During rehab, she was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder caused by witnessing violent domestic abuse between her mother and father as a child, she told the newspaper. Lulu, whose real name is Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, said: “I’ve never spoken about the alcohol before. At the age of 15, she moved to London and scored her first hit – a cover of the Isley Brothers’s Shout. From the beginning of her career in 1964, Lulu has achieved 10 UK top 10 singles and a UK top 10 album. She told the Times: “‘Lulu’ would help me feel light and cheerful when really I was a bit of a tortured soul because of my character.

Source: The Times September 06, 2025 10:50 UTC