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Dave Matthews sometimes jets to performances around the world, but that doesn’t mean his bicycle never breaks down . That ’s what happened before the singer’s show in Hershey, Pa., when one of his fans pulled over to give a stranded cyclist a ride and realized the hitchhiker was Matthews. Emily Kraus told WHP-TV in Harrisburg that she and her boyfriend helped Matthews stow his bicycle on their bike rack and he got in their car for the rest of the ride. “We didn’t know how to make conversation with him, in fact, so we were talking about his tour and where he had come from,” Kraus said. “He had just been in Cincinnati and he said, ‘I’m taking a short break after this one because I have to drop my daughters off at camp.’ … He was just a very humble guy.” He invited them to dinner, took them backstage and got them frontrow seats. Kraus said she woke up the next morning still amazed at what had happened. “I rolled over and I said, ‘ OK, yeah that really happened yesterday,’” she said with a laugh, recalling that Matthews autographed their concert tickets and thanked them for the ride.
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and art collector Charl e s Saatchi said they intend to conclude a “swift and amicable” divorce by the end of the month, with neither receiving any financial compensation from the other. The couple separated after a newspaper published photos last month of Saatchi grasping his wife’s throat during an argument at a London restaurant. A statement issued on their behalf said neither would contest the divorce “and neither party will be making any financial claims against the other.” Lawson and Saatchi married in 2003 and lived in London. Lawson, 53, is a well-known TV presenter and chef whose cookbooks are best-sellers in Britain and the United States.