Danny O'Donoghue: The truth about me and Jarvis

As The Script gear up for their potentially historic headline shows at the Aviva Stadium and Oxegen, Stuart Clark found the lads in fighting form - in Danny O'Donoghue's case, almost literally.

Addressing the speculation that the Dublin native and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker are heading for an especially nasty showdown, O'Donoghue revealed the truth behind the rumours.

"Look, there’s been a lot of hoo-ha over that these past few months", explains Danny. "I’d gotten into a conversation with the journalist about Pulp and Jarvis’ Michael Jackson protest at the Brits. I jokingly said, ‘There’s no way he’d have ended up on stage with us because Mark would probably have smashed him in the head with a guitar’. It was talking about something that happened ten years ago and which I haven’t thought about for that same amount of time.

"Anyway, it gets spun and spun and spun into me threatening Jarvis Cocker that if he gets on stage at any of our shows I’m going to do this and that to him."

So no bloodbath on the cards then. All the same, the prospect of the two music giants going at it does conjure up some pretty interesting imagery.

“Honestly, how funny is that?", Danny offers. "Think about the two biggest nerds in your school having a fight and that’s what it would be like! We’re not talking about Shane Mosley/Manny Pacquiao here, it’s fucking Danny O’Donoghue/Jarvis Cocker!"

The Cocker revelations aren't the only thing on Danny and the boys' minds. Read their thoughts on working with Tinie Tempah, the Champions League final, The Queen's visit to Ireland and their expectations of the forthcoming biggest show of their career in the Aviva Stadium by picking up the current issue - featuring the guys on the cover - out now.