John - who presents tonight's BBC Four documentary Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider's Guide To The Music Business - tells Day & Night: "I believe that Phil is so excited to work with his son.

"He was on the road for the first 12 years of Nick's life so touring with him makes up for lost time. Nick also brings a new generation to the music." Father-of-five Phil, as we have reported, has blamed his career for not seeing his children grow up.

John, 64, who has run the IOW Festival since 2002, also says the events are never as lucrative for the acts as people might think.

"There's so much that fans don't know. At a festival, bands like U2 pay for their pyrotechnics and screens - a huge bill. Then a large chunk of ticket sales go to the taxman, etc, so even those millionpound figures going around - the return isn't that much. We genuinely do it for the fans. I stress out every year but when I think of legends like Bowie who performed his last live UK show there in 2004, it's worth it."

SHE may have just received an Oscar nomination but MARGOT ROBBIE isn't forgetting her Aussie roots.

The 27-year-old Wolf Of Wall Street star bagged a Best Actress nod for her portrayal of disgraced ice skater TONYA HARDING in I, Tonya, but is still up for a return to TV show Neighbours.

Asked if she'd be willing to reprise her role as Donna Freedman - whom she played from 2008 until 2011 - in the daytime soap, she replied: "Yeah, I think I would, totally. We could get the whole gang back together."

It's clear Queensland-born Margot credits the long-running show for making her Hollywood career possible, saying recently: "I was 17 when I started on the job and I had just moved from the Gold Coast and didn't know anyone in Melbourne [where Neighbours is filmed]... The cast took me under their wing and it gave me confidence and drive."

MERYL STREEP is set to grace the small screen by joining the hit drama Big Little Lies.

The 68-year-old, who earned her 21st Oscar nomination this week for The Post, will join the cast for series two as Mary Louise Wright, the mother-in-law to Nicole Kidman's embattled character Celeste.

The US series, which aired in the UK on Sky Atlantic, has already picked up a host of awards, including two 2018 Golden Globes for Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress and Nicole for Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon, 41, who stars in and co-produces the show with Nicole, says she has been inundated with pleas from actors wanting to guest star in the series.

She says: "I have been getting the most random calls from people, just like, 'I'll do anything, I'll just do one thing, I'll do anything [to star in the show]!'"

We can only assume Meryl, pictured, wasn't one of them!

DANCING On Ice will be returning for another run (or should that be skate!) in 2019 - co-host Phillip Schofield confirmed yesterday.

Speaking on This Morning he said of the ITV Sunday night show, which kicked off its 10th series earlier this month: "We can exclusively announce that it has been rebooked, recommissioned, re-bought for another series next year. So we will be back."

The 55-year-old shares DOI presenting duties with Holly Willoughby as he does on This Morning.

Phillip also used the opportunity to prompt any celebrities fancying a spin on the ice rink next time around to put their heads above the parapet.

The current series sees the likes of socialite Donna Air, 2016 Bake Off champion Candice Brown and practical Eurovision royalty in the shape of Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker compete.

NO DOUBT visitors to Madame Tussauds will soon be waxing lyrical about its newest addition: an incredibly lifelike model of Eddie Redmayne no less.

Unveiled at London's Marylebone Road tourist hotspot this week, some fans got their chance of a first glimpse of The Theory Of Everything star's waxwork - which is one of the most impressive we've seen - and captures the 36-year-old actor in all his glory complete with the kind of checked Burberry suit he so often wears.

One fan was so impressed she even went in to plant a kiss on his waxy cheek!