Motown legend Diana Ross performed a “special song” at the 35th Brighton and Hove Pride over the weekend, which she said she had written especially for the occasion.<\/p>\n
Appearing as Sunday’s headline act, the 82-year-old US soul star sang the track, which included lyrics like: “Joy, joy, joy, freedom, always be you”, after dedicating it to the audience.<\/p>\n
Her set, which spanned her decades-long career, also featured hits such as Chain Reaction, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough and Stop! In the Name Of Love.<\/p>\n
Ross, whose 1980 tune I’m Coming Out has become a LGBTQ+ anthem, was described as “iconic” by the event’s pride’s managing director Paul Kemp.<\/p>\n
Kemp said that, alongside Saturday’s headliner Raye, the weekend’s line-up had “spanned a generation of divas”.<\/p>\n
Ross showcased several glamorous outfits, first donning a silver sequinned gown and white feather boa, then a sparkly red dress with ruffles and, lastly, a neon yellow raincoat with black trousers and top.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the evening, reunited British band Five hit the stage with their 1998 hit Everybody Get Up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motown legend Diana Ross performed a “special song” at the 35th Brighton and Hove Pride over the weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-726104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726104","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=726104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}