BLUE have had a turbulent time in the two decades since they released their debut single All Rise.
And now the manband are preparing to tell about every single career indiscretion in their first career move since Lee Ryan was found guilty of assault.
I’ve been told they are working on a warts-and-all documentary which will see them talk about everything including their various bankruptcies and scandals.
However, it will be Lee’s conviction this year for racially assaulting a flight attendant and pleading guilty that he drunkenly assaulted a policeman by biting him during the same incident which everyone will really want to hear about.
He has since appealed against the police assault conviction.
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His bandmates Duncan James, Antony Costa and Simon Webbe have said they want to work with him on the project to move the conversation on from the shocking incident.
A music insider said: “Blue came back together in 2021 for their 20th anniversary tour and wanted to carry on celebrating their legacy.
“Lee’s arrest last July put a spanner in the works but they are keen to move forward and think a documentary is the perfect way to do so.
“Their personal lives have been colourful to say the least, but there is also lots to cheer about when it comes to their career.
“They’ve had hit singles including All Rise and One Love, they’ve collaborated with Sir Elton John and they’ve partied around the world, they are full of stories.
“The idea is that the documentary will feature them each spilling the beans on everything alongside the people who know them best.
“There is video footage from when they were putting their most recent tour together and also of them on stage.
“Channel 4 did express an interest but everything is up in the air in terms of where it will end up being broadcast.”
Over the years, Antony has been caught weeing at a cash machine, Lee has claimed 9/11 was “blown out of all proportion”, Simon has been called a love cheat and they have all been declared bankrupt.
With all that to talk about, I’m sure it will be an entertaining watch.
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Mae’s tears over Euro heartbreak
MAE MULLER says the hardest thing about finishing second to last at Eurovision is that people think she can’t sing.
The Londoner represented the UK in the contest in May with her track I Wrote A Song.
She said: “My experience was pressure and I think it got to me.
“Before the final there’s five full performances.
“But there was not one time where I did that performance where I was like, ‘I’m 100 per cent happy with that’.
“People go, ‘You can’t sing live’, and that’s what really hurts me because I know I can.
“Now I feel like I’ve got this other thing to prove.”
She added on the How To Fail podcast: “The next day, that was the one day I allowed myself to wallow in it.
“I was heartbroken.
“I was like, ‘You’re going to have a day to think your life is over, to think your career is over’, and I cried so much.”
In the mix up
LOOKS like Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall has found herself in a new trio as she poses beside Rita Ora and Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan.
The ladies looked bright and beautiful at a brunch celebrating Pride in London on Saturday, hosted by designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
Singer Jessie Ware, Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo and model Pixie Geldof were among other big names who turned up to show their support for the LGBT+ community – and to get free food and drink.
It will have been a welcome break for Jade, as she has been working on her solo music.
She is expected to be the next member of Little Mix to release her own music, following Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s debut single Don’t Say Love last month.
It has been well over a year since the group went on hiatus, so she has taken her time on it.
Perhaps a boozy brunch will have inspired a few more tunes.
DEBBIE HARRY celebrated her birthday backstage at the Dog Day Afternoon festival with celebrity pals such as the Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock and fashion designer Bella Freud.
The Blondie frontwoman was handed a record player cake to mark her 78th birthday on Saturday, just hours after she finished a storming set where she tore through hits including Sunday Girl and Atomic.
The crowd also showed Debbie some love by singing her happy birthday during the gig.
Many happy returns, Deb.
Calum: The King got me crying
HE has made plenty of people cry with his emotional ballads but it was Calum Scott who was left in bits after he performed at King Charles’s coronation concert in May.
The Dancing On My Own singer sang with Take That at the event and couldn’t keep it together once it was over.
In an exclusive chat, Calum – who also joined the group for their show at BST Hyde Park in London on Saturday – said: “I’ve got to admit, as soon as I came off stage, I bawled my eyes out.
“I think it was just because it was very emotional, I couldn’t believe I was there.
“It was Take That and the King, it was a lot.
“When that emotional energy disappeared I FaceTimed my mum and was crying make-up down my face.
“I was a hot mess.”
Recalling joining Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald on stage, he continued: “It was mad.
“One of the maddest experiences I think I’ve been on in this career.
"Everything went to plan but I did worry I’d fall over because there was a big distance between where I came on stage and Gary, and I had to get a bit of a jog on.
“Luckily my shoes were grippy and I stood my ground.”
On whether he took any souvenirs home from the Windsor Castle venue, Calum added: “I didn’t steal anything because everything was quite heavy – suits of armour and big plates.
“I was like, ‘I’m not taking any commemorative plates out of there’. But it was so amazing.”
Meanwhile at yesterday’s big gig, Hugh Grant revealed himself to be the world’s most unlikely fan of K-pop band Blackpink.
He arrived early to collect his tickets before preparing himself for a night’s dancing by nipping to the gym.
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DANNY DYER has to pinch himself that he has landed a role in the Disney+ series The Rivals.
The ex EastEnders actor told the Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake podcast: “Who’d have thought, in my mid-forties, I’m a Disney star?”
Rag has to cancel live show
RAG’N’BONE MAN devastated fans yesterday when he cancelled a show in Scotland hours before he was due on stage.
The Human singer had been expected to perform as part of the Live In The City series of shows in Inverness, but pulled out at 10am following “travel issues”.
He said: “Due to unforeseen and unavoidable travel issues – with flights being cancelled for the band and crew on their way to Scotland and all avenues of alternative travel means exhausted – the show is logistically impossible to put on without the team and equipment that are unable to get to Inverness today.”
PREGNANT Roxy Horner is glowing as she cradles her baby bump on holiday in Mykonos.
The model, who is expecting her first child with comedian boyfriend Jack Whitehall, was at the exclusive £500-a-night Cavo Tagoo hotel on the Greek island, where the couple are enjoying the final weeks before their daughter arrives.
Roxy still rocked this silver bikini. Under the snaps, she wrote: “Seven months of growing you. Having the best time.”
Seven months? That’s my bump after two days all-inclusive.
