Simon Cowells Boyband Faces Disastrous Second Single Release

's boyband December 10 released their second single Angel on Friday, following their debut track Run My Way peaking at a dismal 68 in the UK charts. 

The music mogul, 66, formed the seven-member band December 10 on his series The Next Act, which was heavily criticised when it premiered, with music insiders bring his bid to create next One Direction a 'catastrophe'

The group features Cruz Lee-Ojo, 19, Danny Bretherton, 17, Hendrick Christoffersen, 19, John Fadare, 17, Josh Olliver, 17, Nicolas Alves, 16, and Sean Hayden, 19.

Despite assembling a heavyweight team – including a publicist linked to – the band has struggled to make an impact.

They have now teamed with with producers who have created hits for Sabrina Carpenter and Sabrina Grande for Angel, which is described as a 'warm, melody-led ballad about the dizzy rush of falling hard'.

Following the track's release, the band took to Instagram with snaps of their behind-the-scenes antics in the studio.

Captioning the post: 'ANGEL IS OUT NOWWWWW!!! We recorded this one in Nashville last October with the legendddd @julianbulian'

'It was the next chapter after our Netflix series, so this trip was extra special and we honestly had so much funnnnn, have you listened yet????'.

Meanwhile the band have sold-out UK & Ireland live dates and a newly announced headline show at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 8 April. 

The up-and-comers, who play 14 instruments between them, will treat fans to an hour-long set at the iconic O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire – their biggest headline show to date. 

Tickets to the show will be FREE and made exclusively available to O2 and Virgin Media broadband customers.

The band said: 'It's a dream come true for us to play O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - we always used to stay near there so we have walked past it hundreds of times - genuinely dreaming of when we got to play there. 

'We are buzzin' that it's happening already. This is our biggest crowd to date – we can't wait to get on stage and share our music with you all – see you there!'

O2 and Virgin Media broadband customers have the chance to win a pair of tickets for FREE through a ballot on Priority, which opens on Monday, March 9, and closes on March 23. Priority members can enter the ballot via the Priority app.

It comes after iIndustry insiders described Simon's latest project as a 'disaster' and 'catastrophe,' raising doubts about whether a second series of The Next Act will go ahead.

Simon remains determined to turn December into the next , but for now, the boyband's future looks uncertain.

The band took to the stage to perform during their Introducing! Tour at Oran Mor on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland. 

December 10 band members cut a cool figure in oversized T-shirts and jeans as they took to the stage to perform for their new fans.  

It comes after Simon branded himself 'the most talentless person in the world'.

The music mogul made the extraordinary confession during a Q&A at London's Ham Yard Hotel, held following a special screening ahead of the new series of Britain's Got Talent, when he was asked what his talent would be if he were auditioning for the show himself.

'I was lucky actually, very early on, I realised honestly I have no talent whatsoever,' he said. 'You know when I see this stuff it's like I couldn't do that.

'Actually being the most talentless person in the world.'