SAY YOU'LL BE THERE... PLEASE?

Melanie Brown looked like the cat that got the cream last week when she was interviewed on the intellectual bear pit that is GMTV, and why not? She was able to boast about the exciting news that she will be touring with Janet Jackson later on this year.

Mel said on the programme: "I'm ten songs into my album and she worked with me on one of the tracks. I'm also doing a tour of America with her in September, which I can't wait for. She's a great lady."

Wow! No mention of which artiste would be in the support slot, though the depressing news that there are at least ten songs on her album hardly raises the spirits of a Monday morning.

So, with all the details for a massive joint tour to be sorted out then surely Mel must constantly be on the phone to Janet's people? Unfortunately, it seems that plans for the tour have been beset by a particular problem and preparations have been delayed, on Janet's side.

Delayed mainly because the first that Janet and her management knew of the joint tour was last week when a certain gobby Yorkshire woman sat on the GMTV sofas and let her mouth and imagination run away with her.