H GOES SOLO!

[\\//Paul\\//]

i am gonna post this without any comment,so this is from clairerichards.net:



"H has gone official. His new official site can be found @ http://www.ianhwatkins.com – so watch this space for news on Claire! (thanks to Seanie for pointing this out to me!)"

[licho steps]

I think it doesn't mean that he's goin' to do more music. I think he will be something (tv presenter, actor...) but not a singer. But.... who knows! It's H!! lol

[hsteps]

dont care what he does, as long as hes doing it on the tv! :D at least theres still a glimmer of hope that our welshboy hasnt fallen off the face of the earth, and is still planning to be in the celeb eye, yay!!

[PhllyBeef]

I dunno how much belief I'd put into this website because:

A. The website switches between calling him "H" and calling him "Ian Watkins."
B. That promo photo is a H & Claire promo photo, isn't it?
C. "New website / On 30-Nov-2003 by Ian": This suggests to me that H typed that himself, but he refers to himself in the third person?

I would love for H to be doing some solo stuff it he did some pure, but flavourful pop, and didn't mime. I'm just picturing these CD cases now that, for a self-titled debut, say...

H
H


:D

[P4]

All acts do that if they split from a band and it's temporary, they use an old photo. Lisa's site did it, Abs' site did it...

[magicpatch]

Erm this website is OLD ..........

I'll also add what I said about Claire going solo .. why bother? Steps where huge H&C died, Faye is where? Lisa isn't excatly blowing up the charts

Registrant:
Byrne Blood Ltd
The Mill House
Millers Way, London W6 7NA
UK

Domain name: IANHWATKINS.COM

Administrative Contact:
Laura Turner Laing, Laura Turner Laing info@just-the-name.co.uk
The Mill House
Millers Way, London W6 7NA
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020 8426 4446
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Hostmaster, DNS info@just-the-name.co.uk
4-6 Peterborough Road
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+44 (0)20 8426 4446 Fax: +44 (0)20 8426 4446



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Check the bold bits ... enough said ...

The domain expires in January!!

[P4]

Ah well, I hate H anyway...
Faye is in a band called FAYME. :P

[Skittles]

Originally posted by magicpatch@Dec 5 2003, 07:45 PM
Erm this website is OLD ..........

I'll also add what I said about Claire going solo .. why bother? Steps where huge H&C died, Faye is where? Lisa isn't excatly blowing up the charts

Registrant:
Â* Â* Byrne Blood Ltd
The Mill House
Millers Way, London W6 7NA
UK

Domain name: IANHWATKINS.COM

Administrative Contact:
Â* Â* Laura Turner Laing, Laura Turner LaingÂ* info@just-the-name.co.uk
Â* Â* The Mill House
Â* Â* Millers Way, London W6 7NA
Â* Â* UK
Â* Â* 020 8426 4446
Technical Contact:
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Â* Â* 4-6 Peterborough Road
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Check the bold bits ... enough said ...

The domain expires in January!!
It may just be me, but that website doesn't exactly look professional...

Doesn't the www.clairerichards-official.com domain expire soon too?

[Quazar]

yep

Registrant:
Byrne Blood Ltd
The Mill House
Millers Way, London W6 7NA
UK

Domain name: CLAIRERICHARDS-OFFICIAL.COM

Administrative Contact:
Laura Turner Laing, Laura Turner Laing info@just-the-name.co.uk
The Mill House
Millers Way, London W6 7NA
UK
020 8426 4446
Technical Contact:
Hostmaster, DNS info@just-the-name.co.uk
4-6 Peterborough Road
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2BQ
UK
+44 (0)20 8426 4446 Fax: +44 (0)20 8426 4446



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Record last updated on 01-Mar-2002.
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and www.clairerichards.com is availlable from domain deluxe....@ a price

US$1500 to US$10,000

[hsteps]

H's site, professional or not was only updated yesterday, although it was registered two years ago,at the same time as the official claire site. to be honest i couldnt give a rats asss what any of you lot think, its an official site, who gives a toss what it looks like. if you dont like it *said in a yankie accent* just dont GO THERE! :D

[_-*Jamie*-_]

Originally posted by Mr. DJ@Dec 5 2003, 11:25 PM
Ah well, I hate H anyway...
Faye is in a band called FAYME. :P
FAYME? wot the...

[Truestepper]

the 'whois' database was update on the 5th Dec......it gives the impression tho he persuing the music side, cos not many actors have their own sites (not British ones anyway) - I personally don't think its a good idea he does music, as a solo artist he'd never be taken seriously!

[steptacularsteps]

Originally posted by Viva La Fiesta+Dec 6 2003, 10:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Viva La Fiesta @ Dec 6 2003, 10:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mr. DJ@Dec 5 2003, 11:25 PM
Ah well, I hate H anyway...
Faye is in a band called FAYME. :P
FAYME? wot the... [/b][/quote]
It's kinda true.. I read about them on fayetozer.net (her official site) before.. FAYME is a band made up of Faye, Jesper (the husband) and some others..

[Andy]

Whatever H and Claire do they will never make a sucess of it. Althought they wernt great tv presenters they were stupid enough to leave when that slot on saturday morning tv each week was great for them!

Claire will prob try go solo release afew songs and an album whih will prob do badly then say shes taking 6 months off....a year ltr she goes to a paper sayin she quits and thats the enhd of it, **** the fans like they always do.

Enough said.

[damatrix]

Look I wish you wouldnt be that nasty, like me I agree, until a certain point with what u said above.

H & Claire need a new sound and a new target audience.

[imported_steptoclaire]

hehe, im loved... lol. being that the site was created by the same people who have done all of BB's sites and that it's only recently been updated, it says to me that it's new news... i don't think they should keep the clairerichards-official.com tho, cos it's a mouthful. they should just buy clairerichards.com from the owner - would be simpler.

[spetsg]

why don't we all find new interests like liberty X?
btw anyone knows when their new album's gonna be released internationally....me thinks "Jumpin"'s a really realy fantastic song.... :D

[iluvuClarabelle]

can i just say - Andy - u r sooo rude!

i gather that u were a fan of H and Claire b4 - so why turn on them now that theyve split up - not very loyal now is it??

[iluvuClarabelle]

also to add to 1 or 2 unfaithful others lol!

i wouldnt write off the x-members of Steps just yet - remember only 1 of them has gone solo yet... and only 2 of them have made and released an album so theres plenty more to come i think!

Claire - will hopefully go solo which she is bein given the opportunity to do...(and she'll be amazing as ever :D)
Faye - should hopefully be releasing with her band next year...
Lisa - her album should come out in the next few months...
H - god knows - but since hes opened a website - hes obv planning something!
Lee - again who knows - but im sure hes got somethin in the pipeline...

[Andy]

Im sorry yeh but this is just the way i feel now!
I've moved on.....grown up from steps and H&Claire, my music tastes have changed and my thoughts on them also have.
Think about it have they really gave a damn about there fans? NO!!!
If they did then they wouldnt have lied and they would of told us whats going on, there has been not 1 comment explaining any of this and i think they owe it to the fans, who HAD one of the biggest online communitys ever with steps etc.

[Quazar]

to be fair on all the members of steps, as they were under contract, it was prob written into the contract just what they can and what they cant say.
Bear in mind they were a manufactured group and their management have the final words. They all probably knew long before their final concert exactly when they would finish, its not something any of them would take lightly. Rumours were around for a long time, but its their management that have the say as to when it would be announced. If they had broken contractual agreements and said anything before management had agreed, then they would have found it very difficult to get a contract as an individual artist.
Look at what happened to George Michael with Sony !

[iluvuClarabelle]

with regards H and Claire not sayin anythin about the current situation - yeh, id like to hear exactly wats goin on aswell - but it may not be as simple as that...

They both have big decisions to make about their futures and where they wanna go - and they obv havnt made up their minds yet or we would hav heard somethin.

Also as Quazer said - they are bound by contracts for what they can and cant say so that mite be another reason why nothin has been said officially by either H and Claire/ BB/ or WEA...

if u are/were a big fan of them - then id say u should stick by them... :)

[SeanieB]

Originally posted by steptoclaire@Dec 7 2003, 01:52 PM
hehe, im loved... lol. being that the site was created by the same people who have done all of BB's sites and that it's only recently been updated, it says to me that it's new news... i don't think they should keep the clairerichards-official.com tho, cos it's a mouthful. they should just buy clairerichards.com from the owner - would be simpler.
they can have Claire-Richards.com

If they ask me nicely :P

[steptacularsteps]

Originally posted by spetsg@Dec 7 2003, 11:08 PM
why don't we all find new interests like liberty X?
btw anyone knows when their new album's gonna be released internationally....me thinks "Jumpin"'s a really realy fantastic song.... :D
I think the Liberty X album will be out on Jan in Singapore..

[apo]

Originally posted by spetsg@Dec 7 2003, 03:08 PM
why don't we all find new interests like liberty X?
btw anyone knows when their new album's gonna be released internationally....me thinks "Jumpin"'s a really realy fantastic song.... :D
Because Jumpin is a BLOODY mess o_O .. and the album is to me just a 5/10 ..

[\\//Paul\\//]

5/10?did u ever really listened to the album?
for me personally its a 9,5/10

[Andy]

iluvclarabelle........ok we both have different views about the whole situation with them all, so i think its best we leave it as that!
As i said its not that i would be a fan its just i wont be supporting them as i have done all along and it doesnt matter if you dont think i am a true fan, i've moved on.
Else you could say the same about steps really, that people start going off them.....doesnt matter about the true fan stuff theyre gone, and so are H&Claire. :)

[P4]

Originally posted by *Andy*@Dec 13 2003, 09:21 AM
iluvclarabelle........ok we both have different views about the whole situation with them all, so i think its best we leave it as that!
As i said its not that i would be a fan its just i wont be supporting them as i have done all along and it doesnt matter if you dont think i am a true fan, i've moved on.
Else you could say the same about steps really, that people start going off them.....doesnt matter about the true fan stuff theyre gone, and so are H&Claire. :)
Ditto. :D

[Enigma]

Any person that has enough interest in the music industry to join forums about it should know that it's common for artists to go away for a long time to return with new works. There has been no official word about H&Claire splitting, and the last news entry at handclaire.com was posted 11th June 2003, saying,
They have both been in the office recently listening to new songs and discussing future recordings and are both very excited at the prospect of getting back into the recording studio very soon.

[Truestepper]

wellllll Claire has dumped BB as her management and starts recording as a solo artist this month! And THAT is from Claire herself!

[iluvuClarabelle]

yeh Mel - she said she'd be "gettin back to it" in Jan - but if u think about it she wont be recording in Jan!

she needs to get other things sorted first - but yeh shes deffo goin solo so H and Claire are DEFFO over! (as if most didnt know!)


woohooooo Claire solo - i really cant think of anythin better :D

[Truestepper]

I'm also going off what Mark told Chrissi tho, even if she doesn't have managment or a r/c *she may be tied to wea* she can still record stuff - nowt stoppping her - how do you think Lisa managed to record Lately so it could be leaked 18 months ago!

[iluvuClarabelle]

i know she CAN record stuff wenever - but i really dont see her doing it!
not in Jan as soon as she gets back from her hols - she'll take her time pickin songs, and deciding which producers to work with...

it wont all happen with the speed that H and Claire got stuff out at - she'll take her time...

[spetsg]

me thinks she should go the delta goodrem route and just sing her heart out in killer ballads in that great voice of hers...definitely not do the lisa "i'm so sexy" in denial thing....

[\\//Paul\\//]

agree

[Enigma]

She could have recorded any number of tracks already...

[Shaggy]

Wow! My first ever message on this board. Used to be on Handclaire.com! (Message board that is!)
Claire will go solo. I'm sure of it. You lot can't keep going on about all of the Steps members taking there time with choosing there career paths. It's an extremely big decision! Faye actually performed her first ever gig the other day... so she will be releasing soon I should imagine. I think people forget that it's not so long ago, Claire got married. GIVE HER A CHANCE TO LIVE A LITTLE. As for all the neg feedback about Lisa in other threads, I think people posting these threads should think about how the hell they would feel if they read comments like certain ones being raised. Lisa (In My Opinion) was'nt best singer of Steps. But there is more to being a popstar than being able to sing. She has a great personality and of course, she's very fit. She's also putting input into her solo tracks so I think people should back off a bit... share your opinions but in a way that won't annoy fans and hurt Lisa Scott-lee herself! Remember she's only human!
H should def go into acting in the theatre. he would be great I'm sure.
In summary, like them or not, but give them the respect they dserve for standing on stage for 5 years and making many peeps very happy. B)

[Tourniquet]

Well said Shaggy

[Shaggy]

Well I think, If I was in Steps, and people were sayin' things like they bin sayyin' how would I feel. They might even read messages them selves B) .... very unlikely but hey!

[Truestepper]

Originally posted by Shaggy@Jan 6 2004, 06:58 PM
Faye actually performed her first ever gig the other day... so she will be releasing soon I should imagine.
well she did a performance in South Shields in July and a showcase in Manchester in September as well as a performance before thse two - so it wasn't her first its highly unlikey to be this year....maybe....*shrugs* Anyway shes on stage first *read fayetozer.net ;)*

[SeanieB]

lol yea i dont think Faye will be releasing any time soon ppl...

She hasn't got a record deal and shes doin a play in april may so she is tied up for the first six months of this year...

[Shaggy]

B) Well! I happen to know that Faye Tozer is under new management. (Concorde International). There-fore, if she has got new management, she must be eager to start releasing new material with her new Group FAYM. Of course I don't know that she's def releasing new material soon, but if she's doing promo gig's featuring her new songs, this to me suggests that she will be releasing new material soon!!!! :D

[Truestepper]

Originally posted by Shaggy@Jan 7 2004, 10:58 AM
B) Well! I happen to know that Faye Tozer is under new management. (Concorde International). There-fore, if she has got new management, she must be eager to start releasing new material with her new Group FAYM. Of course I don't know that she's def releasing new material soon, but if she's doing promo gig's featuring her new songs, this to me suggests that she will be releasing new material soon!!!! :D
sean didnt mention her management, we KNOW she has management - its the record deal he was referring to!

[iluvuClarabelle]

if she does release this year - itll be late on Shaggy... (lol - wat a name!)

[SeanieB]

Originally posted by Shaggy@Jan 7 2004, 10:58 AM
B) Well! I happen to know that Faye Tozer is under new management. (Concorde International). There-fore, if she has got new management, she must be eager to start releasing new material with her new Group FAYM. Of course I don't know that she's def releasing new material soon, but if she's doing promo gig's featuring her new songs, this to me suggests that she will be releasing new material soon!!!! :D
One gig doesnt count as gig's

she wont be releasing any time soon... and I know for a fact shes had a manager for a while... since before FT.net was started (over nine months ago)


Raaa I will let Carrie devour you...

[Water Goblinglitter]

Well shaggy I happen to know that Faye dosnt have ANY managment at the moment and as im the one in the regular contact with her its my word we'll be trusting! I know exactly what shes up to at the mo and tho your close your not spot on so please dont be starting rumours!

[iluvuClarabelle]

lol Carrie - uve just totally contradicted Sean! :lol:

[Water Goblinglitter]

LOl have i? well Sean isnt in contact with her ( with all due respect to him) so he may not get it totally right. Anyway, ive sed too much already!

[iluvuClarabelle]

lol following on from wat u said the other nite - *thinks* he's an insider lol

lol - if theres any developements - let us know - cos obv there are some things happening!

[Water Goblinglitter]

No there isnt, cept for TMOAS. just the managment stuff is private!

[iluvuClarabelle]

oh rite - well it kinda sounds like it tho!

u said Shaggy was close but not spot on?!

[SeanieB]

From what she said - she backed me up - Chris stop picking I know more that you like to think i know - and yes its not THAT much or that important

Deal wiht it

[iluvuClarabelle]

Sean i aint pickin - u said she had management for ages - Carrie said she doesnt - thats contradicting you - thats all i was sayin!

[Shaggy]

Hey I wasn't intending to start a rumour or yet another disagreement! I clearly stated (in which was used in passed quotes ) that Of course I don't know weather or not she's definately releasin stuff.....
Although, it is .... actually not going to say anymore just in case it is supposed to be confidential. Not sure what Faye's contact is on about though! B)

[Shaggy]

P.s Water...... Sorry if I caused a stir. It was not intended.

[SeanieB]

Originally posted by iluvuClarabelle@Jan 8 2004, 01:23 PM
Sean i aint pickin - u said she had management for ages - Carrie said she doesnt - thats contradicting you - thats all i was sayin!
well she did have managment for ages - carrie informed me last nite (when this kciked off) about the status of it all :lol:

[iluvuClarabelle]

so she did have a manger - now she doesnt??
how strange!

[Shaggy]

Well I will say one thing. The last time I was in touch with the management in qurestion was a year ago so things may of changed B)

[Water Goblinglitter]

she didnt HAVE managment a year ago Shaggy. I think maybe your getting confused with agents. But i know Faye very well which is how i know whow wrong u are!

[SeanieB]

Originally posted by iluvuClarabelle@Jan 8 2004, 09:01 PM
so she did have a manger - now she doesnt??
how strange!
shes copying Claire :P :lol:

[iluvuClarabelle]

lol!

[crazy vampire]

Originally posted by licho steps@Dec 5 2003, 04:21 PM
I think it doesn't mean that he's goin' to do more music. I think he will be something (tv presenter, actor...) but not a singer. But.... who knows! It's H!! lol
i don't believe that at all

[iluvuClarabelle]

well we all now know that hes most likely gonna do a west end musical!


but then most of the sensible people knew he'd do that anyway!

[Shaggy]

I agree. I see H being a big star in the west end. (Yes I know that makes me sound like some sort of phycic! Lol

[iluvuClarabelle]

lol not really - its easily predictable!

as long as the critics are kind to him he'll be fine - but the audiences will love him anyway!

[Poohbear]

Well let's hope he does ... It would be great to see him do stuff like that.