Adele lines Up a new parnership with Barbra Streisand 

The superstar is instead turning to 74-year-old ballad queen Barbra Streisand. Adele, 28, is in talks to make a generation-spanning duets album – as well as go on a mini-tour – with the Wind Beneath My Wings legend.

We can reveal the diva duo met up last week in between solo concerts they performed at LA’s Staples Center. And bosses at Columbia Records, the label they are both signed to, believe they can storm the charts just like the odd pairing of Lady Gaga and 90-year-old crooner Tony Bennett did.

The girls, who have a stack of awards between them, have been friends since they both performed at the 2013 Oscars ceremony. Since then, Someone Like You star Adele has been a regular guest at Barbra’s oceanfront mansion in Malibu, California.

An industry insider said: “This could easily become one of the most important and lucrative collaborations in modern music history. And they are both very much up for it.

“Despite the huge gulf in age and their different genres, both have said they would love to get together in the studio and record a duets album.

“The feeling is that the tracks would most likely be new versions of their own best-known numbers, with maybe one or two new songs added to the mix.

“Both of them have busy schedules but the logistics shouldn’t be too much of a problem because this is something they both have their hearts set on.”

LASSICAL star Jonathan Antoine says he still dreads singing live, four years after fi nding fame. Jonathan made the final of Britain’s Got Talent after wowing the nation with his confident performances.

In a Wired exclusive, he said: “I get nervous before every performance. It’s crazy.

“I feel sick in my stomach. I’ll feel ill and get nervous for no apparent reason. And I either go really quiet or I find myself shouting at people. “It’s really weird because as soon as I step on stage it’s like I’m back in the room.

“In a way it’s like having multiple personalities.

“To get through it I stay as quiet as I can and try to eliminate distractions. Sometimes I’ll draw something and that will help.”

Jonathan, 21, has tour dates lined up in Birmingham and London in December. He added: “There’s always the possibility that I’m going to mess it up. The human error factor.

“It doesn’t make sense because the audience are there to see me and won’t care if I make a mistake. But it still bothers me.

“It’s also weird because I yearn for that moment on stage and the loss of the world around me. So it’s what I love and yet I fear it so much.

"I want to do it perfectly every time and I know deep down that’s impossible.”

TOWIE: Danielle Armstrong has had to battle body bullies

TOWIE blonde Danielle Armstrong has battled the body bullies before. But now she’s happier than ever with her curves – and here are the pics to prove it. As she stripped off for the summer, Gorgeous Dani, 28, revealed what it is like to share a screen with sexy younger co-stars such as Megan McKenna and Courtney Green.

“I’m never going to be stick thin and I’m never going to have Megan’s long legs but I’m happy with my size,” she told us.

“It’s good for young girls to watch TOWIE and see girls that are different shapes and sizes. “You know, Megan’s 23, Courtney’s only 20. I’m different to these girls, I’m older.

Dani has been a regular on the reality show since 2013 but reckons this series viewers are seeing the real her for the first time. Her on-off relationship with James Lock meant fans of the ITVBe show were more used to seeing her sob than smile.

But now the babe is on the up, revealing: “In the past, all my friends were getting engaged and moving in and getting pregnant and so we rushed things. I put pressure on him. “But now we’re in a place where we’re good.

“It’s nice not having had any drama with James and people have been able to see the fun side of me.”

Dani and the cast are all rooting for their colleague Lewis Bloor, who’s currently holed up in the Celebrity Big Brother House. And while there are whispers that the Essex gent is wooing his housemate – reality babe Marnie Simpson – just for the cameras, Dani doesn’t buy it.

She added: “I do think he does like her and I think you’ll see that soon.”

WITH an adoring crowd spilling out of the tent, Blossoms sauntered on stage at Sunday’s Y Not Festival like they were seasoned headliners. But, with their debut album fresh on the shelves only this week, this Stockport five-piece are far from old hands on the festival scene.

Try telling the packed tent that though – if you could be heard above their word-for-word rendition of every song. Along with firm favourites Charlemagne and Blow, the lads offered a preview of their eponymous debut with some album tracks.

From the slow-burning grooves of Deep Grass to the 60s twang of Cut Me And I’ll Bleed, Blossoms have that ‘cusp of brilliance’ aura that followed the Arctic Monkeys as they hit the big time.

Elsewhere at the three-day Derbyshire weekender, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds closed Saturday’s main stage with a storming set, including Oasis hits. And Mike Skinner of The Streets kept the party going with a blistering DJ set.

Cheaper early-bird tickets for next year’s Y Not Festival are on sale now at ynotfestivals.co.uk

ROCKER Chris Martin has bizarrely compared his role in Coldplay to “a rat who eats biscuits”.

The award-winning singer says bandmates Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland are the real key to the group’s success.

Speaking about the balance of egos and talent in the band, Chris, 39, said: “I think Will is like an anchor for a ship, so really strong, heavy and knows where he is and can make everyone else secure.

“Guy is like a compass – he says this is a cool place to go or this is not a cool place to go. “Jonny is like the sails of a ship, big and beautiful and he gives us the space. But he added: “I am like one of those rats running around ship eating biscuits, just on a free ride. I just eat and go where I am told.”

Asked how he, bassist Guy, 38, guitarist Jonny, 38, and drummer Will, 38, stay mates, he added: “Communication, respect and to respect the chemistry between us, by which I mean no one band member is any more important than another.”

LEGAL: Jaden Smith went transatlantic for a drink

WILL Smith’s son clearly has his priorities right after booking a trip to England just so he could booze. Jaden Smith, who turned 18 on July 8, is still too young to drink in the US, so chose to visit Blighty to enjoy a tipple or three.

Famous actor dad Will said his mouth dropped open when the family visited a restaurant and the teen nonchalantly ordered a tequila.

Unaware that the legal drinking age over here is not 21, as it is in the States, Will, 47, said: “So we go and hang out for his birthday and I’m like, ‘Man, that’s really good. He wanted his family with him’.

“And then we go to a restaurant and Jaden was just particularly excited and we sit down and he looked at the waiter and he says, ‘I’ll have a tequila’. “I said, ‘Woah, woah man. Hold up. What you doing?’ And Jaden says, ‘The drinking age is 18 in England dad’.”

Will added: “I was like, ‘You joker!’ “I was thinking fast. I said, ‘Hold on, it’s only noon in LA and you weren’t born until 4pm, so you’re not 18 yet’.”

FORMER X FACTOR champ Sam Bailey has splashed out £80,000 of her own cash to finance her new album. The 2103 winner had to dig deep for second release Sing My Heart Out after being dropped by Simon Cowell’s record label Syco.

Sam, who worked with Ben Adams from A1 on most the record after I introduced them, said: “Every bit of spare money I’ve earned I’ve put back into this record.

“I would say it’s cost around £60,000- £80,000. It is a lot of money but I’ve earned that money through hard work.

“I’m putting myself on the line but I still do have fans so I know there’s work out there.

“Of course, if Simon Cowell turned round and offered me another contract I would take it because it’s a safety blanket and going on your own is riskier.

“But I’m just happy to be making music my career.” Down-to-earth Sam, 39, is still in the same house she lived in before she won the X Factor.

She added: “I don’t see myself as rich or famous. I still dress like I did before the X Factor, in trackies. “I love the fact I still go to Primark and go shopping with the kids.” Sam’s new single, Sing My Heart Out, is out now. Her second headline tour is scheduled for March next year.

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