Duffy has announced she will be taking to the stage for the first time in over 15 years, performing new songs in London.
The Welsh singer, 41, will be holding a “secret intimate gig” on July 5, with fans able to enter a ballot to apply for tickets.
Taking to Instagram on Friday, she wrote: “I’m doing a secret intimate gig in London the 5th July, next month, and I would love nothing more than for some of you to attend.
“Please visit the link below and leave your details if you want to come. It’s only small capacity so we can only select a few, but really looking forward to it, I will sing some new songs.”
Duffy shot to fame with debut album Rockferry in 2008, earning three BRIT Awards, a Grammy Award and an Ivor Novello Award.
Rockferry was the UK’s best selling album of the year, and lead single Mercy topped the charts for five weeks.
The artist, whose full name is Aimee Anne Duffy, last performed in the UK at Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball, at the O2 Arena in London in December 2010.
She disappeared from the public eye shortly after the release of her second album Endlessly, and revealed in 2020 the shocking reason why.
She disclosed that she had been the victim of a horrific sexual assault and kidnapping, having been drugged at a restaurant, raped and held captive in a foreign country.
Duffy said that the ordeal only ended when she managed to escape her perpetrator, who has not been identified, and that it had left her feeling suicidal.
Writing on the website duffywords.com, she said: “I can’t remember getting on the plane and came round in the back of a travelling vehicle. I was put into a hotel room and the perpetrator returned and raped me.”
She added that she did not feel safe to go to the police after flying home to the UK, and only told the authorities when someone threatened to “out” her story.
She added: “I thought the public disclosure of my story would utterly destroy my life, emotionally, while hiding my story was destroying my life so much more.”
She is set to tell her story in an upcoming documentary for Disney+, exploring her upbringing in Wales, career and her harrowing experiences.
Sean Doyle, the Disney+ vice president of unscripted, said that it’s “a privilege” to be able to show the film, adding: “I’m especially in awe of Duffy - for her honesty and courage to share her story.”
If you've been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via www.rapecrisis.org.uk or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999
.png?w=600)
