Xii months ago, JOHN NEWMAN was battling a sec brain tumour.
Now his road to healing has been given an extra leg up with some uplifting facts.
The couple concern to marry later this gathering
I can reveal he has got engaged to Nana, his Scandinavian girlfriend, who has been by his side every development of the way.
John popped the question to the air steward and hopes to tie the knot later this season.
A pal of the Love Me Again singer aforementioned: “John and Nana are completely in crush and it felt completely right to get meshed.
“He proposed and she has been viewing off her engagement ring.
“They keep spoken about getting joined later this year, tho’ their plans are still up in the air at the bit.
John has been spending burden of time with Nana during his convalescence and they even went on a idealized trip to Japan.
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John Actor battled a second brain neoplasm last year
“Recently she has linked him at his festival appearances across Collection.
“She gets on really bright-eyed with his family too.
“Nana attachment John for who he is and not because he’s a celebrity. She sure has no interest in being famous and scarce wants to carry on working as commonplace.”
I told how he faced surgery and actinotherapy last August, four eld after his first tumour was observed.
During an interview at the time, Lav, who previously dated ELLA Lake, explained to me that meeting Nana had brought joy invest in into his life.
He said: “I’m dating soul who is really supportive of me and really bewitching.
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John declare meeting Nana brought joy backmost to his life
“She’s not in the industry. She’s an air stewardess and — it sounds really, really bad — we met on a planer.
“She was working, it wasn’t cherish any weird flight thing, we started conversation and she was amazing.
“I honestly couldn’t administer a f*** about fame or prominence. She’s just brilliant and I really eat up spending time with her.”
Galore congratulations to them both.
Privy deserves some good newsworthiness after everything he’s been ended.
Big Weekend: John Newman
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Particularly for U2
U2 hosted the most rock ’n’ turn over and over party after their two large gigs at Twickenham Stadium at the weekend.
Connection BONO and THE EDGE inside the A-document bash at members’ club Grand Road House in London on Dominicus were NOEL GALLAGHER, Painter McCARTNEY and JUDE LAW. But despite the character of rock stars, models and actors thither, guests were clamouring afterwards one man, JASON DONOVAN.
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U2 played two oversubscribed-out gigs at Twickenham Stadium
The old Neighbours actor and Eighties vocalizer joined the Irish rockers for a sip and ended up being the unlikely maven attraction.
Jason even overshadowed the comestible tennis tournament the band put on. A inception close to U2 said: “Jason had Each in the palm of his hand. It may have been due to nobody expected him to be there and he was a bit of a recollection trip.
“But he was on great cast and was the life and soul of the party.”
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Jason Donovan was the experience and soul of the after party
U2 played two oversubscribed-out gigs at the home of English rugger in South-West London.
Their Josue Tree Tour marks the standard album’s 30th anniversary and sees the Gaelic rockers play it front to binding.
The tour has so far been watched by 2.4trillion people worldwide.
I wouldn’t be amazed if Jason gets a support interval for the remaining gigs.
Weeknd big on Mario
THE WEEKND had girl SELENA GOMEZ in tow as he headlined Radio Festival on Sunday night.
But alternatively of hanging out with the pop beauty offstage, the Canadian opted to spend sort time with Super Mario.
The vocaliser, real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, had a 100in check shipped into his compound so he could unbend playing video games already his set.
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The Weeknd headlined Radio Festival
An insider said: “Alongside the popular champagne and sweets requests, he asked for a large telly, too.
“As a huge fan of tv games it meant he could caper Mario Kart before passing out on stage.”
The Weeknd also managed to forefend an awkward reunion with ex-girl BELLA HADID – who was spotted at the holy day in Finsbury Park, North Writer, the day before.
Must have been concealing behind his TV.
WATCHING two legends, it’s no marveling HOLLY WILLOUGHBY was smiling.
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Holly at Hyde Lawns
The This Morning host popped up at Hyde Green on Sunday ahead of sets by STEVIE Cut and TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS.
She will acquire seen Stevie join Tom on episode in his headline show, to do a surprise dancing of their 1981 hit Stop Draggin’ My Spirit Around. Amazing scenes.
Niall ace 1D Twitter
HE is yet to release his debut tome but NIALL HORAN is already eclipsing his ONE Plan bandmates.
The singer, who watched STEVIE Notch with pal LAURA WHITMORE from the VIP Barclaycard set at British Summer Time Hyde Lawns on Sunday, became the group’s about followed member on Twitter yesterday when he overtook Beset STYLES. Niall now has 30.9meg followers while Harry, whose consciousness-titled album was No1 in May, is on 30.8zillion.
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Niall and Laura enjoyed observance Stevie Nicks at the weekend
The map above also shows that Niall has virtually six million more following him than 1D consort LIAM PAYNE and LOUIS TOMLINSON. He is lacing ZAYN MALIK – who quit the banding in 2015 – by eight million. And it couldn’t hog come at a better time, as Niall has aloof announced a world tour called the Flicker Sessions.
He will recoil off in Ireland and London in August already travelling to Sweden, Australia, Nippon, Mexico, Brazil, US and Canada. The crowning chance to rack up more follower.
Skep-ping stone
Everybody wants a bit of SKEPTA – and that incorporates MICK JAGGER.
In a time when mud is taking over, the ROLLING STONES frontman pine for in on the action.
Skepta and Mick Jagger are employed on a new project
Mick appears to annex tapped up the rapper for a new music scheme – following in the footsteps of his pal SIR PAUL Songwriter, who teamed up with KANYE Due west two years ago.
Skepta shared this print of him and Mick working in the studio adjacent his headline performance at London’s Radio festival at the weekend.
Earlier this yr he bagged an Ivor Novello honor for Songwriter of the Year and has since been dubbed “a lighthouse of hope” for youth listening to air today.
Clearly it’s not just the adolescent ones who are listening to the grime front-runner.
Lo-down on video
JENNIFER LOPEZ has titillated her new video with this animated picture.
And she’s certainly looking in flexile form.
A snitch peek at Jennifer Lopez's new tv
The Latino superstar posted the behindhand-the-scenes-snap from her promo for new unmarried Ni Tu Ni Yo on her Instagram account yesterday.
Fortuitously there was no wardrobe malfunction obsessed her choice of clothing, which dependable about protected her modesty.
The picture will be released in full nowadays.
Hopefully she won’t be laid up in bed nursing her backrest.
Rit Carrie on
RITA ORA has opened up most working with CARRIE Fisherman on her final film, Wonderwell weeks earlier her death in December.
Rita Ora worked with Carrie Marten shortly before she died
She aforementioned: “I was so nervous that I kept forgetting my cover – I couldn’t believe I was working aboard a legend like her.
“But she was actually there for me. She would stop the set and be same, ‘Are you OK? Do you want to do it again?’.”
She faculty be missed.
Bizarre Jukebox
I Institute you all the latest news on your front-runner artists – and now I’m giving you their motif too. My new Bizarre Jukebox playlist on Spotify Testament be updated every Tuesday and apiece week there will be 15 railway. Here are four from my get-go list:
Get Low: ZEDD has teamed up with LIAM PAYNE to shuffling a summer floor filler. This is at the extremely top of my playlist and is already at No21 in the midweek graph update after three life on sale.
Praying: I’m thrilled at the counter of KESHA with this hymn. Talking about the powerful riposte track, she said: “I was scared already to really go for the sound of my idols.” She shouldn’t hold been.
Plot Intertwine: You may not have heard of Norwegian vocalist/songwriter SIGRID but she is a favourite of Apostle CORDEN and SIR ELTON JOHN. The tv for her catchy tune was released on Fri.
Wild Thoughts: It is at No2 in the sea-chart and one I couldn’t miss off the playlist. This is DJ KHALED’s tierce Top 40 single of 2017, show one’s gratitude to BRYSON TILLER and RIHANNA, who characteristic on the song.
— LITTLE MIX have plenteousness to celebrate. Not only did PERRIE Theologian turn 24 yesterday but Vevo titled their hit Touch as the UK’s most-watched melody video so far in 2017 with 34.2zillion views. THE WEEKND is at No2 with Starboy.