Hollyoaks' Bowes launching music career

Hollyoaks star Hollie-Jay Bowes has revealed that she is launching a career in the music industry.

The actress, who plays Michaela McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, said that she will soon be touring as part of her new band.

According to PA, she said: "I'm in a band called Jeanie In The Radiator and we're doing really well at the minute. We are really new, we only formed in November, and we've got quite a strong fan base in Manchester. We start gigging in October. I'm concentrating on that at the moment.

"I've been singing since I was really young. I've always played around with making music and writing it since I was 12, always wanted to do it. Now I've found a band who are as serious about it as I am and make it fun, it's perfect."

Bowes also features on the song 'Pretty Boy' by the band Redtrack. She said: "I'm guest vocalist on a single which is well exciting. I'm going to Leeds festival and performing with Redtrack. I'm really scared to be honest. The lads are so professional, they do three or four gigs a week. It's nothing to them but to me I'm stood there going, 'I'm going to die'."

The actress was sacked from Hollyoaks in June and her final scenes will air at the end of this month.