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Give him a ring.....he'll invite you to lunch. A facinating Twitter from Russell Watson: Russell Watson (russellthevoice) on Twitter Had a splendid dinner with my manager Jonathan Shalit at Scotts last night ! Mmmm fish n chips x 11:26 AM Jun 3rd via txt

How would you feel about seeing this short, fat, show-off "Legend In His Own Lunchtime" (see below) Jonathan Shalit all over the place in football? There's Wouldn't it be worse than Robert Maxwell stupidly running on to the pitch like a wanker in his baseball cap? LIVERPOOL WAY SHAILIT SPOTTING: Have YOU seen him lunching? IF you do go up to him and say "SHALIT.....NO. STAY OUT OF FOOTBALL. You are a TWAT." He lunches all the time all over the place. If you visit LOndon you are sure to see him stuffing his face. I'm a showbiz legend in my own lunchtime... and lunch has to be at celebrity restaurant The Ivy | Mail Online "I'm a showbiz legend in my own lunchtime... and lunch has to be at celebrity restaurant The Ivy By JONATHAN SHALIT It was over lunch at The Ivy in 1993 that I persuaded the legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin to work on a Larry Adler album I was trying to get off the ground. I directed plays at the City of London School and, when I was 17, I wrote to Tom Stoppard and persuaded him to speak to our theatre society. (When I next bumped into Tom, 20 years later, in The Ivy I greeted him like an old friend. He didn't have a clue who I was.) When, aged 31, I heard that the legendary harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler was nearing 80, I had the idea of a duets album in celebration. I arranged a meeting, persuaded him to let me take care of it, and then set about recruiting the best producer in the business. I managed to get hold of Sir George's number, cold-called him and pitched him my idea. Would he meet me in The Ivy to discuss it? Astonishingly, he agreed. In those days I did already regularly eat in the restaurant but always in the overflow area, at one of the tables next to the bar. In terms of status it was Siberia, but it was better than nothing. I called to book a table. 'Yes, of course Mr Shalit. Will your usual table be acceptable?' 'Actually, my guest will be George Martin ... ' 'I think we have a table in the main restaurant, Mr Shalit.' I had graduated. I can still recall what we ate - salmon fishcakes with sauteed spinach and sorrel sauce - and at the end of the lunch George said: 'Jonathan, I'm your man. Why don't you let me get the bill?' And I have never been banished to The Ivy's overflow area again. This is just as well since the restaurant, in the heart of the West End of London, is now important to my business. Who can say by what mysterious alchemy a restaurant becomes 'the' place to go, an institution beloved of the media and entertainment world? The Ivy is not flash or posh. The food is excellent but unpretentious. There are certainly many more expensive restaurants in London. I am in there at least four times a week, often more. Given that a good lunch is central to business, and given that business is booming, I concede that it is a challenge to maintain the athletic Iron Man physique for which I am known. Indeed, I use the restaurant so often - at least 1,000 times over the past five years - that the owner, Richard Caring, last week paid for an advert in Music Week, the music industry bible, paying tribute to me. You don't get that with McDonald's. To the outsider, the life of the showbusiness impresario looks like a helter-skelter swirl of glitz and glamour. And that's exactly what it is. My TV clients include Christopher Biggins, Emma Crosby, Kate Silverton, Kelly Brook, Konnie Huq, Michael Underwood and Myleene Klass. You couldn't call lunching with them a hardship. Myleene likes to tell the story - and who am I to stop her? - of how I approached her at the Classical Brits a few years ago and told her, 'You should be hosting this,' and two years later she was. Our courtship - I mean in a professional sense - was carried out at The Ivy. I have lost count of the number of times I've eaten in the restaurant with Kate Silverton. A great British girl, she always has the roast beef on a Sunday. N-Dubz, the new kings of Brit Pop, want to know why I haven't taken them to The Ivy. I've told them I will to celebrate their millionth CD sold, which will actually be in a few weeks. Jamelia used to ask me the same thing and she would get the same answer: 'When you've sold a million copies of your single, Superstar.' I kept my promise. I have actually met a president - Bill Clinton - when my former client Charlotte Church was invited to perform at the White House. He shook my hand, thanked me for taking the time to meet him - as if there was any chance that I would have refused the invitation - and then looked me in the eye and said: 'Tell me, Jonathan, what do you think of the single European currency?' Chris Eubank? My goodness, that man can talk. For me, lunch begins at 1pm and lasts until 2.30pm. But Chris, once he gets going, will not stop. I took him to The Ivy one day and it got to 2.30pm, but Chris was still in full flow. I said: 'Look Chris, I've got to go.' He ignored me. It got to 2.45pm. Business was going on elsewhere, without me. I can't bear that. 'Chris, I'm sorry but I've really got to go,' I said. 'Yes, of course, Jonathan, but just let me say... ' It got to 3pm. I said: 'Chris, look, this is me going,' and I got up and walked out - and he was still talking as I disappeared out of the door. I have long been a supporter of the Tories and I have arranged receptions at The Ivy for the then leaders of the Conservative Party - Michael Howard and Iain Duncan Smith - to meet the movers and shakers of the entertainment and media world. Boris Johnson was one of my guests. This was when the media world was still in love with Tony Blair. The Tories, I am glad to say, are now back in fashion. I have regular lunches there with Lord Strathclyde, the Tory leader in the House of Lords and an old friend of mine. I've also taken Culture Shadow Minister Ed Vaizey there. I once even managed to persuade the restaurant to temporarily go into the takeaway business. I was eating there with Ruthie Henshall, who had just opened in Peggy Sue Got Married, when I got a call from my then girlfriend, who worked at St Thomas' Hospital. She was complaining that she was going to have make do with a sandwich while I was enjoying bang bang chicken - chicken with hot chilli peanut sauce. I persuaded the maitre d' to make up a package of the dish for my girlfriend and send it to her. But I don't visit The Ivy only for business. One evening, while I was working on an MTV show, I went there with a new young lady friend. In the middle of our conversation, she looked up towards the entrance. 'Oh. My. God,' she mouthed at me. 'Ricky Gervais has just walked through the door.' 'Yes, that's marvellous,' I said, without enthusiasm before trying to steer the conversation back to us. 'Do you know him?' 'Yes, I know him,' I said. 'Nice guy. Now, as I was saying ... ' 'I mean, Ricky Gervais,' she continued. 'Like - wow!' At that very moment Ricky sat down at a table next to us and saw me - the man has impeccable timing. 'Hey, Jonathan, great to see you,' he boomed. And I have seen celebrities deep in discussions with agents who are not their own managers. I have sometimes been that manager myself. You see, it's all work, work, work with me." Blackberry Way....listen to the song...it's great.

Good, so you will be pleased if you see him running on to the pitch and taking a bow, in Robert Maxwell style, when Liverpool play Chelsea?

P.S. Jonathan Shalit made this statement (reported in the press) in June:- "Dappy, and Faser and Tulisa represent Modern Britain." Of course they do Mr Shalit. Yes Sir..... Rumour has it that Shalit is going to start managing professional footballers. If so, could it possibly involve a Liverpool player?

From Aerial Telly site. “You live at home with your mom or in a squat - you contribute nothing. Get a haircut, slime. Die pig, die pig, die pig, die. So when Jonathan Shalit manager says the band "represents young Britain" about his charges N-Dubz, it’s not effective mitigation for what follows. Being... N-Dubz.” A News Item I had previously missed;- "Teatro hopeful: super The band, billed as theatreland’s first supergroup, is aiming to do for theatre music what Il Divo has done for opera. Jonathan Shalit, the man who discovered Charlotte Church, put together the group, which includes three British singers and one American. Teatro’s debut album will feature hits from well-known musicals with backing from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Sony is expecting the group to top the charts. ‘Teatro has the potential to be a huge commercial success,’ said a spokesperson. Plans include showcases, print and broadcast interviews, photo shoots and diary stories. Agency founder Ian Monk will direct the account with associate director Maria Murtagh. " HOw can the same guy do this and N-Dubz. Shalit may as well be flogging carpets. Blackberry Way There's a memory there Boats on the lake Unattended now, they're all to drown

I am humbled to read such a considered post. In the past it was indeed so very easy. No longer. If there was less TWAT organised/manufactured rubbish filling the airwaves/TV screens/radio then it would be much easier to find more of the great music that must be out there. What saddens me is that much great music will never be found because it is being stifled at birth. The 50's were really something.....rock n roll emerging must have been amazing to behold at the time. THAT is what I would call exciting. Not the garbage pedaled by Shailit and Co and his mates. And nothing will ever be as exciting as The Beatles in their time.

I give up. Orange Amps are great. So are vintage VOX amps, get hold of an old AC30 and you will be in heaven. HIWATT were also quite good, so were AMPEG's but only if you play bass. Nothing beats an original valve amp.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.....I LOVE YOU POPE. DailyJews - Shalit goes for Global TV SHALIT GOES FOR GLOBAL TV by: Rachel Wiesbach "Jonathan Shalit Music manager Jonathan Shalit is to further expand his Shalit Global agency into managing additional TV stars. Shalit, who famously discovered singer Charlotte Church, already represents former Hear’Say star Myleene Klass’s growing career as a TV and radio presenter as well as Konnie Hug from Blue Peter. “With the media entertainment industry now being so diverse in its cross-fertilisation I have decided to do this. As other clients approach, we are being selective in who we agree to represent,” he says. “The management services we provide are supplemented by a confidential crisis management for high-profile people with sensitive media problems and brand creation for clients with media profiles that have a commercial value.” WOT A TWAT!

Hey POPE, glad to see you like t. Get it much, do you?

You are not annoying me....I'm loving annoying you. And as for my having no support on this forum for outing as a TWAT the aforementioned Jonathan Shalit and placing him IN THE TWAT LIST where he most certainly deserves to be, then you missed some reading:- TK-421.... “'I’ve read the words and seen the pictures. He does indeed appear to be a massive twat. Well done.” MANNY... “He looks like a twat.” DENNIS TOOTH... “No I'm sorry but after reading about the chicken choker's life, he was deffo worthy of a thread of his own for his cuntfoolery. I'll seriously slam this guys head into a wall if I ever spot him coming out of Scotts or The Ivy. Several times. What a complete cuntcocker.” PADDYBERGER15... “No, he's just getting really, really interesting now.” STRONTIUM DOG... “As horribly wretched as this thread is, I cannot help but be amused by the fact it's currently result #13 in a Google Search for "Jonathan Shalit". DIRTY_SANCHEZ... “He may have a point though. If this bloke is responsible for N'Dubz, he does need some kind of violence perpetuated against him. What do you call a girl with two clunges? N'Dubz.”

Rubbish. Read all the posts. Then off you go back to your dogging......do you have to wear a paper bag when you go dogging....and perfume? Woof Woof

Congratulations........you have won 75th prize in a beauty competition of dogs. Your badge is in the post. Wear it when you next go dogging.

Pointless......hardly. The point is this. A load of people posted about nice Michael Winner and even suggested he was a TWAT. This was ignorant. Education was essential. In the realms of the dizzy heights of being famous, the biggest TWAT of them all was unknown to you. He isn't now is he? Not only that but almost everyone who reads my posts wants to agree with me but it's more fun to go the Liverpool Way. A few brave souls have openly congratulated me. Jonathan Shalit's co-director is a female called Severine Berman. Severine Berman launches a babyware line with Myleene Klass | The Jewish Chronicle

P.S. You heard it here first. He works with "the biggest stars in the world, you know." Check this out:- ROAR Global - Rights Ownership Artist Representation "ROAR Global has a phenomenal reputation at guiding careers beyond what many others believe possible and increasing earnings for those we work with. Global Media has changed beyond recognition in the last 10 years and continues to change at an ever increasing speed. By having footholds across many genres of entertainment and media, ROAR Global is uniquely positioned to help people grow and develop with talent and creativity. There are no boundaries any more. Indeed by being one of the first to recognise this we have been able to bring our clients so much more than others working in similar fields. Jonathan Shalit who leads the team with co-director Severine Berman has a remarkable personal reputation as an innovative manager of talent and their ideas. Following a successful career in marketing working with globally recognised brands, Jonathan has worked with literally some of the worlds biggest stars whether it be recording their music or guiding their careers in television or music and even both. Many of these talented people may seem to have little to link them - but with the global ramifications of the new creative and business world we all now work within, diversity creates many more opportunities" ROAR Global - Rights Ownership Artist Representation But does Jonathan Shalit have BOLLOCKS? That's what I want to know.

Now here I am trying to post about Orange amps, something I know about....and off you go about Jonathan Shalit, the man about to dominate the world. You heard it here first. He works with "the biggest stars in the world, you know." Check this out:- ROAR Global - Rights Ownership Artist Representation "ROAR Global has a phenomenal reputation at guiding careers beyond what many others believe possible and increasing earnings for those we work with. Global Media has changed beyond recognition in the last 10 years and continues to change at an ever increasing speed. By having footholds across many genres of entertainment and media, ROAR Global is uniquely positioned to help people grow and develop with talent and creativity. There are no boundaries any more. Indeed by being one of the first to recognise this we have been able to bring our clients so much more than others working in similar fields. Jonathan Shalit who leads the team with co-director Severine Berman has a remarkable personal reputation as an innovative manager of talent and their ideas. Following a successful career in marketing working with globally recognised brands, Jonathan has worked with literally some of the worlds biggest stars whether it be recording their music or guiding their careers in television or music and even both. Many of these talented people may seem to have little to link them - but with the global ramifications of the new creative and business world we all now work within, diversity creates many more opportunities" ROAR Global - Rights Ownership Artist Representation But does Jonathan Shalit have BOLLOCKS? That's what I want to know.

"See the battlefields of care or sins Cast to the winds........." Now why the f..k would I want to be represented by a TWAT? Yet for some people, signing to Jonathan Shalit is as good as it gets. Perhaps they are pervs? So how does Jonathan Shalit find his "talent"??? Easy...this is how.....he shovels up shit from the street....so, whatever happened to the No 1 family? EXCLUSIVE Jeff Brazier: A 21-year-old won't do it for me | Celebrity News | Now Magazine EXCLUSIVE Jeff Brazier: A 21-year-old won't do it for me Jade Goody's ex tells Now why he isn't looking for a young girlfriend Jeff Brazier is a family man Jeff Brazier has told Now he’s happy being single for now – but a 21-year-old girl isn’t going to be first on his list. ‘I am completely single at the moment. It was impossible for me to think about a relationship when everything was all over the place,’ he says. ‘Everything’s finally going the way I want it to and I’m getting all the love I need from my children. ‘In the future, I might be able to start dating again but if a girl had a problem with me being a parent then she’s not the one for me. A 21-year-old isn’t going to do it for me. ‘I’ve got to think, “This person is good enough for my children.” ‘It’s quite rare to find someone you really like. I don’t kid myself I have half a clue when it comes to what I want in a woman, but when I find it will just hit me in the face.’ Jeff, 30, who’s currently presenting a GMTV search for a musical family, The No. 1 Family, says his family is happier since he kept sons Bobby, 6, and Freddie, 4, out of the limelight. Following the death of their mum Jade Goody, 27, on Mother’s Day, he’s banned photographers from taking their picture. ‘My children deserve a normal childhood,’ he explains. ‘Around the time when everything was going really crazy it just dawned on me that was exactly what I had to do. ‘There was a whole industry making money out of it but all any parent can do is make a decision they think is right. I know it’s right because my children are so happy, relaxed and balanced now.’ • Jeff’s presenting the No 1 Family on GMTV in the mornings. The winner gets a record deal with Universal, a Christmas single and a management deal with Jonathan Shalit.

If they are crap perhaps he is. However if Matt is still making them they will be fantastic. Best ever. He was from up our way somewhere.

Clearly it is a dead cert that Jonathan Shalit will be honoured because he mingles with all the right people....Rupert Murdoch et al......he does his heart-felt charity work....and he is everywhere. He's gone GLOBAL. Shalit GLOBAL. R.O.A.R. he's taking over....today the world tomorrow the universe. What an impressive agent. Definition of an agent: A character who resents performers getting 90% of his salary.

Don't know about the 15 watt but Orange had a very special name. The Orange shop in Old Compton Street had a recording studio in the basement and a guy called Matt made the first Orange amps. THey were terrific, more expensive than Marshall. Orange then seemed to disappear but now the name is quite special. Question is, where is the amp made these days? If its in UK then go for it. If it's crap foreign rubbish, forgedabout it. For instance the small VOX amps are dreadful. Not all foreign made (meaning amps/guitar copies not made in UK or USA) are crap. The Mexican Fender Stats for instance are really very good.

I'm sure this is a great idea. In fact Sir Jonathan Shalit OBE (offered and accepted) sounds really well deserved for coming up with fantastic ideas to give us the soundtrack to our lives and make artistes so successful to the point that kids today ignore ordinary guitarists such as God (aka Eric) and his rather ordinary songs such as Layla for the many, many Jonathan Shailit backed modern classics.....his brilliance and his Brian Epstein moves have included:- Open Auditions to Be Held for New Musical Group Broadway 4: Theater News on TheaterMania.com - 05/23/2007 Open Auditions to Be Held for New Musical Group Broadway 4 By: Michael Portantiere · May 23, 2007 · New York British music producer Jonathan Shalit and Sony/BMG will be holding open auditions for a new music group called Broadway 4 in New York at 9am on Wednesday, June 6 at Chelsea Studios (151 West 26th Street). The producers are seeking four men, age 20 to 35, who are "sexy and charismatic, with outstanding Broadway legit/pop voices," according to a press statement. In addition to the open call, agent submission auditions will take place in New York on June 7 and 8. All those auditioning should be prepared to sing 16 bars a cappella. The small group of singers chosen in New York will be flown to London, where auditions were previously held. All finalists will work with the group's creative team, who will choose the members of Broadway 4. Sony/BMG will release the group's first CD internationally this fall. " WOW....Broadway Four. I love it.....yeah, yeah, yeah

In your dreams. Meanwhile:- From “Liverpool Echo” Liverpool Sound City 2009: The future of the music business - Getintothis: Liverpool's guide to music reviews, gigs, discussion and opinion. "THE FUTURE of the music business is still bright despite the changes the industry has seen in recent years - that was the message from leading players at Liverpool Sound City. The music festival brought together a host of execs and industry players with a series of debates at the Hard Days Night Hotel. The conferences were designed to give Liverpool musicians and promoters the chance to debate the state of the music industry with some of the sector's key players. One of yesterday's highlights was a debate called 'Fix Up, Look Sharp for the Time Machine' on the future of the UK music business. It saw panellists, including writer and rocker John Robb and leading manager Jonathan Shalit debate issues from the mobile internet to the merits of Simon Cowell. Shalit, whose company Shalit Global looks after artists including Myleene Klass and N-Dubz, said: "The music industry right now is in one of the most exciting positions it has been in since the Beatles came out of Liverpool. If I look at Britain, I see the largest diversity of music I've seen in my working lifetime. "British artists are breaking around the world. The technology that takes music around the world is making music available to everyone to help give artists who had found it very hard to get attention of people who make decisions a very strong platform. "Everybody is talking about the negatives but they're wrong, it's a positive time." "LEADING MANAGER !!!.....he's never managed anyone of importance. It might be a positive time for him but it ain't for struggling bands.

N-Dubz....don’t start me off..... So now I’m standing on the corner Lost, in the things that I say What am I supposed to do now-w THIS:- N-Dubz Tulisa 'Blames Management For Break In' As she vowed to 'smash the thieves heads in' on Twitter... 14:18, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos is reportedly furious with her management for approving TV footage of her home which led to burglars identifying her house and attempting to rob her. As we reported yesterday, the Say It's Over singer's home was featured in Channel 4 documentary, Being N-Dubz and just days after the footage had aired, thieves broke into the house. According to The Sun, Tulisa is blaming her management for the blunder and has demanded that Jonathan Shalit pays for CCTV to be installed at her home. The singer is also said to have asked for an around the clock security guard to look after her £550,000 house while she is away working. WATCH OUR EXCLUSIVE LIVE SESSION WITH N-DUBZ HERE A friend told the tabloid: "As far as Tulisa's concerned it is her manager's fault that thieves broke in and tried to nick a plasma TV. She has been ranting about how she wants to sack him." Tulisa also broke her silence over the incident on Twitter, telling her followers: "Let's get this over with, yes sum twats broke in my house! But....this is the funny bit....they didn't take anything! Hahahahahaha!" "There was nothin in there 2 steal other then the tv cus I've just moved in and they couldn't even get that off the wall! Loooooool AMATEURS! Even I cud of done a betta job! Anyway they r lucky I wasn't in cus I wud of had a bat waitin 2 smash there heads in!" She added: "Anyway My stuff is out and I'm movin 2 a secure apartment! Its beta really cus next year I was guna move 2 something bigger so might aswell wait 2 buy a house.thanks 4 the support tho guys xxx" Controversy N-Dubz have been involved in much media criticism and publicised controversy mainly to do with Dappy. Since early 2010 Dappy and Fazer have both being struggling to secure U.S visa's due to their past convictions.[34] In December 2008, Dappy pleaded guilty to two accounts of assault at Chelmsford Magistrates Court, Essex after reportedly spitting in a girl's face while drunk on a night out. He received four weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, to run concurrently and 100 hours community service. He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to the girl and her friend and £300 costs.[35] On Thursday 29 January 2009, Dappy was arrested and bailed after he was accused of making death threats with a gun. He denied the allegation. His home in Camden was raided following the incident by police looking for a firearm. Three days later on Saturday 31 January he and fellow N-Dubz performer Fazer were escorted from a BA flight from Edinburgh to London by police after it touched down, after allegedly threatening other passengers. A source told The Sun "They were swearing at kids on the plane, being foul and threatening passengers. Cabin crew called ahead to the police, who were waiting when the plane landed. They were taken away by armed officers."[36] In late 2009, a feud started between Tulisa and Elly Jackson of La Roux who stated that all the females that do hip hop music dress up like prostitutes. Contostavlos took offence saying "she shouldn't talk about people's jobs that way... it's just wrong, where was she brought up - in a barn?", calling Jackson a "twat".[37] In November 2009 Fazer was caught without driving insurance in St Albans, Hertfordshire while driving his BMW and was banned for 6 months. This has since meant that he has been refused an American visa.[38] Later that month it surfaced that N-Dubz's DJ Maze had allegedly raped a young fan after a show N-Dubz had done at Butlins holiday camp in Skegness. They instead had BBC Radio 1Xtra's Twin B as their Christmas Party Tour DJ.[39] On Tuesday, 12 January 2010, N-Dubz appeared on the Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1. The show received a text message from a Chloe Moody in Boston, Lincolnshire complaining that Dappy was "vile" and "a little boy with a silly hat" and that N-Dubz were "losers". Dappy secretly copied Moody's phone number from the studio console and, the following day, tried calling her and sent threatening messages including: "Your [sic] gonna die. U sent a very bad msg towards Ndubz on The Chris Moyels [sic] show yesterday Morning and for that reason u will never be left alone!!! u say sorry I will leave u alone u ****." Moody claimed that she continued to receive messages after declining to apologise but N-Dubz management later apologised on his behalf and offered free tickets to one of his concerts, but Dappy has not apologised to Moody personally.[40] The rapper had appeared with the then Schools Secretary Ed Balls to launch pop single RU Cyber Safe in November 2009, but was dropped from the campaign with Mr Balls saying: "This text message was totally unacceptable. There is no excuse."[41] In March 2010, a dispute then started between N-Dubz and Lethal Bizzle, who claimed he had written and produced N-Dubz's hit I Need You for them and so should be acknowledged in the credits for it, with Tulisa hitting back on Twitter that "he's jus triena boost his status, ...wat an unbelievable loser!"[42] and N-Dubz later posted a video on their official YouTube channel through Twitter with the caption: "THE PROOF WE DIDNT STEAL S**T, WE MAKE OUR OWN HITS!" of when he had sent them the finished song and when they had actually finished the song, implying that their version was over 2 months older than his.[43][44] N-Dubz hit the headlines again in early April 2010 on the front page of The Sun and other newspapers after Dappy and Fazer were caught firing at passers-by and fans, with toy paintball guns, outside the O2 Academy in Newcastle, with Dappy hitting a girl on the bottom, who called the police. The guns were confiscated and Northumbria Police confirmed: 'We were called to the court car park at the rear of the O2 Academy in Fenkle Street just before 8pm on Saturday following complaints pellets were being fired from a coach at the location. Officers spoke to two persons who had been firing plastic toy guns at each other, discharging small 6mm pellets.'[45] Just days later, the trio were then involved in a brawl in Manchester, where they were 'enjoying a well-deserved night out' at the Coliseum club, when Dappy was reportedly threatened with a knife by a group of guys who were wanting to fight him. Dappy and Fazer were allegedly busy signing autographs and taking photos with fans when the men approached Dappy and began shouting and pushing him around. N-Dubz's spokesperson confirmed: "There was an incident. Security took the decision that it was best for the band to leave the club to avoid any trouble."[46] Dappy was also exposed live on GMTV on 28 April 2010 after he was on that day's front pages with CCTV pictures of him, snorting the since banned recreational drug Mephedrone in an Essex nightclub. He tried to apologise, insisting "It's just not a thing to be doing. I've learnt my mistake. I'll never do such things again", going on to say, "I was just a bit tipsy and it just fell into the wrong place at the wrong time", and also issued a public apology.[47][48] Just a day later, Dappy was removed from Alton Towers theme park hotel in Staffordshire, for allegedly smoking Cannabis. Contostavlos and his two other companions, who were suspected to be Kaye Vassell and fellow hip-hop musician Fearless, were kicked out after guests complained about a "funny smell" coming from his room, according to reports. An Alton Towers spokesperson told Sky News: "We can confirm a guest was asked to leave."[49][50] In August 2010, while recording new material, Tulisa and a group of friends trashed her posh hotel room in Miami and were booted out. A source of The Sun said: "She had just a little too much to drink one night and trashed the hotel room. She did regret it the next day, especially when staff told her to check out. The band's management have had to step in again and tell her to settle down."[51] A few days later, an almost identical story concerning Dappy emerged, claiming he had been ordered to pay £5,000 for damage he had made to his posh flat in London's Canary Wharf. It was reported a string of late-night parties saw furniture and doors ruined, graffiti on walls, work surfaces damaged and plasterwork holed. Light fittings were cracked, a toilet blocked and abandoned food left to rot.[52] He has now moved back in with his mum in Camden Town.[53] and....all this press makes money for someone..... stand up and take a bow Jonathan Shalit

Record companies used to nurture and support bands. Now they prefer to nurture and support rubbish supplied by TV shows and the Jonathan Shalits of this world. So bands now have a very tough time and have done for years. How many possible great bands have had to give up because all the money goes to BIG Brother stars or competition winners or other tossers? To make it in the USA is am ambition of most UK bands most of which meet each other not by being manufactured in London by TWATS but by living in the same community, even meeting at school. Nothing has changed in how a genuine band gets together......but if a Johnny Lennon met a Macca today, firstly, there would be no Brian Epstein type as record shops like NEMS are shot to hell by supermarkets discounting best selling records. Then there would be no great producer like George Martin willing to be persuaded to give them a shot. And just look at EMI? In today's papers the ex-boss is getting millions of pounds for going. But he should never have arrived.....he knew bugger-all about music. The guy before him, Eric Nocoli, used to run United Biscuits. Now people like smug Jonathan Shailit are taking advantage of all of this and pushing all of his crap into the charts......which matter to some. Why can't bands these days aspire to make it big-time and buy the big houses ect. Being big on the internet is all very well but one also has to make a living which is why people who should be rock starts are cleaning windows. Especially in Liverpool.

Jonathan Shalit. "Myleene KIass... Never approached, never spoken too, never offered the job, never turned it down... So in summary, it's fair to say the reports that Myleene turned down the chance to present on GMTV are utter ****, made up by her agent Jonathan Shalit - who also represents Kate Silverton, Konnie Huq, Nina Myskow... you get the idea." Posted on TVForum http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/topic18546/page102 Birmingham Post "The former manager of singing sensation Charlotte Church said yesterday that he was 'shocked and saddened' by allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards the 14-year-old star. Jonathan Shalit, who was sacked as her manager in January this year, denied all the accusations made by Charlotte's parents in legal papers in response to him suing them for damages over breach of his contract. They claim that Mr Shalit, who discovered Charlotte in August 1997, made comments about the young singer's breasts in a hotel bedroom in front of male record industry executives. 'I did not initiate the discussion but simply replied to a question regarding the appropriateness of the sweater,' Mr Shalit said. 'Sensibly and responsibly, I considered the figure-hugging sweater inappropriate for a 13-year-old child - such a garment being sexually provocative.' Mr Shalit, who has also managed West End star Ruthie Henshall, added: 'This was particularly in view of there having been a recent unpleasant e-mail of a sexual nature having been sent to Charlotte's website.' Mr Shalit said the allegations were 'untrue, without substance, horrible and disgusting' and had been made to discredit him. 'Neither Charlotte, her mother, father or trustees ever made such a complaint during the course of our professional relationship,' he said. 'As parents they would have naturally said something had there been inappropriate behaviour. But the first I heard about them was in these papers two-and-a-half months after I finished working for them.' 'Although I have never had any desire to see these matters publicly aired, my hand has been forced by the leaking of the court papers.' He said that he had even been trusted by Charlotte's mother, Maria, to accompany her on his own to consult her doctor. On Saturday Charlotte was named British artist of the year at the first Classical Brit Awards, which Mr Shalit also attended. The court papers also say that Mr Shalit, aged 38, manipulated the teenage star for his own financial gain by using a private helicopter in return for Charlotte singing at Rupert Murdoch's wedding, for which she received no payment. 'Rupert Murdoch invited Charlotte to sing at his wedding in New York and offered a private plane from Los Angeles, the weekend at a five-star hotel and the use of a helicopter.' Mr Shalit, Charlotte and her mother used the helicopter to see a friend so Charlotte could play in his swimming pool, he said. 'Charlotte's enjoyment was the sole reason that we took the helicopter.' And he said the allegation that he insisted on a cost price Aston Martin from Ford, when Charlotte appeared in an advert for the company, was also false. 'I suggested that in return for waiving my commission, I be allowed to purchase the Aston Martin at cost (even though the deal gave Charlotte's parents two cars for free) - thus saving Charlotte a legitimate commission payment. 'This was agreed by Charlotte's lawyer as a 'reasonable and fair' suggestion.