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Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’
EntertainmentMusicMusic News•July 18, 2026 at 10:00 AMNational

Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’

By Rosanna Greenstreet•The Guardian Music

The singer on struggling with the English weather, a secret celebrity crush, and her terror of tinned spaghettiBorn in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia, 51, joined the cast of Neighbours at the age of 17. In 1997, she released her debut album, Left of the Middle, which gave her the global hit single Torn. She releases her seventh studio album, Algorithm, on 4 September. She lives in Oxfordshire with her son.What is your greatest fear? As an Italian, tinned spaghetti. As a child, I was once served it at someone’s house. It was quite frightening. Continue reading...

The singer on struggling with the English weather, a secret celebrity crush, and her terror of tinned spaghetti

Born in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia, 51, joined the cast of Neighbours at the age of 17. In 1997, she released her debut album, Left of the Middle, which gave her the global hit single Torn. She releases her seventh studio album, Algorithm, on 4 September. She lives in Oxfordshire with her son.

What is your greatest fear?
As an Italian, tinned spaghetti. As a child, I was once served it at someone’s house. It was quite frightening.

Continue reading...

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