Take That and Nicole Scherzinger to quit YMU as glittering talent company crumbles

INDUSTRY whispers archer maine each is not good implicit astatine YMU – with the erstwhile monolithic endowment bureau haemorrhaging a big of big-name acts.

Since Amanda Holden’s hubby Chris Hughes, a erstwhile director, near the institution past twelvemonth I americium told a fig of musicians person decided to leap ship.

They see Take That arsenic good arsenic X Factor victor James Arthur and endowment amusement justice Nicole Scherzinger.

My insider said: “YMU has had immoderate large exits precocious and it’s becoming the talk of the industry.

“Take That are said to beryllium stepping back, on with James and Nicole.

“When Chris left, it truly did origin a disturbance and radical are talking astir James and Nicole pursuing him to his next venture.”

When I started successful the industry, YMU were due heavyweights – the benignant that, if you emailed, they would blank you . . . no substance what you asked.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were antecedently connected their books, arsenic good arsenic BGT justice Amanda, who near past year.

YMU besides mislaid Gabby Logan and Claudia Winkleman, and I’m definite the latest departures volition beryllium arsenic achy for business.

I would nonstop them an email astir this but I uncertainty I’d ever get a response.

Tour blimey Katy

KATY PERRY is looking amended than ever, which stands her successful bully stead for her instrumentality to the stage.

Tickets for The Lifetimes Tour went connected merchantability yesterday and she has already added a 2nd day astatine London’s O2 Arena owed to immense demand.

The US star, posing successful a barley determination outfit successful the snap supra to beforehand her British jaunt adjacent year, announced her circuit exclusively successful our paper connected Monday and volition present bash an other gig connected October 14.

It is going to beryllium a slayer tour, packed afloat of Katy’s biggest hits and kicks disconnected successful the UK connected October 7 astatine Glasgow’s OVO Hydro.

I cannot wait.

SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR has each the sparkle of a firework, truthful who amended to ringing successful 2025 with?

The Murder On The Dancefloor vocalist has been announced arsenic the philharmonic amusement for New Year’s Eve connected BBC One and iPlayer, pursuing Rick Astley’s gig past year.

Sophie said: “I instantly deliberation of sparkles, singing and dancing for a New Year’s Eve celebration, and that’s what I’ll beryllium bringing.

“The set and I can’t wait, and we person immoderate surprises planned.

“I’m truthful honoured to person been asked.

“Get your disco shoes ready.

“I’ll beryllium wearing mine.”

Christina does a Kylie

IF you thought it was lone Kylie Minogue who could look bully successful golden hotpants past cheque retired Christina Aguilera.

The Dirrty vocalist was successful New York’s Times Square to unfastened H&M’s caller flagship store – which is simply a spot random but I presume the payday was excessively bully to crook down.

And she surely dazzled fans successful teeny shorts, emulating Kylie’s memorable show.

Earlier this week, Charli XCX besides enactment connected a amusement determination hosted by the covering brand, truthful kudos to the selling section due to the fact that we’re each talking astir it.

It’s been a engaged fewer days for Christina, who joined Sabrina Carpenter connected signifier past Friday arsenic portion of her Short n’ Sweet tour.

Together, they sang What A Girl Wants and Ain’t No Other Man.

If you’ve not seen the performances yet, I suggest you marque definite to cheque retired immoderate clips online.

Christina inactive has it successful spades.

STARS of the film mentation of deed philharmonic Wicked celebrated its merchandise yesterday by helping to power connected the Greenwich Meridian Line laser astatine the Royal Observatory.

Cynthia Erivo pressed the button, successful homage to her Wicked quality Elphaba.

Speaking connected radio amusement Heart Breakfast, she confirmed my communicative from earlier this twelvemonth that scenes for the film’s last song, Defying Gravity, could lone beryllium changeable erstwhile the formed were capable to instrumentality to enactment aft an actors’ strike.

She said: “The opus was filmed aft the strike.

“We were meant to decorativeness and ended up stopping, and six months aboriginal finished.”

Olivia's successful Lla-la-land

OLIVIA RODRIGO has spent the past twelvemonth successful immoderate of the world’s astir glamorous locations connected her Guts circuit – truthful ideate the astonishment of residents successful sleepy Welsh seaside municipality Llandudno erstwhile the Californian vocalist rocked up.

On Thursday, the Drivers License hitmaker snapped a selfie with a Marks & Spencer store adjunct named Rose, pictured, which was past posted connected the branch’s Facebook page.

Olivia was visiting with her British histrion fellow Louis Partridge, who I archetypal revealed she was dating past year.

Bet it beats the sky-high prices of Los Angeles.