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36 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 LIFESTYLE

Gossip Beyonce working with eyonce is working with Naughty Boy on new Bmusic. The ‘Drunk In Love’ hitmaker will report- edly record the producer’s single ‘Lose It All (Runnin’)’ which has been removed from YouTube after Beyonce said she wanted to have it for herself. The insider said: “Bey called him to discuss the track and it’s thought she will record her vocals in the next couple of weeks.” The producer hit the headlines back in July when former One Direction star Zayn Malik hit out at him on Twitter branding him a “fat joke” following sev- eral months together in the studio where they had been working on the 22-year-old singer’s debut solo . But Bey doesn’t seem put off by his falling out with Zayn and is even persuading her husband Jay Z to sign him to his Roc Nation. A music indus- try insider told The Sun newspaper: “Naughty Boy’s track ‘La La La’ became a worldwide hit and it managed to catch the attention of Jay Z.”The rapper personally is the ‘worst pop star’ is the ‘worst invited him to the Roc Nation pre-Grammy brunch in February and expressed his interest then over signing Naughty Boy up to his label. They then also met for a chat at the Hotel Bel Air in Beverly Hills. “Jay is always keen on supporting British talent and has signed the likes of Rita [Ora] and Alexa Goddard. He knows that if he manages to get Naughty Boy he will have a huge star on his hands. “Beyonce played a major role in the

Horan talks with Naughty Boy and they have formed a close friendship. She shares Jay’s belief in Naughty Boy’s tal- ents and has expressed an interest in working on a track together.” iall Horan thinks he is the “worst pop star my heart pounding.” In contrast, both Liam Payne Nthat ever walked the planet”. The One and Louis Tomlinson are daredevils who like to try Direction star will go on an extended hia- new things. Liam said: “I like to think I’m a bit of a tus with the group next March but has admitted daredevil at heart - Louis and I jumped off a tower he isn’t very adventurous and claims the wildest in Las Vegas, it was really scary.” Louis added to Bernard Sumner: New Order ‘never’ split thing he ever does is play golf. He said: “I’m not Top of the Pops magazine: “I like to have fun. I very daring, I’m all about a gentle game of golf. don’t think you should be held back by being too I’m actually quite boring and probably the worst scared to do certain things. “I’d love to swim with pop star that ever walked the planet.” And his sharks or chill with lions. I think that would be ernard Sumner insists New Order have “never” split bandmate Harry Styles admitted he is equally not really cool.” Bup. The ‘Blue Monday’ singer says the group have very rock and roll. He said: “I’m really not adven- enjoyed a number of lengthy hiatuses but never turous. Sitting down with a cup of tea is what gets officially called it a day, despite former bassist Peter Hook proclaiming they had disbanded following his departure in 2007. Bernard said: “Not true. We never did split up. We’ve had long, long periods off but we never officially packed it in. And it’s not really for Hooky to split The Vamps’ Tristan the band up on his own, is it? It’s not his decision.” The 59-year-old musician admitted he has been a “miserable” in the past, but thinks his former bandmate should have been more understanding of his reasons for not touring Evans a ‘pest’ at school more. He told Q magazine: “To be fair, I think he thought I was being a miserable at the time and I probably was. He wanted us to tour more. “But I didn’t want to get he Vamps’ Tristan Evans was a “pest” at school. The 21-year-old drummer admits he was sucked into the touring atmosphere of drinking too Tconstantly in trouble when he was younger and received “detention upon detention” for much and we had health issues at home. I needed to be his bad behavior. He said: “I was a pest. I was really hyperactive, would talk back to the around to support my family and he knew that. “It teacher and speak to my friends when we were supposed to be working. “I did a lot of bad became very competitive - one-way competitive. Hooky things. I was rude and couldn’t be bothered to do my homework. I got kicked out of class all and I have got very different personalities and I don’t the time and I even smashed a few windows playing football. I got detention upon detention.” think we’re meant to share the same space.” While Tristan was a bad boy, his bandmate James McVey rarely got into trouble and even made friends with his teachers. He said:” I was too good to get into any big trouble. When I wore my black converse I always got told off. Teachers hate it, but I only got a warning. “By the end of school I’d become friends with most of the teachers and did what I was told.” Mullen Jr wants U2 Both Brad Simpson and Connor Ball confessed they mainly ran into trou- ble because of their laziness. Connor said: “I never had a detention but I to play smaller gigs was lazy. I did all my homework on the bus on the way to school. “It was arry Mullen Jr thinks U2 need to get smaller. The 53-year-old a long journey though, about 45 Lrocker thinks it would be “so cool” if the group took time off to minutes, so that’s OK, isn’t it?” Brad play cover versions for “fun” and then shunned their usual stadi- added to Top of the Pops magazine: um shows in favour of intimate club gigs - though he also admits it “I wasn’t a naughty child but I did get could lead to the end of the band. He said: “When this tour is over, we lots of detentions for being late. I should set off on a trip where we learn how to play other people’s hated getting out of bed in the songs for fun and then go back and record an album with what we’ve morning - and I still do.” learned.”Just as an experiment. Go back to clubs you were really fit in and be good in there. “We actually need to go backwards. Benjamin Button is where we’re at. I mean, it could be the end of the band but it would be so cool.” And frontman hinted the new direction could be a realistic possibility for the band. He told Q magazine: “People say, ‘You love Neil Young and Radiohead and their intimacies, so why can’t you just be privately rather than publicly ambitious? And we’ll have to look at it. I am asking a few fundamental questions. “We’ve been playing stadiums now for about 30 years. Bit mad. “This is like being in Arsenal in 1985 and you’re still going for the Loaf’s new musical direction Champions League now. With the same team! But then you get a hint from the universe saying there’s a cost.” eat Loaf’s new LP is “completely different’ from anything he’s released before. The M‘’ hitmaker believes that as soon as fans hear the forthcoming record ‘Braver Than We Are’, their mouths are “gonna hang open” right from the first song. He said: “Anything else that’s out there right now. There are a couple of normal rock pieces but, for the most part, it’s completely different. “When you hear the opening track, your mouth’s gonna hang open. You’re either gonna take the CD and throw it Banks wants a against the wall, or you’re going to go, ‘I gotta see what’s coming next.’” The 67-year-old musician also shared more details about the tracks, admitting most are quite “long” and his belief that the opening song is “pretty wild”. He told Billboard magazine: “The first song Genesis reunion people will either love or despise, which is the way I like it. The opening number is pretty wild. It’s not long; the second song is long, and the third song is really long, and the fourth song is kind of long, and then the fifth song goes into a ‘down and out kind of guy,’ and ... ony Banks would “love” a Genesis reunion. The keyboard what’s the sixth song? I can’t remember past that.” Tplayer insists he will “never say never” to getting back togeth- er with his bandmates, , Mike Rutherford and potentially original singer Peter Gabriel, but the only thing stop- ping them is Phil is “not quite able” to play the drums like “he did in the past”. Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz t (at the Progressive Music Awards 2015 at the Underglobe below ‘Old fashioned’ Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in , Tony said: “I’d love to say that we are, but I know nothing of it. “It’s never a problem for me really. Mike and I see each other a songwriters Disclosure lot and we are always up for any- thing really. The problem really is isclosure write songs the “old fashioned” way. The electronic Phil is not quite able to do what he duo - made up of brothers Guy 24, and Howard, 21 - rose to D did in the past, but we never say prominence with electronic hits such as ‘White Noise’ and never.” The 65-year-old musician - ‘Latch’, which featured with , from their debut LP ‘Settle’ but who was honoured at the ceremo- confessed they are actually prefer the traditional approach to making ny with the Prog God title - thinks music and always start their songs on a . Guy explained: “We it would be great to play the same write in a very old-fashioned way with Howard and Jimmy (Napes, set they did in 2007 on the ‘Turn It their songwriting partner) around a piano, which is a relatively quick On Again’ tour. Tony is adamant process. It’s the post-production that takes longer. That’s the bit where just because they are “getting a bit I really concentrate and take a long time on the detail.” And the pair older” a reunion is still a possibility have taken even more of an instrumental approach to their second because they “all get on” still. He studio album ‘Caracal’. Guy added in an interview with The Sun news- explained: “Despite what you paper: “We’ve approached this album like a band - writing the songs might read sometimes we all get and using vocalists, not samples.” Since the success of ‘Settle’ the broth- on. I’d love to do the tour we did ers have got to meet a host of music legends and superstar pop peers before in 2007 with Daryl but they never get star-struck. Howard said: “After the Grammys we Stuermer and Chester Thompson. had a party in the Hollywood Hills and and We are all getting a bit older, but were there and it was fine.”Once you meet them, you realize they are we are all still alive.” just normal people. “Before I met , I was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s Sting!’ And then I met him and it was like, ‘Oh, he’s just a nice guy.’ “