{"id":448919,"date":"2025-09-24T22:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448919\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T22:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:10:14","slug":"legendary-rock-star-roland-orzabal-64-welcomes-first-baby-with-wife-as-unique-name-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448919\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary rock star Roland Orzabal, 64, welcomes first baby with wife as unique name revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An eighties rock star has become a dad again after his wife, who is over 20 years younger than him, gave birth to their first child together<\/p>\n<p>19:03, 24 Sep 2025Updated 21:12, 24 Sep 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2_2023-Darker-Waves-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Roland Orzabal has become a dad again\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Roland Orzabal has become a dad again(Image: WireImage)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">An eighties rock legend has revealed his wife has gave birth to the couple&#8217;s first child. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/roland-orzabal\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Roland Orzabal<\/a>, 64, and his wife Emily, 38, became parents to the tot earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The news was revealed by Roland&#8217;s Tears for Fears bandmate Curt Smith, who admitted the guitarist&#8217;s growing brood was the reason behind the band not touring this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Emily Rath Orzabal gave birth in June. A number of her <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> followers revealed the name in the comments section on one of her posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">On an <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/rock-legend-63-become-dad-35602988\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">image of her pregnan<\/a>t while standing in front of a picturesque back drop, one user wrote: &#8220;Congratulations to you &amp; Roland on the birth of Eula ! so happy for you both.&#8221; Explaining further how they knew the name, they claimed Roland&#8217;s brother announced it on one of the band&#8217;s online forums.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/spice-girls-icon-saints-star-35960166\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35960166\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spice Girls icon and All Saints star join Rebel Wilson for huge new movie<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/kate-cassidy-slams-fans-judging-35959500\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35959500\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Cassidy slams fans for judging her grief and addresses backlash over Liam Payne<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_eroquintana_1751069005_3664554884117916836_8608006755.jpg\" alt=\"Emily announced her pregnancy on social media\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Emily gave birth to her child in June(Image: eroquintana\/instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">And Curt further opened up about the pair&#8217;s new arrival while chatting with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/curt-smith-answers-every-question-we-have-about-psych.html\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulture<\/a> last month. He said: &#8220;We were going to tour this summer, but Roland and his wife had a baby in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;So the summer touring obviously was off because you don\u2019t want to be away from home that close to having a baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The baby is the musician and photographer&#8217;s first child together. He also shares two kids, Pascal and Raoul, from his previous marriage to Caroline, who died in 2017 aged 54.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Roland and Emily quietly exchanged marital vows in 2020. At the time they shared their vows on top of Aspen Mountain in Colorado. It came after the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to cancel plans for their original wedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Emily shared at the time: \u201cWe had to postpone our original wedding date in September 2020 because of Covid. I felt as all corona brides have been feeling: angry, sad, gypped, and confused as to when we should have a wedding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Tears-For-Fears.jpg\" alt=\"Tears for Fears stars Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal (right)\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Tears for Fears stars Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal (right)(Image: Hulton Archive)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">\u201cRoland and I were in the States for work. We desperately wanted to get married, even just legally, and so to honour our original date, we secretly eloped, just the two of us, atop a mountain in Aspen. It was the most magical moment of my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">\u201cIt breaks my heart that my family could not be there to see it, but no one wanted to risk their safety. Two weddings was never my dream, but we adapted, separating the legal wedding from the celebratory wedding to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">She continued: \u201cIn September we were able to use the autumnal flowers we&#8217;d originally wanted, and next year we can have all of the spring flowers! 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