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By Mark Savage
image captionThe star won two Brit awards in 2017 - best breakthrough and critics choice
Uh oh. It s 10:30 in the morning, and Rag n Bone Man is wearing shades indoors.
Has he succumbed to delusions of grandeur? Has he, since the global success of Human and Giant, turned into a monstrous diva? Will he storm off in a huff if his coffee isn t perfectly brewed?
No. Not at all. None of the above. He s just a little worse for wear. I m hiding the hangover from last night, confesses the star, zooming the BBC from his home in Sussex where, just a few hours ago, he d been sampling the delights of a local beer garden.
She said: “It’s quite a unique event – eight leading (ballet) companies and they’ve all said they’ll do it. At the time where there hasn’t been any performances it’s been so important to get audiences back into the theatre.”
Dame Darcey studied at The Royal Ballet School from the age of 13 and went on to become the then youngest-ever principal dancer at the Royal Ballet in 1989 when she was 20.
In 2006 she announced she was retiring as a principal ballerina and in June 2007 performed her last dance.
She was made a Dame in the Queen’s 2018 New Year Honours list for her services to dance.
Darcey Bussell: Returning to Strictly Come Dancing as a guest judge would be lovely
Speaking to Jonathan Ross, the dancer also revealed what it was like to snog Harrison Ford
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Dame Darcey Bussell says it would be lovely to appear on Strictly Come Dancing as a guest judge, but has ruled out a permanent return.
Rating:
Verdict: Needs an edit
Keen to avoid the sophomore slump that afflicts so many artists on that tricky second album, Rag’n’Bone Man flew to Nashville in a bid to step away from the blues and soul of 2017’s Human, a polished debut that topped the charts and turned him into a major star.
A change of scenery has certainly had an impact on the imposing singer from Uckfield in East Sussex, who uses Life By Misadventure to try his hand at acoustic folk, Coldplay-like balladry and guitar-driven numbers with a country-rock feel. Such an eclectic approach can sometimes work a treat, but the effect here is merely scattergun.