Boyzone back in town

Just when you thought reunion fever couldn’t get any hotter, The Sun has revealed the Boyzone lads met up with their old boss Louis Walsh on Friday to thrash out a new deal.

Take That proved comebacks can be a big success, and fans of the Spice Girls are ecstatic that Posh and Co are back together too.

Now Boyzone, who split in 2000, want a piece of the action. They met met with X Factor star Louis, who managed them first time round, at the Conrad Hotel in Chelsea. An onlooker said: “Ronan and the gang were all there laughing and having a great time.”

Ronan sacked Louis as his solo manager in 2003 but they’ve buried the hatchet. It is believed the boys are considering doing a tour and TV documentary.

Moyles slams X Factor

Radio One DJ Chris Moyles has ripped into X Factor and denied rumours he’ll replace judge Sharon Osbourne – even for her £50,000-an-HOUR.

Moyles said if approached he’d tell bosses to shove the job “up their a***”.

But he accused producer and judge Simon Cowell of being “too gutless” to ask him anyway. Motormouth Moyles, 33 – on £630,000-a-year – said: “The show’s turning into a pantomime.
“Sharon walking out on Saturday night was just a PR stunt. I wouldn’t even do it for the money she’s on, but she’ll be back – she has a contract.”

Sharon has yet to contact X Factor, but will speak out today on pal Paul O’Grady’s Channel 4 show.

Rooney plays the blues

Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney will be getting a guitar painted Manchester City blue for his birthday after a blunder by Coleen McLoughlin.

Fiancee Coleen, 21, asked Oasis star Noel Gallagher to sign an instrument for Roo – a big fan of the band.

But Noel, 40, famous for hits including Wonderwall and Some Might Say, is a die-hard fan of United’s arch-rivals City.

He immediately hatched a plan to have the guitar sprayed light blue. Noel also scrawled his own message on it to Wayne: “Happy Birthday Fatboy.”

Leona looks likely for No 1

Leona Lewis looks on course to beat Take That in the eagerly anticipated battle for Sunday’s No1 spot.

The X Factor winner’s CD single Bleeding Love and Take That’s Rule The World hit stores yesterday – with Leona outselling the lads by three to one in Woolworths. She was also No1 download on iTunes.

If the trend continues Leona would bag top spot at the weekend, with Take That trailing in second place.

Woolies’ CD sales figures also had her outselling Britney Spears’ Gimme More by ten to one.
Brit’s single was released digitally last week, going straight into the UK singles charts at number three on downloads alone.

But kids’ favourite McFLY was beating them both with their new release The Heart Never Lies.
An HMV spokesman said: “We’re selling twice as many Leona singles as we are Take That, though right now they’re both being outsold by McFly.

“However, McFly releases always tend to start strongly due to their avid fan base and then level off, so the signs are looking really good for Leona landing her second UK No1 come the end of the week.”


In other news

* Lovebirds Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton jetted to the States with relatives yesterday – sparking rumours of a secret wedding.

* Danielle Lloyd has just bought a £2m eight-bedroom house in Essex – plus a £220k Bentley GT. She has also ordered her dad an all-singing, all-dancing Range Rover for Christmas.

* Matt Damon will play South African rugby legend Francois Pienaar in The Human Factor – a biopic of his countryman Nelson Mandela. Director Clint Eastwood has ordered Matt to bulk up to play the captain, who won the World Cup in 1995.

* Pregnant Nicole Richie and her rocker fiancé are house-hunting in Australia. Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden wants to spend three months of the year on Australia's Gold Coast and is looking for an apartment for himself, Nicole and their new baby.

* Sexy soap star Ali Bastian wants to become a Page 3 girl. The ex-Hollyoaks babe, 24, who now plays PC Sally Armstrong in The Bill, said: “I’m open to all offers. I’d love to make it on to Page 3 – that would be a compliment to my sexuality.”

* A man died after a freak accident during a jousting tournament filmed for Channel 4’s Time Team. A splinter from a wooden lance went through the eye slit of Paul Allen’s helmet and into his eye socket during the mock medieval battle.

Clips of the day

Take That – Rule the world

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KII1ruAfvsg

Leona Lewis – Bleeding love

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sF84pIhP5UM

McFly – The heart never lies

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NQHKHT-wE_Q

Leaked clip of the new Spice Girls single

Spice Girls – Headlines (friendship never ends)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fuG502d8Mnk