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Award voting update... |
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 22/7/2003, 3:15pm BST
Remember that coming up this September is the Disney Channel
Kids Awards and Atomic Kitten have been nominated in the
category for Best Group. You can support them to win
this award by visiting the awards website by
clicking here!!! They are up against Big Brovaz
(pictured left), Blue, Liberty X, Mis-Teeq and Westlife
(pictured below). So, come on, support the Kittens and
help them win the Best Group Award!!! The Disney
Channel Kids Awards will take place on the 20th September
2003.
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Bridesmaid for Dave and Davinia |
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  15/7/2003, 6:30pm BST
Jen became one of five bridesmaids at a special wedding
between football agent, Dave Gardner and former 'Hollyoaks'
actress, Davinia Taylor (pictured). The ceremony which
took place in Chelford, Cheshire, UK was attended by many
celebrities who also included footballer, David Beckham as
best man together with his wife, Victoria and sons, Brooklyn
and Romeo. Footballer, Phil Neville was also in
attendance at the event as was ex-wife of Oasis' Noel
Gallagher, Meg Matthews. |
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Kittens at PITP 2003 review |
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at pitp 2003 review
7/7/2003, 7:00pm BST
KITTENS @ PITP 2003
COVERAGE
Here is our exclusive review of Atomic Kitten's performance
at this year's 95.8 Capital FM's Party In The Park!
Plus check out our exclusive pictures of the Kittens at the
event!!!
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Sunday 6th July 2003, it was another glorious dry day in the
heart of London. And once again we are at this point
in time where 100,000 people gather together to catch their
favourite music stars perform their tunes live! Yes,
it's another year for Party In The Park and would you
believe it - it's in it's sixth year! And to top that
up, it's Atomic Kitten's third appearance at the event and
they just seem to get better and better at this as they have
been so used to doing these kinds of shows! As they
emerged on stage, we could see about 11 dancers with their
backs to the audience each spelling a letter for Atomic
Kitten, and so were the Kittens in their starting
positions! The show started and we were treated to a
short intro of 'Be With You' to get the crowd in the swing
of things...but then we were taken onto the next bit, the
wonderful performance of 'The Tide Is High (Get The
Feeling)' which is the most appropriate tune for a summer's
day like today! The Kittens turned to the audience and both
Tash and Jen were wearing black sleeveless tops and white
bottoms with the exception of Lil who was wearing a
sleeveless white jacket. The familiar dance moves of
the songs were performance alongside the wonderful dancers
that the Kittens had around them. And as you could see
from the crowds who were close
 enough,
they all danced alongside - simply perfect! Once the
performance was done, the Kittens shouted to London asking
them how they are today - the crowds shouted and screamed!!!
Tash then told the audience that they were going back a bit
to sing a song that made them number 1, 'Eternal Flame'.
The dancers had moved off the set as the Kittens got
together for this classic ballad. The audience were
swaying and it was so nice! Just a point to make, the
Kittens promo videos were playing while the Kittens were
performing their stuff! As a finale, the Kittens gave
us a medley of brilliant tunes from their 'Feels So Good'
album! Starting off, the Kittens started with
'Be With You' and the dancers were back on stage with those
Atomic Kitten jackets spelling each letter of their name!
They then threw their jackets off midway when the Kittens
went into their tune 'Feels So Good' - and it was so good!
Then they moved on to the hit, 'It's OK!' - but we think it
was more than okay, it was outstanding too! Then to
end the medley into a good note, the Kittens ended the
medley with 'Be With You'. The crowd response was high
and alert and everyone loved it! As the Kittens moved
into their final positions with their dancers surrounding
them, so did the sparks fly! Wow! All in all
what can be said about today? Well without a doubt,
 marvellous!
The Kittens took us on an exciting journey into their music
and what made everyone smile was the fact that the Kittens
were waving at the audience to greet their fans when they
saw one. Thank you Atomic Kitten for another year of
performances at Party In The Park and thank you for another
glorious day!!!
Atomic Kitten described how their day went when they were
interviewed by Katy Hill and Andi Peters on their 'Hit Super
Sunday' show on 95.8 Capital FM! First Andi started
off by asking the Kittens whether they enjoyed performing in
front of so many people. They said: "Yes! It was
a bit nervewracking" with Tash continuing: "It always is
when we do this gig 'cause like, there's so many
people watching us...the adrenaline's rushing, plus we sort
of stripped on stage a little bit." Katy then
admitted: "I could see your performance but I couldn't hear
it. Can you tell us what you were singing." Jen
replied: "When we stripped off, that was a medley of 'Be
With You' and 'Feels So Good' and 'It's OK!'" Asked
about the 'strip-off', Tash explained: "All the boys took
their shirts off and did this Aaliyah dance." The
Kittens also remarked about the rehearsals with Tash saying:
"Rehearsals were really hard" with Lil adding: "We had to
get up really early to do rehearsals but we didn't mind
because we like working." Reminded by Andi that
they've been established now for
 many
years he asked the Kittens whether they had any "words of
wisdom" for newer bands at the event like Girls Aloud.
"Where's the bar?" joked Jen. Tash added: "I don't
think we need to give them [Girls Aloud] any advice.
They came from the 'Pop Idol'...or 'Popstars'." [Girls Aloud
emerged from 'Popstars: the Rivals' contest screened at the
end of last year on ITV1 and ITV2 (UK)]. Jen further
added: "They're all together. [They] look after each
other, look out for each other. That's all you've got
to - to keep look out for each other always 'cause five of
you to watch each other's backs." [Girls Aloud have five
members]. Finally, on what other big acts they were
looking forward to seeing at 'Party In the Park', the
Kittens mentioned the Grease special at the end of the show
and Meatloaf. Tash said: "I want to see Beyoncé,
definitely!"
You can check out all the backstage gossip as well as
highlights of the event by visiting the Official Party In
The Park website by
clicking here! And whether you listened, watched
or were there at the event of Party In The Park, we hoped
you enjoyed it!!!
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Party first, festival after! |
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5/7/2003, 7:00pm BST
Atomic Kitten will be at the biggest summer event to take
part in the UK this year, 95.8 Capital FM's Party In The
Park for The Prince's Trust will take place tomorrow (6th
July 2003) at Hyde Park, London, UK. There are a
confirmed 23 acts playing tomorrow and the last act recently
announced was Shania Twain! These acts will playing live in
front of an audience of 100,000 people!!! The show
will begin from 12pm tomorrow. For those going, enjoy
the show and party! for those who haven't got a ticket
you can catch the Kittens live on TV! Tune in to
channel Five (UK) from 11:30am tomorrow morning and you
won't miss out! Atomic Kitten are due to take to stage
at 3:10pm so make sure you are not doing anything important
around that time!!! The final acts are listed below.
After the event, Atomic Kitten will be dashing off to the
other event, Guilfest which will take part in Guildford, UK
in the evening. For those going to the event, catch
them performing live from 8:10pm! And enjoy! |
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Those
of you Kitten fans really missing any new material from
Atomic Kitten will be happy to hear that it won't be too
long now before they release a new single and album.
The Kittens have already been busy doing photoshoots for the
new imagery of the new album and single and there has been
some speculation over the title over the new single to be
taken from the new album, believed to be 'If You Come Back
To Me'. It's still too early to say anything about the
brand new releases which will be following on from Atomic
Kitten's two UK No.1 albums: 'Right Now' and 'Feels So
Good', which have been enjoying brilliant success across the
globe too. But do get ready for new Atomic Kitten
material...coming real soon!!!
Tash
had a smashing time to celebrate her 21st birthday last
Thursday (17th July 2003). Tash along with the other
Kittens, Lil and Jen were out on the town when they had a
great time at the Pan American Club in Liverpool, UK.
The huge party saw some 400 guests in attendance and a
splendid cuisine laid out for all the guests. Tash
arrived at the exquisite event by limousine accompanied by
her parents and Tash's new fiancé, Gavin Hatcher. The
special party for Tash was described by one of the guests:
"Everyone got into the swing of things and it was such a
brilliant night" and on speaking of the Kittens: ""Natasha,
Liz and Jenny looked fantastic and it is easy to see they
are the best of mates."
On
20th September 2003, the Disney Channel Kids Awards will be
taking place and in the category for Best Group, Atomic
Kitten have been nominated!!! You can show your
support for the Kittens by voting for them to win this award
- check out the awards website by
On the
16th July 2003, Atomic Kitten were brilliant guests at
Legoland in Windsor, Berkshire, UK. They played live
at the amusement park dedicated to all that is the building
brick toy, Lego. Prior to the event, Jen commented on
how excited she and the other Kittens were on playing at the
attraction: "It's very exciting. We've never played
here before. We hope our microphones are made out of
Lego." Jen also spoke of how she loved the toy: I love
Lego. I used to play with it all the time when I
was younger." Before all the fun of the live
performances, Atomic Kitten were paid tribute by the
construction out of Lego of their heads. Jen said:
"The heads are fantastic." She continued: "They are
much better than the Britney Spears dolls. I
thought mine would have big lips like Lesley Ash." Lil
also spoke of her delight at the event: "We would love to
come back to Windsor again - especially to go on the rides.
It's a great place to perform for young people. It's
very safe." Hundreds of Kitten fans were out in force
braving the rainy weather to see the Kittens put on a
stunning performance. The Lego heads will help raise
money for Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children,
London when they are auctioned off. The Kittens also
had the opportunity to play live at the original Legoland in
Denmark, earlier this month.
17/7/2003, 8:25am BST
