Newcastle

It is always nice to be in Newcastle, as our Mum lived there from the age of three upwards; and we have too many family memories there to count. We all woke up pretty late, and after ringing around to sort out a few people coming to the show; I wandered off to the shops whilst Kate did some press and promo. As we came out of the venue we bumped into Elliott and Brett who had just spotted Professor Green in the café down the road.

You can catch the rest of that story at www.themelontree.blogspot.com

I love shopping in Newcastle, it’s like a cleaner and less busy London!

After buying a particularly furry bag and an unnecessary ring watch, I met up with Kate, Ryan, Alicia, and Jay and Zack from Brigitte Aphrodite and the VOBs, for lunch in Mark Tony’s for ice cream! Not the healthiest of dinners however it did the trick for brightening everyone’s day.

Whilst Sister Lovers were showering, Ryan may have walked in on their driver: Damien “Bazil” O’Reilly, who had completely forgotten to lock the door and he caught a full shot of Bazil’s bits!

The gig went really well, except for some idiot throwing a drink at Brigitte whilst she was playing, although she handled it in the best way possible, “Is that piss?! Cause I love piss!”

Kate said it had been the best gig of all the tour, and the audience were all so pretty! So we went outside after the gig and got loads of photos with everybody. Once bus call went, Sol whacked out his brand new pack of cards and everyone got their poker face on.

Manchester

Manchester was so much fun, we had the best night out after the gig. As we have friends who live up there they organised an after show party in Night and Day which lasted til around two. Everyone came down after the show and had drinks including all of Sister Lovers, Brigitte and the VOBs and Jay Malhotra; which some of you will notice is no longer playing with the band but luckily he came up to Manchester and played with four tracks!

Once we left Night and Day we wandered the streets of Manchester for about half an hour; it was a Tuesday night so there wasn’t much going on. Luckily we heard the out of tune attempt at a power ballad as we walked past a dark side street and found a karaoke bar, this is where we stayed until 4! Everyone belting out ridiculous tunes, with the odd local doing their “usual” in between. Kate covered Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart, Ryan sang Craig David’s 7 Days and Peter Andre’s Mysterious Girl. Then Brigitte’s friend/stylist did the most amazing karaoke of Wuthering Heights with Bri and “Little Pixie” Zack accompanying as backing dancers. Then Kate and Bri covered Saturday Night.


Kate and Bri - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NmsX6Vd2dc

Ryan doing Craig David - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg4Ki7iPSoo

Dublin

Apologies for the lateness of the blog, however in every venue there has been internet difficulties however today its all shiny and working!

Dublin was so much fun, even though most of the band and crew were suffering with colds (which have no passed onto me, everyone is avoiding breathing in Kate's direction to keep her voice safe!) everyone still had an amazing time.

The gig was soo much fun, we had a lot of family there alongside all of Sister Lovers gang, as this was their hometown gig. Everyone got down early which is the advice on this tour as there are TWO support acts! Remember that for the next couple of gigs.

We had a day off after the gig, so we all partied it up in Whelan's on the Sunday night with friends of Ryan's. After about 3am I could feel my cold coming on so I had to retire to my bed, however everyone else partied up til the early hours of the morning in Kate and Ryan's hotel room.

On our day off, Kate had to get up early and do a day of radio interviews and promo so once she got back she practically dropped into bed, so there wasn't much wondering around Dublin as we would have liked!

Belfast

We woke up in the car park of the student bar right beside all the dustbins. I had to hurry as Kate had a radio interview and everyone forgot to wake me up. Once I got into the venue I decided to avoid showering as the bins probably could have cleaned me up just the same. Baby wipes do a good enough job sometimes; plus I knew we would have a hotel tonight so I thought I could live a day without a wash. Touring is quite similar to being at a festival; that same dirty feeling.

Our Mama is Irish so we have always holidayed in Ireland and we did Irish dancing and joined an endless amount of Irish music groups when we were in school; and Kate ended up played Maggie In The Woods on tin whistle in the radio interview and her new single ‘Later On’.

You can catch the video on www.katenash.co.uk/video

Our older sister, Clare, joined us in Belfast later on in the evening, she was ridiculously hung over and her flight got delayed by a few hours. The rest of the day was spent moping around the dressing rooms, and occasionally wondering into the town and looking at the architecture/shopping.

The show went really well and the crowd were so enthusiastic; and we met two really nice girls after the show and they were the cutest fans!

Professional Newcastle

Today Brett and Elliott spotted Professor Green in a cafe in Newcastle, and we found out he was playing the same night down the road. As I have a secret crush on Pro G I tweeted him and crossed my fingers he would appear and propose.

hnashette: 

@professorgreen come down to @katenash - WE'RE DOWN THE ROAD AT THE O2 ACADEMY

As I had a sneaky nap before the show, I missed out on Professor Green's "people" getting in touch with Kate's "people" and arranging to hang out after the show, in conversation they mentioned that he thought she was a bit of alright and quite fancied her, and in response Ian (tour manager) said "Oh well her boyfriend, Ryan Jarman, is here with her tonight." 

There had been nothing seedy about the arrangement to all hang out, we genuinely thought it would be band and crew all hanging out and having a couple of drinks. However later on in the evening, Ian received another phone call calling the after show party off, as "now we know her boyfriend is here we aren't gonna bother coming down."

I think it would be wise of Professor Green to speak to Christine.

european tour slideshow

Awaiting the Sidelines

On Route To Oslo

Kate, Ryan and I eventually got to the hotel by Manchester airport around 4am, after an amazing wedding party with friends, photo booths and wigs galore! I didn’t get much time to spend in my Maritime themed room as we had to catch an early flight to Oslo. However we did manage to have time for breakfast, we didn’t hear the final call for our flight, Kate had mozzarella and tomato baguette and I had a tuna melt, which landed nicely on my leggings, in the general area of my vagina.

Fishy crotch until I find a washing machine.

I did bring more than one pair of leggings but they’re my favourite.

Once we finally arrived at the Rockefeller venue I got to meet SUPERCUTE! and they really are super cute! A few years ago whilst Kate was touring in America I met The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and daughter of the band Rachel has formed with June and Julia to create Supercute. They make all their own outfits, even their pyjamas. With Mama Tratchenburg on board too, the bus is much more homely; although both Kate and me were the last to choose bunks so we’re right by the toilet. I can feel a stench starting to form.

They were pretty new lights and a set design with Kate’s new tour, an umbrella full of lightbulbs, and a Supercute inspired outfit!!

Pre Tour Nerves

I had a dream.

Or nightmare so to speak about ruining Kate's life; I smashed her ceremonial egg which prevented her from ever getting married. Mum puts it down to pre-tour nerves, I quote "Probably cause you'll ruin the tour".

I don't hold Kate's career in my hands or anything with too much responsibility, however I'm still feeling the pressure. I am thee official tour blogger. The stress has caused me to break out in massive red spots all over my chin, or that could be the crap I ate whilst working on the video for "Later On" (don't worry I'm on some new medication now for my "acne").

Tour is lasting between 3-6 weeks for me, I'm not hundred percent on when I'm back home so that made it extra difficult to pack, how many pairs of knickers? Will I find the time to fake tan? Dry shampoo or let the grease roll?

I have been on tour before but never with the responsibility of being on the payroll and having "deadlines". Plus being 'sister of' opens me up to beatings* on top of telling offs. Not that Kate beats me...

So I will go with my pen, pretty Paperchase pad, and thesaurus. Wish me luck and keep your eyes and ears peeled for my behind the scenes blog!!

*All jokes aside, Kate hasn't beaten me since we were about 13.

Glastonbury

Last year I missed out on every festival and have been craving them ever since, slightly anticipating whether I would survive I packed twice as much as I usually would have. With the lineup being slightly disappointing there was only a few people I wanted to see; Snoop, Kate Nash, The Cribs, N Dubz, Stevie Wonder, LCD Soundsystem, The Gorrilaz, Hot Chip, Magnetic Man, etc.

Snoop Dogg being a priority, we made it on time, and blagged our way to watch from side stage. He was amazing, joined by Tinie Tempah, which somehow we missed noticing him pop up on stage, and several ridiculous body guards. 

However only having an hours sleep on the thursday night, me and stephanie went back to our tent and passed out missing a few people we had wanted to see. We ended up stumbling into the John Peel stage and seeing Groove Armada, they are amazing and obviously love what they do! And saw the last bit of Gorillaz when Snoop came out, PERFECT TIMING!!

Spending most of our time in the Dance Village, we saw N Dubz which was a bit of a mistake. Tinie Tempah was amazing but made us feel ashamed to be the same age and so unsuccessful. He is so beautiful. We caught the end of LCD Soundsystem, the beginning of Orbital, I love how gay they look; Sub Focus, Foreign Beggars, High Contrast. The Wow tent was too much fun and I want to steal all the decorations of paper pineapples, parrots, fruit and heart shaped flamingos!

On the saturday we saw Kate Nash and The Cribs, both AMAZZZZZING

The entire weekend was so much fun and I can't wait for the next festival!

Sister Lovers

Sister Lovers ended their tour last night with Kate; they've been touring all around europe for the last few weeks supporting Kate Nash. Michael, "Chad" and Ciaran are the best all boy band out of ireland in god knows how long, my favourite song is 'Through the red door'. Hopefully they'll be playing in several venues around london soon.

Catch their songs on www.myspace.com/sisterloversmusic

European Tour

At the last minute I've joined Kate and co on their european tour. Luckily my brand new passport came just in time!

starting in 'Rock Im Park' on Sunday, which is where i joined them on tour two years ago to the day, we watched 'The Gossip', Jared Leto's band '30 seconds to Mars' and 'Motorhead'.

The Gossip were amazing as always, i wish beth ditto would adopt me; and watching Motorhead made me feel so cool, 30 seconds to Mars were an experience in their own right but they didn't play very many songs. their more about the audience interaction i'd say.