{"id":529563,"date":"2026-07-07T13:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/529563\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:04:09","slug":"duffy-returns-to-play-first-concert-in-15-years-after-kidnap-and-assault-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/529563\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy returns to play first concert in 15 years after kidnap and assault ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duffy<\/a> has played her first concert in 15 years following a harrowing kidnap and assault ordeal.<\/p>\n

She withdrew from the public eye and the music industry around that time, and went on to share in 2020 the reasons why she was absent from recording and touring<\/a> \u2013 revealing that she had been \u201craped and drugged and held captive over some days\u201d and that her subsequent recovery \u201ctook time\u201d.<\/p>\n

An upcoming Disney+ documentary will tell Duffy\u2019s story<\/a>, from her upbringing in Wales and rise to fame, to her subsequent withdrawal. It will include interviews with family, friends and peers in the industry. The project was announced in March, but there is no set release date yet.<\/p>\n

Last month, Duffy also announced her first live show in 15 years, sharing that she would be playing at a \u201csecret intimate\u201d venue in London on July 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love nothing more than for some of you to attend,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s only a small capacity so we can only select a few [people to attend in a ballot], but really looking forward to it, I will sing some new songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, no footage of the show has been shared online, although fans have revealed that it was a \u201cphone-free\u201d gig as the show was being filmed professionally for the upcoming documentary.<\/p>\n

The performance took place at Hoxton Hall in London, and according to Setlist.FM<\/a>, saw Duffy play a seven-song set, starting with new tracks \u2018Woman\u2019 and \u2018One In A Million\u2019, followed by hit singles \u2018Warwick Avenue\u2019 and \u2018Mercy\u2019, and more new music: \u2018Blue\u2019, \u2018Amen\u2019 and \u2018Joy\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just front row to experience Duffy performing Warwick Avenue live in 2026. I\u2019m GAGGED! That voice is insane,\u201d one fan wrote on X. \u201cIt was at Hoxton Hall! It was part of her doc so no filming was allowed sadly but she sounds incredible! The new songs are quite heavy but very valid!\u201d<\/p>\n

I was just front row to experience Duffy performing Warwick Avenue live in 2026.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m GAGGED! That voice is insane!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ste, I Fear xx (@lionkingbitches) July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

It was at Hoxton Hall! It was part of her doc so no filming was allowed sadly but she sounds incredible! The new songs are quite heavy but very valid!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ste, I Fear xx (@lionkingbitches) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

This makes me so happy. I can\u2019t wait for her big return. She deserves the bloody world! \ud83e\udd79<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jonny \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83d\udd7a\ud83c\udffb (@jonnymgdraws) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

After signing a record deal in 2007, Duffy\u2019s 2008 debut album \u2018Rockferry\u2019 became the best-selling record in the UK that year. She released her second album, \u2018Endlessly\u2019, in 2010, and in 2020 she returned with the singles \u2018Something Beautiful<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018River In The Sky<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, she posted a photo of herself in a recording studio, writing: \u201cIf only I could find the right words to explain how much I\u2019ve missed you all. Working on coming back to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

After detailing her harrowing experience, Duffy called rape a \u201cweapon of war\u201d in a painful account of her experience<\/a> shared on her website. She then went on to encourage fans to speak out about their personal struggles, adding that she felt \u201cliberated\u201d<\/a> after sharing her story.<\/p>\n

The singer also hit out at Netflix that same year, calling them \u201cirresponsible\u201d for \u201cglamourising the brutal reality of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape\u201d in the film 365 Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duffy has played her first concert in 15 years following a harrowing kidnap and assault ordeal. She withdrew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409,38],"class_list":["post-529563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}