Iconic girl group to appear on the final ever episode of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
THE final edition of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Take-away is to end with a bang next month – when the duo welcome Girls Aloud.
CheryL Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle will return to Saturday evening telly for the first time in more a decade, I can reveal.
The Love Machine hitmakers will appear on the live finale on April 13 as Star Guest Announcers.
It comes as they are preparing for the start of their reunion tour in May, — the band’s first since 2013.
A source said: “They have been holed up rehearsing and practising dance routines ahead of going back on the road, and this is a real coup for Ant & Dec’s show.
The girls are going to be treated like royalty and producers know they will have amazing outfits planned for the evening.
“They go way back with Ant & Dec and know the lads well from their time on the showbiz circuit, so will be up for a laugh.
“The girls expect the lads to be their mischievous selves.”
Girls Aloud were some of the first victims of Ant & Dec’s TV pranks segment.
In 2004, the cheeky Geordie pair dressed as uptight nuns to interview the band in a cringeworthy sketch that left the group in fits.
The band were recently announced as headliners for the Brighton Pride festival in the city’s Preston Park in August.
It will follow their hugely lucrative comeback tour, which kicks off in Dublin on May 17 and closes in Liverpool on June 30.
The tour will also be their first time playing live without Sarah Harding, who died of cancer in 2021.
Although they have said they will not be recording new music, their return to the stage will certainly be Something Kinda Ooooh.
Black Eyed Peas have parted ways with their UK record label Sony, I can reveal.
Hits I’ve Got A Feeling and Where Is The Love? may be mega anthems, but Will.I.Am, Apl.De.Ap and Taboo have struggled to enjoy the same success in recent years.
Fergie officially left the group in 2017 and the 2022 album Elevation failed to even chart.
A music source said: “The band had an amazing run with Sony, but they’ve decided their partnership has come to an end.
“The trio will continue making music, but just release it elsewhere.
“They’re certainly not at their height any more and record companies are going through a tough time.”
A Sony spokeswoman declined to comment.
Despite the news, Will and Co are still doing the festival circuit this summer.
No-cry Shakira
SHAKIRA made sure she was the star of the show as she released her new “revenge” album.
The Waka Waka hitmaker flaunted her figure in a sparkly black mini dress to celebrate her 12th album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, which is Spanish for Women Don’t Cry Any More.
Colombian Shakira, who split from former Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique in 2022, appeared at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Florida on Thursday night.
But despite being one of the world’s most beautiful women, the singer does not see herself finding romance again.
She said: “I thought love would be there for ever for me and that’s one of my broken dreams.
“I don’t know if I’d like to find that again. Probably not.”
Is it off for the Prof?
HAS Professor Green secretly broken up with his fiancée Karima McAdams?
The rapper and Netflix actress quietly unfollowed each other on Instagram this week, three months after Pro Green made a cryptic comment on social media.
In January, he wrote: “Tried being nice, being humble, being open.
“That guy isn’t for everyone. Learned that the hard way. For now, it’s back to the hard me.”
He popped the question to Karima in October 2021, seven months after the birth of their son Slimane Ray.
But something seems fishy. After we asked his agent about the split, the pair began following each other again.
Klumboots
Heidi Klum looks her zest in a bright orange outfit and thigh-high boots.
The model stepped out in Los Angeles after being busy as a judge on America’s Got Talent while auditions get under way.
She joins Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara on the panel in a quest to find America’s next big star.
TYLER WEST admits buying a house with girlfriend Molly Rainford is a “pinch me” moment.
Radio and TV presenter Tyler, who fell in love with EastEnders actress Molly on 2022’s Strictly, said: “I didn’t ever see myself in this position so gratitude is on another level right now.”
But Tyler, who with Currys is raising awareness of E-waste, said Molly is getting used to his habits.
He said: “She hates it when I fling the towel over the door.”