{"id":9548,"date":"2026-07-18T12:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9548"},"modified":"2026-07-18T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:18:25","slug":"bonnie-tyler-fans-invited-to-line-the-streets-in-wales-for-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9548","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Tyler Fans Invited to Line the Streets in Wales for Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFans will have the chance to say goodbye to <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/bonnie-tyler\">Bonnie Tyler<\/a> in Wales next month, with funeral arrangements announced for the late singer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA celebration of life service for Tyler will be held at Swansea Minster, St. Mary\u2019s Church, on Monday, Aug. 17, at noon BST, according to a funeral notice shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/funeral-notices.co.uk\/notice\/sullivan+mbe\/5309528?fbclid=IwY2xjawTH5VdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1ampicHgwWWI1eW1kTWNkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmyDA7mJt8HiOVAFO1qef1Pd8MZ4Z6kDVTkKDdz2UZLbllzd4j05NF3XYE68_aem_PPyIad4cI1scLo30Ug_Ifg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/funeral-notices.co.uk\/notice\/sullivan+mbe\/5309528?fbclid=IwY2xjawTH5VdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1ampicHgwWWI1eW1kTWNkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmyDA7mJt8HiOVAFO1qef1Pd8MZ4Z6kDVTkKDdz2UZLbllzd4j05NF3XYE68_aem_PPyIad4cI1scLo30Ug_Ifg\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">William Pressdee Funeralcare<\/a> on behalf of her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTwo days earlier, on Saturday, Aug. 15, Tyler\u2019s coffin will be brought back to her home in Mumbles at 3:30 p.m. BST. Members of the public have been invited to line Newton Road from 3:15 p.m. BST to pay their respects as the procession passes through.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-related-artists \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-margin-l-00@desktop-xl a-glue@desktop-xl lrv-a-glue--t-0 lrv-a-glue--l-0 u-margin-t-29px@desktop u-margin-t-250@mobile-max u-margin-lr-auto@desktop-xl-max u-max-width-400@desktop-xl-max u-width-100p@mobile-max u-max-width-80@desktop-xl\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-white a-font-primary-fancy-m lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-text-align-center a-article-related-module-title lrv-u-padding-tb-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"a-article-related-module-wrap lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl lrv-u-flex-grow-1 u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max u-align-items-center lrv-u-position-relative u-flex-basis-100p lrv-u-padding-b-075\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-80 u-width-160@mobile-max lrv-a-glue-parent lrv-u-flex-shrink-0\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bonnie-tyler\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-1x1 lrv-u-height-100p\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-billboard-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"o-indicator lrv-a-glue a-glue--b-n050 lrv-a-glue--r-0 a-glue--t-auto a-glue--l-0 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto u-pointer-events-none lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-border-radius-50p u-width-20 u-height-20 a-icon-related-artist lrv-a-icon-after\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFollowing the Swansea service, Tyler will make a final journey through Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, the village where she grew up before her unmistakable voice carried her from local club stages to international fame. The procession is expected to travel through Skewen at approximately 1:20 p.m. BST before a private family service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/bonnie-tyler-dead-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-singer-1236290436\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/bonnie-tyler-dead-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-singer-1236290436\/\">died July 8 at age 75<\/a> in a hospital in Portugal, where she had been receiving treatment for an ongoing illness. In a statement previously shared on her official website, her family said she \u201cunexpectedly passed away\u201d as a result of the illness for which she was being treated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe funeral notice remembered Tyler as \u201ca warm, generous artist whose music touched generations and continues to fill dance floors and karaoke booths around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cHer legacy lives on in the timeless songs that made her a legend,\u201d the notice added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThat legacy is closely tied to one of the most recognizable voices in pop-rock: a smoky, weathered rasp that gave \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a Heartache\u201d and \u201cHolding Out for a Hero\u201d their dramatic force. Tyler\u2019s songs became staples not only of radio and concert stages, but of karaoke nights, dance floors, film soundtracks and decades of pop culture singalongs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHer signature hit, \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart,\u201d topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in 1983. Written and produced by Jim Steinman, the power ballad appeared on Tyler\u2019s fifth studio album, <em>Faster Than the Speed of Night<\/em>, and became one of the defining pop-rock recordings of the decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTyler also found lasting success with \u201cIt\u2019s a Heartache\u201d and \u201cHolding Out for a Hero,\u201d the latter of which appeared on the <em>Footloose<\/em> soundtrack and became one of her most enduring anthems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAcross a career spanning more than five decades, Tyler released 18 studio albums, represented the United Kingdom at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with \u201cBelieve in Me,\u201d and was made an MBE in 2023 for services to music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHer family has requested family flowers only. Those wishing to honor Tyler\u2019s memory have been asked to donate to Noah\u2019s Ark Children\u2019s Hospital for Wales and Cerebral Palsy Cymru, two charities for which she served as patron.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans will have the chance to say goodbye to Bonnie Tyler in Wales next month, with funeral arrangements announced for the late singer. 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