Celebrity Interviews

I’m still a bit teary, and still floating somewhere above the Great Oak Stage after Sunday’s all-day 80s love-in at BST Hyde Park. I’ve been covering this festival for 15 years, and I can honestly say: Duran Duran’s day, with Groove Armada, Nile Rodgers  & CHIC, and Scissor Sisters, gave me so much joy, possibly the best atmosphere I’ve ever experienced in this park. And I’ve seen…

I turned up to BST Hyde Park on Saturday dressed head-to-toe in American flag paraphernalia. Stars, stripes, the works. In my defence, it was the 4th of July, and this Italian rock chick genuinely thought everyone would be doing the same. I was the only one. All day long, strangers kept shouting “Happy 4th!” at me with a tone I couldn’t quite place. By the end of the night, curiosity got the…

In a decade and a half of covering British Summer Time Hyde Park, I’ve seen legends own the Great Oak Stage. I’ve watched Santana’s spiritual  guitar journeys, stood spellbound as Steve Winwood revived a golden era, and witnessed Eric Clapton deliver a masterclass that bordered on the sacred. Those were unforgettable. But sometimes the stars align in a  different way, not through legacy…

Forget the 90,000 pink cowboy hats and feather boas flooding into Wembley Stadium. While Harry Styles was whipping a generation of youngsters into a frenzy next door, supported by none other than Shania Twain, can you actually believe that? We, the rock rebels, the mums who still know every power chord from our mis-spent youth, were filing into the OVO Arena for a masterclass in unadulterated rock…

I am a self?confessed superfan. But this isn’t just another interview for me. It is my third time chatting with the one and only Karen Hauer, the Venezuelan whirlwind who became the heart and soul of Strictly Come Dancing for an incredible 14 years. From the very first time we met, I have been completely under her spell. I have followed her every paso doble, jive, and show dance, religiously…