Indie rockers Scouting For Girls had the chance to work with a pop mastermind behind hits for artists such as Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and more
Scouting For Girls frontman Roy Stride regrets letting his ego get in the way of collaborating with other artists at the height of their fame. During the noughties, when the band had topped the charts with their debut album and landed a flurry of Top 10 hits, they could’ve “worked with anyone”.
Roy told Daily Star: “Honestly I had the opportunity then to have worked with anyone in the world, like, really I could’ve worked with Max Martin or like any songwriter in the world.
“I was just like because I’d written all the first album myself I was like, ‘No, I just write it all by myself.’
“And now I spend such a great portion of my time writing songs for other people, which I love. I do wish I’d used that opportunity there to have worked with amazing artists.”
It could’ve been the band’s best chance to crack America which Roy admitted they were quite naive about.
He added: “With America, it’s not like we just thought that it would happen, but you do, when you’re in that bubble of being one of the biggest bands in the country, you just assume, you do.”
Scouting For Girls delivered rocking sets at Latitude and Truck festival over the weekend and Roy reckons the reason why they are still booked for these big-ticket events year after year is that they put the fans first.
He said: “We’re not trying to fob anyone off, so if you like new music and you’re a big fan, there’s good stuff coming out, but we always do a show where we’re playing the hits as well.
“I try to be the band, I do everything in this band that I wish the bands that I loved would do, I play the hits, but do really good new music, and really interesting on socials too.”
Scouting For Girls are also at Kendal Calling, Big Feastival, Victorious and many more events this summer.
Beyonce reunites Destiny’s Child
Destiny’s Child reunited for Beyoncé’s final Cowboy Carter tour date.
She performed with old bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams for the first time in a decade for a grand goodbye in Las Vegas.
The girls came out during the end of the 44-song set to sing Lose My Breath, Energy and Bootylicious.
Beyonce was once again joined on stage by her 13-year-old daughter Blue Ivy who has provided back-up dancing throughout the tour, and she could be seen getting visibly emotional as the performance came to an end.
Closing the show, Bey gushed: “Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this reality, I am so deeply grateful.”
Elton John’s “hurtful” rehab comment sparked fallout
Billy Joel has opened up about what “hurtful” comment caused tension between himself and Elton John.
He spoke about their fallout in the second part of his documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, saying Elton’s public comments about his drinking upset him.
Billy recalled: “Elton had made a comment that he thought I needed real rehab.
“He chalked it up to, ‘Oh, he’s a drunk.’ And that really hurt me.
“I said, ‘Wait a minute? Don’t you know me better than that?’
“And there was bad blood for a little while.”
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