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James Bourne’s bandmates Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson have split up since the start of the Busted vs. McFly tour, which broke up due to his claims that he wasn’t in “good enough health.”

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Busted’s Matt Willis has paid tribute to bandmate James Bourne again amid his absence from the band’s latest tour. It comes after it was announced earlier this month that the guitarist had pulled out of the concerts due to his health.

James, 42, revealed that he was “not in good enough health” to join his bandmates Matt, 42, and Charlie Simpson, 40, on the Busted vs McFly tour the day before its opening night in Birmingham last Tuesday. It was later announced that his brother Chris Bourne would be stepping in for him.

Matt spoke about James’ absence during the first gig last week. He has since brought his bandmate up again, with him seen paying tribute and sharing an update in footage from a more recent show that’s been shared on social media.

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in the video shared by @smarshie on TikTok. Matt told fans: “Mr. James Bourne is really f***ing sick and we love him so much and we miss him. ” at the OVO Arena Wembley. He began to say, “So we talked to him, we said.. ” as his voice sounded shaky.

Before continuing his speech, Matt received cheers from the audience at the venue. What should we do, man, he told the audience at the concert when we spoke to him? Do we leave this situation? What the hell are we doing? And he replied, “No, I want you to keep playing the shows.”

The band, which also includes Eddy Thrower as drummer for the tour, would need another guitarist in James’ place, the musician continued. There are only three of us right now, and Matt said, “We’re gonna need someone else to play guitar, right?”

Then Charlie made a joke about “anyone but McFly, anyone”. Mattt continued, “We came up with some suggestions, and he went, “What about my little brother Chris comes and plays with you?” And we’re like, “Hell yeah! “

Chris was introduced to the audience after being reminded that he was in the Year 3000 music video by Matt. After Matt and Charlie, James’ brother and Matt’s were greeted with cheers from the crowd.

Matt had delivered a speech at Busted’s first appearance on their tour with McFly last week. At the bp pulse LIVE arena, he said, “You might have noticed that our best friend isn’t here tonight.” We love and miss James, but he is really sick.

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He also told the crowd on opening night: “This is the first show we’ve ever played without him and it’s really weird.” Matt added: “But we’re gonna do the best we can.” He then spoke about replacing James before introducing Chris.

James said in a statement last week that the VS tour would debut on Saturday night in Birmingham. “As excited as l’ve been all year for this tour to begin, I’m really sorry to say that it has become clear that I am not in good enough health to play these shows.

He continued, “My bandmates, management, and I are all unanimous in deciding that I should concentrate on the medical stuff for the time being. There is a lot of information I still don’t have about my condition.” I sincerely hope to be able to make a comeback in the future. I’ll miss going to see it because it’s still going to be a fantastic show! As soon as possible, see you all.

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Spencer Matthews and Jamie Laing opened up about challenging times in their decades-long friendship that appeared to have caused a breakdown in their bond.

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Jamie Laing and Spencer Matthews met in a fiery clash as the former Made In Chelsea stars tried to iron out past differences. The ex best pals went head to head in the latest episode of the Great Company podcast and opened up on their friendship breakdown.

Following Jamie’s choice to snub best friend Spencer in the invitations to his wedding to Sophie Habboo in 2023, things started to deteriorate between the two. Since they were teenagers, they have been close friends, and the popular E4 reality series showcased their strong bond.

The pair discussed past conflicts and miscommunications throughout their heated discussion. Let’s examine the podcast’s most pressing issues…

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Spencer’s absence from Jamie’s stag do

Jamie made the decision to miss his stag do at Pal Spencer. Due to his sobriety, he claimed he didn’t think Spencer should be sober. He added, “It’s a good thing, also because alcohol probably was the key at that time, and you were probably the most amazing place, with fitness and alcohol and being sober and everything else.”

He continued, “I don’t want to put myself in situations that might lead to drinking because you were probably arguing whether or not to drink or not, and you were also in a selfish place.” Yes, so Jamie won’t understand that. I’ll just say that because it’s not my thing, I don’t want to do it.

Spencer acknowledged that the decision was based on a communication issue, adding, “That’s for you, for sure. Yes, communication is shaky. In retrospect, I should have stayed at stag for two nights without drinking, I suppose, because that was a little selfish of me.

Spencer is snubbed on wedding invitations by Jamie.

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Jamie surprisingly snubbed his pal when it came to invitations for his wedding in 2023. Spencer admitted the situation “hurt him deeply”.

Jamie and Sophie conducted a legal proceeding at Chelsea Registry Office two months prior to the couple’s lavish ceremony in Spain. Spencer was then on vacation in Portugal while the registry ceremony was taking place, being appointed master of ceremonies for the main event. His absence sparked criticism that he had “snubbed” his closest friend.

He then attempted to defend himself, telling Vogue that both he and his wife weren’t invited. Spencer then addressed the situation once more, telling his friend that the snub had left him profoundly confused and that he had been deeply hurt by the choice. Spencer claimed in a podcast interview that “I must admit that I found it a little perplexing.” That caused me some pain, so I attempted to brush that under the table.

“And I’m certain it was just like, you know, I don’t want to speak for you, but I’m certain it wasn’t malicious from you,” she said. At least I’d like to believe it wasn’t right, “Well, at least I did.”

Jamie acknowledged that the guest list had worried him. I was very anxious and was having a difficult time worrying about getting married, you know what that means.

Ultramarathon snub

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The pair’s rift even left endurance athlete Spencer skipping Jamie’s Ultra Marathon challenge for Comic Relief. The gruelling effort saw Jamie trek from London to Manchester for the charity.

Jamie explained how the experience affected him, explaining that he is “sensitive to rejection.” Spencer responded, “I think at the time that this was happening, we could have chosen to be about, say, being men about it, but women probably do this as well,” after Jamie read out the headlines about Spencer’s shun. We could . We could have just had dinner and discussed the issues, but we didn’t.

“And so it starts to feel a little sour, and we spend days without talking later.” Because you actually run a number of businesses, God only knows how many. I run after three. I have three kids, two. Like, today’s life is completely different. You are aware of what I mean, like? I don’t have the same amount of time as I did before to experience all of my friendships in the same way.

He continued, “I’m not a great friend in any way.” You know there are a few people I’m in contact with semi frequently, and that’s it, sincerely, “.

Spencer and Jamie appear to be looking forward to rekindling their friendship and rekindling their closeness from decades ago after putting their differences aside.

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Thomas Skinner, a contestant in the Strictly Come Dancing, boasted about raising millions of pounds for the pandemic but hasn’t returned a £50, 000 Covid loan he borrowed from the government.

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One of Strictly contestant Thomas Skinner’s firms has not paid back a £50,000 Covid bounce back loan – despite the star boasting about turning over “millions” during the pandemic.

After one business applied for a tax-payer-funded government loan in 2020, the star is the subject of fresh controversy over his company’s finances. Five years later, there is no evidence that Skinner, the Fluffy Pillow Company, has ever paid back the loan.

Despite Skinner stating that Bosh Beds and another company had both made a profit in particular from the UK pandemic, Skinner goes on to explain. He even claims that Covid could “ride a wave on its back” thanks to the latter business.

The revelations are another blow to the credibility of the BBC show, which is already reeling after a torrid few years. And they will leave Strictly bosses under further pressure to explain the rationale behind signing Skinner who last week admitted cheating on his wife.

He describes the pillow company in his autobiography as “growing quickly after I finished The Apprentice and doing very well thanks to massive demand during the pandemic when everyone had money to spare and plenty of time to spend in bed.” He claimed that Bosh Beds, which had 14 employees and was officially registered months later in October 2020, was “taking £130, 000 pound a week in sales by 2021.”

Everyone has a lot of money, he said. We were doing some cleaning. It was simple. I put up a (social media) post because it was so simple; orders would have to be made for £30 million. I was riding a wave on the back of a covid, he continued. Every few months, multi-million dollar deals were common. It was insane.

Later, in December of that year, Skinner gushed, “Today I’ve turned over £1.8 million pound with BOSH BEDS! “

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Small businesses that had been “disaffected” by Covid were benefited by the government loan program. The applicant’s financial information was self-certified, which meant the lender didn’t have to wait for the lender to verify it. Instead, the applicant makes their own declarations. In order to speed up the application process and expedite the release of funds during the crisis, this strategy was employed.

Skinner has previously claimed The Fluffy Pillow Company was hit by the Covid lockdown in March 2020 after sales had initially soared after his stint on the Apprentice in 2019. He said: “I’d just moved to this lovely house. I’d bought a big car.. I had to find £1000 a month to pay for that on finance. And because it was going so well, and all sudden it stopped dead, I thought. And I’ve got a baby on the way I thought, what am I gonna do?”

Instead of selling mattresses during the lockdown, Skinner claimed he could deliver them across the UK because they were deemed “essential.” He claimed that the switch to selling mattresses instead of pillows was booming when the Covid loan scheme began accepting applications in May 2020.

He continued, “We worked seven days a week and non-stop throughout the entire first lockdown, and we received about 20 to 30 deliveries on the day, traveling all over the country, and dropping off mattresses,” It turned out fantastic. And I thought, “Wow, we have a serious business here.” And we began to really advance and win. There was no competition. We had a good fortune. And that’s when I really start making money.

The Fluffy Pillow Company’s official Instagram page shows Skinner delivering mattresses, beds and pillows throughout 2020 up until December.

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The Fluffy Pillow Company ultimately requested a maximum loan of £50,000. Skinner had to self-certify that his company had previously generated over £200,000 annually in order to do this.

According to the loan regulations, the business should have begun making payments in 12 months, but there is no evidence of any payments ever being made. The £50, 000 is listed as being owed in accounts from both 2021 and 2022.

Companies House has issued four notices to liquidate the business with the outstanding debt. Two strike-offs have been suspended due to an objection, and two have been discontinued, possibly for administrative reasons. We inquired about whether the outstanding loan was to blame, but Skinner has declined to comment on the matter.

The Fluffy Pillow company stopped trading, according to Skinner, who has contradicted his claims. In one interview, Skinner claimed how the business failed when the lockdown hit in March 2020 despite social media showing him and his employees, wearing The Fluffy Pillow uniforms, delivering goods up until December 2020.

He responded to a question in a podcast about how he “literally lost your pillow business overnight.” Yes. I had spent a lot of money. I was at a state. However, he acknowledges this in another interview: “I kept trying to keep everything going. I kept all the guys on.”

When the company’s micro-accounts claim the company had an average of one employee, Skinner’s spokesperson hasn’t responded to questions about when the company stopped trading. Strangely, he suggested in Skinner’s 2023 autobiography that he hadn’t taken out any kind of loan.

He continued, “Some people liked getting their furlough money at home, but that wasn’t for me.” There was no wrong with me if I had taken out a business loan and continued to bake at home while Joe Wicks exercised. Covid was yet another life experience that left me speechless. The company continued to prosper even after lockdown. I hired new employees, opened new stores, and expanded. Skinner resigned from Bosh Beds in November 2022.

Dani Dyer, the star of Strictly Come Dancing, has announced that she is resigning from the BBC series due to an injury, and Nikita Kuzmin, her dance partner, has also released a depressing statement.

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Professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin has issued a statement following the news that his celebrity partner Dani Dyer has dropped out of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. She announced her departure from the show earlier this week.

It was announced yesterday that Love Island winner Dani, 29, won’t becontinuing in the BBC dance contest following an injury in rehearsals, with her having expressed disappointment over the situation. The news cames just days before the first live show of the new series, which launched on Saturday.

The pre-recorded launch episode on the weekend unveiled each of the pairings for the latest series. It was revealed that Dani would be with Nikita, 27, and she said upon meeting her dance partner: “I’m so happy. I literally am in shock.”

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Nikita made a statement after learning Dani had left Strictly. He also posted some behind-the-scenes photos, saying that he was “so devastated we’d finished our journey before it even started.”

“We had an incredible amount of fun and laughs in such a short amount of time!” I really enjoyed our partnership, and I’m hoping to reach week one soon, lol. I wish you the best of luck, Daniel.

You’re such a wonderful, upbeat, and lovely person, he continued. Knowing how excited you were to do your absolute best on the show breaks my heart. We sincerely haven’t decided on the team name in time, so hopefully we can pick it up next year:) Love from #danita, #dakita, #nani.

Yesterday, the BBC announced that Dani will no longer compete on Strictly this year. It was revealed that she fractured her ankle amid rehearsals, with her saying in a statement: “I had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed funny.

“I initially thought I had rolled my foot, but it swelled excessively over the weekend, and it turns out I’ve broken my ankle after an MRI yesterday. I’ve had to leave the show because it seems like performing the quickstep on a broken bone is not recommended and the doctors have told me to stop dancing.

Dani then expressed her disappointment. The biggest understatement, she said, is to say I’m heartbroken in the statement. Although I’m going to miss Nikita dancing, I’ll definitely be watching closely and cheering all the couples on.

The show’s creators are “incredibly sad” over the circumstances, according to Sarah James, executive producer at BBC Studios. According to Sarah, “Dani has enriched Strictly with so much passion, joy, and enthusiasm, and her partnership with Nikita was off to the most sensational start.”

Everyone on the show is deeply sad that she is unable to compete in the current series this year. We wish her the best recovery possible and express our love to her in the future.

The news prompted reaction on social media, including from colleagues. Replying to the news on Instagram, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas wrote on the platform: “I’m so so sorry. But health is most important. Get well soon Angel.”

Fellow judge Motsi Mabuse said: “Oh so sorry. Get well soon. Health first.” Whilst other pros also responded to the news, like Gorka Márquez who commented: “So gutted for you guys! [Dani and Nikita]. Hope you get well soon.”

The first of the live shows will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Saturday night starting at 6 p.m. for the new season of Strictly Come Dancing.

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According to reports, comedian Mo Gilligan and model fiancée Taia Tulher welcomed their first child. A few weeks ago, the Masked Singer judge and his wife Taia gave birth to their son.

Mo kneed down on one knee last month as the couple recently tied the knot. Just as it was claimed that Mo had a secret son with his ex Selina Christoforou, Selina Christoforou, received word of their engagement.

“Mo and Taia are in a bubble of joy because they have their child.” She gave birth a short while ago, and things are now back to normal, according to a source. There was no indication of Taia’s bump until the pair were seen together at London Fashion Week.

They are only revealing the gender and name of the baby to close friends and family, but they have already been making announcements about it. The source continued, “Mo and Taia couldn’t be happier.”

His ex Selina Christoforou claimed in an explosive video on TikTok that he already has a child but is a “deadbeat dad,” making the allegations come after her. You can’t make someone be a father, Selina had claimed. She claimed she knows how few times the star has met his son Rudi. Mo continued to defend the allegations, appearing to criticize Selina with a post featuring Rudi.

Mo and Taia engaged in a “complete nine-yard proposal,” according to a source who was present. Everyone is extremely happy for them because they have been telling their friends about their engagement.

He and Taia “are really excited to start a family together,” he says. It seemed like the ideal next step to get married since they already reside together in London.

In a popular post, Selina criticized Mo for her recent Instagram post about my son’s father. “For your information, I don’t blame you if you don’t follow my Instagram. His father is Mo Gilligan, I guess. very heavily in quotation marks.

A source at the time later stated that Mo only observes the baby occasionally. She learned about her pregnancy in May of 2023, according to the insider, and it shocked them both greatly because they had been being cautious.

“But she wanted the child, despite the fact that they weren’t a couple,” she continued. Mo sees their son semi-regularly, and she adores him. He is excited about becoming a father for the second time and is excited about it. He feels comfortable with Taia because he has been with her for a while.

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After his wife, who is over 20 years younger than him, gave birth to their first child, the rock star from the 1980s has since remarried.

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An eighties rock legend has revealed his wife has gave birth to the couple’s first child. Roland Orzabal, 64, and his wife Emily, 38, became parents to the tot earlier in the summer.

Curt Smith, Roland’s bandmate and Tears for Fears member, acknowledged that the guitarist’s growing brood was the cause of the band’s summer break.

Emily Rath Orzabal gave birth in June. A number of her Instagram followers revealed the name in the comments section on one of her posts.

On an image of her pregnant while standing in front of a picturesque back drop, one user wrote: “Congratulations to you & Roland on the birth of Eula ! so happy for you both.” Explaining further how they knew the name, they claimed Roland’s brother announced it on one of the band’s online forums.

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And Curt further opened up about the pair’s new arrival while chatting with Vulture last month. He said: “We were going to tour this summer, but Roland and his wife had a baby in June.

You don’t want to be so close to having a baby, so the summer touring obviously wasn’t done.

The couple’s first child is the musician and photographer. He also has two children, Pascal and Raoul, who were both born to Caroline, who passed away in 2017 at the age of 54.

In 2020, Roland and Emily quietly rekindled their union. They were buried in Colorado’s Aspen Mountain at the time, where they shared their vows. After being forced to cancel their original wedding due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they were forced to cancel.

Due to Covid, Emily said at the time, “We had to postpone our original wedding date in September 2020. When should we get married, I felt as though all corona brides have been feeling angry, sad, gypped, and unsure.

“Roland and I were working in the States. We secretly eloped, just the two of us, atop a mountain in Aspen, because we desperately wanted to get married, even just legally, and to honor our original date. It was my life’s most magical experience.

No one wanted to risk their safety, but it breaks my heart that my family couldn’t see it. Although it was never my dream to get married twice, we made the decision to separate the ceremony from the legal ceremony.

She continued, “We can use the spring flowers that we originally wanted in September and we can have them all in the spring.” Our wedding took place on Aspen Mountain at 11 / 212 feet, but it will take place next year inside a fantastic venue.

The pair’s ceremony was more lavish the following year. Their closest and dearest attended their second wedding at Oxfordshire’s Blenheim Palace.

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