Daily Star Sunday

Deb: I’d bee eco warrior STAR FAN OF PROTESTS

- Foals Yannis Philippaki­s ED Sheeran Elderbrook Bevan Smith Dylan, Jack Jimmy Rudimental MEGA Millie Bobby Brown Winona Ryder’s

NEARLY 50,000 people applied for the 850 tickets to see launch album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 2). No wonder singer

said the gig would be “a spicy one”.

The frontman admitted: “It’s going to feel a bit weird if you don’t keep jumping”, before playing the punky Wash Off for the first time, and the crowd’s ecstatic reaction relaxed the band.

For the final hour Foals were a riot.

might be taking a well-deserved break but he hasn’t taken his eye off the pop ball.

The hitmaker shares management with newcomer whose world-weary vocals belie her tender years. And Ed is rumoured to be attending her gig at The Garage in Islington tomorrow night to launch her Purple EP.

Dylan said: “It’s such a dark, deep, rich colour. So it’s the theme for the songs: the colour of bruises, and mystery… and, to be honest, of the studio!” Dylan also plays Leeds on Thursday. MULTI-talented

is definitely an artist to keep an eye on.

The one-man band continuous­ly snaked his hips between sound decks and keyboards, all the Drummer

standing on his kit, and guitarist

in danger of bouncing off the small stage by the time everyone roared along to old favourite What Went Down. Foals are the perfect band to spice up your life. while singing in his silky-smooth voice that’s made for club bangers.

Elderbrook’s latest track Something About You featuring

had everyone singing. star

would glue herself to a train if she thought it might help save the planet. Extinction Rebellion activists have caused havoc on public transport to get their message across.

And Debbie, who dedicated her band’s entire previous album Pollinator to the plight of the dwindling bee population, supports their cause.

She told me: “Glue myself to a train? I wouldn’t mind doing that actually, yeah. I guess I don’t have any objection to it.

“These are the things we have to do. Everyone should be more active, I think.

“I’m still passionate about the bees, absolutely, and water, and environmen­tal concerns I think are paramount in today’s world and it’s a big disappoint­ment that the lack of responsibi­lity is overwhelmi­ng.

“I guess it’s really not apparent enough to a lot of people. But when you travel around the world a lot it becomes more obvious.

It’s a sad state of affairs.”

Debbie, who even wore bee outfits on stage, remains a keen, if rather unlikely, beekeeper in her spare time.

She said: “I don’t know if I’m terrifical­ly good at it but I keep trying.

“You know, it sounds ridiculous, I almost feel bad taking the honey out of the hive because they do use the honey AFTER three seasons of Stranger Things, surely

doesn’t scare easily. That wasn’t the case when she entered the Stranger Things maze at Universal Studios Orlando.

Millie said: “It was terrifying and just like being on set.” Well,

acting is pretty frightenin­g. to get through the winter.” I spoke to Debbie at Waterstone­s Piccadilly in London where she was promoting her brilliant new autobiogra­phy FACE IT. It’s the ultimate sex, drugs and rock & roll memoir featuring encounters with and But, by her own admission, it’s not her whole story: “Obviously, I just sort of made broad sweeps so there are a lot more anecdotes like that to tell.” Hollywood is keen to turn her tale into a film like recent and biopics but is she up for it? Debbie gave a wry smile: “It remains to be seen. I don’t know who would be suited to want to play me. I guess if they’re offered enough money they will do it.” Blondie have not toured the UK this year but the Atomic hitmakers are keen to return in 2020 for Glastonbur­y’s 50th anniversar­y celebratio­ns.

Debbie added: “Hopefully, we will be. I would love it.”

For now, she’s just relieved to have completed FACE IT, which has been five years in the making, saying: “I guess I feel a certain amount of closure.”

But has anyone complained? “About the closure? Not yet!”

FACE IT is out now.

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