Tuesday 21 April 2009

Private party at Revolution, Manchester

Started my sunday up at 7am to drive to an audition in birmingham for a well known agency at The Custard Factory only to get there and it not be on, none of the agency people were answering there phones so i spent the first half of my day wasting time and money on a long pointless sunday drive!! Get home around 2 and take the dog to the park before getting ready for tonights show which is a private event for a birthday party. Rachel comes to mine and we go to meet Caroline at the venue, this is there first show together so its exciting, Shame we couldnt get some of the girls here but Scarlet is working in Pakistan for 3 weeks and Denim and Chloe couldnt make it, Sarah is awol as always and Kitty lives in Caerphilly so no point her coming up for this one but the new girls did amazingly well and as soon as we can get us all together its gonna be brilliant!
We did a chair routine thats a bit slinky and sexy and as a lot of the pole girls were there we were treated to some great pole routines to inc Faye's to Metallica which being a rock chick i particularly liked. Another party/mingle night followed and i fell into bed at around 4am shattered. Rachel wanted to carry on so i better be careful i sense a party partner in crime ha
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Meatloaf the symphony

Go to see all my Vamps gang in Meatloaf the symphony which is definately a must see if you like theatre, i dont like Meatloaf but it really doesnt matter suprisingly as the show is great as a piece of theatre and the orchestra is stunning..really is quite powerful and makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. i was really proud of everyone, loved the intro with jordan rockin out alongside a violinist..very good. After a catch up after the show me and emily went to Cream to dance the night away again until5am.. great night, a show, a good catch up with friends and david guetta!! awesome

April9-12th bank hol easter weekend..

Start the bank holiday weekend with a big party night in Leeds at the warehouse for Mickey slim amongst others for the ibiza reunion party..awesome fun and a good dance off..Mickey slim was pretty perfect as always and i dance my ass off before calling it a night about 4.45am.
Wake up ill which is great as got a busy weekend and have to miss Alex Kidds night at sankeys which ive been looking forward too for ages. Rubbish, aargh!!

Saturday cheers me up however,still feeling rough i meet Scarlet and Rachel and we head to our gig in Rotherham at the Blues Cafe for a burlesque evening of easter shenanigans. Burlesque Blue starts with a big rehearsal and run through of the acts which consists of lots of stunning burlesque beauties including amazing singers Olympia Rose and the very glam Bella Von Kiss aswell as Hells Belle,ourselves and a Dita Von Tease tribute complete with martini glass.
Have a great night performing ( we do 2 group routines and i do a solo) and hanging out with the performers for a good gossip backstage. The audience was brill and all got into the easter spirit wearing ears. It was nice to be back doing burlesque and we rounded off with a couple of drinks and a mingle with the crowd before being pretty much last to leave at around 2.30am..
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end of march/april.

End march getting back to work on the glitter kittens, rehearsing and booking gigs etc and catching up with everyone. My friend Evelina comes to stay and we go out with Jordan, Ben and Michelle. Get back to trapeze practicing and breakin, go to see Chloes teaching show in Liverpool with emily before going out to dance the night away with em. Start classes again at Sunshine studios every wed 8-9pm which are fun and good to see some old faces aswell as some new. Also get a couple of new girls as its been hard to do all the gigs with girls that have other jobs especially while ive been on tour so i think the more girls we have the more we can do.
We now have Caroline and Rachel to add to the gang and there fab. Other than that just been keeping fit and walking the dog whos getting very big very quick!!

Post tour..Electric Six

Spend the next week or so recovering and getting back to normal life after touring, have a few meeting re the glitter kittens about collaborations and stuff, go snowboarding, set up my burlesque classes and start working on a set for Damaged Gods with chloe for a few gigs coming up..
March 13th being the first one supporting Electric Six..Danger Danger!!
Me and Chloe head down to Telford for the gig and meet the guys, Newbreed are there supporting too which is good because i havent seen them for a ages, theres also a band called Tragedy from New York, there a Bee Gees tribute in a metal fashion..absolutely brilliant. Were on first so do our stuff and its recieved even better than we could of hoped..theres not many rap acts that come with a dj and some burlesque girls but it works really well. We watch the rest of the bands and have a mingle before Electric Six take to the stage and we all get to chill and have a drink,all in all great fun, ready for the next one!!

Last Vampires rock dates 09

Started the journey with a train to leeds to meet the gang and the tour bus there for some reason with all my bags ready to rock. Get there and everyone is already there, board the bus and open the booze, today is a travel day so no show just loads of bored time to fill so you have to entertain yourselves somehow and steve isnt on the bus so were pretty much left to our own devices. The day actually wasnt very hardcore in the end but was a nice chilled hang out, the lads stuck St. Trinians on to perv at the girls in the film and that evening we all settled down to watch Reenies wedding vids, it was beautiful, even i was emotional and im not the girly,marriage type..well not yet anyway but as none of us could actually be there as we all had a show halloween this is the first time we all got to see it, she looked stunning, there the perfect rock n roll couple!! After our soppy evening we all headed to a pub somewhere north of Scotland en route to Perth and had to cross the motorway to find one from the services. Never a gang to give up on booze we found one where we were asked if we were rockstars as you dont get our kind in there apparently bless em! the locals were lovely and we had a few drinks before getting back on the bus to carry on, i must of been drunk because the day after i found a picture of road kill i had forgotten i had taken, it was because it was just all the insides of an animal with no animal around all perfectly placed, it was pretty cruel in a damien hirst sort of way, im not sick im actaully a veggie but it was pretty cool! anyway we carried on the night with more drinks before getting into my not so cosy bunk and sleeping.
Perth show was great as expected up north.. started the day with the best indian buffet where the guy even made me extra veggie options with no extra charge. We had a look around the town and took some stupid photos with statues?!? we entertain ourselves anyway.. The show was a real high and makes you feel a bit sad its nearly over. its been such a long run though i think we need to have time away from it to keep it fresh. after the gig me and ben go for a pint before getting back on the bus and chilling til 3ish then bed..
Wake up in London and have to get off the bus in pjamas at 9am..great in the centre of london!!
Get a shower and settle in as were here 2 nights and set off with everyone to camden for a wander around the shops and a few drinks in the Good Mixer my fave drinkin spot around here, me, birdy and nick have been here before with Kid Ego so its nice to be back together again..
Have a good day before show time which is busy and full of life which was great as we have never played in London with this show before we didnt know what to expect as there are so many shows down here obviously. It obviously helps having Toyah with us as a load of her fans are here too. Samantha Fox came to the show too. After the gig we all change and head to the intrepid fox for a good rock night out til way to late..im sharing a room with chloe and after lots of booze and a dirty takeaway we head to our hotel at 6.30am..good stuff.
The last day of the tour starts with me getting out of bed at 2pm. drag myself to camden again with chloe to go shopping a grab some food,also buying Maike a present to as we got up so late end up running all over leicester square and picadilly looking for what we want before dashing back just in time for the show. The last show time is upon us and steve has got us all champagne so obviously it would be rude not to! Love the show, it all goes great and it rounds off an absolutely awesome tour!! Love everyone involved and had the best time. sadly as its a sunday night by the time we get out of the theatre there is no where to go out so end up at the hotel and going for food before another late night. All thats left to catch the train home with Emily and another one bites the dust..tour over for now..rock on

Thursday 9 April 2009

Feb 18th London Gk's

Me and Denim travel down to London for our set at The Last Days of Decadence in Shoreditch.
Have a good day chilling and stuff then head to the venue later, cant find it until I realise its across the road from a hotel I stayed in with pritch last year so panic over we get there later than planned but in time to get ready and stuff. The venue is pretty swish and the trendy crowd of Noel Fielding-esque people are already rocking and its only 8ish. A couple of bands are going on so we get ready for the stage and meet my friend beefy who has come to watch as he's living in london now. Its good to see him and have a quick catch up before our set which is 20 mins long and goes down a treat, the crowd love it and although they seemed quite arty and intimidating at first they loved it and had lots of intelligent feedback on the show which was great. We watched the remainder bands and had a few drinks before the night was done. We got back around 3am and crashed out shattered, good night though but get some sleep so we can look around London the day after before we head home.

Belfast 12-14th Feb

Fly out at stupid o clock so had to be up at 5 am, Emily stayed at mine so we had about 2 hours sleep in the end. Meet up with everyone except Reenie and Steve who are going from a different airport in there area and i gear myself up ready to fly which i hate and no matter how many times i do it it doesnt get easier EVER!! To make it worse the plane is a little cardboard looking thing with a propeller like something from 1950..brilliant. We arrive in one piece and go to the theatre, the girls are doing the Dolly show tonight so a day off for the rest of us ao we go for breakfast and a bit of a chill. Early afternoon me, Ben and Jordan hit the pubs and get a bit tipsy before heading back to change for the evening. We meet Steve and Mike for drinks then go to the show and watch the girls all hillbllied up. Emily is awesome as Dolly Parton and really looks and sounds like her. This is really her,it suits her voice so well and as much as its not my scene i enjoy watching the girls. After we head for more drinks and a dance to an amazing blues band at the Empire til pretty late and go home steaming after our all day bender.. Start the next day with a huge lie in, think me and chloe end up getting a move on around 2pm. We do the usual theatre trip to prepare before going for a walk around the town. We decided we would check out every city we go to as you miss most places you visit on tour seeing only theatre's, hotels and such. That night the show is great and we have a great vibe with each other and the audience. It's nearly the end of the tour now so were all enjoying the last few as thats it for a while. After we go for another party night with the Dolly crew and get a bit drunk but flying out early tomo so the plan was to get to bed reasonably early so we head back to the hotel. We end up making friends with some Belfast guys there to party and me, chloe and luke from dolly team up with them partying until the morning. Arise for breakfast feeling rough and fly back like a zombie, luckily the plane looks a bit better as the one we went out on was the same model as the one that crashed the day after in america landing in a house, apparently there not safe!! See im not mental!!
Get home exhuasted and take the dog out, try chill a bit at me and Emily are partying tonight at Sankeys for my friend Rik's night Bitch.. We go out a bit shattered but have a dance and a laugh so all in all a good week!

Stella..

In Feb there was a new addition to the Saint-Wilde household when i decide to get myself a little staff pup called Stella after falling for her on an internet site..we picked her up and took her home, she was only 12 weeks old and so small and cute but very hyper to say the least, my god chaos!! Ben was round as was my sister so she had enough attention..We were going out and didnt get out til almost midnight when she was asleep..this really was like having a baby but as ive got a few weeks off its the perfect time to spend time with her and settle her in..

end of jan vamps

The end of January beginning of Feb was spent Vamping it up as usual, We did Darlington,Dunstaple and Worthing. Darlington was great fun and i got even more birthday presents off the girls wow this birthday is never ending! Go for some great food in a little hippy type bar before the show and have a laugh. Showtime went well but i had to zoom off super fast as i was partying in manchester for Alex Kidd's Kiddfectious night and i wasnt missing this for the world. The journey back was the worst it could possibly be with the motorway closed and a nice scenic journey on an A road for about an hour!! Typical. Eventually get to manchester, change super quick and get to the venue which is 5 minutes from mine. See Alex when we arrive and have a catch up with the gang, gutted to find out Lisa Lashes has already been on..No!! Ah well, the Kidd is yet to hit the decks and he didnt disapoint,it was absolutely awesome and the crowd were mental, especially for Money Shot..Suni Feenix ended the night in style and we stayed until around 5.30 am being the last people to leave literally. I go backstage to grab my coat and its nowhere in sight, flashback to about an hour earlier when some random tag along girl was walking past and i said that coat looks like mine..erm thats cos it was. What a cheeky bitch ha she left me some thin cheapo coat to freeze my ass off in on the way home, i was gutted and so annoyed, i got that coat in LA!! Ah well, i get back and chill til around 6.30 before thinking i should get my head down as im getting picked up for the show at 10am!! Needless to say its easier said than done as i just lie there with dance tunes in my head watching the clock bring me closer to leaving time, i give up and get up with zero sleep.Not the best way to turn up to work and as i get in the car i seriously wonder if i will make it through the show later on which incidently has a 1000+ crowd in.
As the day goes by me and Chloe go for a chinese meal and after forcing some good food down my neck i perk up and suprisingly have a great show. I had to to prove i could still perform after a heavy night so as not to get in trouble!! Were staying in a hotel so all go back and chill with some beers in our room and chat before sleep and a good lie in.
Sunday morning and after all the abuse my body has been through i hit the gym for a run and stuff before a swim and a sauna etc. Great start to the day and after a gorgeous sunday dinner in our swish hotel we head to worthing all refreshed and ready to rock
The snow hits through the day so not much to do and after the show we decide to exit quick sharp as its coming thick and fast. After being stuck at 5 miles an hour on the m25 we eventually decide to quit and stay in a hotel at a service as there is no way we will make it back tonight, it took 4 hours to travel an hour from the venue. This is not the best as everyone wants to get to their own beds but what can you do!! The worst part of this is that when we wake up in the morning the snow is gone and the car is parked in a disabled bay ( you couldnt see that last night in 4 inches of snow) and there is a ticket on it for £100, robbing bastards!! What a joke!!