Sugababes: 'We need more pop bands'

Sugababes have stressed the importance of pop bands, complaining that children are "growing up way too fast".

The girl group argued that the demise of Smash Hits magazine and Saturday morning kids' TV had dramatically altered the music industry.

Keisha told the Daily Star: "What I really want is to see more pop bands. I want it to go back to the days of Smash Hits, when we’d tour with Blazin’ Squad and Girls Aloud and have a blast.

"Even the Saturday shows where we dressed up and got gunked don’t exist.

"I know I’m sounding like a granny, but kids today are growing up way too fast because they don’t have those things to keep them young anymore."