Anyone who thought Cruz Beckham was just another nepo-baby musician should think again — that boy is seriously good on a guitar.
He made his live debut on on UK with his band The Breakers and proved his mettle.
Cruz Beckham proved he’s no nepo-baby as he made his live radio debut on Chris Evans’s TFI Unplugged with The Breakers, showing off his impressive guitar skillsCredit: Supplied
Proud parents David and VictoriaCredit: Getty
Their new track, For Your Love, is packed with promise — gentle and lilting before it ramps up to an Indie-anthemic chorus.
The video is also out now and features a special appearance from Victoria’s dad, Tony Adams.
Cruz said: “, he is an amazing human. He was in a band when he was younger. I love talking to him about music and playing songs.
“Once I found out he was part of a band I got a lot more into it. I found out about because of him.”
It’s clear the Fab Four are a big influence for Cruz, along with a smudge of and a large splattering of The Stone Roses — his dad ’s favourite band.
Chatting after their performance, Cruz said: “I’ve always wanted to be in a band. Growing up, listening to so much band music, it was always important to me.
“When I was in the studio, there was always something missing. I always wanted stuff around me.
“We met through my girlfriend [Jackie Apostel] who is a songwriter. I went to see one of their gigs and the sparks flew from there.”
The group have already put out tracks including Optics and Lick The Toad, but like , For Your Love is my favourite by far. Cruz added: “Optics wasn’t my favourite song.
“I wanted to put For Your Love out first. I just think it was a different way into it.”
Cruz and The Breakers have just finished their debut run of shows with Welsh indie group, The Royston Club, and are now preparing to head out on their first solo tour — with almost all of the 14 dates nearly sold out.
“The Royston boys hadn’t heard anything that we were playing,” Cruz explained.
Cruz’s new single, For Your LoveCredit: instagram
“They didn’t know if we could play a tune to be honest and they just accepted us and it was nuts. It was a whole new thing for me, I’d never really gigged in front of people. But every night it got easier and a lot less stressful.”
Opening up about their influences, Cruz, alongside his bandmates Dan Ewins, Telmo Seixas and Dario Scotti, all cited rock bands — including Machine Head, Rage Against The Machine and Born Of Osiris — as their first shows.
Cruz was more true to form though, joking with Chris: “Other than age two?
“My dad took me to a Stone Roses gig at .”
Chris then revealed David had been listening from home and told Cruz: “Now you’ve mentioned your mum and dad.
“We played Stone Roses at 6:45am and your dad texted me and said: ‘You can’t get enough Stone Roses.’”
True that, David.
I think there’s an exciting future ahead for Cruz and co, so take a look at their performance on Virgin Radio UK’s channel to see them singing live for yourself.
Millie looks ace
Millie Bobby Brown models her latest Florence By Mills range on court during a break from the final Stranger Things tourCredit: Instagram
It’s game, set and matching outfit for as she poses on a court to model her latest fashion range.
The Brit actress was promoting her clobber for fashion brand Florence By Mills, while taking a break after a mammoth tour for the final series of cult show .
The tennis ball in an ice-cream cone was certainly a stranger thing – but she serves up a good look.
Scott backing UK Eurovision hope
Radio 1’s Scott Mills is backing the UK’s newly chosen Eurovision entry, revealing the BBC will play him the track next weekCredit: PA
The UK’s Eurovision entry has finally been chosen and has high hopes.
The DJ, who goes to the contest every year, has revealed the are playing him the chosen song next week ahead of a grand announcement later this month.
And he insists we have a good chance, despite mixed results recently, as the standard of our tunes has improved.
Asked in an exclusive chat if he has heard it, Scott said: “No, but I know they’re going to play it to me next week. But I’m really in the dark about it this year.
“I don’t feel embarrassed by any of the artists or songs that we have sent recently.
“I’m not gonna say when, but I’ve worked on Eurovision so long that when they would play me the song I’d be like ‘OK, right then, I’ve got to sell this now….’
“It was quite a while ago now. And that doesn’t really happen any more.
“But I say that now…”
Yesterday Scott was named in Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley, in it’s annual list of 100 LGBTQ+ trailblazers.
Scott, who attended the glitzy lunch with his husband Sam, explained: “I’ve never had a gay honour.
“This magazine is iconic, and also, I have mad imposter syndrome so I’m like, ‘Why am I on this list?!’”
But he is thrilled that homophobia, for him, is in the past.
He said: “When we did , I thought that there might be, like, ‘Oh, God, a gay couple,’ because that’s kind of where I’m from, and that’s what I’m used to.
“And I think it’s all in our heads. That’s what really made me go, ‘Oh, OK, there has been a shift here.’”
And although they aren’t considering it now, having a child isn’t off the table.
He added of becoming a dad: “It’s a huge thing. I would like to, but my schedule is so unpredictable and ridiculous still.
“I thought by this time in my career, things would have kind of calmed down a bit, but it’s got busier than ever.”
Tate’s Can do attitude
Tate McRae’s fans are sticking by her after she sparked a backlash for backing Team USA over her native Canada at the Winter OlympicsCredit: Splash
Tate in an Olympic ad
Apologising, she shared a sweet picture of herself as a child, waving a Canadian flag, and wrote: ‘Y’all know I’m Canada down’Credit: Instagram
Tate McRae’s fans are still right behind her, it seems, despite the singer causing a storm after backing in the rather than her native .
Die-hards mobbed her as she enjoyed a night out in with mates.
But Tate, who looked chic in a black leather jacket and miniskirt, happily signed autographs and posed for selfies.
It’s the first time she has been seen out since she made a very Gen Z apology for getting behind the Yanks.
She shared a sweet picture of herself as a child, waving a Canadian flag, and wrote: “Y’all know I’m Canada down.”
I’m sure the cash Tate got for this gig more than made up for the criticism.
Tom’s on hand for proposal
My favourite pop star helped pull off a heart-melting proposal on Capital Breakfast yesterday.
Show hosts , Chris Stark and have spent the past fortnight dropping hints about their “secret fiance” (Darren Spencer) during their shows but his girlfriend, Sophie Black, who listened every day on her commute was none the wiser.
Sophie believed she was a competition winner who had bagged a night’s stay at the Jumeirah Hotel in London.
But at breakfast a flash mob of choir singers got up and started performing, Tom popped out to sing his hit, Little Bit Of Love, and Darren got down on one knee.
Sophie, who said yes, said: “Never in a million years did I think he could pull off something like that.”
Katherine Ryan shows off her facelift while cradling daughter Fenna at the launch of London’s Mundo Pixar ExperienceCredit: Getty
looked as smooth as the cartoon characters at London’s new Pixar attraction.
She showed off the results of her facelift as she cradled daughter Fenna at the launch of the Mundo Pixar Experience in on Thursday.
Mermaid is little bit naughty
The tale of the Little Mermaid is tipped on its head in a new musical – telling the story from the villain’s perspective.
Camp and hilarious show Unfortunate: The Untold Story Of Ursula The Sea Witch is packed with naughty gags and belting songs, and sees Sam Buttery play the deliciously wicked protagonist.
It launched at London’s Other Palace theatre . . . although drag queen Tiara Skye caused quite a stir in the audience.
The star, who it seemed had enjoyed a few drinks, repeatedly heckled the actors and left some of them clearly miffed.
It’s fair to say that Doctor Who’s , who was unfortunately sat next to Tiara, looked absolutely mortified by the crazy outbursts.
THE CHARTS
scores her sixth No1 single with Opalite, after originally peaking at No2 last year.
stays top of the album charts, ahead of , whose show has propelled Debí Tirar Más Fotos up to No2 and his single DtMF is at No4.
Singles
- Opalite – Taylor Swift
- Raindance – Dave & Tems
- Where Is My Husband! – Raye
- DtMF – Bad Bunny
- Rein Me In – Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
- So Easy (To Fall In Love) – Olivia Dean
- Lush Life – Zara Larsson
- Man I Need – Olivia Dean
- I Just Might – Bruno Mars
- Stateside – Pink Pantheress with Zara Larsson
Albums
- The Art Of Loving – Olivia Dean
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny
- The Fall-Off – J Cole
- 50 Years: Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
- The Highlights – The Weeknd
- Piss In The Wind – Joji
- Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter
- The Essential – Michael Jackson
- You’ll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) – Alex Warren
- +–=÷×– (Tour Collection – Ed Sheeran
The charts
scores her sixth No1 single with Opalite, after originally peaking at No2 last year. Olivia Dean, right, stays top of the album charts, ahead of Bad Bunny, whose Super Bowl show has propelled Debí Tirar Más Fotos up to No2 and his single DtMF is at No4.
Single
- Opalite – Taylor Swift
- Raindance – Dave & Tems
- Where Is My Husband! – Raye
- DtMF – Bad Bunny
- Rein Me In – Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
- So Easy (To Fall In Love) – Olivia Dean
- Lush Life – Zara Larsson
- Man I Need – Olivia Dean
- I Just Might – Bruno Mars
- Stateside – Pink Pantheress with Zara Larsson
Albums
- The Art Of Loving – Olivia Dean
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad Bunny
- The Fall-Off – J Cole
- 50 Years: Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
- The Highlights – The Weeknd
- Piss In The Wind – Joji
- Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter
- The Essential – Michael Jackson
- You’ll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) – Alex Warren
- +–=÷×– (Tour Collection – Ed Sheeran
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