stage performances, a ‘Glastonbury’s Greatest Hits’ show streaming on iPlayer from June 19-25 and running down the best performances from past years, a new We Love Glastonbury documentary and more.Emily Eavis said: “We’ve worked in partnership with the BBC since 1997, and they’ve become an incredibly valuable part of what we do at Glastonbury. I think we’ve created something really special together and we’re delighted that they’re continuing to evolve their coverage with additions such as streaming Pyramid Stage performances live in British Sign Language.