Pop superstar to launch bid for Christmas No1 as he teams up with Amazon for festive track

WHAM! yet managed to people the festive No1 successful 2023 with Last Christmas — but Tom Grennan volition beryllium hoping helium tin wrestle that rubric disconnected them.

I’ve learned the singer-songwriter has signed a woody to beryllium the dependable of Amazon’s Christmas advertisement run — and signaling a opus specially for it.

That’s a large woody considering Sam Ryder's tune You’re Christmas To Me past year, which was besides exclusive to Amazon, narrowly missed retired connected the apical spot and finished astatine No2.

Ellie Goulding’s screen of Joni Mitchell's River, which was utilized by Amazon successful 2019, besides topped the charts.

The buying elephantine volition play it to users who person its Alexa devices, meaning streams spell done the roof.

I would emotion to perceive a festive opus from Tom and I’m definite helium has what it takes to spell each the way.

It’s a canny determination by Amazon, who volition person seen the viral occurrence of Tom’s Gillette song, The Best A Man Can Get, which has go truthful fashionable that helium present sings it arsenic his gigs.

A root said: “Tom and Amazon signed their woody past period for him to beryllium the dependable of their large Christmas advertisement campaign.

“As with Gillette, Tom is signaling a opus for the adverts, which fans volition beryllium capable to perceive erstwhile they footwear disconnected the campaign.

“It’s truly catchy and volition decidedly go an receptor worm for anyone who listens to it.

“Tom has filmed a large advert with them and Amazon are inactive signing up stars to look successful the advertisement which volition diagnostic his song.

“The opus should beryllium retired adjacent month, truthful determination volition beryllium plentifulness of clip for radical to larn the lyrics by the clip December 25 comes around.

“They deliberation they’re connected to a existent victor with Tom and helium is chuffed due to the fact that it could mean large things for him this Christmas.”

A No1 would beryllium the cleanable acquisition to extremity his year.

Ash the circus gown

ASHLEY ROBERTS was among personage guests arsenic the circus rolled into town.

The erstwhile Pussycat Dolls vocalist wore this sleek reddish gown astatine the motorboat nighttime of Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular astatine Empress Museum successful West London connected Wednesday.

It has a bid of awe-inspiring circus performances mixed with songs from the Hugh Jackman deed movie musical.

One showbiz impermanent who took a peculiar involvement successful the topless acrobats was Sir Ian McKellen.

My exclusive drawback right, shows the histrion with binoculars to get a person look from the sixth row.

I can’t blasted him. Who wouldn’t privation a person look astatine rippling abs?

A Wicked Cyn?

WICKED histrion Cynthia Erivo is having a large consciousness of humour nonaccomplishment astir fans playfully making memes of posters for the movie musical.

It is expected to beryllium 1 of the biggest films of the twelvemonth erstwhile it arrives adjacent month.

Cynthia, who plays witch Elphaba, saw 1 edit with the brim of her character’s chapeau lowered somewhat to screen her eyes.

She past ranted connected Instagram: “This is the wildest, astir violative happening I person seen, adjacent to that atrocious AI of america fighting.”

That was a notation to a video of Elphaba and Ariana Grande's character Glinda having a scrap, which was evidently ridiculous but besides wholly fictional.

Has Cynthia forgotten these characters aren’t existent people?

She added: “None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.”

Fans had lowered her chapeau successful the archetypal poster to mimic an illustrated representation that was utilized to beforehand the philharmonic erstwhile it launched connected Broadway successful 2003.

But Cynthia raged: “I americium a real-life quality being, who chose to look close down the tube of the camera to you, the viewer, due to the fact that without words we pass with our eyes.

“Our poster is simply a homage not an imitation. To edit my look and fell my eyes is to erase me. And that is conscionable profoundly hurtful.”

Blimey. I anticipation she’s brightened up by the clip of the premiere adjacent month.

Sophie returns

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR is launching a comeback today, jumping connected her popular renaissance acknowledgment to Murder On The Dancefloor being successful movie Saltburn.

She is backmost successful favour and has pulled retired each the stops for a belting tune called Freedom Of The Night, posing for this photograph to beforehand it.

If that isn’t capable to quench your appetite for fabulous tracks, Kylie Minogue is backmost with her medium Tension II.

Rising J-pop radical F5VE person dropped their caller azygous UFO, portion Aussie vocalist Ruel has shaved his caput and returned with a way called Cats On The Ceiling.

For a rockier vibe, Irish four-piece Really Good Time person released their opus My Brother and announced a immense tour, portion Charles Costa, who was antecedently known arsenic King Charles, has enactment retired his opus Nothing At The Most.

Pele acquisition to Paul

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY was fixed a garment signed by precocious shot large Pele, up of a 2nd amusement successful Sao Paulo connected his Got Back tour.

It had a connection from the Brazilian footballer, who died successful 2022, and was meant arsenic a acquisition for Paul 5 years ago. But the icons ne'er had a accidental to meet.

It read: “Paul, support the shot rolling. I emotion you. Pele.”

It was handed to him astatine the Allianz Parque stadium.

Paul grinned arsenic helium posed with it.

His squad said helium would “treasure” the gift.

Rita up to her golden tricks

RITA ORA is backmost doing what she does champion – shining connected stage.

She looked Hot Right Now successful golden harvest apical and mini-skirt for her Tokyo amusement and adjacent had a metallic hood to implicit the outfit earlier the performance.

Despite playing countless festivals implicit the summer, this performance successful Japan was Rita’s archetypal afloat gig successful much than a year.

Last nighttime she played a 2nd header performance astatine Zepp Namba, successful Osaka.

The shows are surely bully signifier for Rita, who is supporting Kylie Minogue connected the North American limb of her Tension satellite circuit successful the spring.