Ne-Yo Regrets Not Signing Justin Bieber

Ne-Yo admits he now feels sorrow not giving Justin Bieber a record deal before he shot to fame.

When Justin was 11-years-old,Ne-Yo got chance to sign him before Usher gave him a deal - but failed to ink a contract with the teen star.

"I absolutely regret not signing him," explains Ne-Yo to MTV. "He is hugely talented. If I had signed him, it probably would have worked out the same as Justin is hugely talented and deserves the success."

Ne-Yo for his next album will be recording with Justin, "I am writing for Justin but I'm finding it kinda hard as it's a long time since I was 16 years old," he shared.

"At the moment, I'm just playing around with a few ideas for him."

Ne-Yo Slams Auto-Tuned singers

Singers who heavily rely on Auto-Tune has been criticized by singer Ne-Yo.

The use of voice altering machine is good as a "safety net" and not to help those who can't sing at all,says the singer.

"Auto-Tune was meant to be a safety net. You sing and sing and sing and you don't want to blow your throat out trying to do the same note a thousand different times," he told Amuru TV.

"It was not meant to be wings. You weren't supposed to strap it to your back and jump off the building."

He continued: "The best singers [use it], because the truth of the matter is, as time progresses, there's going to be a note or two that falls out of place, and Auto-Tune catches it and pulls it back with everything else.

"Not, 'I can't sing at all, so let's turn Auto-Tune all the way up so that I just sound like [a] robot. That's whack, that's terrible. It takes all the character out of your voice. You hear it on the radio and go, 'who is that?' because everybody sounds the same."

Ne-Yo Reschedules UK Tour Dates - Tickets

Ne-Yo due to album commitments has rescheduled three dates on his upcoming UK tour.

The new dates have yet to be confirmed and they gig will now take place in autumn the gigs which got affected are Glasgow on February 22, Liverpool (23) and Newcastle on March 3.

“With work on his fifth studio album going so well the American singer songwriter could not interrupt the creative process,” promoter AEG Live said.

The other dates by Ne-Yo will take place as per schedule and plan.

Ne-Yo's 2011 UK tour dates are:

Manchester, MEN – 25
London, 02 Arena – 26/27
Birmingham, NIA – March 2

Ne-Yo Set To Collaborate With Bruno Mars

Ne-Yo collaboration with fellow U.S Bruno Mars is almost final said the star singer.

Rihanna, Beyonce and Cee-Lo Green songs had been written by the pair, could now be set to head into the studio together.

''We have been talking about doing something together again. I don’t want to give too much away, but it’s being talked about,'' Ne-Yo told the Daily Star.

He added: “To see him doing so well and come out with these big tunes for himself makes me so proud.”

Meanwhile, Ne-Yo has added an additional date to his forthcoming UK arena tour.