Sunderland have made former West Ham left-back Arthur Masuaku their 10th signing of the summer as they prepare for their return to the Premier League.
Free agent Masuaku has signed a two-year contract – subject to international clearance – after leaving Besiktas earlier this summer.
The DR Congo international follows the arrivals of Enzo Le Fee, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra, Granit Xhaka, Robin Roefs and Marc Guiu.
“I’m excited to be here and I’m also really happy to be back in the Premier League,” Masuaku said.
“I want to bring a winning mentality and joy to the fans, and I’m excited to get started.”
Sunderland have made former West Ham left-back Arthur Masuaku their 10th signing of the summer as they prepare for their return to the Premier League.
Free agent Masuaku has signed a two-year contract – subject to international clearance – after leaving Besiktas earlier this summer.
The DR Congo international follows the arrivals of Enzo Le Fee, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra, Granit Xhaka, Robin Roefs and Marc Guiu.
“I’m excited to be here and I’m also really happy to be back in the Premier League,” Masuaku said.
“I want to bring a winning mentality and joy to the fans, and I’m excited to get started.”
Oasis performed a sold-out show in Edinburgh on Saturday (August 9th), and during the gig Noel Gallagher was spotted getting emotional in the middle of an important song
Noel put on an emotionally charged performance during the latest Oasis show (file)(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Oasis concluded their second consecutive sold-out performance at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday (August 9th). With only one remaining gig on Tuesday (August 12th) before the band travels to Dublin to complete the UK and Ireland portion of their Live ’25 reunion tour, emotions are running high.
The series of packed concerts nationwide has represented the first occasion in 16 years that Noel Gallagher and his sibling Liam Gallagher have performed together as Oasis, after their dramatic split in 2009. Following their entrance onto the stage to greet the Murrayfield audience whilst holding hands, Noel was seen becoming tearful during one poignant song from their set.
A clip posted on TikTok by Oasis supporter Andrew Douglas captured tears visible in the 58-year-old musician’s eyes as he performed the 1995 B-side number Talk Tonight for the audience.
The supporter wrote alongside his footage: “The Noel Gallagher tearing up while playing at Murrayfield Stadium.”
Those responding to the clip were touched by Noel’s heartfelt moment, with several attendees commending his show and noting he “looked humbled the whole night”
One individual commented: “I just wanna give him a hug, he deserves all the love and appreciation.”
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Another contributed: “He did have a tear. He looked humbled the whole night, but the crowd were amazing.”
A third shared: “I noticed this too! Thought I was imagining it!”
Whilst a fourth expressed: “Aww, he is tearing up, eh – wee soul.”
Some fans quipped that it was “probably the wind” causing Noel Gallagher’s teary-eyed appearance, while others suggested that watery eyes can simply be a part of getting older and not necessarily a sign of tears.
Talk Tonight was released as a B-side to Wonderwall in 1995 and later featured on Oasis’ B-side compilation album, The Masterplan, in 1998. The song was penned following a tumultuous period for the band in 1994, which saw Noel briefly leave the group after a notably disastrous gig in Los Angeles, USA.
Noel made an impromptu trip from LA to San Francisco without telling his bandmates, where he stayed with a woman he’d met at an earlier show. The sleeve notes of The Masterplan reveal that this woman persuaded Noel not to abandon Oasis, effectively talking him “off the ledge”.
In the 2016 documentary Supersonic, Noel admitted he couldn’t recall the woman’s name or face, but Melissa Lim later stepped forward in an interview, claiming she was the one who convinced him to stay with the band.
She recounted: “San Francisco has a reputation of being a place where bands come to die, like The Band and the Sex Pistols. I wasn’t going to let it happen on my watch. I told him, ‘You can’t leave the band – you’re on the verge of something big.'”.
Olly Murs has opened up about his estrangement with twin brother Ben, who he hasn’t spoken to since 2009 when he chose to appear on the X Factor rather than attend his wedding
Olly Murs says he finally understands his mum’s upset now he’s a parent
Olly Murs has revealed he finally understands how devastated his mum has been over his decades long fallout with his twin brother as he opened up about the feud that has ripped his family apart.
The pop star hasn’t spoken to his brother since he chose to perform on the X Factor semi-final rather than attend his sibling’s wedding, where he was due to be best man.
Olly’s brother Ben branded him a ‘self obsessed sell-out’, cut off all contact and the pair have not spoken since.
“Now I’m a parent I can relate more to my mum’s sadness that my twin brother, Ben, and I have been estranged since 2009,” says Olly. Offering an olive branch he said: “I’ve got nothing but love and respect for him.”
Speaking to The Sunday Times Magazine, the singer added that in recent years megastar Robbie Williams has become like a brother to him, with the pair deepening their bond as Olly joined him on stage this year.
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Olly with his twin brother Ben Murs before the fallout(Image: Collect Unknown)
While Olly’s family is set to grow larger again this year as he and wife Amelia prepare to welcome their second child after tying the knot in 2023.
Olly said he will be doing things differently second time round after leaving Amelia and their newborn immediately after she gave birth due to work commitments.
“Two days after Madison was born I had to go on tour supporting Take That. Amelia had lots of support around her as her mum came to stay and my parents live near us in Essex, but it was hard and I felt guilty.
Olly and wife Amelia are expecting baby number two this year
“We both understand that my work isn’t like a regular job — but second time round I’m not going anywhere,” he insists.”
Olly continued: “My aim in life is to be a great husband and father – that’s where my future lies. I’d love my career to continue as it is, but when you get married and become a dad, you just want to be the best for them.”
The Troublemaker singer said his fallout with brother Ben has impacted him hugely and he still ‘struggles with loneliness.’
He told The Times last year: “When you’ve been in the womb with someone, you struggle with loneliness. I had to deal with it when my twin and I went on our separate lives.
“I was desperate to be around people, could not sit in a room alone.”
As well as distancing himself from Olly, Ben also cut contact with their parents and his sister.
He told the Daily Mail in January 2017: “I was very close to my parents, but fame and greed changed everything.
“My parents wanted this bright, shiny Olly with the money who can give them the VIP lifestyle. They liked hanging around with Simon Cowell, or going to Bon Jovi concerts – they loved their VIP selfies.
Olly Murs appeared on the X Factor with Stacey Solomon and Joe McElderry(Image: Ken McKay / Rex Features)
“I’m not interested in anything like that, I have a lovely life with my wife and kids.”
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Olly said despite the bad blood, he would still make friends with his brother if he’d allow it.
“I still want to make that change with my brother.” Asked by Lorraine Kelly in 2018 if he though the rift could ever heal, Olly said: ‘I hope so, of course, it’s mad because every year I think about it, (will it be) nine years, 10 years. I did text him for his birthday but he changed his number.
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Singing sensation Jessie J has been open with her fans about having to undergo surgery after saying that doctors caught the disease “early”
Jessie underwent surgery in June(Image: @jessiej/Instagram)
Jessie J has said that she “sobbed” over her breast cancer surgery scars during her recent health battle. The 37-year-old has been open about having to undergo urgent surgery, but admitted she was lucky that the cancer had been caught by doctors “early”.
The Price Tag singer had her first operation back in June and has been recovering since. She has since told her fans that she broke down in tears when she looked at the scars for the first time after her surgery.
Jessie said that due to it being caught early, she did not need to have radiotherapy or chemotherapy in her treatment plan. However, she has had to have a full mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy because of the size of the lump she found.
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Jessie has been updating her fans on social media(Image: @jessiej/Instagram)
The mum-of-one has now opened up in an interview with The Sunday Times’ Culture Magazine where she explained how she now feels when she sees the scars.
She said: “The other night. Mum was massaging my boob for me, because I can’t touch the scars. And I started sobbing, ‘I can’t believe this has happened.’ She was like, ‘I wish it was me,’ and then I’m crying, she’s crying… I’m so glad it’s not her.”
She went on to say that she will need more surgery in the future but is still determined to return to the music world, with her new song Believe In Magic due to be released on August 29.
Jessie is a mum-of-one(Image: @jessiej/Instagram)
Jessie added: “People think, once you’ve got the all-clear, now it’s done. But I’ve got another surgery [to improve the symmetry of her implant with her other breast] and I need to heal, so I have to figure out the rest of this year.”
She took to her Instagram page this week to tell her followers that she would need to have more surgery as part of her treatment. She wrote: “I can rest, parent AND release new music.
“I didn’t leave a major label after 18 years to be scared to re write the rules to fit around my life / health and just make it realistic on what I can deliver in all roles in my life. Another surgery needed this year. I can do it.”
Jessie then went on to mention her son as she added: “Raising a toddler. I can do it. Releasing new music. I can do it. It will look different to what I had planned but that’s life, things change and either we panic and get mad that it isn’t what is was going to be, or we ADAPT.
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“I’m just flowing with life and giving the best I can. Instead of stopping and disappearing and waiting for the timing to be perfect to release music again. It’s never the perfect time. Because grown up life is layered and has highs and lows and we just have to keep living in all of it. So here I am. LIVING.
“And I just want you to have the music. Deal?” Jessie has previously confirmed she is not cancer free yet which is why she needs to have another operation to further treat the disease.
