GIRLS ALOUD - HARDING LAUGHS OFF ARCTIC MONKEYS COLLABORATION REPORTS

LATEST: GIRLS ALOUD singer SARAH HARDING has laughed off reports she is collaborating with rockers the ARCTIC MONKEYS on the band's third album. Last week (ends23MAR07) frontman ALEX TURNER suggested bringing Harding into the four-piece's line up, telling British music magazine the NME, "I'm finding less and less to say. "I'm writing as a frontman, so I'm thinking, 'Third album, we'll just get Sarah Harding to front the band!' Harding blames her own booze-induced ranting for perpetuating the musical myth - but admits it would be "an honour" to sing with the group. She says, "Of course we're not doing a bloody album together. I can't believe everyone's making so much of it. Everyone who interviews me now wants to know if we're collaborating. It was a joke. "Seriously, the stuff I said at the NME Awards (in February) was just slightly pissed ranting. It would be an honour to sing with them. I'm not sure what their fans would think about it though."