{"id":2158,"date":"2025-07-18T04:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2158\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:09:12","slug":"connie-francis-dead-at-87-coldplay-concert-kiss-cam-catches-alleged-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2158\/","title":{"rendered":"Connie FRancis dead at 87; Coldplay concert kiss-cam catches alleged affair."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In very sad news out of the US this morning, legendary pop singer Connie Francis has passed away, aged 87.<\/p>\n<p>She was a chart topper back in the &#8217;50s and &#8217;60s with hits like Cupid and Where the Boys Are.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, her song Pretty Little Baby went viral on TikTok, gaining over 30 million new streams and even entering Spotify&#8217;s global charts. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/today\/sign-up-for-the-today-show-newsletter\/57b05181-ffe6-4143-9ddf-54d56d42db7f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7ce16070-63aa-42bd-a3ee-448b73a4dc54.png\"   alt=\"TODAY 2023\"\/>Subscribe to the Today newsletter here. (Nine)<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4d74b8a3-7937-47c5-a271-3e9f584cae9e.jpeg\"   alt=\"Connie Francis \"\/>In very sad news out of the US this morning, legendary pop singer Connie Francis has passed away, aged 87. (Archive Photos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/today\/stranger-things-final-season-trailer-and-other-entertainment-news-on-july-17\/bec37de7-c0b4-46fb-88e2-ccbd728abbb4\" title=\"Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan headed to Australia\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan headed to Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over her career, Francis sold 200 million records and she was the first female solo artist to enter the Hot 100 with Everybody&#8217;s Somebody&#8217;s Fool. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, she was hospitalised due to extreme pain, but was recovering, her management confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>And fresh off the Emmy nominations for his show, The Studio, Seth Rogen is back for more laughs with Aussie actress Rose Byrne. <\/p>\n<p>The pair previously worked together, of course, on those Neighbours films and this morning, we have our first look at the duo in the new season of their series, Platonic.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes are streaming on Apple TV + from August 6 and you can check the preview out in the video above.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a5b57568-1930-4c34-89e5-602b835c12cf.gif\"   alt=\"Coldplay Boston concert kiss cam\"\/>Couple caught on Coldplay&#8217;s Boston concert kiss-cam. (TikTok\/instaagraace)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/today\/videos\/latest\/eric-bana-catches-up-with-today\/cmd6i09o000050hmv6lk0m5vk\" title=\"Eric Bana catches up with Today\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eric Bana catches up with Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Coldplay&#8217;s Music of the Speres tour is trending this morning, but not for anything that happened on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have been warned to be careful who they take to the concert after a couple allegedly having an affair were caught out by the show&#8217;s kiss-cam.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the awkward moment they realised they had been caught on camera in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full entertainment wrap in the video above\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In very sad news out of the US this morning, legendary pop singer Connie Francis has passed away,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}