Dua Lipa is indisputably one of the biggest British names in pop, already owning three Grammy Awards and seven BRITs, as well as two Guinness World Records for her incredible ticket sales and Spotify streaming figures. At the age of 30, she has already made multiple lists by publications like British Vogue and Time for most influential celebrities – outside of music, her philanthropic work and political outspokenness have made her a prominent figure in advocacy for peace initiatives and LGBTQ rights. Her now-husband Callum Turner, is an English actor best known for his roles in the Fantastic Beasts film series, and for his BAFTA-nominated performance in 2019 BBC series The Capture. 36 year-old Turner has been frequently rumoured to be a front-running candidate for the mantle of movie super-spy James Bond, following Daniel Craig’s retirement from the character in 2021.

The pair’s relationship was first reported in January 2024, when their appearances together started a paparazzi frenzy. Later that year, Lipa headlined Glastonbury Festival in June, before news of their engagement was reported by British Vogue in December. Lipa said to them at the time “It’s very exciting. This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don’t know, be best friends forever – it’s a really special feeling.”

Reports came out yesterday that the couple had married in a private civil ceremony at London’s Old Marylebone Town Hall on Sunday the 31st of May. The venue previously held several celebrity weddings, including those of Sir Paul McCartney to Linda Eastman and Nancy Shevell, and Oasis’s Liam Gallagher’s marriages to Patsy Kensit and later Nicole Appleton.

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Dua Lipa was reportedly wearing a Schiaparelli Haute Couture outfit created by American designer Daniel Roseberry, while Callum Turner donned a stylish navy-blue suit. The couple were surrounded on the day by their nearest friends and relatives, with an insider telling People magazine that “The London ceremony was exactly what they wanted. It was intimate and meaningful, and they were surrounded by loved ones.”

The next plans for the happy couple allegedly involve three days of celebrations in Sicily at the end of next week. As it stands, Dua Lipa has not released her own new music since 2024 album ‘Radical Optimism’, the touring cycle of which ended last December. However, her performance of ‘Dance The Night’ and ‘Electricity’ while celebrating Mark Ronson’s Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s BRITs ceremony was a highlight of the year so far. As for Turner, GQ reported last week that auditions for James Bond are underway, and have confirmed the murmurs that he might be the top candidate.

Alongside the announcement of his marriage, he also shared the playlist he is planning on playing while his wedding guests will hear during the dinner service. The playlist only features instrumentals as Byrne has claimed that “words and lyrics can be distracting – the ear goes to them, especially if it’s a song one knows.” Byrne’s dedication to music knows no bounds as he has even curated the soundtrack to his own wedding. Byrne has always had an ear from music made around the world, evidenced in his early Talking Head days.

The Talking Heads album ‘Remain In Light‘ features percussion inspired by Nigerian icon Fela Kuti, German experimental rock band CAN and polyrhythms featured in Afro-Caribbean music. ‘Remain in Light‘ is only one example as his worldwide influences reach through all his music.

This new playlist, titled ‘David Byrne Radio Presents; Dinner Music‘ features 42 songs and runs for just under two and a half hours. This playlist features lots of Latin-inspired instrumentals such as ‘En El Caribe Estoy Triste’ by ‘Meridian Brothers‘, ‘Pa Japón’ by ‘El Alfa‘ and ‘Guajira Sicodélica’ by ‘Los Destellos‘.

He also includes instrumentals from well-known artists such as Brian Eno (‘An Ending (Ascent)’), Jeff Beck (‘Corpus Christi Carol’), Herbie Hancock (‘Watermelon Man’) and Post Malone (‘Wow.’). Even though the playlist consists of only instrumentals, the quality is so high that guests may still be distracted while they ask their neighbours what song is playing or subtly use Shazam.

Included on the playlist is the orchestral ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra. David Byrne is currently working with Ghost Train Orchestra to release a new album. The new album, titled ‘Who Is The Sky?’ will be released this Friday September 5 and is a full collaboration between the two artists. The album is available for pre-order here. Byrne and Ghost Train Orchestra have currently released three singles from the new album, ‘Everybody Laughs’, ‘The Avant Garde’ and ‘She Explains Things To Me’. A fourth single titled ‘What Is The Reason For It?’ featuring Hayley Williams (Paramore) will be released tomorrow September 3. See the music video to ‘Everybody Laughs’ below:

Byrne is also touring in the UK next year with his latest album, tickets are available here. His UK tour dates are as follows:

David Byrne 2026 UK Tour Dates;

March 2 – Cardiff Utilita Arena

March 3 – London Eventim Apollo

March 4 – London Eventim Apollo

March 6 – Glasgow Armadillo

March 7 – Glasgow Armadillo

March 9 – Manchester O2 Apollo

March 10 – Manchester O2 Apollo

March 11 – Manchester O2 Apollo

March 15 – London Eventim Apollo

March 16 – London Eventim Apollo

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The singer was wearing a  Vivienne Westwood mini dress with a traditional veil, Jimmy Choo heels, and her infamous sunnies. Photos and videos were quick to surface on social media on Saturday with captions such as “Mrs and Mr XCX”. The couple plan to have a bigger ceremony in Sicily, Italy where they first met. The Sun reported last month: “Charli and George fell in love with Sicily and knew they wanted to get married there. There will be no expense spared.”

After her collaboration on No Rome’s song ‘Spinning’ in 2021, Charli and Daniel started dating in 2022 and announced their engagement in November 2023 whilst working on ‘Brat’ whit his collaboration. In a 2024 interview with Rolling Stones UK, Charli opened up about their relationship saying: “We want to impress each other, and we think we’re both really good, but I’m actually such a b**ch in the studio with George. Because we’re obviously so close, you lose everything in terms of the normal studio boundaries.”

The pop singer shared a couple of TikToks from the party, one seeing her pretending to be annoyed and walking away, captioned: “When George isn’t crying when he sees me walking down the aisle.” But “Luckily he did xx” was the accompanying sentence. A later video, included shots of Daniel wearing his now-wife’s veil, surrounded by friends and captioned “bridal party energy”, by XCX.

The couple’s wedings rings have both been individualy valued as £10k and £15k, with matching wedding bands for both musicians. Laura Taylor from Lorel Diomands told MailOnline: “Charli’s wedding band is where she’s really made it her own. Rather than going for a traditional band to sit next to the solitaire, or even an eternity band like we’re seeing with other celebrities, she’s chosen something much bolder.”

The British power couple both performed at Glastonbury at the begining of the summer, Charli being a headliner as well as The 1975. The Guardian reviewer Shaad D’Souza gave Charli’s performance five stars and wrote: “Despite being a prodigiously talented mainstream songwriter, she has dedicated her career to exploring the most caustic, hallucinatory sounds of the underground, and working out how best to synthesise them with the pleasures of pure pop music.”

The 1975’s performance, was also received with acclaims from The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis, referring to the set as “bold, experimental, occasionally confounding, but ultimately hugely impressive”.

Charli refers to her partner, now husband, on stage and in song. “I wanna dance with George,” she sings on song ‘Club Classics’, a song co-produced by Daniel who also co-wrote the song ‘Apple’.