Cheryl Cole’s mum gives will.i.am stamp of approval

London, May 7 (ANI): Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole has taken her friendship with Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am to another level – by introducing him to her mother who gave him her approval.

will.i.am, 35, met Joan, 50, on May 5 for drinks after Cheryl, 26, supported the Black Eyed Peas at London’s O2 Arena.

The meeting between the three went so well that the rapper promised Joan he will take care of Cheryl, and he also praised the way she has been brought up.

“Joan is a great lady. You can see why Cheryl is such a good girl, she gets it from her mum,” the Sun quoted him as saying.

“Cheryl’s mum is behind our friendship.

“I think anybody that will look after her little girl and protect her – after the last few months she has had – is only a good thing in her mum’s eyes.

“The most important thing for Cheryl at the moment is to have a man around her who she can trust and who makes her laugh. I promised mum that’s what I’m doing.

“We couldn’t ask for a better supporting act than Cheryl, the crowd absolutely love her and she really is a princess in the British peoples’ eyes.

“I am having a great time working with her, but I already knew that I would anyway. We are having a great time during the show, but also a great time after,” he added.

Will, who worked with Cheryl on her debut solo album 3 Words, has made no secret of his feelings for the Girls Aloud star.

“Cheryl turned up with her mum after Will had arrived,” an onlooker at the Bacardi VIP bar said.

“He spent some time talking to Joan, who came to watch her perform.

“She obviously got on with Will, so she seems to approve of the friendship,” the onlooker stated. (ANI)

Slash to launch MTV Classic Down Under

Rock god Slash will jet into Australia next month to help launch new pay TV music channel MTV Classic.

The former Guns ‘N’ Roses guitarist will perform some of the band’s classic hits, as well as tracks off his upcoming debut solo album, Slash, at the April 28 event at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne.

The new channel replaces VH1. It will focus on music from the 1980s to the 2000s, as well as artists that shaped an MTV generation.

The channel will go live on Foxtel and Austar at 5:00pm AEDT on May 1.

- AAP

Fergie vows to clean up her ‘filthy’ language during shows

Washington, July 14 (ANI): Black Eyed Peas singer Stacy Ann Ferguson, aka Fergie, has vowed to clean up her “filthy” language during the band’s stage shows.

Fergie, 34, who had embraced her sexual side during her solo career, and turned stage shows into raunchy extravaganzas, revealed that she would like to be a better role model for young girls.

She insists the Boom Boom Pow hitmakers are a family band, and has vowed to keep performances with them child-friendly.

“I wasn’t trying to be a role model with (debut solo album) The Dutchess…,” Contactmusic quoted her as having told Marie Claire magazine.

“Seeing little girls in the audience with their moms. (It) made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy,” she added. (ANI)