{"id":638422,"date":"2026-06-14T15:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T15:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T15:26:16","slug":"singer-duffy-surprises-cafe-staff-during-visit-in-pwllheli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638422\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Duffy surprises cafe staff during visit in Pwllheli"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aim\u00e9e Anne Duffy, 41, grew up between Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire before becoming an overnight sensation with hit single Mercy and Rockferry, which became the UK’s best selling album of 2008.<\/p>\n

But after the release of her second album and the announcement of a third, Duffy disappeared, leaving fans and the music industry wondering why.<\/p>\n

Almost a decade later in 2020, Duffy revealed in an Instagram post she had been attacked<\/a> and later published a personal essay on her website, describing how she was drugged and taken to a foreign country where she was raped.<\/p>\n

She said the ordeal only ended when she managed to escape her attacker, who has not been identified.<\/p>\n

The singer said “utterly no-one” knew about the assault and captivity, which she said had left her suicidal.<\/p>\n

Last month, she shared a black-and-white image from a recording studio on Instagram, writing: “If only I could find the right words to explain how much I’ve missed you all. Working on coming back to you.”<\/p>\n

The balloted gig is due to take place in London on 5 July. <\/p>\n

If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, a list of organisations that can provide help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aim\u00e9e Anne Duffy, 41, grew up between Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire before becoming an overnight sensation with hit single…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-638422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}