Westlife Give Thoughts On ‘Pop Idol’

members Kian Egan and Mark Feehily spoke with Top of the Pops for their thoughts on the popular British answer to ‘Making the Band’ called ‘Pop Idol’. When asked if the series was accurate to portraying what it is really like to be a pop star, Mark said, “I think the judges are too harsh. I think they give a bad impression about the music industry. If I was 15-years of age sitting at home and I saw some of the harsh comments given out by those people I’d never want to be in this industry.”

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Brits Spokeswoman Confirms Westlife & So Solid Crew Fight

Dotmusic.com reports a spokeswoman for the Brit Awards has confirmed the fight that took place at the ceremony Wednesday night. The spokeswoman explained, “Bryan McFadden got rather too drunk and tired and emotional. As So Solid Crew went past him, he started to throw water. They reacted by throwing a few punches that didn’t land. A few glasses and bottles were thrown but security stepped in. Unfortunately artists do tend to rather overindulge when they come to these events and have one too many.”

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Rodney Jerkins Is Making Britney Spears Hip Hop Friendly

Following the success of in the hip hop community with ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’, producer Rodney Jerkins hopes to continue that with a remix of her latest single, ‘Overprotected’. Jerkins said, “They needed a remix that’s crazy. I kinda had fun with it ’cause I took it old-school. It’s an old-school-type rhythm, which I think is kinda cool because it’s an element she never had, but I still gave it her edge. I was up all night rocking that joint. [It has the] same lyrics, I just reproduced the track.” Read more.

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Video Clips From Brit Awards

Radio 1 has several video clips from the Brit Awards Wednesday night including chats with Newcomer winners , double winner Dido, and Nicky and Kian from . said of their win, “We were just saying that we were in such a hard category, with So Solid and Misteeq, that it’s great to actually win something so big – we’ve got to thank all the Radio 1 listeners.” The videos have since been removed.

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*NSYNC’s Fatone Says It’s Been Crazy Lately

Launch.com spoke with ’s Lance Bass and ahead of the band’s performances at the Winter Olympics on Sunday as well as the Grammy Awards next Wednesday. Joey admitted of the schedule, “It has been crazy the past couple of days. We’ve been rehearsing for the Olympics, which is a different show all together, then rehearsing for the Grammy’s, and then we go out on tour.” Read more.

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Michelle Branch Visits TRL Thursday

was on with Carson Daly on MTV’s Total Request Live on Thursday to talk about her concert Wednesday night where her label boss showed up. Branch also performed her hit ‘All You Wanted’ which was #4 on the TRL countdown. For a transcript of the brief chat, read on.
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Julio Iglesias Tells Enrique To Slow Down In Life

Hello Magazine profiled the breakout success of over the last few years and father Julio gave his thoughts on his son’s success. Julio said, “I tell him to slow down in life. He’s just bought himself a plane like mine. It took me 25 years to get one and he’s got himself one in two years.” Read more, including a few pictures.

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Madonna Visits New Label Star Michelle Branch’s Concert

CDNow’s All Star has details of ’s secretive appearance at the concert for her Maverick Label Records artist in New York’s Irving Plaza on Wednesday. Madonna watched from the balcony dressed in a white top, blue jeans, and a long, tan leather coat before heading backstage just before Branch finished up. Michelle also talked about the appearance on TRL Thursday (we’ll post news on that soon).

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Carson Daly Takes Low Blow At Mariah Carey

On Thursday’s episode of MTV’s Total Request Live, Carson Daly had guest and supermodel Molly Sims take part in an strip tease contest with phoners and audience members. The questions were ridiculously tough on the former law student and after Molly missed the question that had her remove her shirt, Carson commented, “This is great. The last time a shirt came off was Mariah, and this was a much better moment.”

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Patti LaBelle To Join The Marmaladies At Grammys

Grammy.com tells us that Patti LaBelle will be joining the women of ‘Lady Marmalade’ (, Pink, Mya, and Lil’ Kim) on stage when they perform their hit single on the Grammys on Feb. 27.

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