Gary Barlow said Cheryl Cole is “gutted” at missing a big Children in Need show.

The X-Factor judge and Take That maestro was to sing a duet with the Girls Aloud star as part of a curtain-raiser ahead of Friday’s annual BBC fundraising marathon.

But Cole was forced to pull out of the event in Manchester, where Lady Gaga and Coldplay are set to headline, after suffering from pharyngitis.

Barlow, speaking ahead of the Children in Need Rocks Manchester event at the Manchester Evening News arena, spoke of Cole’s disappointment.

“She was really excited, she was expecting this to be her one performance of the year and she’s gutted,” he said.

Barlow also joked he could not find a replacement despite more than a dozen top acts on the bill.

“I’ve knocked on every dressing-room door and no-one’s interested!” he said, before adding: “I decided pretty much I didn’t want to replace her because it was going to be a nice moment for her tonight.”

Barlow would not reveal the song they were to perform but also hinted the two might yet combine to perform the mystery track in the future. “I’m not going to tell you because there might be something else we do it on,” he said.

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Cheryl Cole has had to pull out of the Children In Need Rocks event, after being struck down with Pharyngitis (sore throat).

Cheryl was due to perform a duet with Gary Barlow, but has now had to cancel her appearence.

This was confirmed by @SupersonicPR on twitter this afternoon.

The press claim Gary has also been trying to pursuade Cheryl back on The X Factor show as ratings have dropped since last years series. This has not been confirmed or denied.


So gutted she couldnt make the show, but Get Well Soon Cheryl!! x

NICOLA Roberts admits she fell ill with the stress of making her debut album.

The self-confessed “perfectionist” spent 18 months painstakingly plugging away at Cinderella’s Eyes because she refused to settle for anything less than the best.

Finally, she succumbed to a nasty cold after several sleepless and frustrating nights working with producer Dimitri Tikovi on first single Beat Of My Drum.

The Girls Aloud star – who performed new tunes Lucky Day and Sticks + Stones at her Biz Session – said: “We literally had about five days until the deadline of whether it was gonna be first single or not and I couldn’t get the production right.

“I could hear it in my head but I couldn’t do it. Me and Dimitri were in the studio and we were making ourselves ill – we might as well just have slept there.

“We were searching for this sound and we tried everything. We were putting these voices down and then f****** them up with the effects, and then playing some hooks and then f****** them up.

“It just wouldn’t work. It got to the point where I came down with a cold and I was like, ‘I’m making myself ill.’ I’ve never felt stress like the stress I felt making this record.

“Then I said, ‘I know who can do this. I really want Diplo to come on board.’

“As soon as I explained to Diplo what I wanted, he just got it straight away. It came back the way I wanted it to be and the way I heard it in my head.”

The hands-on singer also revealed she locked horns with her producers whenever they altered the sound of a track without her permission.

Nadine Coyle has told how she was almost gassed to death in a carbon monoxide leak at her LA mansion.

The Derry star revealed that her fiance and family were also nearly killed by the toxic vapour as it seeped from a broken boiler.

Speaking exclusively to Sunday Life, Nadine revealed how noxious fumes slowly filled her huge US home for FOUR MONTHS before her family realised what was making them ill.

The singer said: “We were sick as dogs from the gas for weeks and weeks. My oldest sister got so ill we all thought she was dying.

“It was the worst time of my life. We’re lucky to still be here.”

Nadine, 25, opened her heart about the near-tragedy last week — just 48 hours before Ulster businessman Killian Scallon was killed in a gas leak at his Fermanagh home.

For the full story, see this week’s Sunday Life.

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Cheryl Cole is keeping an emotion-packed diary about her battle to overcome her bout of malaria.

A close pal said expressing her feelings on paper has been a “true tonic” for the singer, 27, during the illness and has helped relieve the frustration of not being able to work.

The diary charting her battle will be worth millions and mum Joan Callaghan, 50, has been keeping notes as Cheryl speaks her thoughts.

“It’s pretty moving and gripping stuff,” revealed the friend.

“Cheryl’s been pouring out her feelings about being so ill, about having her mum nursing her just like she did when she got sick as a child.”

Cheryl’s camp knows that publishers will be clamouring for the print rights to her revealing and emotional yarn. It could be a follow-up to her book Picture My World, due out later this year.

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CHERYL Cole has paid an emotional tribute to the doctors who she says saved her life.

Before flying out to Los Angeles with her dancer pal Derek Hough, Cheryl publicly thanked the medical team in the tropical diseases unit at University College London Hospital who treated her for malaria.

She said: “I want to say how grateful I am for everything you guys have done. I wouldn’t be here now, if it wasn’t for you.”

Cheryl was treated at UCL by specialist Professor Peter Chiodini.

The X Factor judge is reported to be planning to make a donation towards the specialist team’s unit.

Last night Cheryl flew to LA with Dancing With The Stars’ Derek Hough, who she had been holidaying with in Tanzania, East Africa, where she picked up the bug – and who has been by her side throughout her illness.

She is hoping to be well enough to return to X Factor in time for the judges’ houses stage.

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Cheryl Cole gave a clear indication she’s on the road to recovery as she was pictured yesterday for the first time since contracting malaria.

Wearing not a scrap of make-up with her hair hanging loose, the 27-year-old smiled at photographers as she picked up a coffee from her local Starbucks in Surrey.

Wearing jeans, an off-the-shoulder white jumper and lace vest, the fresh-faced singer looked thrilled to be out in the fresh air again following nearly a month in bed.

Looking noticeably fuller in the face and a healthier size compared to her increasingly skinny frame in recent months, it appeared Mrs Cole has been enjoying home-cooked meals from her mother Joan Callaghan, who has been assisting her daughter’s recovery.

Clearly in a sociable mood after so many weeks recuperating, the star was more than happy to chat to fans and pose for photographs in the coffee shop.

Mrs Cole left hospital two weeks ago to recuperate at her Surrey mansion, which she used to share with estranged footballer husband Ashley.

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BLACK Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am has vowed to cheer up Cheryl Cole.

The singer says he is desperate to see the X Factor judge, 27, who is recovering from malaria.

He said: “Cheryl’s incredibly strong-spirited and she’s a fighter.

“She’s making progress and will be back at work shortly. It’s her passion.”

Will.i.am added: “I’ll see her soon. I want to put that gorgeous smile back on her pretty face.”

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