TEENAGER Richard Aspinall has landed a job every man in the country would love -- with sexy popstars Atomic Kitten.

Richard, 18, will be touring with the top trio after winning a place with the band in a series of UK gigs this summer.

The Stonyhurst College pupil will be trying his hand as a lighting operator, making sure the dynamic threesome look their sizzling best on stage.

Although Richard has just landed himself a place at a prestigious American college to study liberal arts, the teenager has an interest in stage lighting and sound.

He managed to blag a place on the gigs when he was introduced to the band by former Stonyhurst College pal Nick Jemicz, of Dundee, who is a lighting designer and knows the girls. He will help out at one-off Kitten gigs throughout Scotland and the North.

Richard said: "Nick invited me to join the second half of the tour in Scotland and the North, and I am looking forward to the challenge of helping out at a hands-on live performance.

"I am interested in all types of music and Atomic Kitten really know how to bring a show alive.

"They are certainly good entertainers and I am looking forward to the experience."

The student also revealed how sweet talking won him a place at a prestigious American university.

He visited Princeton University in New Jersey, without an appointment, and promptly talked staff into offering him a scholarship for a degree course in liberal arts, majoring in physics. On his return from America, he got up at 6am every day and made his way to Manchester University to take the tough entrance tests needed to rubber-stamp his place at Princeton.

Richard, who lives in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, is studying for A-levels in English literature, physics and maths, and AS-level German.

He will be the third Stonyhurst College pupil to attend a North American university in recent years. High-flying Richard aims to take up his place at Princeton University in August.