# Coffin to lie in state as Bonnie Tyler’s funeral details announced

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bonnie-tyler-fans-invited-to-line-the-streets-in-wales-for-final-farewell/
- Published: 2026-07-18T17:32:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-18T23:47:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bonnie-tyler-funeral-1236297290/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music, UK, World

## Key points

- Bonnie Tyler's funeral arrangements in Wales are now fully confirmed
- Public procession through Mumbles and Skewen on 15–17 August
- Family requests charity donations instead of flowers

## Summary

Full arrangements for Bonnie Tyler's funeral in Wales have been confirmed, giving fans the chance to pay their respects along the funeral route before a private family service. Her coffin will be brought back to her home in Mumbles on Saturday, 15 August, at 3.30pm BST, with the public invited to line Newton Road from 3.15pm, followed by a celebration of life service at Swansea Minster on Monday, 17 August, at noon. The procession will then pass through Skewen, the Neath Port Talbot village where she grew up, at around 1.20pm, ahead of a private family service.

Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, died on 8 July aged 75 in a hospital in Portugal, where she had been receiving treatment for an ongoing illness; her family said she "unexpectedly passed away" as a result of that condition. A funeral notice from William Pressdee Funeralcare described her as "a warm, generous artist whose music touched generations," reflecting a career spanning more than five decades that produced 18 studio albums and hits including "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "It's a Heartache" and "Holding Out for a Hero." She represented the UK at Eurovision 2013 and was made an MBE in 2023; her family has asked for donations to Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales and Cerebral Palsy Cymru in lieu of flowers.

## Coverage

- [Billboard: Coffin to lie in state as Bonnie Tyler’s funeral details announced](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bonnie-tyler-funeral-1236297290/)
- [NME: Bonnie Tyler funeral plans announced, with fans invited to line the streets of Swansea to pay their respects](https://www.nme.com/news/music/bonnie-tyler-funeral-plans-announced-with-fans-invited-to-line-the-streets-of-swansea-to-pay-their-respects-3957664?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bonnie-tyler-funeral-plans-announced-with-fans-invited-to-line-the-streets-of-swansea-to-pay-their-respects)

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