Love that pic...it reminds me of the KO tour :wub:

 

 

I am now going to the last night of the tour :dance: :cheer: :yahoo:

Love that pic...it reminds me of the KO tour :wub:

I am now going to the last night of the tour :dance: :cheer: :yahoo:

 

 

:dance: :cheer: Really happy for you. Just wish I could join you.

Great to see a few sales for The Hits as a result of the summer gigs. Currently at #72 on the Itunes Pop chart.

Great to see a few sales for The Hits as a result of the summer gigs. Currently at #72 on the Itunes Pop chart.

 

Is it really - that's excellent news :dance:

 

 

Love that pic...it reminds me of the KO tour :wub:

I am now going to the last night of the tour :dance: :cheer: :yahoo:

 

Have a great time at Ebbw Vale, like Gill wish I was going to this one, wonder if Will will say something in Welsh to the audience lol

 

:D

 

Love

Di

xxx

Thanks to Mary On the O/S for the find

You must have been one of the millions who watched and wept as Will Young battled with Gareth Gates to win the inaugural Pop Idol series back in 2002? It was compulsive viewing and really got us all hooked on talent shows! Just look what has followed - X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and many more.

 

Unlike many wannabees, Will has stayed the course - presumably because he has actually got some talent! He's certainly not your average identikit pop star as he manages to get the balance right in satisfying his own artistic needs and be commercial enough to make some cash!

 

He's made some catchy hit pop tunes, appearied in a movie with Dame Judi Dench, and even been the subject of a South Bank Show - one of the last. So life is pretty good for Will - a view he readily agrees with.

 

“Yep, I'm very comfortable with life at the moment. It was very exhilarating during Pop Idol. We were chased everywhere by the paparazzi but now I can go out and about without people jumping out at me to get a photo. I quite like being left alone. And obviously I'm happy with the way my music is going,” he says.

 

Again, unlike many previous talent show participants, Will is happy to chat about his Pop Idol experiences and is very grateful for them. “I'll always be proud of the show - and thankful. It was an amazing and manic time. But it is where I found my voice, discovered what I could do - and wanted to do,” he says.

 

And he adds that he enjoys watching talent shows such as the X Factor and Britain's Got Talent. “We all do, don't we, they are great fun. I'd never be snobby about them,” he says.

 

Will, now just in his 30s, keeps in touch with some of his Pop Idol colleagues, especially Gareth Gates. “We run into each other quite often, I think he's done really well for himself - and, of course, he's married with a child so it's all going well for him, too.”

 

The Sandringham gig is particularly exciting as Will hasn't been on the outdoor concert trail for a few years so he's itching to get out there in all that fresh air. “You are a lot freer outside, it's a different atmosphere, especially as the light starts to fade and the shadows begin.”

 

Audiences at Sandringham can expect plenty of his hits, from Leave Right Now to Changes plus new material. “I do tend to try out new pieces, to road test ideas and see what the reaction is,” explains Will, who says he hopes to see Prince William or Prince Harry in the audience! “That would be something, wouldn't it” he laughs. “I'd get them up on stage, get them up dancing!”

 

His next project is something a bit different - he's the executive producer on a new movie based on Shakespeare's Coriolanus which has been filmed in Serbia, with Ralph Fiennes as the director. It's a big, meaty piece with Will also taking a small role. “You get to learn a lot from someone like Ralph so it's a big opportunity for me.”

 

The film world definitely holds some appeal for Will who seems to like being both behind and in front of the camera and it's an area he wants to explore more and more. And it's obviously great to have different strands to a showbiz career. “Sure,” agrees Will. “I've got bills to pay and nephews and nieces to look after - and a mortgage, of course!”

 

Will has also just been in an episode of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, with Julia McKenzie as the seemingly innocent little old lady turned ace detective, Jane Marple. In the Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side, he plays Casey Croft, with Joanna Lumley and Lindsay Duncan also in the show. In case you haven't seen the piece, we won't reveal too much except to say that Will is great - of course!

 

He has also just taken part in an episode of Skins, too, the edgy C4 youth show about Bristol teenagers and their rites of passage.

 

Will is close to his family, particularly his twin Rupert who has struggled with depression and alcoholism and now runs a charity called the Mood Foundation which aims to help others with similar problems. Will simply says: “He's a great and amazing man and I'm very proud of him.”

 

Away from work, Will enjoys going to the movies, horse riding and surfing so he's quite the action man. And he loves his clothes as we all know!

 

“I've been working with Aquascutum to produce a capsule collection which is fab, very me but very expensive and I also like to wear Topman - their suits are very good.”

 

 

•Mica Paris has just been announced as Will's support act at Sandringham. Expect to hear numbers from her newest album, Born Again, plus plenty of her old hits, too.

 

 

■Will and Mica appear at Sandringham on Saturday, August 7. Tickets are available on 0871 224 1112 and at ww.ticketeast.co.uk

“I've been working with Aquascutum to produce a capsule collection which is fab, very me but very expensive and I also like to wear Topman - their suits are very good.”

Ooh..this is interesting.. :o ...Whatever next?? :huh: :lol:

 

Tht's fabulous SWF - and he finally got his wish to help produce a line in clothing. Aquascutum - posh :P

 

Where did she post that SWF I've been looking through the threads over there - didn't see that.

Edited August 7, 201014 yr by munchkin

Capsule collection eh! Will Young the new Gok Wan. :lol:

Off topic but I'm sure Will could have made a valuable contributin to this.

 

Beck, Snow Patrol Featured On John Martyn Tribute Album

7/27/2010 9:49 AM ET

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/Entertainme...371543&SM=1

 

An upcoming tribute album featuring the songs of British songwriter John Martyn will include tracks by Beck, Snow Patrol, and Devendra Banhart, among others. Martyn died of double pneumonia at the age of 60 in January 2009.

 

The album will feature the tracks "Stormbringer" (Beck), "May You Never" (Snow Patrol), "Sweet Little Mystery" (Devendra Banhart), "Small Hours" (The Cure's Robert Smith), "Go Down Easy" (Beth Orton), "Let The Good Things Come" (David Gray), "One World" (Paolo Nutini) and "Head and Heart" (Vashti Bunyan).

 

Other artists contributing tracks to the album include Lisa Hannigan, The Swell Season, Blackships, Vetiver, Skye Edwards, Ted Barnes, Gavin Clark, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Brendan Campbell and Sonia Dada.

 

"Work is well under-way on a tribute album that will feature many well-known artists singing their own interpretations of John's songs," read a post on Martyn's website.

The album will hit stores on September 6.

Tht's fabulous SWF - and he finally got his wish to help produce a line in clothing. Aquascutum - posh :P

 

Where did she post that SWF I've been looking through the threads over there - didn't see that.

Sorry Chris i should of said.. :P Mary posted it as a tweet in the blogs thread on the O/S...and it only comes up when you click the link....here's the tweet.

musicvideos_: Debut album: Will Young looking forward to Sandringham gig You must have been one of the millions who... http://bit.ly/ckCiNL (expand) #musicvideos_

This is so brilliant i'm posting it here in news too! :lol:

http://tweetphoto.com/37376422 @will_young31 will young AA roadsigns

28 minutes ago via TweetDeck · Reply · View Tweet

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/7083/x223a51a6.jpg

:wub: SuperStar :wub:

Edited August 7, 201014 yr by Sweetwilliamfan

This is so brilliant i'm posting it here in news too! :lol:

 

:wub: SuperStar :wub:

 

 

I Love it... :dance: Go Will..x

 

Aquascutum....Classy...

 

Dot x. :)

This is so brilliant i'm posting it here in news too! :lol:

 

:wub: SuperStar :wub:

 

:D Think that twitpic may be from Julie (will4me)

:dance: :cheer: Really happy for you. Just wish I could join you.

 

 

Have a great time at Ebbw Vale, like Gill wish I was going to this one, wonder if Will will say something in Welsh to the audience lol

 

:D

 

Love

Di

xxx

 

 

I Wish you were coming as well.

Thanks to Sandra! looks like Rehearsals might perhaps be starting tomorrow then .. :dance:

Also never thought I'd be excited about meeting Will Young, but that's clearly turned out to be a lie. about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone

">After 5 long years, we have the readthru of our (@neil_jones, non Twitter Chris Parker and I) new series tomorrow. Excited? You betcha. about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone

These are two tweets from a scriptwriter, so I wonder if it's connected tp Will's new acting role. Also, the Neil Jones mentioned is following Will on twitter.

 

 

Sandra xxx

 

More info thanks to Eliane...it's getting exciting!..i wonder if any is Will's? :dance:

Just Googled Neil Jones - could it be one of these dramas Will is involved in? Is this why he has chosen Wales as his final tour night?

 

Filmography

 

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Production Manager, Actor

Producer:

 

 

•In Production

1.The Reverend (2011) (pre-production) (producer)

2.Masterpiece (2010) (post-production) (executive producer)

 

Twitter - Readthru for new series tomorrow. Very excited. Place your bets now on what bit of lunch I spill down me right before meeting cast & execs

:w00t:

The reverend what do you think?

Fresh from seminary school a new Reverend embarks on his first parish. A small, low maintenance Chapel based in the quiet idyllic setting of a quiet country village. While on the surface the village seems to be a peaceful parish, with perfect residents, soon it becomes apparent that something more sinister lurks beneath the façade of a local businessman. On a wet, cold night a mysterious girl visits The Reverend at the chapel. Cold and upset she is welcomed in warmly, soon it becomes apparent that her visit is not for sanctuary but to deliver a message, a message in the form of a deep, bloody bite... Awoken with an unknown, uncontrollable thirst a confused Reverend can find no evidence of the girl from the night before, with nothing but the thirst and memory of the bite, The Reverend embarks on his mandate, to clean up the village and the neighbouring estate, by preaching or feasting. With striking visuals from one of Britain's rising directors, a stellar cast of horror legends, packed with action sequences, gore, Vampires and chicks and an original story loosely based on the Biblical book of Job. The Reverend promises to leave you thirsty for more... Written by Burn Hand Film Productions

As Sandra says..that sounds more like a film than a series..ah well...time will out :lol:

Didn't Will say the acting work started in August so shouldn't be long before we find out. :dance:

Ash obviously feels the same as us.

 

ashsoan Thanks to all of Will's fans who've sent pictures and messages over to me.Hope there will be more shows soon thanks, Ash

 

Edited August 9, 201014 yr by truly talented