Chesney Hawkes revealed on Lorraine on Wednesday that his son Indi is his new lead guitarist and he is a dead ringer for the pop star.
The singer, 52, revealed his lookalike youngest son Indi, 18, has just finished studying at the Brit School and will now hit the road with him as he tours the UK.
Chesney proudly gushed that it is his ‘favourite’ thing to see his son, who has clearly inherited his musical talents, performing on stage with him.
The One And Only singer revealed that he is preparing to release music early next year and that he and his family have recently relocated to the UK and living in Los Angeles for years.
Speaking to Christine Lampard on the ITV show, he said: ‘Its full of pop band bangers and there are also some songs that had to be written, some reflective songs. My kids are going into their 20s now and some of these songs its like a road map for my kids this album.
Chesney Hawkes revealed on Lorraine on Wednesday that his son Indi is his new lead guitarist and fans can’t believe how similar the father and son look
The singer, 52, revealed his lookalike youngest son Indi, 18, has just finished studying at the Brit School and will now hit the road with him as he tours the UK
‘My boy, he’s just finished two years at the Brit school and he is an incredible guitar player and he is way better than I ever was and he is now my lead guitar player and he comes on the road with me.
‘It’s one of my favourite things in life right now to look over on stage and see my boy with his foot on the monitor and throwing guitar shapes and as long as he deems me worthy he is welcome on my stage’.
Chesney shares three children Casey, 22, Jesse, 21, and Indi with his American wife, model Krissy, who he has been married to since 1995.
It comes after Chesney revealed he blew the whole £8.2m he earned for his iconic track The Only And Only appearing in a movie called Buddy’s Song in 1991.
Speaking on the My Dirty Laundry podcast, Chesney revealed he blew the whole lot and burned himself out with ‘utter exhaustion’ due to his ‘crazy’ lifestyle.
Admitting he can relate to fellow stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, he urges young people in the industry to ‘be careful and make sure they don’t burn out like he did.’
Chesney admitted: ‘I did that classic thing when I first made it of just blowing everything. I bought a state of the art studio. I bought everyone in my family a car. So yeah, we had fun.
‘My brother Jodie is my drummer and he was with me through the whole time. And yeah, we enjoyed it, because we were young. We were 19 and 17, and we toured all over the world – America, Japan, it was an amazing time.
Chesney proudly gushed that it is his ‘favourite’ thing to see his son, who has clearly inherited his musical talents, performing on stage with him
He said: ‘My boy, he’s just finished two years at the Brit school and he is an incredible guitar player and he is way better than I ever was and he is now my lead guitar player and he comes on the road with me’
Chesney added: ‘It’s one of my favourite things in life right to look over on stage and see my boy with his foot on the monitor and throwing guitar shapes’
‘It was like living in the eye of a storm. So I had my family and the people around me in this kind of bubble, you know?
‘I would be thrown into the hurricane and I’d be gone. And then I’m off to Sweden and then I’m off to New York. I never knew where I was waking up for that first year.
‘It was mental. It was really crazy.’
When asked if he was referring to women or countries when he spoke about not knowing where he was waking up, he said: ‘I am saying nothing.’
Chesney said there is more to him than meets the eye and his lifestyle got so taxing that he suffered from ‘utter exhaustion’ and once fainted while being interviewed.
He said: ‘I see young artists make it like the way that I did nowadays.
‘I’ve actually worked with a lot of artists that are just going through that first craziness and I always say, “Take it easy because you may burn out”.
‘I was doing an interview in Japan and I was so tired. I hadn’t slept and whatever. I was burning candles at both ends and gigging and travelling.
‘And I remember standing up in the middle of this interview and I just fainted. Yeah, it was just exhaustion, like complete and utter exhaustion.
‘You see it with these young artists now. I remember Adele had to cancel a whole bunch of shows. Harry Styles had a similar thing. Ed Sheeran, I see it happening.
Chesney revealed he is set to release new music early next year after he and his family recently located back to the UK after living in Los Angeles for several years
Chesney shares three children Casey, 22, Jesse, 21, and Indi with his American wife, model Krissy who he has been married to since 1995
‘So I always give them that little, you know [nudge], just be careful, don’t let them, [the machine], burn you out.’
Chesney has previously said his income started drying up a couple of years after his initial success and his record label subsequently dropped him.
He had bought his first home in west London and by the time he was aged 23, he was struggling to pay the mortgage and soon found himself £20k in debt.
But he started writing songs for other people and got himself a publishing deal and his net worth is now thought to be about £8million again.
Chesney has been happily married to his American wife, model Krissy since 1995 and he credits her with being a sensible influence.
He said; ‘We’re not your usual popstar/model union. We’ve been together for, well, 28 years this year.
‘She’s the best. I mean, I love her more now than I ever have. It’s incredible. Our relationship is just everything to me.’
‘She’s pretty special, but you know, I would not be the man I am without her. And honestly, it’s difficult [for people] to keep a relationship like that, especially in this business where I’m always on tour, always away, but I absolutely adore her.’
