September 4, 200816 yr Thanks TT so glad we have a thread with all his radio and tv appearances...... starting to get lost with them all :lol:
September 4, 200816 yr What is this about ...it's supposed to be released on the 29th Sep 2008 :blink: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/qid=1220537066/r...rt=-releasedate :cool: There was a rumour they were going to repackage FC about a year after it's release but nothing came of it. Wonder if they are now going to cash in on LIG and the Xmas market. Girl's Night In - wonder what's different about it. Thanks TT - Jazzy shirt :w00t:
September 4, 200816 yr Author Loved tonight's effortless performance :wub: See he's made changes already. :lol:
September 4, 200816 yr He looked and sounded great, :wub: turned it off and missed the interview though, :rolleyes: good job it's repeated tomorrow.
September 5, 200816 yr Author Posted by JanetL on Devoted. http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2008/09/04/wil...ormation-stats/ Did we know about the T4 Special? :unsure: Probably along the lines of when he released KO & new performances were added as he released more singles.
September 5, 200816 yr He looked and sounded great, :wub: turned it off and missed the interview though, :rolleyes: good job it's repeated tomorrow. What have I missed ....what have I missed??????????????????????????? :huh: :huh: :wacko: :wacko: When is whateveritwas repeated......... :???: :unsure: :wacko: :wacko:
September 5, 200816 yr He looked and sounded great, :wub: turned it off and missed the interview though, :rolleyes: good job it's repeated tomorrow. What have I missed ....what have I missed??????????????????????????? :huh: :huh: :wacko: :wacko: When is whateveritwas repeated......... :???: :unsure: :wacko: :wacko:
September 5, 200816 yr The programme that was on last night chrysalis. [T mobile transmission – Channel 4 - 11:50pm - 12:55am
September 6, 200816 yr SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Young, gifted and back http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/web/Upload/TS//TH1_69200832will.jpg Picture: TSPL Published Date: 07 September 2008 By Chitra Ramaswamy 'Were you at T in the Park?" Will Young demands before I've had the chance to open my mouth. Yes, as it happens, I did witness the throngs (of mostly women) panting as he seduced them with a Highland fling and a medley of 'Loch Lomond' and The Proclaimers' '500 Miles'. The man knows how to get an audience eating out of his hand. "Did you enjoy it?" he asks, and then bulldozes on. "Weren't they a great crowd? I didn't know what to expec I was nervous about that one, what with it being a rock rock festival, but it was amazing." He loves Scotland, holidayed in Dumfries and Galloway every year "from the age of zero", and dubs the Edinburgh Festival "one of my favourite things" (also on the list is bric-a-brac shopping in London, swimming, going to the pub, acting and – oh yes – singing). This year he saw his good friend cabaret singer Camille O'Sullivan and then went dancing at the Silent Disco. All the while I nod at this torrent, open and close my mouth occasionally like a guppie, and ponder whether to set fire to my questions and just let the tape roll. It's interesting, though, that someone who has a Brit Award and an Ivor Novello, released the fastest-selling UK debut single of all time (it's also possibly the worst, though Young's no great fan of his Pop Idol hit 'Evergreen' either), and pulled off a hat trick of multi-platinum-selling albums, should be this excited about having played a small stage at T in the Park, sandwiched between Lightspeed Champion and Tom Baxter. "I feel like doing things like T in the Park and Glastonbury – it's such a journey from Pop Idol," he says. "It didn't feel forced, it felt like the right time. I think I've earned my stripes." This has been his first year on the festival circuit, and it all seems part of the Young masterplan to flirt outside the mainstream. Most pop stars travel in the opposite direction, but then most pop stars didn't start their careers warbling 'Blame It On The Boogie' to a bemused Simon Cowell. That feels a long time ago now. We're sitting in the plush office of Young's PR company in London. Actually, melting is a better word for what Young is doing, sprawled catlike across a sofa, sinking further into its depths the more we talk. He looks so relaxed, in fact, that his PR manager pops in and offers in jest to bring him a pillow and a blanket. The 29-year-old, irrepressibly handsome in that preppy, cheeky chappie sort of way (though no bowler hat for this cat today), looks healthy and happy and says he feels he has less to prove than he once did. "I feel it less and less," he says. "You're always going to have doubts but now I don't worry about it so much. I think I've worked it out, it just took me a bit of time. I was very controlling in work and in my personal life and I've relaxed a lot. As long as I'm signed, making records and getting good money, it's brilliant. For a while I lost that massive enjoyment I had when I first got my record deal. It became such a business." His upcoming fourth album, however, doesn't exactly match his buoyant mood. Let It Go sounds a lot like a break-up record, in fact, from which lines such as "If love equals nothing but sadness and pain/Why do I need it?" pour like so many tears. It continues where his last album, Keep On, left off, but is more sophisticated, with complex arrangements and stirring ballads in minor keys. It's sure to further cement Young's place as Britain's 21st-century soulman, a rightful successor to the likes of George Michael, though he could still do with some of Tom Jones' oomph. But his voluptuous voice is more velvet than ever, and the nation continues to love Young in the same cosy way they love a good cup of tea. And I can see why. He is charming, intelligent, and doesn't suffer fools gladly or otherwise, the sort who would be a riot on a night out, and would never abandon you on the dancefloor either. He disagrees that Let It Go is a downbeat album. (He disagrees with me a lot, in fact, though in a very polite way, of course.) "No, it's all about crossroads," says Young. "I don't think it's a slit your wrists album. It's an honest album about times that were tough." I'm not sure what the difference is, and Young admits he did break up with his boyfriend and recites a line from forthcoming single 'Changes': "Out of love for so long/And I don't get much so there's nothing much to lose." He laughs. "That wasn't a good day for me." He isn't an easy person to be in a relationship with, he says, but he hopes the struggle is worth it. At the moment he's officially married to his job and "the relationship is going really f***ing well". Later, Young tells me his newfound optimism is partly inspired by having therapy, seeing his twin brother come out of a long struggle with depression and alcoholism, and the perspective he gained when someone close recently died. "That's what happens as you get older, isn't it? You experience more, start getting more perspective, and realise it's not all about me so much. Getting older is the best thing." He feels like an elder statesman of pop these days, and he likes it. "I've earned my place and I'm like an old pro," he grins. "It's been seven years!" It was in 2002, just after winning Pop Idol, that Young came out, getting in there first as a tabloid prepared to run a story. It has always been a non-issue for him. "The best thing is when people don't even think about it," he says. "Look at Bloc Party or The Feeling. It was a different time before (when he came out]. Check out the seasoned old queen here! Maybe things did change because of me coming out from the beginning. Maybe record companies saw and thought, 'it hasn't ruined his career'. My sales went up." Some carp that his is a sanitised gayness. Boy George, for example, called Young "a common or garden homosexual, not a queer". Although on his last album one lyric announced that "happiness is being gay", he does tend to write non-gender-specific love songs. On Let It Go, just one track, 'Disconnected', addresses his "baby boy". "The gay subtext is there if you want to see it and I think that's more interesting than going boom!" he says. "I could have done it but the reaction might have gone against my point, which was that it doesn't matter." What makes him most angry is being labelled, whether based on his sexuality or his class, which interestingly gets mentioned more. "We're class obsessed in this country," he says. "So much is built on this archaic class system, though we're much more of a meritocracy now, which is a good thing." Young is unreservedly middle class with a degree in politics from Exeter University. "I honestly think it's just because I'm posh that people think I'm intelligent," he laughs. "I don't really know anything." Acting is another passion and his two projects so far – a Noel Coward theatre production and a small role alongside Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins in Mrs Henderson Presents... – have been successful. "I'd love to do more," he says. "I don't know if people are still confused and think it's a whimsical thing for me, but I really take it seriously. I've got a lot more to learn but I think it's the same as singing. I just learn from experience, and bide my time." v 'Changes' is out September 14, the album Let It Go is out on September 29. Will Young plays Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on November 20 www.will-youngonline.com
September 10, 200816 yr Thanks to Carly on D Short but sweet :D Instyle magazine Just when we were all wondering where our Will had gone, up he pops again with a shiny new album. Soulful, sultry and full of powerful sing-along love songs, it's perfect for getting you into that autumnal vibe. EDIT : Sorry added to wrong thread :P Edited September 10, 200816 yr by sunday
September 11, 200816 yr Author Sun article. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle1677337.ece What an informative interview. Hope the whole article is in tomorrow's paper.
September 12, 200816 yr Here it is in full - thanks to bumbling and janet. :cheer: September 12, 2008 http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/dafyd/SNF12SPDA_280_579672a.jpgLooking to the future ... Will Young WILL YOUNG is planning to find his perfect man, settle down – and start a family. The singer turned actor, about to launch his fourth album Let It Go, is getting a taste for a life away from showbiz. And the gay star, 29, would love nothing more than to bring up adopted children with the man of his dreams at his side. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Will told me: “I would love to be a parent one day. Obviously it won’t be happening soon because I am still single. But having a family and bringing up children is something I have thought about a lot recently. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/dafyd/SNF12SPDDN_180_579673a.jpgAlways looking Smart ... Will with Sun man Gordon “Gay marriage and civil partnership is a great thing. It means more rights for same-sex couples. “It is safer and there are relationships now that provide a perfect set-up for bringing up children.” Will, who last year split up with his long-term boyfriend — known only as Conor and in his early twenties — says: “I have just had the most amazing holiday at (pop Svengali) SIMON FULLER'S place in France and I was in a reflective mood. “I was thinking about the future and the idea of bringing up a child and helping them through life is something that appeals to me hugely. “I took my niece and my nephew on an open-top tour bus recently and I absolutely love their company. Angry “You cannot patronise kids — they are so sharp. My niece was drawing pictures with me and she had drawn one of me that she wasn’t happy with. “She said, ‘William, this is you. Something about it isn’t quite right. Let me see.’ I had long hair, then she drew a skirt on me. She is so young but astute enough to pick up on that. It was brilliant. “I despair about how kids get such a hard time. Everything you hear is so negative. There are problems now but sometimes I find myself getting really angry because we never hear the success stories. “There are brilliant children out there doing wonderful things. They deserve to be applauded and recognised. “Stabbings, knife and gun crime are getting out of hand but we need to pay more attention to the achievements of the majority of young people who do well.” Will has spent the past year in Los Angeles and London writing songs for his new album. See the video for his new single, Changes, by clicking on the link below. Let It Go follows his triple-platinum effort from 2005, Keep On, Friday’s Child in 2003 and his 2002 debut From Now On. It seems like an eternity since he first hit our TV screens on Pop Idol. Will won the reality show in 2001, beating Gareth Gates. Lately the new series of The X Factor has caught his eye, especially judge CHERYL COLE. Will said: “Cheryl is just amazingly beautiful. She is going to be an enormous star on the show. She offers sensible advice to the contestants and is a breath of fresh air. X Factor needed her. “I look back on Pop Idol and remember the process only too well. I owe a lot to it, everything in fact. “I would never say a bad word about it. SIMON COWELL and I exchanged a few cross words at the time but I have nothing but respect for what he has done bringing the show on.” Will is a busy man. His singing career is his priority at the moment with single Changes coming out on September 22 and the album following a week later. But speaking to the actor, singer and budding fashion designer, it is clear he has no intention of sitting back and spending the money he has stacked up through a series of investments. Will added: “I have spent a lot of time in LA, which I loved. I can understand why people go there from Britain. The anonymity is brilliant. Fortune “I got recognised once, by a guy who had seen me in the movie Mrs Henderson Presents, not because of my singing. I think I could happily live there, but not all year round. “I was even described as a crossover artist over there, which I like. “I have really got into property. I love doing places up, even though I always end up spending a fortune doing it. It starts off with a budget which goes out the window. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/dafyd/SNF12SPDGN_380_579700a.jpgEx file ... Conor with Will “I am obsessed with TV shows such as Location, Location, Location and Property Ladder. I love KIRSTY ALLSOPP, PHIL SPENCER and SARAH BEENY. “My dad was laughing at me the other day because I have separate folders for all my different projects. There are a few on the go at the moment. I would like to do more acting as well. “One thing I am keen on is launching my own range of really simple suits. High Street prices, but classic, simple styles. I think there is a gap in the market. I would only want to bring out four with some simple ties but I think it could do well.” Will, one of the stars of the Olympics handover party in London last month, has a lot of experience in music and acting. He has been in Noel Coward play The Vortex, in a feature film, and boasts two No1 albums and three chart-topping singles. But he is well aware he still has a lot to learn. He added: “I’m like a sponge, soaking up everything people say to me. “I am so lucky to have worked with wonderful people. I just try to take in as much advice as I can. DAME JUDI DENCH, soul legend JAMES BROWN — if you can’t learn from them you shouldn’t be doing the job. “I still think about James Brown a lot. He was such a big influence on me. He was the one who said to me, ‘Man, you’ve got to have an outfit. You’ve always got to be smart’. “Ever since he said that I have really sharpened myself up on stage. “He knew what he was talking about. He was the hardest-working man in showbiz. Honour “He once told JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, ‘Watch out, Will Young is coming.’ I dread to think what Justin was thinking. The last time I saw James Brown was at the BBC Electric Proms. It was an honour to have known him, let alone sing with him.” Will is planning to sign up for another play after Let It Go has had a stint in the charts. And he is plotting how to turn his dream of performing at the Edinburgh Festival into reality. That’s if he’s not designing suits, renovating houses or doing his latest keep-fit fad — surfing. He said: “I’ve recently got the bug for the great outdoors. I love being outside and going for long walks. “I have taken up surfing too. The power you need in your arms and stomach to get on the board is incredible. Then you need balance.” Will has mastered everything else he has turned his hand to, so his surfing should be international class by this time next year Edited September 12, 200816 yr by chrysalis
September 12, 200816 yr Sun article. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle1677337.ece What an informative interview. Hope the whole article is in tomorrow's paper. Just had a text that read 'OMFG!! Get the Sun! So I'm assuming he is in it :lol: Thanks for all the news ladies :cheer:
September 12, 200816 yr Just had a text that read 'OMFG!! Get the Sun! So I'm assuming he is in it :lol: Thanks for all the news ladies :cheer: Think your assumption could possibly be right F/G. :lol:
September 12, 200816 yr Think your assumption could possibly be right F/G. :lol: Do you know if that beautiful pic of him is in there too? I'm still in my PJ's but will eventually get dressed and get the newspaper :wub:
September 12, 200816 yr Do you know if that beautiful pic of him is in there too? I'm still in my PJ's but will eventually get dressed and get the newspaper :wub: Don't know for certain F/G, but I think it is - as the piece I brought over was the complete piece, including pics.
September 12, 200816 yr Some super pics put up by Sheilab from The One Show last night. :dance: Just one or two of them. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/dafyd/01.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/dafyd/03.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/dafyd/05-1.jpg Edited September 12, 200816 yr by chrysalis
September 12, 200816 yr Thanks for bringing the new stuff over girls. We learn a little bit more each time he interviews don't we - does the boy never rest :o :lol: He has beautiful clothes doesn't he - and now wants to design his own. So maybe all the hints about Tupperware and knickers had a meaning behind them. :cool: Really pleased he wouldn't want to live in the US, anfd it looks like he may have got through an audition. I wonder how that will affect any promotion next year. Such a lot going on in his life. Thanks to Willsdoc on D for this: :P From HEAT online: 9 o'clock news section: Quote: Will Young’s really going for this kid thing He's mentioned wanting kids before, but now he's at it again – yes, Will Young really wants kids. "I would love to be a parent one day," says Will in a new interview. "Obviously it won't be happenning soon because I am single. But having a family and bringing up children is something I have thought about a lot recently. Gay marriage is a great thing, It means more rights for same-sex couples. The idea of bringing up a child and helping them through life is something that appeals to me hugely." Alright, alright, we get it – YOU REALLY WANT KIDS! Now, where's the back of that orderly queue?
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