{"id":487489,"date":"2026-06-07T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/487489\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:02:08","slug":"singer-duffy-to-perform-first-uk-live-concert-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/487489\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Duffy to perform first UK live concert in 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welsh singer Duffy has announced she will perform new songs at her first live concert in the UK in more than 15 years.<\/p>\n

It comes weeks after it was announced that she will feature in a new Disney+ documentary, narrating her rise to fame and subsequent kidnapping and sexual assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In an Instagram story on Friday, Duffy, 41, whose full name is Aimee Anne Duffy, said: “I’m doing a secret intimate gig in London on the 5th July, next month, and I would love nothing more than for some of you to attend.<\/p>\n

“Please visit the link below and leave your details if you want to come.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s only small capacity so we can only select a few, but really looking forward to it, I will sing some new songs.<\/p>\n

“All my love, Duffy x”<\/p>\n

She rose to fame in the late 2000s after the release of her debut album Rockferry.<\/p>\n

The album\u2019s most popular song, Mercy, was a UK number one for five weeks in 2008 and propelled her to international success.<\/p>\n

She released a second album, Endlessly, in 2010 before withdrawing from the public eye.<\/p>\n

Duffy\u2019s last live concert in the UK was at Capital FM\u2019s Jingle Bell Ball at the O2 Arena in London in December 2010.<\/p>\n

She said nearly a decade later that she had been drugged, raped and held captive.<\/p>\n

The new documentary will recount her life, from her upbringing in Wales to her music career and to the present.<\/p>\n

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