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I love the times he just stands up and sings - or plays guitar as a backing to his singing.

I loved the Coldplay one as well

They are divorced now

Darius will shortly be returning to the world of music with a new album project as well as producing a film starring Orlando Bloom, however he is still bubbling with enthusiasm with his role in Funny Girl of which he continues to tour the UK with until August. Part of a review from this week. It's Darius, he has so many options and you can only wait and see which way he goes. 3 films take a while but a new album could manage to fit in. I love his singing work but his acting is also really great

The forum used to be so much busier and people are helping bringing it back into use

I received one as well. Couldn't understand and asked for English but no result

Don't they always.

I think, in Fanny's time, a man would feel really bad about his wife supporting him. Now it's far more of a shared responsibility but then it wasn't - Men didn't used to be happy staying home while their wife supported them. That's one of the things this version did that felt very true.

I have a feeling that the next thing we'll see/hear from Darius will be from a film. As long as he enjoys singing and carries on writing, I'll be happy.

It's a shame he had to cancel the performance for charity in New York. Good to know he'll be doing all areas showing 'Funny Girl'

Mercury Rising was my favourite

At least they became friends.

He is being careful but it's obvious he can move and dance again now

Hw wanted to sing his own song and was talked into Baby One More Time being told there was no chance if he sang a song the audience didn't know. I think it was the first time I realised how shows could be twisted. Nigel apologised to him afterwards and the two became friends

It's such a shame we missed it - luckily so did Darius. I saw the 2002 one though

No - 6'5, considerate and lovely. An unbiased view there. He has always cared and I do like to see that

An interview which shows how much his life has changed By Brian Beacom IT’S 16 years since Hurricane Darius arrived in our world, crashing through the national consciousness in Pop Idol. The young man from Bearsden was defined by a confidence than seemed to know no boundaries. But where is his 36 year-old head today? Is he still six feet four inches of giant ego? Does the awesome self-confidence allow for even a sliver of introspection? And in the past, the former Edinburgh University English Lit/Philosophy student has suggested he has a First Class Honours in not answering trickies. For some reason we launch right into politics and the miseries of the modern world. What emerges is a thoughtful, concerned 36 year-old who hits out at the taxation strategies of Google and Starbucks and who argues intensely for the right to better education, new industry, and healthcare. “Politicians are as confused and frightened as the majority of people,” he offers. “But I think Scots, who led the Enlightenment, have more clarity than most. We can come through this.” So who will you vote for, Darius? “My work or my position in the public arena could distract from solving the problem. For that reason I choose to focus on the solutions.” Evening Times: Jeez, we’re just five minutes in and you’re giving me a political answer? “Personally, I try to use my position, the spheres I move in, to push to ask questions, whether it’s heads of UNICEF, or anchors of Fox News or CNN correspondents. But I won’t align myself to a party because too many celebrities do that in order to maintain their celebrity.” He’s certainly passionate about change for the better, an egalitarian. It’s in the DNA, he says and relates a imprint in his life. His father, Booth Danesh, developed the first heart-lung machine for premature babies. “My dad wasn’t celebrated for this, even though he could have patented the idea and made fortunes. Why? Being from Iran he faced terrible political and racial prejudice, which also relegated me as a young schoolboy in Bearsden to being called racist names. But the point is my dad was an altruistic humanitarian who wanted to make people’s lives better.” Darius Danesh (now Campbell) could have saved lives if he’d gone along with his parents’ dream and become a doctor himself. But he’d been bitten by the performance bug, indeed, feted by Scottish Opera. “After watching my dad operate at Stobhill Hospital I knew medicine wasn’t for me.” Months of arguing and door-slamming days followed until it was agreed he should study at Edinburgh University, close enough to keep an eye on his two young brothers, and a university with its own theatre. Then in 1992 Pop Idol appeared. “At the beginning of my career I was a young foolish, overly-enthusiastic, tenacious but naïve performer. Now, I admit I am the most flawed person I know. I put my hands up.” His showbiz career, he says, is now almost a hobby which funds his other plans, his extensive charity work, his mission to bring nanotech firms to Scotland to create product that will benefit society. (“I can’t talk detail right now.”) “Now, I cannot pass someone in the street if they look troubled. I learned first aid when I was young, just in case.” On a flight to Denmark 18 months ago, Darius attempted CPR on a Greenock man whom he watched die – and then come back to life. He still keeps in touch with John Barclay and his family. “I realised this is what my parents did every day.” He stresses the need to understand the needs of others. “I’m prepared to be open in life.” How open? He talks about why he chooses theatre roles; they need to have emotional resonance, stories audiences can empathise with. He explains why Funny Girl’s Fanny Brice story is the story of a breakdown, the tale of an outsider made to feel different. “I’ve just gone through a divorce,” he says of his marriage to actress Natash Henstridge, and adds in soft voice the key song title: “People need people.” It’s also his mantra. How does he push aside the pain of break-up and go on stage singing about it? “You don’t push it aside,” he says. “I once tried to compartmentalise it but it doesn’t work. So you embrace it. I bring it up there. I felt a great sense of loss with the divorce and I went through a grieving period. You see, you don’t break up with one person, you break up with three. (Natasha has two sons). And in some ways, it’s like a death. “But what we have to be is authentic. Authenticity is the answer to everything, to conflict resolution, to being a better performer on stage. “I’ve learned to be present with the sense of loss. I talk it about it with my family and in that way I don’t need to see a shrink or take drink or drugs. It’s about honesty.” Was he too young, too foolish to marry? “That’s a great question. At 22 I took on the role of stepfather to a three-year-old and a six-year-old. And that relationship was certainly not without its ups and downs. “The sense I’m left with though, is how lucky I was to make an impact upon these two young boys’ lives. I got to play with them on the beach, to take them to family holidays, I got to bring them to Edinburgh when I was in Guys and Dolls, to tell in ghost stories on the Royal Mile. It was amazing. “So I have nothing but gratitude for this relationship. I know nothing in life comes easy but I have a peace within me.” He adds: “And we’ll be there for one another if the chips are down.” “The end of a relationship is a loss of self. I think if you want to have a cry, you have a jolly good cry. “You know, Prince Harry did more for mental health recently in 25 minutes than mental health educators have done in 25 years. It’s all about telling it as it is.” l Funny Girl, King’s Theatre, Glasgow,May 30-June 3.

Darius' back seems to have recovered. What a difference. The song 'Temporary Arrangement' is really slick and active now. One of the best in the show. I don't think people were aware of how difficult it was while the slipped discs were healing.

Great that you'll get to see the show

Good luck. They've just added another Matinee to the Glasgow theatre

Darius is now doing all the remaining shows as Nick. Brilliant.

It has been stated that Darius will be in the 2 week Manchester leg of the tour. Not confirmed though. I'm hoping it will be confirmed quickly.

The time I saw it on in t6he West End - it was brilliant. I've seen it with both Sheridan and Natasha as Fanny. Darius was greart but then he's a good actor and his voice is lovely

Off to Edinburgh to see 'Funny Girl' tomorrow

I hope everything goes well. I have seen the show before but am still looking forward to seeing it again - always a little different in theatres