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Kittens get claws into solo deals
from www.the-sun.co.uk
IT'S fast becoming a good week to be an ex-member of Atomic Kitten.
Just hours after KERRY McFADDEN won I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of
Here! I can reveal two of the soon-to-split band have signed solo recording
deals.
with their old employer EMI.
Record chiefs now hope the girls will become the UK's leading female
singers.
EMI did not want to lose Jenny and Liz after their massive chart-topping
success with the Kittens.
But to avoid a clash of interests, it is thought the girls will be promoted
by separate EMI-owned labels.
Liz is expected to remain with the Kittens' old label Innocent while Jenny
moves to Parlophone.
Jenny, who replaced Kerry in the Kittens in 2001, is working on new material
Sources tell me she wants to win over older fans with a sexier, edgier sound
than the band's bubblegum pop.
But I'm told Liz will stay straight-laced and model herself on the likes of
Aussie singer DELTA GOODREM.
Both girls will still be managed by MARTIN O'SHEA, who steered the Kittens
to fame across Europe and Asia.
A source close to Jenny and Liz told me: "EMI are confident there is enough
of a fan base for them both to do well. But the girls couldn't both stay on
Innocent because there would be a conflict of interests.
"Jenny wants to do more grown-up stuff and her sexy image will help. Dom
will help get her credibility in clubs.
"Liz is taking less of a risk. She's known as the straight-laced one from
Atomic Kitten so that's the road that she will go down as a solo artist."
NATASHA HAMILTON is now the only Kitten without a record deal.
She instigated the band's split by saying she wanted to spend more time with
her baby JOSH - and the Kittens will call it a day after a UK tour in March.
But it's not all bad news for Tash. I told you on Monday she has bought a
If Jenny and Liz each make it on their own, they will fill a gaping hole in
the UK music scene.
At present, DIDO is Britain's only female solo star cutting it
internationally - and that's just not good enough.
Last night a spokesman for the girls told me: "Obviously Jenny and Liz are
both delighted and we expect big things from them.
"The Atomic Kitten tour is the priority at the moment - and after that the
girls will be pursuing their solo projects."
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