He’s copped some criticism over his caustic attitude on Australia’s Got Talent but an unrepentant Brian McFadden said he is just being “honest”.

“We could all just sit there and say it’s all brilliant but what really would be the point of that?” McFadden told Confidential yesterday. “I don’t think it’s harsh. It’s just being honest.”

The ex-Westlife singer, preparing to launch the latest single from his well-received album Wall of Soundz, caused a stir when he told comedian Anne Ferguson-Howe to “f … off back to England”.

“There’s a lot of editing and what you see at home you might think it’s harsh but if you saw the full conversation you would see why we say it,” he said.

McFadden will debut songs off his new album at The Metro tonight.

Tickets are available from Virgin Mobile’s Pitt St store between 12pm and 2pm. Maximum of two tickets per person.

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I’ve also added the new photo by Damian Shaw to the gallery.

Damian Shaw – Photoshoot

Brian McFadden has confirmed that he is hoping to crack America as a solo artist.

The former Westlife singer will relocate to the States after he completes work on the current series of Australia’s Got Talent, on which he appears as a judge.

It is understood that McFadden will release new album Wall Of Soundz in the US through Universal Records. The disc’s lead track ‘Just Say So’ recently had a three-week reign over the Australian singles chart.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the 30-year-old explained: “It will be my first time ever to release a record in America as a solo artist. It’s very hard over there but this is my last chance.

“I’m going to relocate there to get this business going.”

McFadden’s fiancée Delta Goodrem is also currently based in the US as she is working on her fourth album there.

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AT JUST 30 years of age, Brian McFadden can’t remember how many video clips he’s filmed.

“I had 26 or 27 with Westlife and a lot by myself. Maybe it’s into the forties. It’s a lot,” McFadden tells Insider on the set of his latest clip, Chemical Rush.

“It’s getting easier as I go along because I’m a lot more involved. In the old days I’d just turn up and shoot the video, but I am across everything now.”

Chemical Rush is the second single from McFadden’s third solo studio album, Wall Of Soundz.

It follows the success of his last single, Just Say So (featuring rocker Kevin Rudolf), which topped the ARIA charts.

The Chemical Rush clip was shot at a private home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs last week.

“It’s an old folks’ home that turns into a hip house party and the people get younger as I come through the room,” he explains.

McFadden believes Wall Of Soundz is his best chance at cracking the competitive US market.

So, with fiancance Delta Goodrem based in Los Angeles, he’s planning to relocate to the US to release the album through Universal Records – once he’s finished his duties as a judge on Australia’s Got Talent.

“It will be my first time ever to release a record in America as a solo artist,” he says.

“It’s very hard over there but this is my last chance.

“I’m going to relocate there to get this business going.”

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IF Delta Goodrem is Australia’s sweetheart, then when it comes to her Irish fiance Brian McFadden, we as a nation should be the jealous ex-boyfriend. So perhaps another title for her is in order, because if the charts are anything to go by, we actually really like the guy.

His latest single Just Say So debuted at No1 one on the ARIA singles charts, with the highest single-week sales on debut recorded this year. He says people have responded well to his latest album, Wall of Soundz, released on April 23, but many are wondering where this new style has come from.

“People are loving the music, but I don’t think they’re making the connection and they’re thinking `This doesn’t really sound like Brian McFadden’,’’ he said.

“My last album suited certain places. This is the first time I feel like I can take a record everywhere because it suits radio everywhere in the world at the moment.’’

Late June sees McFadden embark on a first-stop-America world tour to release and promote his electro-pop offering.

As one third of the judging panel on Australia’s Got Talent, alongside Dannii Minogue and Kyle Sandilands, he will hang around Oz until the finale, but spare no haste in his departure, scheduling it for the very next day. Until then, he will be continuing to find out whether Australia really does have talent.

McFadden says he has had some of the greatest experiences working on that show, being lucky enough to see some truly memorable performances. On the flipside, he admits that faced with the “crazies’’ up close, it is very different to having a laugh at them from the comfort of your living room.

“You see these nutjobs and they’re standing right in front of you and you can see the whites of their eyes and it’s really hard to be honest and tell them they’re a lunatic,’’ he said.

“I don’t mind the people whose parents told them they’re good and they’re not good, but it’s the people who are just mental. You think their parents should be saying `You shouldn’t really be going outside. Don’t worry about going on a TV show, you shouldn’t even be seen in public’.’’

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Former Westlife star Brian McFadden angrily denounced a mock boy band on Australia’s Got Talent, telling them “I’m offended”, adding “I take boy bands very seriously”.

Brian, a judge on the hit Aussie TV show alongside Dannii Minogue, was definitely not impressed by the 1990s-boyband-inspired Man Parts, a fake five-piece, with only four dancing.

Brian told the 18- to 25-year-olds, who bill themselves as the “boy band of the century”: “I hated it”.

The star, in trouble a week ago for telling a comedienne on the show to “f**k off back to England”, added: “I didn’t like it, I hated it, hated every second of it. I’m offended.

“I take boy bands very seriously. It’s not a joking matter.

“We train hard. We dream hard. We work hard. We love hard.

“We’re not here to be made a mockery of by some wannabe creepy boy band.

“Don’t be ridiculous – it’s no.”

He then quipped: “Thou shalt protect the boy band from imposters!”

Dannii said: “I really like the comedy element of it, but the singing wasn’t strong enough.

“It’s a no from me as well.”

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