LEWIS CAPALDI GLASGOW SHOE PARTY

Charttopper Lewis Capaldi is celebrating with a party after sealing a deal with a global shoe company that sells ‘Wally’ shoes. 
HEYDUDE, is a casual footwear brand which is a favourite of stars like Sydney Sweeney in the States. 
Manufactured by the same company behind Crocs, they sells themselves on ‘comfort and style’. 
Fresh of his Glastonbury comeback and charttopping single Survive and ahead of his sell out tour, Lewis teamed up with the brand as their UK ambassador to celebrate their ‘mindset and bold fits’ for its global campaign HEYDUDE Country.
The Scots star who is currently in rehearsals for his comeback tour launched the new deal with a party in one of his favoured haunts Glasgow’s Wunderbar club with guests invited from around the UK. 
Lewis has been spotted relaxing in the venues beer garden in the past. 
For one night only, guests were treated to custom cocktails at the Capaldi Bar, with a menu built around his favourite tipples, including some Irn-Bru specials. 
Glasgow's Frank’s Pizza was also on offer alongside  retro arcades, and live sets from a wave of local music talent throughout the night, featuring DJ Woody Cook - the son of Fatboy Slim legend Norman Cook and Zoe Ball. 
VIP Guests also walked away with their own pair of HEYDUDEs, customised live by illustrator Josh Parkin to create one-of-a-kind wearable art.
Lewis, who has been spotted wearing the brand’s Wally Stretch Sox in beige, said of his new shoe alliance: “It’s been great to partner up with HEYDUDE who are all about feeling right in yourself. Making music is something that brings me a lot of comfort. You have to make music for you and then you hope that people find some of themselves in it”.
Michael Anthes, SVP and General manager for HEYDUDE International added: “Lewis is the perfect fit for HEYDUDE Country - he embodies the spirit of our brand like no other. He’s authentic, effortlessly relatable, and lives the comfort-first lifestyle we celebrate. This campaign is about more than just footwear; it’s about confidence, self-expression, and finding that unique headspace where you can be unapologetically yourself. Lewis doesn’t just wear HEYDUDE, he is HEYDUDE Country, and we can’t wait to share that energy with the world.”

The launch of the global HEYDUDE Country campaign builds on the brand’s explosive growth in the US, where it’s quickly becoming a cultural favourite among Gen Z. 
The partnership with Capaldi is an important milestone for the brand as it looks to expand HEYDUDE Country internationally, with dedicated focus in the UK. 
Following the official launch event in Glasgow, the campaign will continue rolling out across Europe with a series of unexpected brand-inspired experimental moments and pop-up activations.

ROSS KING BRINGS HOLLYWOOD TO GLASGOW EPICURES

GLASGOW got a taste of Hollywood when TV’s showbiz presenter Ross King visited Epicures last night to try out the cocktails and other delights on offer.

The popular bar and restaurant in Hyndland Road which recently changed hands on May 1 has just launched a newly designed bar and restaurant with a stage for live music and an outdoor terrace, and Ross and his entourage turned up to enjoy their new seven nights a week late night opening
The presenter, who was with his new girlfriend Brigitte, his family and friends enjoyed trying out Espresso Martini’s and some fizz during his trip.
Taking in the LA inspired decor, ambient lighting and new menus which include mussels, beetroot salad, steaks and linguine, Ross explained he was back in Scotland from the Hollywood Hills for a couple of weeks.
He enthused: “I brought my girlfriend Brigitte who I met in LA to find out exactly what life is all about. My sister is here and it was her big birthday on July 4 and it’s my brother in laws birthday as well so we did a little wine tasting. We’ve had the most fantastic night.”
The renowned presenter who used to host on Radio Clyde and recently received an MBE also brought his hairdresser, Glasgow legend Gary Hely to his celebratory evening.
He said: “I also come back to Scotland to get my hair cut. I’m also out with the legend that is Gary Healy who has cut my hair since I was but a lad - and he’s the guy that can tell you the truth. My hair is natural. It said it on the bottle.”
Admitting he rarely gets a day off his telly job, Ross who lives overlooking the Hollywood Hills, added: “I’m on a tour. I’ve been to London and I’m going to the Cotswolds as well. My mum and dad used to say to me there is no place like home then I put them in one and they changed their mind. I’m joking. This is just my girlfriend coming to see everything here and Glasgow will always be home. I love coming back.”
Saying he’d love to return to try more of Epicures menu, he added: “It’s a long time since I’ve been allowed in a cool trendy place like this.

JENNY ORTEGA’S GLASGOW GRAVEYARD VISIT

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Beverley Lyons 

Wednesday Addam’s star Jenna Ortega has been enjoying Glasgow’s scenery as she walked her dog in and around the city centre. 

The 22 year old Netflix star, who has now arrived in Glasgow to film alongside on JJ Abrams new movie Ghost Writer alongside Glen Powell and Samuel L Jackson, even kept in character as she took a tour of Glasgow’s spooky Necropolis graveyard alongside Dave Grohl’s daughter Harper. 

Although she’s not yet been spotted on set, the actress and her prized pooch Stinky, named on account of his wind problem, decided to take in some of the city’s famous sights during some precious time off before filming. 

Jenna looked relaxed in her all black ensemble as she first posed in pictures with a group of friends who met her on her travels at the famed Glasgow Necropolis graveyard which was recently featured in the Batman movie. 

 The 22-year-old, who has been acting since 2012, became a household name thanks to her part in Netflix comedy series Wednesday based on her Addams Family character that reached screens in 2022.

Dave Grohls second eldest daughter Harper,16, who is thought to have been visiting Glasgow separately is an accomplished drummer and had joined her father onstage at gigs before. 

Jenna told her and the group that she was exploring the city during her break before shooting at 10pm. 

Courtney Baw, who was there with friends told her followers on TikTok that Jenna was so sweet and cute. She added: “Harper is our lovely friend. She’s just visiting.”

Asked if the picture of Jenna was real she added: “It's real Imao shes shooting a film here! We met her on her break. Yes! She was on her break till 10pm. She said we all looked so cool and she complimented my friends shirt!”

Asked the name of Jenna’s dog she added: “It’s stinky.”

Jenna also decided to take a stroll around the city centre, circling Blytheswood Square, Pitt Street and West George Street with her beloved dog. 

She is also set to appear alongside Sex Education’s Emma Mackey in the film, Abram's first since his 2019 Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker,l. It is said to be inspired by The Last Starfighter - a 1984 space movie about a video game player who is recruited to join an interstellar battle against alien forces.

The Warner Bros production was in Edinburgh and has now been filming long shoots into the early hours of the morning in Glasgow in the street around Douglas Street and will continue to film there until June 23. 

Sets include dystopian Asian style restaurants with futuristic vehicles and although Samuel L Jackson has not yet been seen, Glen Powell has been spotted running up hills and walking along pavements in character.

Director JJ Abrams said he was enjoying his time  shooting in Glasgow after being here secretly to check out locations during Glasgow Film Festival. He was also thrilled when one fan congratulated him on his popstar daughter Gracie Abrams success. 

ROBBIE WILLIAMS SNOGS EDINBURGH FAN

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ROBBIE Williams kissed a shocked fan on the lips as he performed the first night of his European tour in Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium. 
The former Take That star was performing She’s The One to a crowd of 70,000 people at the capital’s stadium when he couldn’t resist the cheeky move on the girl named ‘Debbie’. 
The Angels star who performed hits including Rock DJ and Let Me Entertain You through the drizzle in the stadium was also joined by Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus for a rendition of his old band hit Relight My Fire.
During She's The One, Robbie, 51, went to the front row of his audience and held overwhelmed fan Debbie close to him as he sang the lyrics to She's The One, then as he neared the end he kissed her on the lips as the stadium roared.  
Debbie couldn’t believe it and held her face in her hands and over her mouth as she sobbed while Robbie, in his pink vest top, leapt back on stage and changed his lyrics to  ‘I was her, she was me, I think you just did a little wee.” 
The singer also sang Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers and commented: “I think that’s a better song than You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
The star stayed at the five star Gleneagles hotel, a favourite of Prince William and Kate Middleton, during his Scots visit and Ayda enjoyed sampling expensive whisky’s that cost in excess of £1200 a bottle while Robbie had non alcoholic wines as they prepared for his gig. 
The couple also took a tour of Edinburgh castle ahead of his Scottish gig. 

KYLIE MINOGUE PARTIES AT GLASGOW HYDRO

Beverley Lyons 

High heels and good lighting are what Kylie Minogue once thanked for her famously pert bottom, and at the age of 56, the tiny antipodean star proved her rear was as buoyant as the rest of her performance as she took to the stage at Glasgow’s Ovo Hydro. 

Clad in an electric blue PVC bodysuit as she descended the stage in an inverted diamond cage made of lasers, Kylie’s talents were all there on the first date of her Tension UK tour. 

Once everyone’s favourite dungareed girl next door, Kylie’s skills as a performer have matured beyond the realms of Charlene on Ramsay Street. 

 Her vocals, her dance moves and sparkling costumes shone like the big disco ball she later brought on stage. 

Intro track Lights, Camera, Action made way for a medley of classics including In Your Eyes, Get Out Of My Way, and What Do I Have To Do before Spinning Around and the moment when Kylie showed off her cheeky side - pointing to and rubbing her famed derrière which even had its own workout video in 1987 . 

Deafening cheers met a genuinely thrilled Melbourne lass who oozed: “Good evening Glasgow! It’s been a little while. I’m so happy to be with you. It’s a loud one tonight. You're amazing, you know that.”

Split into seven acts, Kylie’s show took us through the decades starting with her Stock Aitken and Waterman hits The Locomotion, On A Night and Better The Devil You Know. 

Red lipsticked Kylie, whose wardrobe is already a museum piece at the V and A, switched to glitzy red via a sequined jumpsuit that later became a floaty sparking dress and robe during an on stage change, hidden by her agile dancers. 

Chattier than ever, she seemed more at ease with herself than on previous tours. 

Kylie confessed her mind was blown and remarked: “We are to the rafters. When we knew this date was in the calendar we did not expect this kind of sunshine to exist. Cmon. Let’s just talk about today. I know we’re good at escaping the real world but but I’ve just got to mention it. What a beauty! It’s started to really heat up in here.”

Proving she was human as she fluffed a line in newly added Dancing, she asked the dancer beside her to sing lyrics so she could catch up on herself. 

And she moved from the big stage at the front to a smaller one at the back, being carried through her adoring crowd for more audience interaction where she asked for a capella song suggestions including Never Too Late before singing Wild Rose to a lucky fan.

Kylie said she’d dreamt about ‘this moment’ during Covid when finishing her album in a kitchen.

As she teased her Disco album she made her way back to the big stage amidst a confetti drop and performed Magic before another costume change. 

This time she got cloaked up for Confide In Me before revealing - an Abba-esque short purple kimono paired with thigh high boots. 

Strobe lighting flickered for dance versions of Slow, Time Bomb and Edge of Saturday Night.  

Fans screamed ‘Kylie we love you’ and Kylie told one she looked cute. 

Kylie’s hits are numerous but she saved some of her best till last with another outfit change to black sequins, and boots for Can’t Get You Out Of my Head and Tension before a rousing encore with a fluorescent yellow and orange outfit and the recently contagious Padam. 

The party would have gone on after Love At First Sight if there had not been an 11pm curfew. 

Kylie, singular may have been usurped by a Kardashian of the same name on social media but there is still only one Kylie Minogue and she is a legend. 

DRIVING TO HIGHLANDS WITHOUT A REAR WINDOW

Bev Lyons

I have driven the future and I’m not looking back, quite literally. 

Let me explain… I drove from Glasgow to the Highlands in the first electric car without a rear window and it was an experience I won’t forget. 

In fact, as I go back to drive my current petrol fuelled vehicle, I can’t help but notice how clunky and heavy it feels compared to the smooth slender handling of The Polestar 4. 

The Polestar 4, an SUV cross, is a Swedish EV whose parents are from the Volvo family which reassured me it is a safe bet of a car, despite the lack of a rear window. 

Volvo was always known for its safety rating, and you can of course still see what is behind you via a screen which replaces the mirror. 

It just means you can’t apply any lippy in it bit apart from that it does the same thing. 

The Polestar 4 is of course what is referred to as a luxury vehicle and with sleek lines and a Scandi style lounge like quality interior it’s easy to see why. It even comes with a responsive light strip along the back and front of the bodywork which would give veteran fans of  Knightrider a run for their money. 

The strip welcomes you as you approach the car and as it reverses from your parking spot it also emits an orchestral hum - vibrationally purring in a very space age fashion as if to energise you for the road ahead. 

I navigated the tight bends of my car parking space with the help from the warning sounds of front, rear and side cameras and took the car wide on corners as advised. 

The Polestar theme is continued inside the car with an onscreen planetary system allowing you to choose whatever ambient lights you’d like to accompany you on your journey.

 It is galactical - and if you like that sky, day or night, a vast panoramic roof allows you to gaze upon it as you relax in your reclining seats, both front and back - a lack of rear windows means more space for those in the back seat and a wide, movable arm rest gives it a relaxing feel. It’s the perfect place to chill as you charge the car for twenty minutes at an EV stop. It’s the first time I’ve driven an EV and it took me a couple of days to get used to the idea that I might have to recharge it from time to time. 

I live in a flat and have no charger. It also took a couple of failed attempts to attach public electrical chargers to the fast charge system - some still don’t work so it can be frustrating as you attempt to load up your card details to get yourself on one of the online systems that will accept payment. Ironically I used a Tesla app in the end as they have a helpful map on their app which alerts you to the nearest EV chargers. 

I found to my pleasure that the car also has this ability through its Google maps feature which also gives it access to lot of extra details. It’s also voice controlled. 

I charged up from an initial 50 per cent to eighty per cent on my journey spending £20 and spent another £20 on the road up, when it reached fifty per cent again,  arriving at my final destination with thirteen percent left. The official range is 367 miles but I found it nearer the 235 mark in the windy, rainy Scottish weather we experienced that day. Heated seats and electric heaters don’t help to conserve the power. 

The only thing I might suggest is that EV charge points should have coffee stops nearby as it’s nice to go for a little stroll while you charge up, unless it’s raining heavily. 

The drive itself is so quiet you need to remind yourself the engine is running, and the power will take you from zero to sixty in a matter of seconds - 3.6 I believe. In rain and in rougher terrain as I reached the windy roads to the Highlands it held the road beautifully, and at speed, and although it’s a longer car, it felt easy to drive. 

It is understated elegance and just feels so good. A two litre engine gave it extra power. 

We drove to the Torridon hotel, at one of the further most points north of Scotland, and the scenery was like a living car advert, with landscapes changing from green to desert like plains overlooked by mountainous regions. 

It was Gods natural racetrack. 

The five star Torridon which is located on one of the clearest locations on Earth even charged our car overnight as we gazed at the stars with help from their resident astronomer Stephen Mackintosh and indulged in a five course tasting menu. 

The Polestar 4 is an exciting car to drive and like its namesake it is pretty magical. It’s something you look forward to, and you really feel that you are embracing the future whilst also giving back in some way to the environment. Eco friendliness is at the heart of the cars messaging -  and with a lesser carbon footprint than most, it’s nice to see a large company taking social responsibilities seriously. 

The Polestar 4 is available starting at £58,000 from Silverburn in Glasgow who also will deliver it your door for a test drive. 

DAVID TENNANT IS A NEPO BABY

GOOD Omens and Rivals star David Tennant has confessed that he is a ‘nepo baby’ after admitting his TV minister dad used his contacts to get him in the door of his first telly job.  

The Scottish born Doctor Who star whose adopted son Ty has also been labelled a Nepo baby on account of his famous family, admitted that the connections his dad Sandy Macdonald had in broadcasting came in handy when he started out his acting career.
David explained on his podcast: “He was a minister in the Church of Scotland…The kind of minister, he was very pastoral and hands-on, and he got sort of stuck into all the community stuff.
Asked if he were a Nepo baby David then said : “Oh, definitely.. Yeah. Because also then, Sandy MacDonald became a bit of a television star in Scottish television. He used to do the Thought for the Day and the Late Night Thought for the Day. Oh, they're amazing. It used to be a thing that was on Scottish television every night after the 10 o'clocknews, I think. A little sort of thought. It was called Late Call. And it would be a little Thought for the Day. There'd be usually a minister. I think, you know, as the years went on, they'd controversially now and again have a rabbi or, you know, someone from another faith. It all got, you know, they got quite daring as the years went on. Yeah.
And he would sit there on a little chair with a little table with a bowl of flowers next to him. And he'd go, ‘good evening’.
And he would do a little five minutes and he wrote it himself. Every day he had to have a thought. And you'd record them, you know, in sort of a morning in Scottish television. And then he had his own religious affairs magazine program as well called That's the Spirit.
David then said his dad sent off his picture to the drama department of Scottish Television.
He added: “Not a mate because he didn't know the drama people at Scottish television, but he knew there was a drama department. I suppose because he had a bit of an in, he knew how to get to it. This is absolutely nepotism. If I'm a nepo baby, this is the moment. Just before I went to drama school, he took a photograph of me in the back garden, and this is where he didn't really understand.
He said, ‘Do some big poses’. I was just in a white t-shirt, I remember, and it was a very sunny day.
I can picture these burned into my retinas. I was doing things like shouting at the sky and kind of doing big poses. Anyway. He found someone at Scottish television to send them to. Not somebody he knew, but he found a desk for them to land on. A man called Haldane Duncan, who was a producer-director. Of course, there's so many elements of luck here, but they landed on his desk as he was looking for a 15-year-old to be in a children's drama called Dramarama, which was a kind of anthology show. Every one of the ITV regional stations made two or three episodes each year, and they all contributed it to this series for children's television.
There was only three channels back then, remember? And he was looking to cast a ghost story that needed three teenagers, and this landed on his desk, and he got me in, and I got a part in a Dramarama.”