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4 weeks agoNews TopicsComments Off on Britain’s Got Talent line-up CONFIRMED after Simon Cowell finally fills last judging seat
BRITAIN’S Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli’s place on the panel has been saved by show boss Simon Cowell.
Filming the ITV series was set to clash with the shooting schedule for US show Dancing With The Stars — which Bruno has been on since 2005.
PABruno Tonioli’s place on the Britain’s Got Talent panel has been saved by show boss Simon Cowell[/caption]
RexFans raved when Bruno joined the show last year[/caption]
But Simon will fork out thousands to have the popular 68-year-old flown back and forth.
Peter JordanNoel Gallagher is set to fly out to France to visit brother Liam[/caption]
GettyThe pair will meet at Liam’s holiday home in the South of France[/caption]
After the brothers announced they had put their long-held differences aside for a comeback tour, Liam, 51, flew off to the French Riviera chateau where Mr Blobby star Edmunds, 75, used to top up his tan.
The singer flew out with mother Peggy, fiancee Debbie Gwyther and his rescue dog Buttons,
Noel, 57, remained in London but pals say he is now heading out the six-bedroom gaff to join him — in what is a dream come true for their mum, 81.
A source said: “Peggy is over the moon that her boys have finally kissed and made up after over a decade of not talking. She has remained close to both and never took sides in their row.
“The prospect of them all being together on holiday is a dream come true.”
Noel himself revealed at the start of the month he was jetting out to the South of France.
Appearing on the Matt Morgan podcast, he said: “I’ll be all over the place on holiday. I’m going to the South of France for a week and then I’m going to Ibiza for a week and then I’m back in London for a week and then I’m going to Greece for a couple of weeks and then maybe off to LA to see some friends.”
The Mancunian brothers patched things up months ago in a series of late night calls, with the reunion confirmed behind the scenes as early as April.
Noel was seen on a shopping trip yesterday and could not help but make a quip about the feud.
Fan Steve Sheward, who recorded the encounter and shared it on X/Twitter, chats with Noel and tells his four kids: “This is Noel, this is dad’s legendary band.”
One of his sons asks: “Why did you fall out with your brother?”
Noel cheekily replied: “Why did I fall out with him? Because he stole my teddy bear. He stole it, in 1978.”
With fans clamouring for tickets this morning, The Sun can reveal Stockport indie band Blossoms have officially signed on to support Oasis at their four Heaton Park gigs in Manchester in July.
A source said: “Noel and Liam and Blossoms have been friends for years and with the band also coming from Manchester, asking them to support Oasis was a no brainer.
“It will be announced in due course but Blossoms have agreed to support Oasis at their Heaton park shows – naturally they jumped at the chance.”
Liam’s stunning French villaX/liamgallagherLiam and Noel announced their reunion this week[/caption]
RexNoel Edmonds once owned the property[/caption]
Band set for stage
THE charts clash between Oasis and Blur will be retold in a new West End stage play.
The show, called The Battle, will chart the rivalry between the Britpop giants, beginning in 1995 when both released singles on the same day.
Actors have already been scouted to fill key roles like the Gallagher brothers and Damon Albarn ahead of a 2025 debut for the show.
Producer Simon Friend said: “At the time, the amazing thing was: you were either Blur or Oasis.
“You couldn’t be both, which to me, it feels like brilliant drama.”
Neither band was asked to partner with the play. Simon added that it was intentional to avoid the story being “sanitised”.
4 weeks agoNews TopicsComments Off on Erling Haaland’s astonishing August stats revealed as Man City ace bags six more goals than ENTIRE Man Utd team
ERLING HAALAND is proving to Pep Guardiola that he is an even better player than everyone knew — and is also hungrier than ever.
Which is quite the statement from the Manchester City boss given the way his Norwegian Viking plundered goals during his first two seasons.
RexErling Haaland has an astonishing goalscoring record in the month of August[/caption]
Even Pep seems stunned by the development of the striker who has scored an astonishing 94 goals in 101 games for City since his £51.4million arrival from Borussia Dortmund in July 2022.
He now has ten hat–tricks for the Etihad side, his latest in last Saturday’s 4-1 thumping of Prem new boys Ipswich.
The 24-year-old just loves scoring in August and has four goals from the champs’ first two league games this season.
Since his debut two years ago, he has 16 Premier League goals in the opening month of the season, with just six other clubs — plus City, obviously — scoring more.
Haaland has scored SIX more than Manchester United have managed as a team in the past three Augusts.
It is his favourite month for scoring — and City’s No 9 will be looking to add to his haul at West Ham’s London Stadium on Saturday evening.
‘Thor’ has hammered the Hammers, hitting four goals in four games against them.
Haaland’s desire, his work rate, his goal ratio and his development as more of a team player and not just the world’s scariest hitman has blown away his manager.
Guardiola purrs when he describes how his superstar is becoming a more all–round footballer to add to his penalty box prowess.
The Spaniard said: “That part was always going to happen naturally.
“He can do it but still it is his ability, his strength and potential and power and being a goal machine. Please don’t change never ever that. He cannot lose that.
“He is more involved within the tactics of the team because we talk about how you can do better.”
On top of Haaland’s four goals so far it is his general air, a more mature, relaxed attitude combined with a renewed focus to achieve more that really has Treble-winning boss Guardiola impressed.
Pep explained: “When he arrived from Dortmund, he had a lot of problems with injuries and he struggled a little with that.
“Last season, he struggled with the success of the past. This season I feel he is better.
“I won’t say he will score 50 or 60 goals this season because that would be difficult.
“But he is staying on the pitch after training sessions a bit more for crosses and finishing.
“I spoke with the physios and he doesn’t have any niggles, when in the first season he had a lot.
“So he’s always smiling and of course right now it’s one game a week but tiredness will come, the winter will come.
“Now he goes to play the Nations League with Norway and it’s a ten-hour flight and then it’s back and this stuff can accumulate so he has to be careful.
“But after the tour of the States he came back focused in training and it’s really good.”
Pep Guardiola has gushed about Erling HaalandGettyHaaland scored 27 league goals last season
Guardiola always believed 6ft 4in Haaland — who heads to Kazakhstan with Norway after Saturday’s clash — would be everything at the Etihad that his reputation promised.
And Pep says that, if anything, he is growing more and more into one of the greats of football’s modern-day era.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich chief, 53, added: “Yes, we talk about that, his professional focus is complete.
“Every day in training and in every game it’s so demanding and he knows it.
“Every season it’s one more year in your body but he’s enjoying training, enjoying scoring goals and he has the mentality to be better and better.
“Always that never disappears. It’s not like ‘OK, I’ve already done it. It doesn’t matter’.
“That’s not him. This season I see it’s still there. I see that he wants to perform well and not just for me but for the team.
“This season he plays good. Why? Because he wants to.
“’Still I want to score more goals, still I want to win the Premier League or again be in the final stages of the Champions League or whatever. And be a better player’.
“As much as he’s happy and enjoying scoring goals, it never disappears.”
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Chelsea reportedly remain in talks to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli, with time running out for the Blues to complete a deal.
Meanwhile, Ivan Toney is expected to join Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli, according to reports.
Elsewhere, Newcastle are set to walk away from their long-running pursuit of Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi.
In other news, Chelsea and Juventus remain in discussions over a deal for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho ahead of the 11pm deadline.
Haaland’s progress is such that his boss now believes he is becoming a leader of men and not just the leader of the line.
The striker’s stature in City’s dressing room was boosted even further last season when he scored 38 goals following a record-breaking 52 in his debut campaign as City won an historic Treble.
Pep added: “His stature is a little bit higher. Now he knows the environment, the players, how we live.
“That is normal and if he stays longer he will be one of the captains of the team — that is normal.
“The impact, I have said many many times, is really good.
“He is always happy and positive and is incredible. On the pitch it is not necessary for us to talk about but off the pitch it was a surprise for all of us.
“His relationship with the other players is really good — he is always positive and while I am not in the dressing room, I see it sometimes in the canteen or on the pitch.
“The relations between them all is extraordinary. I said last season this group is unbelievable so it is one of our strengths.
“How good they train, how they compete, they are friends and that is really good.”
AlamyGuardiola reckons Haaland could be club captain in the future[/caption]
4 weeks agoNews TopicsComments Off on Coronation Street character abruptly leaves Weatherfield in tear-jerking final scenes as star quits soap after 13 years
CORONATION Street’s Beth Tinker walked away from Weatherfield after 13 years in an emotional exit.
Lisa George walked away from her cobbles role after deciding to quit the soap earlier this year.
ITVBeth Tinker has quit the cobbles[/caption]
ITVIt comes after actress Lisa George left the show[/caption]
Beth was forced to flee from Coronation Street after a showdown with her son Craig’s boss Kit Green.
The factory worker had discovered Kit’s dodgy policeman ways and had threatened to expose him if he didn’t cut her back in on the back street clothes selling deal.
In response, Kit got Craig drunk and encouraged him to spill his secrets on his criminal activities.
He then used this information threaten Beth that her son’s career would be over if she ever released the video she had of Kit engaging with the clothes-selling crook.
Kit made Beth leave town in order to ensure she was far enough away from his job so that she wouldn’t ever expose his secret.
When it came to saying her goodbyes, Beth could not stop the tears from flowing as she sobbed to her son Craig before making her way to Norfolk for a brand new job.
She was waved off by Daniel and her grandson Bertie as well as factory pals Izzy and Sean who sent her off with some gifts.
As she climbed into a taxi, it was clear she was saddened that her ex Kirk had not turned up to see her.
Suddenly, Kirk re-appeared with the former couple’s beloved dog Peanut in his arms as he pleaded with Beth to let him come with her and give their marriage a go.
However, she was adamant that she needed to go alone as she decided to have a fresh start.
Speaking about her heartbreaking final scenes, Lisa said: “It was so hard and it was sad.
“I was really sad filming it myself because it was gorgeous, and you see in that scene it was heartbreaking, because it was everything that she wanted.
“It was awful. She broke his [Kirk] heart, and even when she left he was saying, I’ll change, I’ll change whatever you want, believing it was his fault.
“I got a right lump in my throat when we filmed it, because it actually felt really real when she said ‘you know, you haven’t done anything wrong. You don’t need to change. You’re always perfect to me’.
“That was really hard. It was really sad.”
Lisa continued: “Unusually Beth’s departure was my final scene of filming, often we film out of order but as I filmed it I knew Beth was leaving and it was my final scene on the cobbles.
“Halfway through when he called the cab to stop, and they got out I actually got really, quite tearful.
“I cried afterwards because it’s been this huge part of my life for such a long time.”
Coronation Street's 2024 shock exits
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let's break down who's left the famous soap:
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.
4 weeks agoNews TopicsComments Off on Oasis reunion tour support act REVEALED as fans go wild trying to snap up tickets
BLOSSOMS have been confirmed as the first band to join Oasis on their huge tour next year.
The band have officially signed on to as a warm up act for their Manchester shows. Oasis will play four nights at Heaton Park in July.
X/liamgallagherOasis have announced the band that will support them on their upcoming tour[/caption]
AlamyBlossoms have officially signed on to shadow the band for their Manchester shows[/caption]
The group, who were formed in 2013 and boast 3 UK No1 albums to their name, originate from Stockport, Manchester.
Earlier this year Blossoms supported Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds when they played a special show at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
A source said: “Noel and Liam and Blossoms have been friends for years and with the band also coming from Manchester asking them to support Oasis was a no brainer.
“It will be announced in due course but Blossoms have agreed to support Oasis at their Heaton park shows – naturally they jumped at the chance.
“It’s a full circle moment for them as members Tom Ogden and Joe Donovan’s first ever gig was at Oasis at Heaton Park.”
A source said: “Noel and Liam’s teams have been inundated with offers from production companies, who are desperate to secure the rights to a documentary.
“A dedicated team over at Apple have met to discuss the bid they are putting forward, and companies who work with Netflix and Prime Video are doing the same.
The Oasis reunion is the biggest music story of recent times and to have access to Noel and Liam would be a huge coup.
“To see the brothers coming together again and putting their bitter split behind them would make for sensational viewing.
“The offers being tabled run into their millions. They know the price has to be right to get Noel and Liam to do it.”
AlamyBlossoms also originate from Manchester[/caption]
PAOasis and Blossoms have been close for many years[/caption]
GettyNoel has worked alongside Blossoms[/caption]
GettyOasis in 2009[/caption]
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