Canadian Crooner Michael Bublé's jazz crown is under threat from Glee star Matthew Morrison.

Morrison recently began his tour of the "symphony circuit" - a network of 2,000-seater theatres across America.

The singer-and-actor is keen to make his mark on the stage - and has been taking notes from Bublé's show-stopping performances.

He explained: "I'm trying to do something different by incorporating dance. I'll sing for a bit then there'll be an instrumental break and I'll just bust out a whole dance. I want to be like Michael Bublé mixed with Gene Kelly."

Morrison - who plays teacher Will Schuester in hit musical TV drama Glee - also revealed that he greatly regretted his decision to join a boyband earlier on in his career as the opportunity fell flat on its face.

He told website Mr Porter: "It's one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made in my life. It was at the height of *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, so I really thought I was going to make a lot of money being in a boy band."