BACK FOR MORE; Group insist troubles are behind them.

Byline: Rick Fulton

IN February 2008 it looked like Paramore had imploded as they cancelled a string of UK dates, including one in Glasgow.

And lead singer HayleyWilliams admits the teen emo pop group had to work out personal issues.

But with the problems sorted out, they are back with a gig on Monday at London's O2 Islington Academy, a new single, Ignorance, out on September 14 and new album called brand new eyes out on September 28.

They are back bigger and better with even more fans thanks to supplying the main tune, Decode, for the film Twilight.

But Hayley, 20, admits the band are still not used to the level of fame which saw them nominated for a Grammy last year for best new artist, although they lost out to Amy Winehouse. Hayley said: "I don'think you ever get used to fame but there's parts of it that you have to ignore.

"We don't feel famous, so when people refer to us as having some sort of level of celebrity that's when it's weird because we don't see ourselves as that.

"I love being on the road and travelling to different places, meeting new people, but I feel like your body never gets used to it, so I would say that's the part that's draining, more so than success."

The group were formed when Hayley was only 15. She had moved from Mississippi to Tennessee and met brothers Josh and Zac Farro when she was just 13. They formed the band with Josh playing guitar and Zac on drums. Bassist Jeremy Davis has been with them for three years and new guitarist Taylor York became an official member of the band in June.

They released their debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005 and second album Riot! in 2007.

Hayley's dyed hair, bratty attitude and the emo-sounding music has led to Avril Lavigne comparisons. American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is also another singer she's been compared to.

"Avril and I are both small lanky people with straight hair," she laughed. "It's not even musical. So, that's a shallow comparison, but I don't mind.

"I'd be stupid to not understand where it comes from. Kelly's first record was a good pop song but people can see there are five of us in the band."

While Avril is married, Hayley, who like the rest of the band is a devout Christian, hasn't gone down the rock route and instead of falling out of nightclubs has bought an apartment.

Being the only girl in the group she admits she usually hangs out with guys but she's single and claims girls are intimidated by her.

She said: "That sucks because in turn I don't have a lot of girlfriends.

"I only have a few which is weird because I don't really see myself as this hot, lead singer girl."

Paramore are now being called the Twilight band after contributing two songs to the soundtrack of the huge teen vampire movie.

"That break made the difference," Hayley agreed, although they aren't doing songs for the next film, New Moon. She added: "Twilight was huge, so there was more fans and more people paying attention but also different fans, different types of fans. "A lot of mums and dads knew about our band all of a sudden and I think it was cool for us to do a movie.

We were really excited to get involved in a soundtrack and a lot of our fans were really into it."

She may be 20 but it seems Hayley is still clinging to her childhood as she admits to owning an "embarrassing five-piece collection of Barbies".

Hayley laughed: "I bought a Barbie at Christmas time for a friend who collects them and I realised how cool they look.

"Then I was like, 'I'm going to buy this for myself too,' so I got a Lucille Ball one, and they're easy to find. It's something I can keep doing on the road, too."

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