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Love Island star Wes Nelson rushed to hospital just days before UK tour starts

The reality star and singer is due to head out on a UK tour from tomorrow.

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Former Love Island star-turned-musician Wes Nelson has revealed he has been rushed to hospital over the bank holiday weekend.

The 25-year-old singer said that he ‘randomly started to lose vision/consciousness’ while at home on Sunday.

His health scare has happened just days before he heads out on a UK tour, which includes a show at the Manchester Academy 2 on 12 May.

Wes said that he managed to make it to his neighbours’ house, who got him an ambulance.

He shared a selfie from hospital in his update to fans on his Instagram page.

Thankfully, the reality star-turned-musician has been given the all-clear to carry on with his tour, and wrote that he feels ‘LOADS better’ today.

Wes wrote on Instagram: “So yesterday I randomly started to lose vision/consciousness in my house!

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Wes Nelson in hospital. Credit: Instagram, @wes.nelson
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Wes Nelson. Credit: Publicity picture

“Managed to get to my neighbours’ who took care of me and got me to hospital in the ambulance.

“Won’t go into detail but we did a bunch of tests throughout the day and they’ve told me I’m all good now.

“I feel LOADS better today. Got the green light for tour tomorrow. See you in Glasgow.”

Wes rose to fame on the fourth series of ITV2’s Love Island, where he coupled up first with Laura Anderson and then bombshell Megan Barton-Hanson.

He’s since appeared on shows like Dancing on Ice, The X Factor: Celebrity, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Games.

Wes released his first single See Nobody with Hardy Caprio, which peaked at number three in the UK singles charts.

You can book tickets for Wes Nelson’s gig at the Manchester Academy 2 through See Tickets.

Featured image: Instagram, @wes.nelson

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Oasis 25: Heaton Park send off Oasis like only Manchester could – with biblical rain

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Oasis are well and truly back on top as they performed for the final night at Heaton Park and what could still be the very last time in Manchester.

There are countless moments every night that show how uniting this full-on cultural moment has been.

The guy in the wheelchair being lifted overhead by a group of strangers for a better view. The couple getting engaged before being enveloped in a sea of bucket hats. The thousands of people gathering on ‘Gallagher Hill’ every night just to be close to this historic music event.

Then the celeb-spotting too: Jack Grealish, Shaun Ryder and Andy Whyment off Corrie in the same frame of a video; Orlando Bloom waving at fans. Liam and Noel’s kids all together on a big cousins’ night out. It’s had it all.

For a lot of Mancs, the Oasis reunion has felt like Christmas morning ever since it was announced last year following a number of post-gig teasers like that Blossoms headliner at Wythenshawe Park.

And it certainly felt like that as we braved the soggy ground over at Heaton Park for their fifth and final live show in Manchester.

The atmosphere in the crowd was almost surreal, a mass of Britpop-loving super fans who have been waiting for this exact moment for almost twenty years – and you could tell.

As the brothers strutted on stage, hand in hand, a feeling of euphoric joy surged from the crowd of 80,000.

For two hours, they deliver anthem after anthem, each song transcending generations as the older lot look back to their ‘Live Forever’ days and the youth can’t quite wrap their head around the band in front of them being here and now.

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Oasis’ final night at Heaton Park was everything we dreamed it would be. (Credit: Audio North)

Oasis are just as good as ever; Liam’s gritty vocals and Noel‘s ripping guitar slot together perfectly as though they were made for one another.

They’re loud and they’re unapologetic, they are the sound of the people, and we were absolutely lapping it up.

Every song was a hit, from bangers like ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ to fan favourite ‘Live Forever’, and of course ‘Wonderwall’, the brothers gave the people exactly what they wanted.

Liam, maracas in hand and parka zipped to the top, not only might be the coolest man to walk the planet, but was undoubtedly born to be a frontman of a band. The head nods, the frowning eyebrows, the fists clenched behind his back – we were fully gripped by his sheer stage presence.

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oasis final night at heaton park
Images: The Manc Group

There was a moment where he put the tambourine in his mouth, closed his eyes and lifted his head to the sky, taking it all in and getting lost in the music – an icon.

And of course, in true Manc fashion, the heavens opened an hour into their set as the grey cloud everyone had an eye on took centre stage.

Did we care? No, we did not. It only made the moment that more special as we united as one unit, singing as loud as we could to combat the elements.

It’s clear to see how much Oasis means to so many; their music is embedded into the national psyche with a presence that simply defines generations.

Who knows when they’ll be performing back in Manchester again, and if this was their last time, then they can rest assured that by returning, they’ve made themselves the biggest band in the world again. And that’s an accolade they truly deserve.

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Single Mancs wanted to take part in next series of Married At First Sight UK

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Okay, bold question time – would you marry a complete stranger?

If you (somehow) answered yes to that, then you’ll probably be keen to hear that hit Channel 4 reality show, Married at First Sight UK, is currently on the lookout for brave contestants to take part in the next series.

And you’ll probably be even keener to hear that casting directors are urging single Mancs to stick an application in… if they fancy it.

If you haven’t seen Married at First Sight yet, well then firstly, where have you been? And secondly, it’s a dating show like no other that sees singletons marry complete strangers in a social experiment – and it’s undoubtedly binge-worthy and extremely entertaining.

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Married at First Sight UK has opened its casting for the next series / Credit: Channel 4

Contestants – who will not have met or had contact with each other until the wedding day – are matched up with their supposed ‘perfect match’, determined by a group of experts who use “scientific matchmaking methods”.

Once the contestants are married off, the camera follows them for five weeks to see whether the new relationship is a success or not.

Calling on singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service, Channel 4 wrote in the casting announcement on the ‘Take Part’ section of its website: “If you are ready to swipe left to the dating apps and say ‘I do’ at the altar, then our experts are here to help you find the one.”

Channel 4 wants singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service / Credit: Channel 4

Casting directors say singles of all ages, backgrounds, gender identities, and sexualities are ‘welcome to apply’ for the new series.

Fancy it then?

Applications are currently open for the next series, and to apply to the show, you just need to be over 18 years of age, live in the UK, and feel ready for marriage.

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Find out more and apply here.

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