Huge pop star makes comeback four years after last live show for massive £5m payday
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has not treated fans to a live show since 2019 – but now he is preparing to bring sexy back.
I’ve learned that he is being lined up for an hour-long performance at the £3.2billion 5H Fontainebleau Las Vegas hotel to celebrate its launch on December 13.
The American singer is currently rehearsing the setlist — believed to include SexyBack, Can’t Stop The Feeling! and Mirrors — for the invite-only event.
And insiders have told me that Justin can expect to bank £5million for the show in front of up to 3,800 guests.
A music insider said: “Justin has been signed as the big name to open the Fontainebleau.
“Bosses are beyond excited to book him and his performance will put the hotel on the map.”
The 3,644-room hotel, costing from £244 per night, will have 36 restaurants and bars, and will be the second Fontainebleau site following the Miami Beach location.
Guests can also book into the wellness centre, featuring 44 treatment rooms, a salt cave, herbal inhalation room and sauna.
Justin’s planned set comes after Beyonce raked in an eye-watering £20million for her show at the grand opening of Dubai’s Atlantis The Royal hotel in January.
The show, attended by model Kendall Jenner and singer Liam Payne, lasted one hour and 15 minutes, meaning she earned £266k a minute.
Justin last performed live in April 2019 in Uncasville, Connecticut for the final date of his The Man Of The Woods Tour.
His plans to return to the stage comes after he reunited with singer Nelly Furtado and producer Timbaland on the track Keep Going Up in September following on from their hit Give It To Me in 2007.
Earlier this year Timbaland also revealed that Justin had finished his latest album, which draws on his 2006 hit album FutureSex/LoveSounds.
Timbaland said: “Music is a young sport . . . you have to bring out the 13-year-old kid again.
“We had songs that maybe were too complicated, so we said we want it to feel like ‘FutureSex…’ part two.
“So, we did songs that will fit that.”
If there was ever a time to be a Justin fan, this is it.
Abbey’s away goal
THEY are always giving us a peek inside their £3million Surrey pile.
But it appears that Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch, are looking to up sticks with their four kids.
The former footballer’s model wife has revealed she’s “keen for a new chapter” abroad after the couple renewed their vows in the Maldives in January.
Speaking on their The Therapy Crouch podcast, Abbey said: “There’s no better life lesson than travel.”
The Crouch kids are very lucky indeed.
Leo girl & ex’s catwalk awks
WHILE all eyes were on catwalk goddesses Naomi Campbell and Kendall Jennner at Milan Fashion Week, it appears there could have been a very awkward run-in backstage.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s new girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti and rumoured ex Gigi Hadid were both at Friday’s Versace show.
Meanwhile Naomi showcased her age-defying figure in a black lingerie set as Dolce & Gabbana unveiled its new collection.
Normal People co-stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, Hollywood’s Jessica Chastain and Ryan Gosling, pop stars Demi Lovato and Jason Derulo, and boxer Anthony Joshua, were among the A-listers watching on.
But it seemed Love Island host Maya Jama was looking to keep a low profile as she stepped out in a skin-tight black dress and shades with super-sleek hair.
I wish I’d been with them in the FROW.
Dani: I’d kill it as a baddie
DANIELLE HAROLD has revealed she would love to play a cold-hearted killer in her next role after leaving EastEnders.
The actress – who played Lola Pearce-Brown in the BBC One soap and won an NTA gong for her cancer storyline – said she is looking at Netflix for her next role.
Speaking at the Zara Muse exhibition at the Quantas Gallery in London, Danielle said: “I’d love to do a series, with a beginning, middle and end.
“I like that idea to see the whole story.
“I’m such a Netflix binger.”
Asked if she would play a murderer, she said: “I’d love something sinister, something totally different, because when you play such a nice, happy, person, it’s nice to do the complete opposite, so I’d love to.”
Meanwhile the actress revealed that she is very happy with her current single status and is not looking for love.
Asked if she is dating, she said: “Not at the minute, no. I’m too busy, and I wouldn’t have time.
“I’m planning a holiday, because the last few months have been so crazy, with [final EastEnders] filming and awards season.”
And Danielle said that she hasn’t any interest in admirers sliding into her DMs.
Speaking about romantic offers on social media, she laughed: “No. I don’t really do all that stuff on Instagram – I just use it for work.”
Charlie buzzing for No1 Busted
CHARLIE SIMPSON was super-psyched onstage as Busted celebrated their first No1 album with Greatest Hits 2.0.
The frontman shared a snap on Instagram of himself with the gold gong during their gig in Liverpool on Friday.
It was captioned: “What a way to celebrate a number one album! You guys were amazing.”
Raye’s Neiked ambition
SHE has been following her own path since leaving her record label in 2021.
And now I can reveal that Raye has been lending her songwriting skills to Swedish collective Neiked featuring Rush hitmaker Ayra Starr.
She has worked with them on a track called You’re Hired, which will be released via Atlantic Records and Warner Germany on Friday.
In a chat with Biz on Sunday, Neiked’s Victor Radstrom and Mikael Rabus told me: “It’s taken us a year to work out different versions of You’re Hired and we finally got there, blending the sounds of Neiked with the unique voice of Ayra Starr.
“We made the record in our self-made studio with the help of Raye and had so much fun doing it.
“We always try to push ourselves to cross boundaries and bend genres and Ayra was the perfect voice with star quality that we wanted to do that with.
“We hope that people like it as much as we do.”
Adele’s pic woe
ADELE has revealed that her shopping trolley gets more attention than she does when she is out and about in Los Angeles.
The Easy On Me hitmaker has been forced to order her groceries online after fans tried to inspect her basket.
She said: “I haven’t been to a grocery store in a long time.
“I used to love it, but people would photograph what I was buying.”
I’m intrigued to know what she bought . . .
MATTY HEALY is treating mum Denise Welch with a trip to Los Angeles.
But despite making millions with his band The 1975, the singer isn’t big on gifts.
Asked if her son showers her with presents, Denise, who was speaking at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards, said: “That just doesn’t happen but he is treating me to go to LA.
“So that is nice.”
Lott to like for Joey
LOTTIE MOSS and Joey Essex were recently spotted riding around London on a rickshaw after a night out.
And it appears that the model has made a big impression on the former TOWIE star.
Speaking to me at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins awards at London’s Roundhouse on Tuesday, Joey said: “Lottie and I get on, she is a nice girl.
“We talk and she is fit – a sort.”
Asked if it could be become more than flirty friends, he added: “I mean we would look good together, for sure.”
There certainly wouldn’t be a dull moment with these two around . . .