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Blog: A Vampire Weekend!

I still have to pinch myself sometimes knowing that I get the keys to the Live Lounge in the week! This week was a good example of why… Pixie Lott with her belting voice and sweet Essex charm and The Blackout, old friends and funny as hell welsh wonders. 

The first time I ever saw them was in a little pub in Pontypridd in Wales. There was hardly anyone there in fact it was me, 2 of the Lost Prophets, one of the mums of one of the Lost Prophets and a dog and it was just brilliant! Since then I’ve always looked out for them and to have them in the Live Lounge was ace. I’m so proud of them! They did a great cover of Pixie Lott Girls and Boys before turning it into a mash up of Rhianna’s Shut up and Drive - the result was just mad, they bought a total rawk edge to it. I know they converted a whole bunch of new fans after that cause we got loads of texts. The interview was hilarious to boot (listen to it here) if they ever fancy it there is a career in stand-up for them!
 
This weekend was officially entitled Vampire Weekend. I donned some black eyeliner, some black lipstick, a velvet coat and headed out to see Twilight: New Moon with about 7 friends. We were the oldest people in the cinema by about 15 years.

I have to admit to being very fickle with twilight last time I was all about Team Edward and now this time I have to say I’m all about Team Jacob - yep I’ve just jumped ship. When he takes his top off to mop Bella’s brow I actually shrieked and kicked my legs in the air, much to the embarrassment of my friends but hey my body was doing things I had no control over! I was fixated throughout and even my friend’s constant tapping and trying to talk during the film had no effect I was totally immersed.  There was one bit where Jacob and his friends come out of the forest, (obviously the shapeshift into werewolves!) and they are all semi naked and my friend uttered one of the funniest things I have heard in ages . The very simple and to the point:

“Take me to the Forest now”

All I could respond amongst the laughing was “I’m there with you sister!” If you haven’t seen it yet all I can say is the last two words … SO EXCITING. Go and see it and even if you don’t care - go and see it!

Now I’m not great at skateboarding and the thought of doing it in British winter time is enough to send me over the edge but a skateboard with no wheels inside is right up my street! NO grazes, no wind chill, no broken limbs! Made even better by the fact I had Tony Hawks the world’s greatest skateboarder to coach me on his new computer game for the Xbox! I was still pretty awful unfortunately.  I challenged him to do a lap backwards and then attempted to beat his time. I still failed! I was terrible, managing to hit a bin and a wall - if it was real I’d be in hospital right now! He was really fun and a totally amazing guy - we saw his shins which are so battered he has no feeling in them they were all bashed and pink and cut up. It made my toes curl just looking at them!

So that’s been my week really vampires, skateboarding and death metal - that’s how I like to live! 

Peace

COTTON

BLOG: Fix Up Look Sharp!

How did I, the bug-eyed kid from Harrow end up on a stage at the Albert hall with Sir Paul McCartney and Take That!? It should never have happened. In fact, I should have personally evicted myself from the stage as I was not worthy to be up there at all! I think it was genuinely one of the most surreal yet magical moments of my career so far.

The Children in Need concert was phenomenal! Captain Barlow pulled out all the stops and put together one of the biggest, electric and controversial nights in the music calendar. The duets alone were one of the most talked about subjects for weeks before, Take That and Robbie - will they or won’t they? Dame Shirley Bassey and Dizzee Rascal…surely never?! Cheryl Cole and Lily Allen in the same room!? It’ll never happen! Well, most of it did.

Robbie and Take That DID make it on stage together…they just didn’t sing. Most seem to think it’s a good indication of where things are headed though! EXCITING! Dame Shirley and Mr Rascal pulled off one of the performances of the night, and Cheryl and Lily WERE in the same room as each other but still aren’t exactly mates. Everyone piled on stage for a big sing along with Sir Paul McCartney at the end of the show. Throughout the group rendition of Hey Jude, Chris Moyles and I spent most of the time shouting “ISNT THIS GREAT!? ” to each other whilst beaming!

It was a very special evening bound to raise a lot of money for Children in Need. I skipped back to my dressing room as high as Jedward’s hair and slumped into a chair still beaming. THEN as soon as reality sunk in there it was …the PAIN! I had squeezed my trotter feet in to a pair of very high strappy gorgeous shoes all night long. Running up and down the corridors of the Albert Hall and dancing to Hey Jude had done some serious damage. I removed said torture devices and THIS is what my feet looked like!

NICE!

It’s been a week of teetering on heels. The Cosmopolitan ‘Fun Fearless Female Awards’ were also this week. I adore these as they’re so inspirational and moving. Really amazing women and the odd man showing us how brave, strong, compassionate and BRILLIANT we all can be if we put our minds to it. I’m also on the judging panel each year which is one of the toughest jobs ever but along with Sarah Brown, Vernon Kay, Alesha Dixon and Karen Brady I feel we picked the most deserving winners that evening. It was my fourth year of hosting the awards and I hope each year we can make it bigger and even more fabulous.

A busy week in the Live Lounge too what with the new line up Sugababes popping in, Robbie Williams doing his first ever LL, and N-Dubz causing havoc and laughter all round. It was the Sugababes’ first time singing as a new line up and they were all nervous but totally pulled it out the bag with tons of harmonies and soul. Robbie gave us three songs for the price of one and included some hilarious lines about his pet dog Poopette in his version of the Killer’s classic Human, and N-Dubz made me laugh out loud with their energy and banter.

This weekend I refused to get out of my pj’s. To complete the look I had a bowl of cereal on my lap at all times and the TV remote nearby. Hell, I may even go to Radio One like this for the rest of the week!!

Peace and Love,

COTTON