TV KEN LIVINGSTONE ON ‘ TRIAL’ | THEATRE FRESH PRINCE’ S JOSEPH MARCELL ON HIS NEW STAGE ROLE JASMINE JAMMIN’ WITH MARIAH IN VEGAS | CAUGHT IN THE WEB KARIM FUSES BUILDINGS AND MUSIC MUSIC NATTY MIXES UP MUSICAL FLAVOURS | 24/7 BRIEFS A BABY FOR BEYONCÉ? January 21 - 27, 2008 Issue No. 1304 www.voice-online.co.uk W ITH THE three mem- bers of Destiny’s Child (DC) having forged solo paths several years ago, you’d think, by now, that people would have realized that, Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle are three very different indi- viduals. And as a result, their individual pursuits have all been very different. But while Beyoncé’s suc- cess was always inevitable (her father was the group’s manager and she was always deemed as DC’s unofficial leader), and nobody really expected Michelle to be a mainstream star (she just did- n’t get to sing much in DC did she?), shouldn’t Kelly’s level of stardom be a little greater? Her sophomore album Ms Kelly is soon to be re-released (a sign that it didn’t sell so well the first time around), and the new single, Work – which was due for release last year – was delayed, then remixed and is finally getting released next week. Surely a former member of such a super-group shouldn’t strug- gle to sell units? “As solo artists, we are three different people,” Kelly insists. “People can’t expect us all to take the same route as solo artists or enjoy the same kind of success. Victoria [Beckham] has a different route to Mel B, Mel B has a different route to Geri, and so on. We all have different paths, coz we’re all different people. I’m more of an intimate person anyway; I like playing smaller and more intimate venues. People can’t expect me to be Beyoncé or Beyoncé to be me or me to be Michelle or whatever! Just allow us to be ourselves!” TRUTH And of Beyoncé, what does Kelly make of those who doubt the pair’s friendship? Just last year, a story popped up claiming that Beyoncé ‘stole’ the June front cover of Vibe magazine, which Kelly was scheduled to appear on. And in a spoof video of DC’s song Emotions that appeared on YouTube last year, the actresses playing Michelle and Kelly were made to look insignificant, while the Beyoncé actress sang, “who’d look at the other two, when you’ve got Beyoncé?” Can we believe that Kelly and B are really true friends? Continued on page 22 I’m not Beyoncé!