Five of the best – the new girlbands on the block….

January 16th, 2011 by Dean Piper

Aside from the Saturdays there just isn’t a girlband out there making waves in the pop world. And 2010 was all about the boybands. But all that’s about to change. There’s a huge influx of new female pop acts breaking through. So instead of you having to discover them on you’re own I’ve made it [...]

The fabulous Jessie J talks Leona Lewis, Lady Gaga and taking America by storm!

January 16th, 2011 by Dean Piper

New emerging pop superstar Jessie J has dubbed the British music scene “rubbish” in an exclusive interview with me. Jessie – who’s just clinched the Brit Award Critic’s Choice gong – says the industry needs a good shake up and I have to say I couldn’t agree more with her. Snuggling in her dressing room [...]

EXclusive Interview: Blondie star Debbie Harry

January 16th, 2011 by Dean Piper

How do you stay so relevant despite so many years in the showbiz world? Well, I am not really fond of nostalgia. I don’t like being stuck in it, I like the future, I like being creative and I like new things. It’s part of life to me to keep going on and not staying [...]

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Plan B

January 16th, 2011 by Dean Piper

Plan B’s second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks was rarely off my iPod last year so I’m chuffed that the singer’s now in the running for Best Album, Best British Male and Best Single at the BRIT Awards next month. But Plan B, aka Ben Drew, isn’t just a sharp suited fella who sings [...]

This rest of this week's column….

January 16th, 2011 by Dean Piper

*Is X Factor star Katie Waissel slowly forgiving her granny for for being a prostitute? It seems so. “She’s always going to be the same old person to me and of course I love her,” Katie told me at the Brits launch. “It was interesting to see her on This Morning but I just want [...]

Edith Bowman gives me her top music tips for 2011

January 9th, 2011 by Dean Piper

I don’t want to just throw a load of names at you when it comes to new music – so I asked the gorgeous Edith Bowman from Radio One to do the honours. I couldn’t agree more with her top picks – and listen to the lady herself on the BBC Radio One weekend breakfast [...]

All the celeb gossip from the premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Totem in London

January 9th, 2011 by Dean Piper

Arlene Phillips (above) was on fabulously feisty form at the UK premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s Totem at the Royal Albert Hall this week. She came running over to me and said: “Oh Dean if you’re going to ask me about Strictly Come Dancing then bog off. I can’t bare it. It’s all I’ve had [...]

The rest of this week's column featuring Britney Spears, Kelly Brook, Kimberly Wyatt and James Blunt

January 9th, 2011 by Dean Piper

*Atomic Kitten fans better reached for a box of tissues as I have bad news. Jenny Frost – who came second out of the girls in Channel 4′s Famous And Fearless – has told me there’s no chance of the girls getting back together since splitting in 2004. She revealed: “Me and the girls are [...]