Olly Murs would've returned to sales job if music career flopped
Olly Murs would have "happily" gone back to working in sales if his music career didn't work out.
The 38-year-old pop star was forced to put touring on hold after undergoing an operation on a longstanding knee problem, however, he's recently signed a new record deal with EMI Records and is getting back on track.
Olly - who shot to fame when he came second in the sixth series of 'The X Factor' in 2009 - has insisted that his Plan B would have been to return to his sales job if he failed at music.
He told Radio Times magazine: "I would happily have gone back to doing sales."
Olly was forced to abandon his football career due to his injury after playing semi-professionally in the years before he auditioned for the TV reality show.
Speaking of his new record deal, he said in a statement this month: “I’m absolutely delighted to be signing with EMI, a super label with a great roster of talent, “I now have a new family, a new team and I can’t wait for this exciting new chapter in my music career”.
EMI Records co-president Jo Charrington - who previously worked with Olly when he first signed to Sony - commented: “I’m THRILLED to be working with Olly again.
“He has become one of the UK’s most loved voices and entertainers, building a huge and devoted audience. His new music is stellar, full of heartfelt up-tempo bangers."
Her co-president, Rebecca Allen, added: “Jo Charrington and Olly’s long-standing relationship and successes together give us the best opportunity to build and deliver an even more ambitious new chapter."
