Britpop band Shed Seven accuse Harry Styles of imitation. Britpop band Shed Seven are back in the headlines after accusing Harry Styles of imitating the cover of their 1. Ocean Pie, for his debut solo album. The One Direction star, who will release the as yet untitled album on May 1. But Shed Seven lead singer Rick Witter, 4.

The Mirror  that he believes the cover photo choice is an 'imitation' of theirs and comes 'very close to the mark'. Scroll down to video  Album covers: Britpop band Shed Seven have accused Harry Styles (left) of imitating the cover of their 1. Ocean Pie, (right) for his debut solo album, according to The Mirror.

Witter told the paper: 'When I first saw (Harry's cover image) I genuinely thought, 'Are you ripping us off? It's very close to the mark.'Both pictures show the naked male figure with their head bent down into their arms, and both figures have wet, tousled, short dark hair. Harry's album cover shows the figure in a bath,  however, while the Ocean Pie single cover shows the man bent over a sink. The highly anticipated One Directioner's sleeve cover figure also wears a necklace. Excuse me? Witter said: 'When I first saw (Harry's cover image) I genuinely thought, 'Are you ripping us off? It's very close to the mark.'And there will not be a lengthy lawsuit coming the star's way as he embarks on his new indie- tinged solo career. The band apparently see the 'imitation' of their artwork as 'flattering'.

Rick told the paper: 'They really do say imitation is the biggest form of flattery. Flattered: There will not be a lengthy lawsuit coming Harry's way as he embarks on his new indie- tinged solo career. Returning to the airwaves: The band, who formed in York in 1. Good luck to the lad. I'm not going to get lawyers involved.' The band, who formed in York in 1. The four- man band reformed for a greatest hits tour in 2.

Harry's alleged 'imitation', as it brings them publicity at a good time. Mail. Online have contacted a representative for Harry for comment. Leading man: Harry announced on Friday that he will be going on a world tour to accompany his first solo album. The allegations came a day after Harry announced on Friday that he will be going on a world tour to accompany his first solo album.

He took to Twitter to confirm the 2. London as well as visits to the US, Australia and Japan. Watch Ill Manors Online Free 2016 here.

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In a dramatic promo shot, the long- haired hunk is seen lying on his back in a denim jacket and jeans with his eyes closed, as water soaks him through. The tour kicks off in San Francisco, and travels around the States before venturing across the pond to France, Germany, the UK, Sweden and Italy - and eventually finishing in Singapore, Australasia and Japan. Exciting: The singer, 2. Twitter to confirm the 2. London as well as visits to the US, Australia and Japan. During his set he will perform a number of songs from his 1.

LP, including Ever Since New York, which is thought to be about his ex Taylor Swift, and hit single Sign Of The Times. His first solo track debuted on BBC Radio 1 earlier this month, and landed the top spot on the charts that week with a whopping 4. Ed Sheeran's Shape of You.

Proving to have stormed the States too, the hotly- anticipated rock ballad then reached number four on the US Billboard chart - although the sales figures themselves failed to reach that of his former bandmate Zayn Malik. Dramatic: He simply wrote beside the announcement: 'SEE. YOU. SOON' Sultry: In the dramatic promo shot, the long- haired hunk is seen lying on his back in a denim jacket and jeans with his eyes closed, as water soaks him through.

Things About Scandal That Make No Sense. At one point, ABC’s Scandal was appointment television. The series, which follows the twisty life and many loves of Kerry Washington’s badass, impeccably dressed political fixer Olivia Pope, practically patented the idea of must- tweet- TV.

When shocking plot twists occurred in the early seasons (Billy Chambers is the mole! Watch The Escapist Online Facebook. Huck shot Fitz!), they didn’t detract from the episodes’ main plots; if anything, they built upon them.

In more recent years, however, Scandal has become a series based on nothing but tweet- worthy moments. Characterization has taken hit after hit for at least three seasons now, and narrative integrity has been cast aside in favor of producing the most shocking moments that will earn the show one of its many hashtags as part of ABC’s TGIT block. It’s with this emphasis on plot twists that Scandal started to lose control of itself.

Of course, the premise of the series was never very realistic to begin with, so why should it be expected to follow real world logic? Maybe that’s asking too much of a show that was never more than a primetime soap opera to begin with, but there’s no denying that lots of things in the series simply don’t add up. Just take a look at this list of 1. Things About Scandal That Make No Sense to see what we’re talking about. A Scandalous Alias. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

And sure, sometimes that may be true. But when it comes to an imitation that refuses to acknowledge the fact that it’s trying to be an imitation, there’s nothing sincere or flattering about any part of it.

When Scandal began airing in 2. This continued to be the main conceit of the series, with procedural and overarching plot elements mixed in along the way, until halfway through season 2. And then suddenly, everything changed. The political intrigue was replaced with spying, torture, backstabbing, and mysterious organizations who had control not only within the capitol, but over Olivia’s life as well.

If we wanted to watch Alias, we would. At least they did all these things mostly right. Psycho: Scandal edition?

Scandal is really no stranger to gruesome deaths. Whether it was that time Olivia beat someone to death with a chair (oops?) or basically any time Huck and Charlie have killed someone, there’s been a fair amount of bloodshed on this show, more than most non- medical network shows can get away with. But perhaps one of the most egregious examples of this can be found in season 3’s “A Door Marked Exit,” which finds sitting vice president Sally Langston stabbing her closeted husband Daniel Douglas Langston in the back repeatedly until he dies from the excessive wounds. Sally is left shaken and blood- spattered as she places a call to Cyrus Beene to inform him that she has “committed a sin.” Given the lengths the series takes to cover up the VP’s heinous murder, it would make sense for this plot point to come into play later on, with the information perhaps falling into the wrong hands. And yet…three seasons later, here she stands. Jake Ballard, world’s worst boyfriend.

There’s no denying that Olivia Pope has always had questionable taste in men. There’s President Fitzgerald Grant, a previously married father of three with whom she has had an on and off affair for nearly a decade by now. Then there was Edison Davis, her former fiance who was occasionally controlling and, frankly, quite boring.

But no offender is worse than Jake Ballard, a man hired by the president to keep tabs on Olivia, who then proceeds to seduce her all while watching her via the surveillance system he has set up in her home. Making matters worse, when Olivia finds out the truth of his stalkerish ways, the two engage in a struggle that leaves Olivia with a head injury and a hospital stay.

And yet somehow, that wasn’t the deal breaker, with the two still remaining on and off to this day. Oh, and did we mention the fact that Jake is one of the highest operatives within the spy organization B6. Olivia, you in danger, girl. The illusion of a functioning body politic.

There’s not an episode of Scandal that goes by where there isn’t a crisis, where someone hasn’t been murdered, where a relationship isn’t falling apart… You get the picture. Scandal asks a lot of its viewers in terms of suspending their disbelief, and since it’s basically a soap opera, we’re pretty much willing to go along for the ride as long as we’ve got some popcorn. But given the amount of backstabbing, murdering, lying, and cheating that goes on in Scandal‘s universe, there might just be a line we’re not willing to cross when it comes to what they expect us to believe. How on Earth are we supposed to think this particular group of politicians gets anything done? The real MVPs here must be the handful of politicians Scandal hasn’t shed light on in its six seasons. The fact that they manage to put up with this mess is worth recognition all on its own.

Fitz vs. Verna. When Fitz was the subject of an assassination attempt in early season 2, it was one of the series’ most electrifying moments to date, coming totally out of nowhere and leading to an exhilarating mystery. Except when the truth really came out—that the assassination was orchestrated by Supreme Court Justice Verna Thornton—a battle began that really served no clear purpose.

As Fitz meets with Verna, she reveals all to him, including the truth of his presidency being fixed by the woman he loves. In order to prevent the secret from getting out, Fitz smothers the already ailing senior citizen to death in the hospital. And when Olivia finds out the truth behind Verna’s death, it cements Fitz in her mind as tainted…at least until the next time they’re caught making out. Clearly, this plot only happened in order to solidify the pres’ status as even more morally grey (although he still has a lower kill count than most of his colleagues…).

Madam President? Speaking of morally grey presidents…Mellie Grant’s transformation is more than a bit of a head- scratcher. In seasons 1 and 2, she’s a vindictive First Lady willing to do whatever it takes to win the public over, whether it means lying about a miscarriage or staging a tell- all interview about her husband’s cheating. Desirous of power, by season 3, she is hated openly by the people, who resent her for not being a traditional First Lady and who actually have less sympathy for her as a result of Fitz’s cheating.

Yet beneath all this aggressive behavior, we learn that Mellie is intelligent and qualified, a successful lawyer who gave it all up for her husband’s political ambition. And then, she decides to pursue her own, rapidly escalating from First Lady, to Senator, to First Female President…all without doing much of anything to renovate her public image. Who would actually go “over a cliff” for Olivia Pope? One of the earliest and most- defining scenes of Scandal involves Abby Whelan passionately informing Olivia that she would “gladly follow [her] over a cliff.” This level of devotion exemplifies the relationship between glorified mother figure Olivia and her ducklings, or Gladiators In Suits, as they’re known. But we can’t help but wonder why any of the people who have worked for her would feel any amount of devotion at all. Olivia shows signs of being a typical abuser with a savior complex.