HIS last hook-up might have been Unpredictable but Olly Murs has just surpassed even Sting and Shaggy with his new pop union.

I can reveal the singer is set to release his first music in more than a year — teaming up with hip-hop star Snoop Dogg.

16 Olly Murs is set to collaborate on a new song with a childhood favourite rapper Credit: Getty Images - Getty

While the unlikely duo are keeping details of the tune closely guarded for now, I’m told the song will showcase a very different side to pop prince Olly who hopes Snoop will help keep things fresh as he gears up to release his sixth album.

A source said: “Olly has been a fan of Snoop since he was a kid, so it’s a real coup that he’s been able to collaborate with him on this single.

“It’s an edgy sound for Olly and the first music he’s put out in a while, but he’s really proud of it and this will ensure he’s back with a bang.”

The bromance means Olly and Snoop join Sting and Shaggy, Sir Paul McCartney and Kanye West and Elton John and Eminem — to name a few — in the ranks of pop’s most unlikely pairings.

16 Snoop Dogg and the pop star will be releasing a new song together Credit: Getty Images - Getty

16 Olly has not released music in more than a year Credit: Alamy Live News

16 Sources reveal that record bosses are hoping that Olly's streaming stats will increase with his collaboration with Snoop Dogg Credit: WireImage - Getty

Record bosses are hoping that two fan bases can help boost Olly’s streaming stats.

The singer, who has previously joined forces with Louisa Johnson, Demi Lovato, Flo Rida, Robbie Williams and Travie McCoy, revealed in January that he would drop his follow-up to 2016’s 24 HRS in the final quarter of this year.

RCA Records president David Dollimore explained the label had “clever marketing and digital campaigns” in the pipeline to ensure Olly remained a force across physical and streaming formats.

Fifth album 24 HRS became his fourth consecutive UK No1 on the Official Albums Chart, the joint-highest of any former X Factor contestant, along with One Direction.

Olly Murs performs Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It during concert

Only his self-titled debut missed the top spot, peaking at No2.

If this follows suit, he’ll need the Gin & Juice on standby.



Other dodgy duos

16 Shaggy and Sting performed together at The Queen's Birthday Party in April Credit: AFP and licensors

16 Sir Paul McCartney and Kanye West at the Grammy Awards in 2009 Credit: Getty - Contributor

16 Janet Jackson and Cliff Richard collaborated on the single Two to the Power of Love in 1984

16 Ozzy Osbourne and Miss Piggy collaborated in 1994 for on their version of Born To Be Wild

16 Another Level and Jay-Z collaborated on the 1998 song Be Alone No More

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Born this wahey

I DIDN’T think she could get more shocking after sporting that meat dress at the 2010 MTV VMAs.

But Lady Gaga has done just that – by wearing nothing at all.

16 Lady Gaga posed naked in a series of photos taken by Eli Russell Linnetz Credit: Instagram / Eli Russell Linnetz

16 The Born This Way singer shared the snaps on Instagram Credit: Instagram / Eli Russell Linnetz

16 This is a big change from Lady Gaga's meat dress at the 2010 MTV VMAs Credit: Instagram / Eli Russell Linnetz

The singer posted these naked shots, taken by photographer Eli Russell ­Linnetz, on her Instagram on Tuesday.

Gaga has been juggling stripping off with recording new music, in preparation for her Las Vegas residency and new film A Star Is Born.

It has its first screening tomorrow at the Venice Film Festival.

That red carpet had better prepare itself.

Lady Gaga performs Joanne in memory of her late Aunt at the 60th Grammy awards in New York

Insta-glam

16 Sir Elton John on holiday in the French Riviera with David and Victoria Beckham

David Beckham had better keep an eye on Elton John as he cops a feel of Victoria during a trip to the French Riviera.

Storm Alert SHE didn’t make it into the Celebrity Big Bro house but Stormy Daniels has bagged a role to Trump that. The former porn star will judge a £500 gay stripping contest at Heaven nightclub’s G-A-Y Porn Idol night in London on Friday, a fortnight after refusing to enter the Channel 5 show. Promo for the event says the judge is “too controversial to advertise” but I’ve worked out it’s Stormy. She was thought to have returned to the US days after the CBB fiasco but has ­actually been lying low in London. Given that she has allegedly seen US President Donald Trump naked, I doubt if anything will shock Stormy.

Avengers' Scarlett a butt above the rest

SUPERHERO movies tend to be tame on the nudity front, but anyone going to see Avengers 4 may be in for a shock.

Bosses are casting for a “body/butt double” for Scarlett Johansson, who plays Black Widow.

16 Movie bosses are looking for a 'butt double' for Scarlett Johansson Credit: Alamy

16 The actress' next film has a working title of Mary Lou Credit: Getty - Contributor

The film, which has the working title of Mary Lou, has already been shot but additional footage featuring Scarlett’s lookalike will be added in October.

An advert for the role asks women to submit “a full body shot of your back side” and details that can-didates must be 5ft 2in, white and have blonde hair.

The third instalment, Avengers: Infinity War, is the highest–grossing film of the year and the fourth biggest of all time, pulling in £1.6billion worldwide.

The follow-up is due for release in the UK on April 26, 2019, and will star Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth and Brie Larson.

With these additional scenes, it’s bound to be another box office smash.

Scarlett Johansson walks Met Gala red carpet in dress by Harvey Weinstein’s fashion designer ex-wife Georgia Chapman

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Diver Daley's diaper dinner

TOM Daley must have needed a shower after his baby shower celebrations.

The diver has confessed to eating baby food out of NAPPIES as part of a grim game he played with pals to mark the birth of Tom’s first child Robert.

16 Tom Daley revealed a very unsavoury thing he did at his baby shower Credit: Getty - Contributor

Speaking at Sun HQ yesterday for the launch of his new self-help and recipe book Tom’s Daily Goals, he said: “We had one game where we had to try baby food and decipher what it was.

“We had to eat it out of a nappy, which was disgusting. But it’s funny how similar those taste to the real thing.”

A surrogate gave birth to Tom’s tot with husband Dustin Lance Black in June.

And the Olympic athlete has revealed he will return to training next week to prepare for the 2019 Diving World Series. Hopefully Tom is back on solid foods in time for that.

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