JESS GLYNNE has called it quits with Jay-Z’s management company Roc Nation.
The move is to wipe the slate clean for 2026.
It follows a career blow earlier this year when she split from record label EMI following the release of just one album with them.
I’ve now learned she is no longer being looked after by Roc Nation — who I first revealed she had signed to in 2022 — and her career is now being guided by former Bros bass player Craig Logan.
Jess has teamed up with Logan Media Entertainment, which is run by Craig, who was in the Eighties pop band that had hits inculding When Will I Be Famous?.
It means that she is now on a roster alongside Pink, Dido, Louise and Beverley Knight.
My music insider said: “Jess hasn’t had the easiest situation in music. She has found it hard to get a team behind her who she feels really gets who she is and what she is aiming for.
“Now she has Craig and his firm, there are fresh ideas coming through thick and fast. Big things are being discussed for the coming months.”
Despite a turbulent time behind the scenes in 2025, Jess has had one of her most successful years thanks to hit Hold My Hand — a decade after it was released.
The song was named TikTok’s UK song of the year, after it was supercharged by the viral Jet2holidays trend.
Jess said: “I always knew there was something special about it. Melodically it’s instantly uplifting and catchy, but at its heart, the lyrics are powerful. They are about connection. The Jet2 campaign has brought a really fun, light-hearted twist to the song, and seeing it become TikTok’s song of 2025 ten years after its release has been incredible.
“It breathed new life into it, and I’m so grateful to see a wave of a new audience now connect with it and learn more about the song, and me. I am incredibly grateful for the journey this song is on.”
There has been more good news lately, with Jess suggesting she is preparing to pop the question to her girlfriend Alex Scott following the football presenter’s stint in I’m A Celeb.
During her career, Jess has scored seven UK No1 singles, although her last one was I’ll Be There in 2018.
But with a new team behind her, she will be giving it everything she’s got to add to that hits tally.
Fit Shaun tour vow
SHAUN RYDER is preparing to spend the new year whipping himself into shape ahead of the next Happy Mondays tour.
The group will hit the road for 22 dates across March and April.
Shaun tells me in an exclusive chat: “I am determined to get fit for the tour.
“I still get on my bike, and I love swimming. There is a pool at my gym. I do that a few times a week. But my other hip is f***d, and I need it replaced. So I can’t walk like I used to. “I’ve already had one hip replacement. And that f***d up.
“I should have had the other one done ages ago, but I’ve not had time.”
Shaun also vowed to be on his best behaviour on tour, adding: “I think the last time I went out and did any raving was 2000.
“I went and saw Oasis three nights in a row and danced around like a lunatic but I am totally clean now.
“My only addictions are to tea and Haribos. However, I still have two teenage girls at home.
“This means that when I am at home, I am Shaun’s taxi service. It’s f***ing nuts.
“The missus wants me out of the house as quickly as possible. So, you know, it’s like, I have come back from Ireland, and I am going straight out on the road with Black Grape.
“But I have spent the last few days as a taxi driver for the girls.”
The joys of middle age, eh Shaun?
Khloe’s not to be mist
THIGH and mighty Khloe Kardashian flashes the flesh as she promotes her hair mist.
And it comes after she denied getting back together with basketball player Tristan Thompson after their split in 2021.
The Kardashians celebrated Christmas with a gingerbread house that was iced with the family members’ names, and fans noticed his was on there.
But she replied: “He’s my children’s father.”
Ashley’s melon boat
ASHLEY ROBERTS enjoys a slice of the high life as she chomps on a watermelon during a luxury getaway.
The Pussycat Dolls singer wore a bikini top, shades and headscarf as she posed on a yacht in Mauritius.
She has jetted off with her boyfriend, tattoo artist George Rollinson, for a post-Christmas holiday and looks suitably loved up.
Coming back to dreary England in the new year is going to be quite a shock for her.
Special for Ricky
RICK ASTLEY has landed his own BBC special, joining Dermot O’Leary for one of his Reel Stories.
They will look back at key moments in his life and career, following in the footsteps of acts including Noel Gallagher, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue who have previously taken part.
Zoe: My Britpop snogs
ZOE BALL has revealed she locked lips with famous names while living life to the full in the hedonistic Nineties.
On her Dig It podcast, she played a game of Snog, Marry, Avoid, and joked: “I did snog and avoid quite a few Britpop stars, none of whom I shall mention now.”
Zoe added: “I would avoid Damon [Albarn] because I can’t talk to him because I go all stupid. Young me would definitely have wanted to snog Liam Gallagher way back in the day.
“He would talk to me and I’d be like, ‘Fair, fair’.
“I don’t think I’d have wanted to marry any of them because I don’t think you should marry or meet your idols, quite frankly.
“But Dave Grohl, however, I would have wanted to marry and snog.”
Me too, Zoe.
Sex pistols are firing with Frank
THE SEX PISTOLS and Frank Carter are planning new music.
The punk band, made up of Glen Matlock, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, have been touring with Frank, who replaced John Lydon as singer.
Now Glen wants the group to get into the studio together.
He said in an exclusive chat: “I’ve got a few ideas. I think Frank has. Steve’s a bit of a, ‘Just go and play’ kind of guy. I think Paul’s sort of on the fence about it, we’ll see. I think we’ve got it in us.”
The Sex Pistols and Frank – whose gigs were branded “karaoke” by bitter John – are also heading on tour again this coming year and have a host of dates in America.
Glen, who has a new documentary out, I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol, said: “We should have been just finishing a two-month American tour, but we had to postpone it because Steve fell over coming out of the Chelsea ground and broke his wrist in three places.
“We’ve had to reschedule everything. We’re going to be busy again.”
Fifth ammendments
FIFTH HARMONY will make their comeback in 2026 after a brief reunion at a Jonas Brothers gig.
NORMANI has confirmed the return, eight years after they split up. She will take part with Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui, but Camila Cabello won’t be back.
Teasing that fans can expect them back, Normani said: “I don’t have loose lips, but yes, 2026 will be one for the books for Fifth Harmony.”
Freedom for Jade
ANGEL Of My Dreams singer Jade has become Angel Of The North – after being given the Freedom of the Borough in South Tyneside, where she’s from.
She received the honour alongside the owner of local chippy Colmans.
Jade said on Instagram: “What an honour this was, with my family and friends by my side.
“If you see me walking my cattle around the town, mind ya business.”
Olivia’s loving New Year No1
OLIVIA DEAN looks set to claim the first No1 album of 2026, as The Art Of Loving is rising back up the charts.
The British singer’s album is currently in the lead and is expected to spend a third non- consecutive week in the top spot, although Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend is just behind her.
And another Liv – Olivia Rodrigo – is also back in the charts.
After I told last week that she had split up with her boyfriend, actor Louis Partridge, fans have shown their support by streaming her albums.
Guts has risen to No21, while Sour is now at No22.
Card pass for B’s fit
SOMETHING tells me Cardi B was more focused on turning heads than watching the match as she turned up at an American football game in New York.
Her 1991 outfit is vintage Chanel, while the giant pearl handbag is from its latest line.