Nadine Coyle making music comeback at Pontins – and ‘Cheryl’ is performing too
AFTER a two-year break, Nadine Coyle is finally making her music comeback – but it’s not what you might be expecting.
The ex-Girls Aloud singer is returning to the stage at a Pontins holiday park on Merseyside next month, opposite drag queen Cheryl Hole, whose name is a pun on Nadine’s former bandmate Cheryl Cole.
A source said: “Nadine loves playing live and she’s been paid a decent sum to headline a weekend at Pontins in Southport.
“It’s not what some people would expect Nadine to be doing — seeing as Girls Aloud were one of the most successful girl groups to come out of the UK.
“But she loves to perform and this gig will be in front of a crowd of fans who adore her music.
“If they’re lucky, Nadine will be playing some new music too, along with some classic Girls Aloud tunes.
“She doesn’t care where as long as she is doing what she loves.”
Nadine has struggled to find success as a solo artist following the end of Girls Aloud in 2013.
Her last single, 2020’s All That I Know, failed to chart in the UK and her debut album a decade before only limped to No47 after being sold exclusively at Tesco.
It’s a stark contrast to her success with Girls Aloud, who scored 21 Top Ten hits in their hey-day, including four No1 singles.
But she isn’t the only one, with Cheryl also struggling in recent years to make a solo impact on the music industry.
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I revealed at the end of last year how her record deal hadn’t been renewed after her last single, Let You, peaked at No57 in 2019.
The hit group had been planning to reunite this year to celebrate two decades since they were put together on talent show Popstars: The Rivals.
But they shelved plans after the death of their bandmate Sarah Harding last September.
But I’m glad Nadine isn’t packing in singing live, as her voice is still as good now as it was a decade ago.
When it comes to new music, though, she ought to give it a miss and stick to belting out the hits.
It’s the thigh life for Holly
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY stepped straight off the This Morning sofa and into a sequin dress to party with A-listers including Naomi Campbell and Sir Rod Stewart.
The telly presenter dazzled in a colourful frock with racy split at Annabel’s in London, where she celebrated the members’ club’s anniversary on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, Rod’s wife Penny Lancaster turned heads at the Seventies-theme bash in a silver mini dress with white knee-length boots.
Supermodel Naomi looked chic in a black and orange gown and spent the evening chatting with Rod and Vogue editor Edward Enninful, while Alexa Chung wore a fluffy white coat.
Given she doesn’t work Fridays, I imagine Holly had a sore head come yesterday morning.
Gatecrasher Dakota
DAKOTA JOHNSON loves crashing weddings, even if she is yet to tie the knot with boyfriend Chris Martin.
The Fifty Shades Of Grey actress, who has been with the Coldplay frontman since 2017, admitted she has attended several people’s nuptials despite not being invited.
Asked if she had crashed a wedding, Dakota, right, said: “I feel like I’ve done that a lot. It’s one of my No1 hobbies.”
Recalling one incident, she told W Magazine: “There I was, holding up the bride and groom in a chair. And they were just like, ‘Who? What are you doing?’.”
Sigrid’s space launch
SIGRID goes to outer space in the video for her new single It Gets Dark.
And soon she’ll be rocketing up the charts after announcing her second album.
The Norwegian singer will release her 12-track record How To Let Go on May 6.
She will then spend her summer playing festivals across Europe before a headline tour in November.
Launching the album on Instagram yesterday, she said: “I’ve been trying to learn how to let go of things. Not always easy, but I’m getting there. Making this album has been an absolute joy.”
This snap is taken from her new promo, which she said is her wackiest to date.
Sigrid added: “The music video is the weirdest I’ve gone visually and I absolutely love it. We’re playing with planets, UFOs and rooms all made by hand, as well as perspective, time and space.”
Rude Meg won’t take the rap
THEY have teamed up for song Sweetest Pie – and neither Megan Thee Stallion or Dua Lipa will take stick about rude lyrics in it.
Wap rapper Megan has hit out at the controversy around explicit verses in her songs, insisting no one bats an eyelid when men talk about similar things.
She said: “A boy could start rapping about popping pills and enjoying four women at one time and nobody would have a problem with that.
“But if Megan Thee Stallion says, ‘Eat my p***y’ one time, there’s uproar.
“Like, ‘You better not ever say that word again in your life’.
“I definitely have to let people know that pleasure does not go one way. So if you get offended by a woman talking about how she likes to be pleased, then I think you need to take a step back and re-evaluate what you’re into.”
In an interview on Dua’s At Your Service podcast, Meg also discussed how women are held to higher standards when it comes to live performances – with female pop stars being expected to wear extravagant outfits and dance during their shows.
She said: “It definitely is a crazy double standard. But I feel like we are girls, right, and sometimes I just have to take it as everybody knows that we are superior.
“So they expect us to arrive as the superior beings that we are. “I feel like we get critiqued so heavy because everybody just knows that women are the s**t.
“So they are looking for us to be the s**t all the time.”
LIVE: Biffy Clyro
By Ellie Henman
BIFFY CLYRO may have been playing an acoustic set during their exclusive Radio X gig, but they still blew the roof off the East London church venue.
Singer Becky Hill and DJ Chris Moyles were among the packed crowd to see the group play 13 of their biggest hits, including Biblical, Machines and Space.
They went wild for the Scottish trio – Simon Neil and twin brothers Ben and James Johnston – when they started up Opposite.
And it just got better as they played their more recent tracks, including Existed, from latest album The Myth Of The Happily Ever After.
Frontman Simon was as pleased as the fans to be back on stage, shouting “It’s a pleasure to be here” before launching into the set.
They finished on a high with Many Of Horror – my only complaint was the show just wasn’t long enough.
Highlights from the Radio X Presents Biffy Clyro with Barclaycard show will be available from 7pm tomorrow on Global Player.