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Vote for the Brit Award!

31/1/2003, 6:40pm GMT
It is vitally important to make sure you vote for Atomic Kitten at this year's Brit Awards to take place at Earl's Court, London, UK on 20th February 2003! Atomic Kitten are in the category of Best British Single and will against the likes of Will Young, Gareth Gates and Liberty X! If you haven't already done so, make sure you vote now! Click here now to vote! The voting will close on 11th February 2003 - that may be some time away, but please, please vote now as there will be a better chance of the Kittens winning this award!!!

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Prepare for the 2003 BTCC!!!

30/1/2003, 6:00pm GMT
Only a few months away and the brand new British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) will be back!!! Team Atomic Kitten, the Kittens' very own motor racing team will be back at the driving wheel in a new season of exciting race meetings!!! The team composed of Gareth Howell and Colin Turkington will be racing their yellow MG cars in what will be a gripping season - the dates for the forthcoming race meetings in the 2003 BTCC are listed below. You can find out more about Team Atomic Kitten on our Team Atomic Kitten page together with info on the BTCC!!! We'll be having more info on the 2003 BTCC season on our Team Atomic Kitten page soon!!!

Date	Venue
21st Apr 2003	Mondello Park, Ireland
5th May 2003	Brands Hatch Indy, UK
26th May 2003	Thruxton, UK
8th Jun 2003	Silverstone, UK
22nd Jun 2003	Croft, UK
13th Jul 2003	Rockingham, UK
9th Aug 2003	Snetterton, UK
25th Aug 2003	Brands Hatch Indy, UK
7th Sep 2003	Donington Park, UK
21st Sep 2003	Oulton Park, UK

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Animation excitement!!!

29/1/2003, 6:30pm GMT
Atomic Kitten will be appearing as cartoon characters in a brand new series of animated episodes being produced this year. The animators behind the special project are Cosgrove Hall, the same people to bring audiences the successful 'The Wind In The Willows' animation. The series to appear in 12 parts will involve the Kittens recording voiceovers in the spring. Tash described of the excitement with this special animated series: "It's all very exciting. It's going to be fun." Tash further added that the production was still in its early stages.

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Brit Awards reminder!

27/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
Don't forget to vote for Atomic Kitten for Best British Single at this year's Brit Awards! They will be up against Gareth Gates, Will Young and Liberty X! The event will be held in Earl's Court, London, UK on 20th February 2003! The event will be televised live and will be presented by Davina McCall. So, come on! Every vote counts - make sure Atomic Kitten is one of them! Visit the Official Brit Awards Website and vote by clicking here! Support the Kittens - you know it makes sense!!!

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Lil with Kian Westlife not true!

26/1/2003, 6:50pm GMT
Recently, there were rumours that Lil was seeing Kian Egan (pictured) from Westlife. However, Lil denies that there is a relationship going on! It so happened that the two were having a really good time at a club. One onlooker had said to the media: "The spark between them was amazing. At one point Kian was sat down while Liz was writhing around him. It certainly seemed to turn him on." However, Lil made the point saying that all this relationship is all nonsense! Speaking to a magazine, Lil said: "God, what a load of nonsense. I've known Kian for ages because of Bryan and Kerry [McFadden] so we've got mutual friends." Equally, Kian from Westlife ruled out such relationship: "There's no truth in it. We've been friends for ages but that's all."

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Love Doesn't Have To Hurt is the new single!

24/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
It has been officially announced that the next Atomic Kitten single (and the first one of 2003) will be 'Love Doesn't have To Hurt'! The fourth single taken from the UK number 1 album, 'Feels So Good' will be released on 31st March 2003. Written by the same writers who wrote the tune, 'Eternal Flame' (which was a number 1 for the Kittens!), this ballad is a personal favourite of Jen's! So get ready for this exciting new release! We will keep you updated of the details of this new release - so come back soon!!!

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Tash and Fran split

23/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
It's been announced that Tash and her fiancé, Fran Cosgrave have split after two years together. They had been engaged for five months and had their first child, a son called Josh back in August 2002. A statement on behalf of Tash said: "Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton has separated from fiance Fran Cosgrave. The split is amicable, they remain close and their son, baby Josh, will continue to be their top priority. Her band mates Liz and Jenny are helping her through this difficult time. Josh and Natasha's mum will join her this weekend after the band have performed alongside Missy Elliot at the prestigious MTV Asia awards." Fran Cosgrave was formerly a bodyguard for pop group, Westlife. He now runs a club called Click.

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Win some Kitten clothing!

21/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
Would you like to win some of Tash's clothes? The Official Atomic Kitten Website is giving fans the chance to win just that! You could own the clothing that Tash wore on the Right Here Right Now tour last year! Fancy having a go? Then visit the website now by clicking here! And good luck!!!

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Vote for the Kittens at the Brits!

18/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
Just a reminder that Atomic Kitten have been nominated in the category of Best British Single, 'The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)' in this year's Brit Awards! They will be competing against Gareth Gates, Will Young and Liberty X! In order for the Kittens to have a chance to win this award is for you to vote for them! Click here now to vote! The event will take place on 20th February 2003 and will be held in Earl's Court, London, UK. Davina McCall will be presenting this ceremony! You've got time to vote, make sure Atomic Kitten is one of them!!!

Also, tonight, the Kittens will be at the NRJ Music Awards 2003 in Cannes, France. We wish them the very best of luck!

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At the ceremonies!

15/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
Atomic Kitten will be appearing in some many award ceremonies in the next few days! Here's a summary of where and when each event will be taking place so take note!

-NRJ Music Awards 2003 - 18th January 2003: This coming Saturday, Atomic Kitten will be at the NRJ Music Awards 2003 to take place in Cannes, France. They have been nominated for the Best International Group/Duet category and are competing against P. Diddy & Usher, U2, The Calling and Umberto Tozzi and Lena Ka. For more information about this event, click here now! We wish the Kittens the very best of luck!

-MTV Asia Music Awards - 24th January 2003: The Kittens will be performing and presenting an award at this year's MTV Asia Music Awards at the Indoor Stadium, Singapore! The show in it's second year will be presented by Shaggy and CoCo Lee. Other major music artists to appear include Blue, Missy Elliott, Avril Lavigne and Nick Carter!

-Brit Awards 2003 - 20th February 2003: Just recently announced was the Brit Awards nominations and Atomic Kitten are in for the Best British Single category for their number 1 single, 'The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)'. They will be competing against the likes of Liberty X, Will Young and Gareth Gates (who's in for two nominations!). The event will take place at Earl's Court, London, UK and the show will be presented by Davina McCall. You can now vote for the Kittens to win this award! So come on, check out the Official Brit Awards website by clicking here and vote for Atomic Kitten!

May we wish Atomic Kitten the best of luck in the coming events!

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Up for a Brit Award!

14/1/2003, 7:10pm GMT
It's that time of year again! Atomic Kitten are once again been nominated for a Brit Award! They have been nominated for the Best British Single award for their number 1 hit, 'The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)'! The Brit Awards 2003 will take place on 20th February 2003. The event will be presented by the famous Davina McCall who recently presented the successful, 'Popstars: The Rivals' show last year. There are 15 categories this year and the shortlist was unveiled yesterday a party in London's Abbey Road Studios. We shall be getting more details shortly about how to vote and where the event will be held and so on, but here's the nominations in full:

Best British Single Atomic Kitten - 'The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)' Gareth Gates - 'Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)' Gareth Gates - 'Unchained Melody' Liberty X - 'Just A Little' Will Young - 'Anything Is Possible/Evergreen'	Best British Album Coldplay - 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' Ms. Dynamite - 'A Little Deeper' The Coral - 'The Coral' The Streets - 'Original Pirate Material' Sugababes - 'Angels With Dirty Faces'
Best British Male Solo Artist Badly Drawn Boy Craig David David Gray The Streets Robbie Williams	Best British Female Solo Artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor Ms. Dynamite Beverley Knight Alison Moyet Beth Orton
Best British Group Blue Coldplay The Doves Sugababes Oasis	Best British Urban Act Beverley Knight Big Brovaz Craig David Daniel Bedingfield Mis-Teeq Ms. Dynamite Romeo Root Manuva So Solid Crew The Streets
Best British Dance Act Chemical Brothers Groove Armada Jamiroquai Kosheen Sugababes
Best British Breakthrough Artist Liberty X Ms. Dynamite The Coral The Streets Will Young	Best Pop Act Blue Enrique Iglesias Gareth Gates Pink Will Young
Best International Male Solo Artist Beck Eminem Moby Nelly Bruce Springsteen	Best International Female Solo Artist Missy Elliott Norah Jones Alicia Keys Avril Lavigne Pink
Best International Album Eminem - 'The Eminem Show' Norah Jones - 'Come Away With Me' Alicia Keys - 'Songs In A Minor' Pink - 'Missundaztood' Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'By The Way'	Best International Group Foo Fighters Nickelback Red Hot Chili Peppers Royksopp White Stripes
Best International Breakthrough Artist Norah Jones Avril Lavigne Nickelback Shakira White Stripes	Outstanding Contribution To Music Tom Jones

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Kittens give the thumbs up!

13/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
Atomic Kitten and other music and TV celebrities such as Kelly Osbourne, Ronan Keating, Blue, Tom Jones and Avril Lavigne have recently printed a form of their own identity - their thumbprints! The pictures of the above show what the Kittens have exactly done! Would you like to own these ink thumbprints and autograph from Atomic Kitten? Well, Famous Thumbs are giving you that opportunity to own either Tash's, Lil's or Jen's thumbprints! The site is doing an online auction which will allow you to bid for the thumbprint - and you never know, you may just win! The money raised will go to various charities - so all this is going for a good cause! Why not bid for one of the Kittens unique thumbprints? Visit Famous Thumbs website by clicking here and please do! You will be making a good contribution for a good cause. Thank you! (We would also like to thank a fan contributor for the website link).

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NRJ Awards reminder!

10/1/2003, 7:20pm GMT
Just a reminder that Atomic Kitten are up an award at the NRJ Music Awards 2003 in Cannes, France on 18th January 2003. They have been nominated for Best International Group/Duet and are competing against P. Diddy & Usher, U2, The Calling and Umberto Tozzi and Lena Ka. There is not much time left, but you can still vote for the Kittens to win this award by visiting the NRJ Music Awards website by clicking here!!! And here's a reminder of the nominations in full! We wish the Kittens the very best of luck!

Best International Group/Duet Atomic Kitten P. Diddy & Usher The Calling U2 Umberto Tozzi & Lena Ka	Révélation Francophone Calogero David Charvet Jenifer Daniel Levi Rohff
Révélation Internationale Cunnie Williams Las Ketchup Pink Ronan Keating Sophie-Ellis Bextor	Best French Male Artist De Palmas Johnny Hallyday Marc Lavoine MC Solaar Renaud
Best French Female Artist Eve Angeli Mylène Farmer Natasha St. Pier Ophélie Winter Zazie	Best International Male Artist Billy Crawford Eminem Robbie Williams Tiziano Ferro Will Smith
Best International Female Artist Jennifer Lopez Laura Pausini Mariah Carey Shakira Shania Twain	Best French Single Indochine - 'J'ai Demandé à la Lune' Magic System - 'Premier Gaou' Marc Lavoine & Cristina Marocco - 'J'ai Tout Oublié' Renaud & Axelle Red - 'Manhattan-Kaboul' Rohff - 'Qui est l'exemple'
Best International Single David Guetta - 'Love Don't Let Me Go' Las Ketchup - 'The Ketchup Song (Asereje)' Laura Pausini - 'E Ritorno Da Te' Shakira - 'Whenever Wherever' Sophie Ellis-Bextor - 'Murder On The Dancefloor'	Best French Album Indochine - 'Paradize' Jean-Jacques Goldman - Chansons Pour Les Pieds' Johnny Hallyday - 'A La Vie à La Mort' Marc Lavoine - 'Marc Lavoine' Renaud - 'Boucan d'enfer'
Best International Album Eminem - 'The Eminem Show' Jennifer Lopez - 'J To The L-O - The Remixes' Laura Pausini - 'E Ritorno Da Te' Shakira - 'Laundry Service' Tiziano Ferro - 'Rosso Relativo'	Best French Group/Duet Indochine Le 6/9 Marc Lavoine & Cristina Marocco Nuttea & UB40 Renaud & Axelle Red

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Visiting South-east Asia!

9/1/2003, 7:10pm GMT
Atomic Kitten will be doing a promotional tour in south-east Asia late January until early February. They will be visiting Singapore, Thailand and Korea! You can check the promotional tour dates in the fully updated Tour & Appearances page! So if there are any Kitten fans out there (whether old or new) in south-east Asia, make sure you don't miss out and get the chance to see them!

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Again, thanks to you!!!

8/1/2003, 2:15pm BST
We would like to thank all you Kitten fans who supported Atomic Kitten Active in voting for us at last year's Interactive Music Awards in association with BT Openworld. Our fansite was entered into the category for the People's Choice Award for music website and out of thousands of sites that were entered we featured in the Top 1,000 sites for the second year running!!! We now know that we came 373rd so making us get into the Top 500 sites too!!! The awards ceremony was held in London on the 26th November, last year and the People's Choice Award was won by Westlife's Official Site. The Top 10 sites in that category are given below for interest, but once again, a big thanks from all of the Atomic Kitten Active web team for supporting us!!!

You can check the full list of Top 1,000 sites by visiting the page at the 2002 Interactive Music Awards site by clicking here.

    1. www.westlife.com
    2. www.greenplastic.com
    3. www.depechemode.com
    4. www.kylie.co.uk
    5. www.a1-online.com
    6. www.sclub.com
    7. www.blazinsquad.com
    8. www.marillion.com
    9. www.trustthedj.com
10. www.busted.com
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373. Atomic Kitten Active!!!

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In with the awards...

in with the awards...
6/1/2003, 4:30pm GMT
This month sees two major award ceremonies that Atomic Kitten are involved with. The first is the NRJ Music Awards 2003 which takes place on the 18th January 2003 in Cannes, France. Here, Atomic Kitten have been nominated in the category for Best International Group/Duet and are competing against P. Diddy & Usher, U2, The Calling and Umberto Tozzi and Lena Ka. You can vote for the Kittens to win this award by visiting the NRJ Music Awards website by clicking here!!! The second is the MTV Asian Music Awards 2003 which takes place on the 24th January 2003 at the Indoor Stadium, Singapore. Here, Atomic Kitten will be appearing alongside a star-studded line-up that includes other major music artists like Blue, Missy Elliott, Avril Lavigne and Nick Carter, but to name a few. The event will be hosted by Shaggy and CoCo Lee. We wish Atomic Kitten the very best of luck at the NRJ Awards and don't miss the Kittens at the MTV Asian Music Awards!!!

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Live in Asia...

5/1/2003, 2:00pm GMT
This month sees the spectacular MTV Asian Music Awards 2003 which takes place on the 24th January 2003 at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Atomic Kitten will be one of a line-up of massive music stars from around the globe to appear at the major music event this year. The line-up also includes big name artists like: Blue, Avril Lavigne, Missy Elliott, Nick Carter, Ella and Matchbox Twenty. Unannounced but rumoured appearances include those from Robbie Williams, Bon Jovi and Mariah Carey. Atomic Kitten will be presenting awards on the night with other stars doing the same including: Chester Bennington and Joe Hahn of Linkin Park, Singapore artist Ho Yeow Sun, Taiwan's David Tao, Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid from The Philippines and India's Aishwarya Rai. In all, 19 awards are being given out on the night which will be a spectacular event. The MTV Asian Music Awards 2003 will be presented by Shaggy and Taiwanese R 'n' B singer, CoCo Lee (pictured).

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Cartoon Kittens!!!

4/1/2003, 6:30pm GMT
Atomic Kitten will be appearing as cartoon characters in a special series of animated shows to be produced by the animators, Cosgrove Hall based in Manchester, UK. Cosgrove Hall are well known for their production of the animation, 'The Wind In The Willows'. According to a source, Atomic Kitten are pleased to have the opportunity to be animated: "The girls are delighted. They are all massive fans of 'The Wind in the Willows', which was a huge hit in the 1980's. It looks as if their cartoon show will be too, as there are plans to air it across Europe, Asia and maybe America. The only thing they have demanded of the animators is that their characters retain individuality - including their hairstyles, body shapes and accents. Basically, they want to inject as much of their personality into the characters as possible." The animation series to be compiled in 12 parts will see it being produced this year with the Kittens recording voiceovers in the spring.

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A new year and a new tour...

3/1/2003, 7:00pm GMT
Now we're into 2003 don't forget that you can make this a great year by seeing Atomic Kitten live on stage when they go on tour this November-December!!! You'll find the list of tour dates on the Tour & Appearances page. Venues include arenas across the UK!!!

And hey! To help you check dates this year see our new online 2003 calendar - click here!!!

And get the official Atomic Kitten calendar 2003 so you can keep it tuned to Atomic Kitten throughout the year...everyday!!!

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Lil looks back

1/1/2003, 4:00pm GMT
Speaking recently to BBC News, Lil looked back on the years since Atomic Kitten emerged as a top act with the No.1 success of 'Whole Again'. Lil described of the down-to-earth nature of Atomic Kitten: "That's a Liverpool thing. People are always offering to help each other, whether they know each other or not" referring to her home town. The way of life as a popstar has become routine for Lil: "I haven't had any other job so I can't compare it to a nine to five job. I left school to come to this job and I just accept this as a normal job." On the subject of Tash's baby, Josh, who was born in August last year, Lil described of Tash's baby as gorgeous but expressed no wish in having a baby of her own. As for the future, Lil feels she'll be songwriting rather than on stage in 10 years: "...not performing but writing at least."

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