Duffy: 'I set my hair on fire'

Duffy has revealed that she accidentally set her hair alight moments before meeting Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

The 24-year old was in rehearsals for a show in Cleveland, USA, when the accident happened.

"I was in the dressing room and I had music on and candles alight," she told The Sun.

"I had dimmed the lights, then I lit this candle and it started melting a bit. I got a cloth to wipe it and bent down, not realising it was still lit. Then the entire left side of my hair went up in flames."

Moments later, Martin arrived to meet her and was greeted by the smell of burning hair. She added: "It was really bad and properly embarrassing. Chris could smell it. You couldn’t avoid smelling it. Can you imagine if I had gone up in flames? I honestly saw my life flash before my eyes."

Duffy's latest single 'Rain On Your Parade' is out on November 17. Her UK Tour begins in Belfast on November 25.