March 30, 201411 yr Thanks Ros. He's such a one off. :wub: :lol: Mr Holy Moly thinks so too :D http:// www.holymoly.com/will-young-pictures/what-shit-was-will-young-wearing-attitude-magazines-20th-birthday-party68935 (sorry, had to put space in above as I'm not allowed to post links) Edited March 30, 201411 yr by Abbie
March 30, 201411 yr Author Thanks Abbie. Laughed out loud at their comments. Will's quirkiness makes him even more endearing. Love that he has the confidence to wear and do exactly as he likes. :D
March 30, 201411 yr Author Many thanks to Diz for these lovely pics and tweets from last night. http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/gillwill_photos/Attitude.jpg What Wegan Did Next @WhatWeganDid · 1m Photo: Got to admit, meeting Will Young was rather a highlight from last night! http://tmblr.co/Z6EZ5y1BcMnuxhttp://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/gillwill_photos/Bj95qzlIAAApIKW.jpg Tom Avery @Tom_Avry · 3m Had a great evening @AttitudeMag party. Met some really nice people! Also great 2 meet @will_young31 #attitudeparty pic.twitter.com/kDLNiP72kx He looks so young. You wouldn't think it was the same guy outside the museum in Oxford mid week. You never know what he'll do or how he'll appear next. Probably why he fascinates me. :wub: Edited March 30, 201411 yr by truly talented
March 30, 201411 yr Author So many wonderful tweets saying what a lovely guy Will is. :wub: Tom_Avry's avatar Tom Avery @Tom_Avry Had a great evening @AttitudeMag party. Met some really nice people! Also great 2 meet @will_young31 #attitudeparty pic.twitter.com/kDLNiP72kx @HolyMoly @will_young31 @AttitudeMag He was no doubt thinking in his own innovative and unique way, love his flair x Matt_McLoughlin's avatar Matthew McLoughlin @Matt_McLoughlin @dom_ohanlon @will_young31 jealous!Troublemaker @rosiehatton @HolyMoly @will_young31 @AttitudeMag well, it wasn't from Moss Bros that's for sure... RainbowTrikeGal's avatar Rainbow Trike Girls @RainbowTrikeGal @CoopRespectLGBT @AttitudeMag @will_young31 @thomasinmanc I love Will Young! How lovely you met him :-)CoopRespectLGBT's avatar Co-operative Respect @CoopRespectLGBT Thank you @AttitudeMag for a fab event last night. And happy 20th birthday! #respect @will_young31 & @thomasinmanc pic.twitter.com/wi6ulyipWw LilVik's avatar Victoria Ling @LilVik @EastherBennett hands off @will_young31 is mine... Well if he batted for the other side @verniebennett MrJamesKehoe's avatar James Kehoe @MrJamesKehoe @thomasinmanc @AttitudeMag @will_young31 he’s a lovely man ;) Quote: thomasinmanc's avatar Thomas Anderson @thomasinmanc Thank you @AttitudeMag for a fabulous event last night. Great meeting @will_young31 #Respect pic.twitter.com/pinnpsasnBEastherBennett's avatar Easther Bennett @EastherBennett The lovely @will_young31 He's so cute hey @verniebennett ... Ex pic.twitter.com/6kZe7vbxfk
March 30, 201411 yr He is definitely unique And so totally endearing ...a true British eccentric. :cheer:
March 30, 201411 yr Author MichelleCHughes's avatar Michelle Barber @MichelleCHughes @mrAGF @will_young31 you lurrrrrve himmrAGF's avatar Aaron Foster @mrAGF @MichelleCHughes @will_young31 drool much? Michelle Barber @MichelleCHughes Was lovely meeting this gentleman too. @will_young31 x pic.twitter.com/v3HSqGdIPwSteviardo73's avatar Steve Brown @Steviardo73 @dom_ohanlon @will_young31 Fantastic, Dom! But, we ALL Love Will! X ViewConversationMatty1516's avatar Matthew Watkins @Matty1516 @will_young31 lush seeing you tonight will; loving the the shameez- throwing out the amazing fashion x dom_ohanlon's avatar Dom O'Hanlon @dom_ohanlon Met @will_young31 this evening. Life made #lovehimTim McArthur @Tim_McArthur @will_young31 nice to meet you and chat about Dame Val. Let me know if you would like to come and see Orton @abovethestag xxx DetailsOpen NicolaFahey's avatar Nicola Fahey @NicolaFahey Oh but I LOVE @will_young31, though! #attitudeis20 pic.twitter.com/cjYhnMjsEt Thanks to Julie(will4me). Edited March 30, 201411 yr by truly talented
March 30, 201411 yr Author He is definitely unique And so totally endearing ...a true British eccentric. :cheer: Do you remember him calling himself a posh gay middle class eccentric in the Pop Idol One Year on programme? He shouldn't surprise us really. He's just being him. :wub:
March 30, 201411 yr Author Another lovely pic with the ladies from Eternal. http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/gillwill_photos/Bj9Z7JPIcAAJ5su.jpg
March 30, 201411 yr Author Think I'm quite relieved it's just a message from Will. :D First Look: Our Gay Wedding: The Musical on Channel 4 James M 30 Mar 2014 Stage, TV 0 Yesterday, on the first day that gay marriage was legalised, Benjamin Till and Nathan Taylor married in the most extraordinary way – in a musical they had written and staged themselves, complete with sung vows and readings, and a singing registrar. A congregation of family, friends and very special guests were in attendance including Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ollie Lock, Gok Wan and LGBT luminaries Peter Tatchell, Lynne Featherstone MP, Benjamin Cohen and Brian Paddick. Stephen Fry introduces and narrates this unique broadcast from a Victorian theatre inside London’s Alexandra Palace. The show will also include stark reminders of the historical journey to this point, tributes to the other gay and lesbian couples getting married at this first opportunity, as well as a reminder of the struggles faced by those in countries where homosexuality is still a crime. Expect performances from The Feeling, Andy Bell, Sharon D Clarke, Alison Jiear, The London Gay Men’s Chorus, The Rebel Chorus, Hannah Waddingham and very special messages from Boy George, Will Young, Peter Tatchell, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Lesley Garrett, Paul O’Grady, Olivia Newton John and Alan Cumming amongst others. It’s a beautiful love story. A real wedding. A landmark moment in history, and an all-singing all-dancing musical. What’s not to like? Here’s a tongue-in-cheek clip from the opening number of the film airing Monday 31 March at 10pm on Channel 4. Watch out for the Jon Snow singing a news report! http://sosogay.co.uk/2014/first-look-gay-w...ical-channel-4/ Edited March 30, 201411 yr by truly talented
March 30, 201411 yr Just had a look further back in the thread and saw all the tweets and pics you've brought over from last nights event Will attended, thanks for doing that. I wonder if this will be picked up by various magazines? I see Digital Spy have picked him out for headlines, then why wouldn't they with his rather eye -catching attire! :lol: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a...ds-picture.html
March 30, 201411 yr Author Something keeps drawing him back to Oxford. :unsure: Well this lady was at a Vintage Fair in Oxford today, so is Will back there already? .. lynsey clarke @vintagelynz · 7m oh and chatting to Will Young was also a bit of a perk to the day! Cheesy but I did get him to sign autographs for the girls #niceguy :0) Thanks again to diz.
March 31, 201411 yr Author So we now have an explanation. https://mobile.twitter.com/Mauritianmagic/s...=Mauritianmagic Before the Cabaret tour he said he was taking a year out so maybe he is just reshuffling and taking the time he lost now. He could be still writing that comedy or something else in his own time.
March 31, 201411 yr Author Will was certainly Mr Popular at the Attitude bash. http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/gillwill_photos/BkCrRIGIAAAwBcT.jpg http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/gillwill_photos/BkCWrGkCMAADAwn.jpg His designer mate has to be over the moon with all the free publicity. :P
April 1, 201411 yr Author I've yet to watch my recording of 'My Gay Wedding.' To be honest I was expecting it to be cringeworthy but am heartened by the many positive comments I've read. Here's a lovely review found by Elaine. UKTVREVIEWER Reviewing and previewing British television Saturday 29th March 2014 was an historic day. At midnight, same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales. It was the result of a long, hard battle, with many right-wingers and homophobes attempting to stand in the way of equality. It was on that day, too, that Benjamin Till and Nathan Taylor were finally married in a somewhat unconventional ceremony. Staying true to their jobs as a composer (Benjamin) and West End performer (Nathan), they turned their day into a musical. Naturally, this courted controversy from the gay community. A lot felt that it simply reinforced stereotypes and implied that all gay men find musical ‘simply fabulous, dahling’. I must confess that I was firmly in this camp (pun very much intended). After seeing the newlyweds on ITV’s This Morning on the day of the TV broadcast, however, I changed my mind as they pointed out that they work in and love musicals and merely wanted their nuptials to reflect this. In their own words, ‘We’re not saying that all gay men love musicals – that’s ridiculous. We’re just saying that these two do.’ Having only been commissioned by Channel 4 in early February, Benjamin and Nathan had a mere seven weeks to write the lyrics and arrange the music for their ceremony but the time restraints didn’t show and was impeccably executed. It may have been peppered with celebrity appearances (including video messages from Ed Milliband and Nick Clegg – but strangely no David Cameron) but the whole thing really acted as a celebration of not only the couple’s time together and love for each other but also the gay community’s road to equality. Stephen Fry, who narrated the programme in the inimitable style of his, for which he is so treasured, fittingly emphasised the paramount importance of the 29th March in his opening monologue, describing the day as ‘extraordinary and historic’ and paving the way for a series of poignant reminders about the many highs and, unfortunately, many lows that LGBT people have faced through the years. During a brilliant performance of Erasure’s ‘A Little Respect’, the audience was taken through the imprisonment of gay men for so-called “homosexual acts” in 1954, the decriminalisation of homosexuality for over 21s in 1967, the AIDs epidemic, Section 28’s introduction and removal, the arrival of civil partnerships, and finally 2013; the year in which the same-sex marriage bill was passed and, against the will of some but to the jubilation of many, gays were permitted to marry. One of the most beautiful moments of the ceremony for me, however, (yes, even more beautiful than the vows and subsequent kiss) was the song sung by Nathan and Benjamin’s mams, based on notes they gave them about how they felt when their sons came out. For a long time, I – needlessly, I’m sure – felt hugely guilty after I came out to my parents. I felt like I’d broken my mam’s heart in particular, turned her life upside-down. Nathan’s mam sang, ‘It took time to get to know the man who used to be my precious little boy’,’ and I know that that is how my own mam felt. I’d like to think, and am pretty certain, that, eighteen months after telling her that I’m gay, my mam has become used to it and realised that it doesn’t change anything. I can still have children. I can still express love and have it reciprocated. God, I can even get married now! Most importantly, though, I can still be happy. The only difference is, it’ll be with a man; not the woman she envisaged. I know that Noëlle and Celia’s song would have helped my mam if she had heard it when I came out, and I am certain that it will help many gay people and their parents realise that their worries, anger and guilt are not uncommon and will be overcome in time. Our Gay Wedding: The Musical was camp as Christmas but at the heart of it was love; deep love between two men that was recognised in the eyes of the law and by millions of viewers. Finally! Benjamin and Nathan should be tremendously proud of their achievement and, like everyone else sane and capable of love around the world, I wish them every happiness. Just as long as they don’t subject us to bloody Jon Snow singing the news again! Edited April 1, 201411 yr by truly talented
April 1, 201411 yr Thanks TT for all the pics, reviews etc. At least he's keeping his name before the public during this drought of anything else.
April 1, 201411 yr Author Have watched Our Gay Wedding now. Happy to admit my initial thoughts were wrong. Found it quite moving. The right mix of camp and seriousness.
April 1, 201411 yr Yes I quite enjoyed it too TT. There were some very touching elements, and I thought Wills message was lovely and heartfelt. He's such a romantic.
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