Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Enjoys chart success

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ket restaurant in Nice, France. The 56 was holed up on the seaside Riviera as the massacre took place in which 84 people lost lives. Bono was later rescued by armed police. The U2 leader owns a house in the area according to reports.

Meanwhile Rihanna had to cancel her concert at the Allianz Stadium on 15th July in Nice owing to the lorry incident on Bastille Day. The singer resumed her Anti – World tour on 17th July in Frankfurt, Germany and dedicated the hit song ‘Diamonds’ to the victims of the Nice attack.

Ed Sheeran took fans by surprise when he appeared on stage at the Latitude Festival on 17th July in his home county of Suffolk to perform with his friend Foy Vance. In October last year Sheeran announced he was taking a break to travel the world. teven Young who co-founded the group M/A/R/R/S and had the solitary No:1 hit song in the UK ‘Pump Up The Volume’ in 1987 has died on 13th July. Earlier Young was part of the group Colourbox which was popular on the indie scene. It seems

Sages since Lorde emerged on the pop scene and had the huge global hit song ‘Royals’. The 19 year from New Zealand went back to school and now has announced she had taken a helicopter trip to a wilderness, spent three days alone writing songs for her next album. Lorde says she had the most exciting breakthrou­gh so far. She won a Grammy award and several other accolades for her debut album Pure Heroine ‘nearly three years ago. The pressure is on to produce a follow up album that will be as good as the debut. Early this year Lorde was praised for her tribute to the late David Bowie as she cover his song ‘Life On Mars’ back by Bowie’s own band. llie Goulding has been forced to cancel several performanc­es in Europe last week after doctors diagnosed the 29 year old singer with exhaustion.

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