METRO Tuesday, October 6, 2009 D FRIDAY 23rd Parade and Live Music. SATURDAY 24th Packed programme for all the family. Bell X1 to headline the show. SUNDAY 25th The fun continues. Motorbike Show, Pumpkin weighing and street carnival. MONDAY 26th Farmers dance featuring Philomena Begley and Brian Coll. Spice isnt right for busy Beckham V ictoria Beckham has rubbished rumours of a new Spice Girls reunion claiming she does not have time to get back with the girl group. Posh said she knew nothing about the group planning a return and insisted she was up to her neck in fashion work. I havent been told anything about a reunion, said the 35-year-old. No ones asked me to be part of anything like that and Im just so busy at the moment. She said she was happy to concentrate on designing her next Victoria Beckham Collection after a successful New York Fashion Week. Im very hands-on with designing and Im loving every minute of it, she told Hello! Even though Ive just shown one dress collection, were already working on next seasons designs. The news will disappoint fans who were hoping Beckham would again reunite with Spices Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell at the World Cup in South Africa next summer after a comeback in 2007. Baby Spice Bunton, 33, also played down the rumours. Its a total non- story, she told Now magazine. I dont know if wed get together for a one-off event like that. It really depends on what it is and if we could fit it into our schedules. Helping hand: Mel B gets a lift at LA airport from hubby Stephen Belafonte Picture: Splash Arlene set for return to Strictly Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is to return to the show but only for its live tour next year. The 66- year-old will join the other judges except her TV replacement, Alesha Dixon. The former Mis- Teeq singer was too busy and had not been snubbed, said a spokesman. It has also emerged that Amy Winehouse will appear on the BBC show this week. But the 26-year-old will be singing rather than dancing providing backing vocals for goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, who is just 13, the Radio Times reported. SCDs Ali and Brian just pals Ali Bastian has broken her silence on the simmering sexual tension between her and Strictly Come Dancing partner Brian Fortuna. The Hollyoaks star admits it is hard not getting close to the dancing hunk while spending hours pressed up against him in training for the TV show. We clicked straight away, she said. But the 26-year-old insists their friendship hasnt turned more serious just yet after a string of nights out. Were just really good friends. Honestly! she told Now magazine. Ricky Gervais has re-created a famous Muhammad Ali cover shot and thats no lie. The comic, one of four guest editors for Esquire, said: I sting like a butterfly and Im shaped like a bee. La Toya Jackson has claimed her brother Michael was controlled. The singer, 53, told GMTV people would just barge their way into his life. More would be revealed within the next month or two, she added. Meanwhile, her brother Jermaine rejected claims the family were cashing in on the 50-year-olds death. Gwen Stefani has celebrated her 40th birthday with family and friends at exclusive Italian restaurant Cecconis in Hollywood. The No Doubt singer enjoyed lunch with husband Gavin Rossdale, 43, and sons Kingston, three, and Zuma, one, on Saturday. Friends included Kate Beckinsale and husband Len Wiseman. The stars you love to love... the stars you love to hate Elton will end piano show in O2 Singer Elton John will perform his sell-out The Red Piano Show for the last time in Dublin. The gig in the O2 on October 30 will be the final chance fans get to experience the stage production. The Red Piano Show debuted on February 14, 2004, and since then the entertainer has performed to more than one million people in 250 shows at Las Vegas Caesars Palace as well as two sold-out European tours. Rodders plays his own dad in prequel Nicholas Lyndhurst is set to play his own father in a prequel to Only Fools And Horses. The 47-year-old actor has signed up to play art connoisseur Freddie The Frog Robdal in the BBC1 sitcom. He is the father of Rodney Trotter, the hapless younger brother Lyndhurst (pictured) played in the original. Programme-makers have begun filming on the series, Sex, Drugs And Rock n Chips, which looks at the early years of Del Boy and Rodney. Bookies William Hill are giving odds of 12/1 on U2 headlining next years Glastonbury festival. The Rolling Stones were named favourites at 4/1 as tickets for the event were sold out yesterday within hours. Clothes horse: Peaches Geldof dazzles in this weeks Closer magazine as she models her new clothing range. Designed for PPQ of Mayfair in London, the range is sold exclusively through website Very.co.uk. This 80s-influenced cocktail dress is good for evenings out or dinners. Its got a daring yet sophisticated combination of red and black, which I love, Peaches said. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html