First Son
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| Originally published | October 1999 |
| Authors | Bill Minutaglio |
| Genres | Biography |
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| ID | 2980436 |
About First Son
The first authoritative biography of the son of former president George Bush chronicles the private life and dynamic political career of an emerging national leader, including his terms as governor of Texas, his presidential campaign, and his relationship with his powerful family. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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... it was everything at once, new motherhood and cancer all came hand-in-hand, " said Georgia, from Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, who was diagnosed shortly after the birth of her First Son...
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... It follows the journey to redemption of character Diké, First Son of the fictional king of Ukari and heir to the throne...
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... After having her First Son at 16, Ms Rayner studied part-time at college, learning British sign language and gaining a vocational qualification in social care...
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... In 2003, she was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murders of her children Sarah, Patrick and Laura, as well as the manslaughter of her First Son Caleb...
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... Growing up, I watched my father mediate over family issues in his role as the First Son of his late father, who had three wives and more than 20 children...
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... His First Son died aged just 10 weeks...
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... " He was present at the last official engagement on Anglesey before the couple moved back to England, when in 2013 shortly after the birth of his First Son...
Louis Tomlinson: Will radio stations play my songs again? I have no idea
... Even becoming a father to his First Son, Freddie, in 2014 didn t force him into adulthood...
Louis Tomlinson: Will radio stations play my songs again? I have no idea
For some pop stars, tour burnout is an increasing problem, with Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Justin Bieber , Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Sam Fender and Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Shawn Mendes cancelling concerts for the sake of their mental and physical health. Despite a major tour this year, former Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>One Direction star Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Louis Tomlinson has avoided Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Curse .
Tomlinson says he's never happier than when he's on Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Road .
" I Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Just Love the lifestyle, " he says. " Maybe a little bit too much. "
The former Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Boy Band member can sympathise with those who find the Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Late Nights , constant travel and feelings of dislocation playing havoc with their body's chemistry, and having an impact on their strength and resilience.
He's seen up close Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Toll that touring took on his old bandmate Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Zayn Malik , whose Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Panic Attacks eventually forced him to stop playing live.
But Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Secret to Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Staying On an even keel, Tomlinson believes, is avoiding hotel rooms. " Eventually, you lose Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Feeling of home. " Instead, he sleeps on Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Tour bus with his band, settling into a bunk " that stays the same every day".
'The truest form of what I do'" I'm not one of Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Those People who demands a master bedroom at the back of the bus, " he says. " As If I'm going to climb into my double bed and say goodnight to Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Band as Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>They Crawl into tiny bunks. No.
" My bunk is like all of Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Others . And it's Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Best night's sleep you can get. Once you've shut that curtain and all the lights are off, it's Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Pitch Black and Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Noise of the engine just lulls you to sleep. It's dead nice, man. "
Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Singer has spent Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Best part of 2022 Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>On Tour , playing 80 shows to Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>More Than half Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>A Million fans Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>In America , Iceland, Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Chile and the UK.
" Without being too grumpy about all Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Other sides of my job, touring is the truest form of what I do, " he says. " Radio, press interviews, record Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Labels . . There 's so much mystery within that. You know, 'I hope that if I do this, it means this is going to happen'.
" Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>On Tour , what you See is what you get. People have paid money to come and watch your show and you get an instant reaction. There 's no complication in Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Middle . You're not trying to read between the lines. "
Tomlinson has a reputation for giving interviewers a Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Hard Time . " Just to clarify on that, I Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Never Mind getting asked about Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>One Direction , " he says. " I loved my Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Time In that band. "
He says he only bites back, " when people are divisive and I feel they're trying to get a headline out of me".
He's keen to talk about his tour - which seems to have been a vindication of sorts.
Although he was Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Most active songwriter in Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>One Direction , with credits on hits like Story Of Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>My Life and Drag Me Down, Tomlinson's solo career hasn't quite gone Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Way he planned.
On Spotify, he has five million monthly listeners - a figure most artists would kill for, but one that's dwarfed by his former bandmates (Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Harry Styles , Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Most successful of Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Quintet , is on 70 million).
'A weekly struggle'In 2019, after Tomlinson's third solo single, Miss You, entered Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Charts at a lowly number 39, he and rethink " what success means to me".
" I won't say it was a daily struggle, but maybe a weekly struggle, " he says of that period.
" Obviously my experience in Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>One Direction is Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Pinnacle . We got played on radio all Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Time but my last album didn't. Not really.
" To be fair, There wasn't really a song that would fit that well on radio. But what I find interesting is that I'm lucky enough to have Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Ability to tour globally, but I might not get the support I need on radio. That feels like a slight contradiction to me. "
Tomlinson was hoping his second album would change that. His comeback single Bigger Than Me mixes Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Old School guitar-pop with an anthemic chorus that breaks like a wave.
" I wanted my first single to feel ambitious and to have a certain scale, hence the big chorus, " he smiles.
Although it briefly made it into America's airplay chart at number 48, it has faltered in the UK, missing Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Charts in his Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Home Country .
Lyrically, it's about Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Letting Go of self-doubt and shutting out negative voices. It's a topic that Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Star , who turned 30 Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Last Year , kept revisiting in the studio.
" For a while, even the idea of getting older was really scary to me, because I spent my youth in Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Band and I still felt very youthful, " he says.
Even becoming a father to his Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>First Son , Freddie, in 2014 didn't force him into adulthood. " There was always an element of, when I was with Freddie, I'd put my adult dad hat on. Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>And Then , when I was doing my work or when I was with my mates, I'd be in a kind of limbo, really.
" I suppose lockdown was the Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>First Time when I just embraced everything and [stopped] resisting those changes. "
Coming of age is a theme that surfaces throughout his new album, Faith In Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Future .
On Face Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Music , he philosophises that " ".
Common People (not a cover of the Pulp classic) is about reconnecting with his roots in Doncaster. ", " he sings.
" That song's just trying to capture how amazing Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The People are There . If you're one of us, we'll Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Hold Out our arms and we'll embrace you. "
'Let's go again'Faith In Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Future is dedicated to his avid fanbase. The propulsive opening track, Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Greatest , is a celebration of their relationship.
He acknowledges that he may have tested their loyalty on his first album, Walls. Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The First few singles were chart-chasing dance-pop crossovers with Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Steve Aoki and Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Bebe Rexha that represented " what I thought I should be doing, as opposed to what I really wanted".
The rest of Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Album was overshadowed - understandably - by the death of Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>His Mother from cancer, followed in quick succession by his younger sister, Felicite, from an accidental overdose.
" There 's a weight to that record emotionally, and I needed to go through that process, " he says. " But it's not really how I carry myself as a person.
" In terms of the my Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Professional life, outside of Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Band , There 's been an element of me constantly picking myself up and going, 'No, let's go again, you can do this'.
" I've had to Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Have Faith in Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Future , be it personal or Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Professional - and, actually, There 's something really beautiful Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>About That idea. "
Tomlinson's new album has more potential future singles. Written All Over Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Your Face has a slick, funky guitar groove, and two Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Songs - Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>Silver Tongues and She Is Beauty, Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>We Are World Class - See him dipping his toes back into Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Dance Music .
" On Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The First record, I didn't want any electronic sounds. No trap drums that were really popular at Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Time , or any stuff like that, " he says.
He relaxed that policy after falling in love with Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The Glow , an album of hyper-charged indie-disco by Aussie band DMA's.
" It gave me real food for thought, because they use those sounds, but not in a way where it feels contrived. "
Given that his early experiments in dance-pop remain Tomlinson's biggest-selling Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>Songs , could these two new tracks signpost Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>His Way back to the mainstream?
" Listen, I would love some commercial success on this record, don't get me wrong, " he says.
" Will it get played on radio? I have no idea. But if it doesn't it won't be Class ='person_find_kisi' data-tip='kisi' data-kimlik='3836364'>The End . .
" I love my tour bus, I love my fans, I love travelling Class ='person_find_diger' data-tip='diger' data-kimlik='3836364'>The World . "
Source of news: bbc.com