Shaun Ryder releases baggy solo track ‘Mumbo Jumbo’

X Factor stars have reunited ten years on from forming on the X Factor in 2012.The band includes the original lineup of George Shelley, JJ Hamblett, Josh Cuthbert and Jaymi Hensley.This comes after the boy band secretly decided to regroup during the pandemic and have recently announced a one-off show at the London Palladium.Alongside this, the boys are also filming a documentary about their return.The gig will take place on May 28, which is exactly ten years after their first performance on the ITV show but is expected to lead to far more for the band.The lads will be chatting to Daily Star showbiz reporter Carly Hacon and will be revealing a load of gossip including X Factor secrets, past feuds and future plans.Union J will be taking part in the Facebook Live event which will take place on Tuesday at 11am - which readers can watch for free, here.There will be a chance for readers to ask The group questions of their own which will be put to her by the Carly in Convo host.In an interview with The Sun, Jaymi revealed it was him who managed to make the magic reunion happen.He told the publication: “All offers were off the table for two years, so the relationships started ­blossoming again between all of us as a four.“I went to George first, then I went to Josh and then I rang JJ and said, ‘Well you haven’t got any choice, you’re still in the contract.”JJ added: “We’re like four brothers. We’ve spent the last few days together and it’s so natural.”George also added: "We never told anyone we were dropped by our label and we didn’t get an explanation.

Good Morning Britain viewers were taken aback as Richard Madeley got stuck straight in to an interview with John Barrowman.

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BBC One’s The A Word spin-off Ralph & Katie, which was created by a group of disabled writers overseen by Peter Bowker, has entered production in Manchester and the Lake District.

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BBC Radio 2 presenter Rylan Clark unexpectedly split from his husband Dan Neal in June, 2021, after five years together.

KERRY Katona got candid about her body image issues and said that its got so bad she cries looking at herself in the mirror "every day". The former Atomic Kitten star, 41, admitted she feels "really uncomfortable in her own skin" despite living a healthy lifestyle.

KELVIN Fletcher and his family were forced to sit in their car last night after a huge power cut at their home. The actor, pregnant wife Liz and their young children Milo and Marnie kept warm on their driveway while they waited for the outage to end so that they could watch the final episode of their BBC show Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure.

CELEBRITY SAS: Who Dares Wins' head soldier Ant Middleton revealed his most nail-biting mission yet as stars were set alight after being covered in petrol. The gritty reality series, currently airing in Australia, escalated a notch with the latest hell-raising challenge.

KATE Garraway said she broke down in tears seeing husband Derek Draper hugging their son Billy for the first time since his devastating Covid battle. An exclusive clip from new documentary Caring For Derek aired on Good Morning Britain today showing Derek, 54, lifting his arm to embrace his son.

GANGSTER thriller Peaky Blinders is back this week after a three-year break – and viewers want answers. Tommy Shelby – played by Cillian Murphy – and his mob were left in peril at the end of the last series after their attempt to kill Oswald Mosley’s ended in tragedy. The BBC1 production also faced hurdles due to Covid and the death of leading lady Helen McCrory.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterVeteran hellraiser Shaun Ryder says catching Covid was like having a dead rat up his bum.The Happy Mondays and Black Grape star has come close to death a few times.But he says catching the virus from his two young daughters, was the scariest experience of his life.Recalling his fears, Shaun told me: "Covid was nasty. It felt like a rat had crawled up my backside and died there."My wife Joanne caught it too, and we thought we were dying."As rough as it was, I know it could have been worse.

Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have widely been criticised following their decision to step down as senior members of the Royal Family.

showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterShaun Ryder reckons the ­Covid pandemic will cure the soft snowflakes he fears are ­ruining the world.The Happy Mondays star says it will do woke kids good to be hammered with lockdowns and social restrictions, which will harden them to the realities of life.In a sweary rant, dad-of-six Shaun raged: "All this stuff about Covid traumatising kids – for f***’s sake!"All right, they’ve been locked in their houses for two years but, do you know what? When they wake up in the morning, they’re still in a house that has a bedroom and a kitchen because no-f***ing-body’s dropped a bomb on it in the middle of the night."There’s kids who were 18 fighting in world wars and look

Celebrity Gogglebox star is said to have been unaware of who the actress was when she invited Bez back to her home.During an appearance on This Morning, Shaun, 58, said: "When we went to LA, Julia Roberts, the movie Pretty Woman had only just come out so she wasn’t the Julia Roberts who everyone knows now."We were in the Viper Rooms and Bez come over and he said, 'You heard of Julia Joghurts?', 'Yeah, Julia Roberts yeah,'" said Shaun.Shaun went on to tell Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby that Bez said: "Oh, she’s just asked me to go back to her place.""He didn’t have a clue who she was," added Shaun.Discussing their encounter, Shaun recalled Bez saying: "She’s sent her bodyguard over, Evel," before the former added: "Anyway, he was

Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder revealed his former bandmate Bez rejected Julia Roberts in her Pretty Woman heyday.

JULIA Roberts got knocked back by Bez from the Happy Mondays after she asked him back to hers, according to his bandmate Shaun Ryder. The Manchester hellraiser explained how Bez - whose real name is Mark Berry - didn't even know who she was.

This Morning Shaun Ryder shared a tale about his bandmate Bez.From the sounds of it, the hilarious musician narrowly missed out on the chance to be Mr Julia Roberts.Shaun was joining Holly and Phil to talk about his new solo album, when he took a trip down memory lane about Bez’s opportunity.“When we went to LA, the Julia Roberts movie Pretty Woman had only just come out, so she wasn’t the Julia Roberts, who everyone knows now,” he explained.“I was in the Viper Room and Bez came over to me like ‘have you heard of Julie… Julia… Julie Jogerts?’ ‘Julia Roberts?’ ‘Yeah!’ He said she’d just asked him to go to her place, and he didn’t have a clue who she was” he laughed.“He said she sent a bodyguard over, his name was something like Evil.“He

GB News, host Neil Oliver spoke with the Celebrity Gogglebox star about his new up and coming solo album. The 58-year-old singer also answered a number of questions sent in from the public.

Gogglebox star Shaun Ryder forgot himself for a moment when he dropped the F-bomb during a live interview with Neil Oliver on GB News.The Happy Monday's hitmaker 58, appeared on the new channel to discuss his up and coming new solo album while taking questions from the public.Host Neil said: "I've got a good one for you from Paul, Paul was diagnosed dyspraxic in 2017 at the age of 47 and he now has a BSC in psychology research and Paul asks ‘Did your school years ever leave feeling accepted in society?’"Without hesitation Shaun responded: "F***ing absolutely, like I said I didn't know the alphabet…"Shaun shot to fame as a lead figure as part of the Madchester cultural scene during the late 80s and early 90s.In 1993, he formed Black Grape