{"id":1074373,"date":"2026-07-07T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1074373\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:42:15","slug":"duffy-performs-secret-london-concert-her-first-live-show-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1074373\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy Performs Secret London Concert, Her First Live Show In 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/duffy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_duffy\" data-tag=\"duffy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duffy<\/a> delivered a live performance at a secret show in London, marking her first headlining concert in nearly 15 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Welsh singer appeared at Hoxton Hall on Sunday (July 5), treating a select group of fans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/video-duffy-plays-acoustic-set-at-rolling-stone-235632\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an intimate performance<\/a> that included fan favorites from her catalog, as well as new material.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOne fan who said they attended the show posted about the experience on social media, raving about Duffy\u2019s talent as a vocalist. \u201cThat voice is insane!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lionkingbitches\/status\/2073851866589343910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the fan wrote<\/a>, referencing her spirited performance of her classic single, \u201cWarwick Avenue,\u201d during the set, which was first announced by Duffy back in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m doing a secret intimate gig in London on the 5th July, next month, and I would love nothing more than for some of you to attend,\u201d the singer wrote at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s only small capacity so we can only select a few, but really looking forward to it. I will sing some new songs.\u201d A limited number of tickets for the show were made available through a fan ballot, with the venue remaining undisclosed until the day of the performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDuffy\u2019s secret show continues the singer\u2019s return to the spotlight following a lengthy hiatus from the public view. In 2020, she opened up about being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/duffy-documentary-return-assault-kidnapping-1235536924\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drugged, kidnapped, and sexually assaulted<\/a>, an incident she revealed led to depression and spurred her decision to step away from the industry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDuffy\u2019s London show also follows hints that she\u2019s currently working on a new studio album, with the singer expressing her excitement about reconnecting with her fans musically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIf only I could find the right words to explain how much I\u2019ve missed you all,\u201d she captioned a photo from a recording studio posted on her Instagram account in May. \u201cWorking on coming back to you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe singer and actress gained prominence with the release of her debut album Rockferry in 2008, which won Best Pop Vocal album at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Duffy was also nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for \u201cMercy.\u201d Her last studio album, Endlessly, was released in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDisney+ has announced that an upcoming Hulu Original documentary on Duffy\u2019s life and career is currently in the works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duffy delivered a live performance at a secret show in London, marking her first headlining concert in nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1074374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,82794,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":["post-1074373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-duffy","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1074374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}