CHRIS BROWN is a scumbag whose career should have ended 12 years ago after he assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna.

Yesterday it emerged cops are probing an incident in which it is said he “struck” a woman in the San Fernando Valley area of Southern California at around 7.30am.

Officials are considering bringing charges.

But the fact is that Chris Brown left Rihanna black and blue in some of the most horrifying images I can recall while working in showbiz.

A legion of young fans saw this successful R&B hit-maker behave in the most abhorrent way, landing his girl-friend in hospital and himself in a police cell.

Yet astonishingly, he remains at the top of his game – 140million record sales and major-label deals mean he has been able to continue living in luxury.

In 2017 another former girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, won a five-year restraining order against him, while he has also been arrested multiple times for assaults and threats.

The music business should have taken a stand against this animal long ago.

He is granted the privilege of a platform to reach millions of fans worldwide with his mid-ranking tunes.

And he simply doesn’t deserve it.


Golden Shak’s time to shine

SHAKIRA is the golden girl in this tight-fitting dress – but admits she often takes the shine off her own success.

The Hips Don’t Lie hitmaker revealed: “I’m not a big fan of myself. I always listen to the things I’ve done and say, ‘This could have been better’. I’m never entirely satisfied.

“That dissatisfaction is not entirely negative – it has something good. I never want to go back to what I have already done.”

Colombian-born Shakira, who is in a relationship with Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique, appears on the cover of Vogue Mexico And Latin America and told the mag she plans to release a new track next month and has more new music on the way.

She said: “Songs will continue to come out throughout this year that will end up on an album that I think will be available next year.

"Next year I’m going to be on tour again. I am very excited.”

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Noel’s Fass film choice

NOEL Gallagher has an answer for the age-old question of which actor would play him in a biopic – Michael Fassbender.

The Oasis rocker says the Hollywood A-lister would be perfect to portray him on the big screen as he is a shoo-in in the lookalike stakes.

Noel told Matt Morgan’s Funny How? podcast: “I have quite a unique look.

“Would anybody want to play me? I don’t know.

"Maybe Michael, because he’s a great actor.”

It’d be Brad Pitt who’d play me.

’SPRAY STAR’S TEARS

HAIRSPRAY actress Marisha Wallace says she sobbed after taking to the stage for the first time in 15 months as the Covid-hit show resumed on Monday.

The West End and Broadway performer – who plays Motormouth Maybelle alongside Michael Ball in the show at the London Coliseum – said in an exclusive interview: “We cried together, we laughed together and we danced together.

“I got a standing ovation mid-show for my song, that broke me. I burst into tears. I love to see how much theatre means to people.”

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden was in the audience to see one of the first productions resume since the start of the first lockdown in March last year.

Marisha, who will also tour her album Tomorrow around the UK this September, added: “The love was coming in waves. Oliver being there touched my heart.

“It felt like they do care and they know this is essential not only to the people but to the economy.”

Elton’s Final Tour

ELTON JOHN has updated the UK dates for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour.

He will play in Norwich, Liverpool, Sunderland, Bristol and Swansea next June but cancelled a other gigs.

Elsewhere, Metallica are to put out a 30th anniversary tribute album to their record The Blacklist. It will feature Miley Cyrus and Sam Fender.

Dawn of new Bastille day

BASTILLE are back with a new look and sound in the shape of latest single Distorted Light Beam.

The London rockers – frontman Dan Smith, keyboardist Kyle Simmons, bassist/guitarist Will Farquarson and drummer Chris Wood – released it last night as the first tune from their upcoming fourth album.

The album is out later this year, co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder, who has worked with Taylor Swift and Beyonce, and futuristic Distorted Light Beam delivers bleakly emotional lyrics.

Dan sings: “It is enough to start a riot. If this is real life I’ll stick to dreaming. If this is life, I’m choosing fiction.”

He goes on: “What I’m doing tonight I can do any-thing . . . I can go anywhere . . . I can be anyone. So don’t wake me up. Levelling up, delete my history.”

Dan told Radio 1’s Annie Mac last night: “Making this album has been a lifeline for us this year, having some-thing to do, some escapism, something else to think about. This feels like a new start, new era. We’re really excited.”

Bastille headline Latitude festival at Henham Park, Suffolk, as well as Standon Calling, in Hertfordshire, later this year and also have two sold-out shows at London’s Hampton Court Palace.

It’s a big year for them.

TOM’S A No2 HIT

TOM Grennan has revealed exactly where he was when Calvin Harris reached out about working together. And it’s not glamorous.

Telling how their new track By Your Side came about, the singer told the Celebrity Search Engine podcast: “I was on the toilet scrolling through Instagram and I went on to my messages and I saw that Calvin Harris has messaged me.

“I was, like, ‘What?’ I rang my manager, still on the loo, and I was, like, ‘Calvin Harris has just messaged me. What should I say?’ And he was, like, ‘Say yes!’

“Then we got on the phone straight away and just had a good old chat.”

Tom added of DJ king Calvin: “He’s amazing, I always said I’d love to work with Calvin Harris.”

Becks in his element

DAVID Beckham was in his element as he got to grips with a new car.

Golden Balls took a spectacular £187,230 Maserati MC20 for a spin at the Modena Autodrome, in the north Italian city. Becks, a global ambassador for the posh Italian car firm, was filming as part of his job.

He wore a denim jacket and jeans to match the blue paintwork – and of course a pair of sunglasses. I hope he looked after that lovely motor.

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