BLOG: Never meet your heroes!!
28/10/2009 @ 11:13 amYou’re never meant to meet your heroes right? I can confirm this is sound advice! What on earth made me think I could talk to Robert Plant and not make a tit out of myself??
In this photo for starters you can see I look baffled, over excited, hyper and generally stupid! All because of one man MR ROBERT PLANT! My all time hero alongside Jimmy Page to me you can’t compare them. Two living rock GODS!
Robert was at the Q awards collecting his Outstanding Contribution to Music award (was an award ever so deserved!!). I had presented Kasabian with their Best Album awards alongside my good friend Kelly from the Stereophonics and on the way back he decided to drag me over to meet said GOD! I was visibly shaking and blurted out “YOU’RE MY HERO” the most dumbfoundingly obvious thing to say! WHY WHY WHY!!! I could have calmly said “I’m a great admirer of your solid bulk of work”, or “you inspire me greatly and always have, you’re the reason I love music” …or simply “you rock” but a pathetic “you’re my hero” oh dear!!
Anyway it happened and I’m dealing with it (slowly).
Marianne Faithful gracefully accepted an Icon Award, The Specials gave a passionate speech with a newly boobed Winehouse hanging off them, and Mr Hudson picked up Best Breakthrough Act. After making such a spectacular dweeb of myself I needed a big drink. The unofficial after show party kicked off at a neighbouring pub where the weirdest scenes unfolded. Biffy Clyro chatting to Snow Patrol, Al Murray supped a pint by the bar chatting to Suggs whilst Jamie T got some air outside. It was like Q Magazine had jumped of the page and straight into a West London pub!
I also managed to squeeze in a quick gig after the after show (the after after show after the show??) The Noisettes at Shepherds Bush! Shingai is a phenomenal human! She tore the place apart and had the audience in the palm of her hand within moments of skipping out bare foot on the stage in her gold Robocop style leotard! She even got her little brother out on the stage to sing some harmonies matching her gorgeous voice. What a talented family! Me and my brother are pretty good at watching dvds together, but in the singing department we sound like a bag of cats!
All in all a mad, wonderful, unforgettable day. Now I need sleep, Gossip Girl, and my bear (so un-rock’n'roll) NIGHT
Peace
COTTON
If you want to see Fearne post Q Awards click here
LMAO “Me and my brother are pretty good at watching dvds together”
You had every right to act as you did Fearne, I would have been the same as would multitudes of other followers & disciples of Led Zep & Messrs Plant,Page respectively. I remember meeting David Bowie and as I went to shake his hand I was dumbstruck and all that I could muster from my mouth was ‘you’re very good!’ so next to that your reaction ain’t anywhere near embarrassing…. Even now I cringe!…but hey,the main thing was they lived up to their iconic status and weren’t utter a***holes which kind of shreds you when it happens.
-x-
I saw you and mr. hudson at the noisettes, i was at the front in the center standing!! it really was amazing wasnt it?!xxxx
Awww…Don’t worry, we all say things and then go ‘why the HEll did I say that?!!’ I’m sure Mr Plant has had his fair share of those ‘WTF?’ moments…lol. But yeah, it’s always harsh when you do something and then wish you’d done it differently. You said you ran off…Why? I can just imagine you bimbling over, saying your bit and then bimbling off again…Bless ya
Don’t fret…I’m sure he thought you were lovely…
Who wouldn’t? lol
Jinglybits xx
And you met Kelly Jones too - I would’ve made a pratt out of myself - he’s drop dead gorgeous!
I met all of my heroes last weekend - all the guys from Editors - they were lovely! So lovely in fact, that I clammed up completely and probably appeared like I didn’t give two hoots! Now I keep thinking of things that I wish I’d said… oh well, better that way than declaring my undying love and making a right tit of myself
Leila xx
hey dont worry if i hada meet robert plant i prob would have made an even bigger fool of meself than you did lol, at least you have a photo with ROBERT PLANT!!! GOOD TIMES
hi fearne u sexy thing think i would be same realy meeting robert plant rock god must be a bit nerve wrecking meetig so high profile people ,doin a good job any ways keep rockin xx tony in bolton
Fearne as hard as it seems you still look awsome and it must have been so amazing to see your hero. Oh and congrates on the new show! Cant beleive how down to earth Paris Hilton actually is. Looks like you made a friend there. Daz
Oh girk I hear your frama. I was in nyc abd. Met boyde tinsly from dave matthews band! I took him aside the group and told him “u have no idea what u have done for me. He kinda just looked nervously at me
I also feel like I may have held on a liiittle too tight as well as too long to boyed tinsley of dave matthews…ug! Nyc