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"Amy Macdonald has hailed the success of JLS as a good thing for young people. The singer-songwriter told DS that reality talent shows like The X Factor are not necessarily a bad thing for the music industry. Macdonald said of such programmes: &amp;quot;In the past couple of years they&amp;#039;ve provided bands that people wanted - bands like JLS. &amp;quot;We hadn&amp;#039;t had a good boyband for years, so JLS coming along was definitely a good thing. It gave young people something to really love again and otherwise they&amp;#039;d have missed out on that experience.&amp;quot; Of her own musical influences, she added: &amp;quot;I absolutely loved Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Travis and all your Britpop music. &amp;quot;I went to T In The Park, saw all the bands there and thought, &amp;#039;I want to do this&amp;#039;. Now I listen to bands like Kasabian and The Killers too.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Click here for our full interview with Amy Macdonald "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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