What a brilliant night ....it was lovely to meet you chrysalis :D and to see TT Ros and Brenda again

 

I am not normally a big fan of Y&I and Grace but wow they were absolutely stunning :w00t:

 

'You don't know'....what can i say the audience was mesmerized ..at the end he looked like he was struggling to sing because he was crying and the last line of the song came out almost as a whisper because his voice was starting to choke :cry:

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And great to see you again BYM+M's and your nice hubby, and to meet chrysalis of course! :cheer: Still recovering from having also gone to Harrogate and been blown away two nights running. :dance: Now I'm thinking you are at Liverpool tonight, so enjoy!!

Not sure whether to post this in here or news - thanks to Saturday's Child on Devoted:

 

Masterclass with Will Young

My friend who studies music management at Liverpool (LIPA) university just sent me this message -

 

"Ohh Lisa Veal, we've just had a masterclass with Will Young. I want his babiessss. ♥

 

He was theee best ever!

 

We didn't get to meet him but I was sat right in front of him. He was telling us about everything... growing up, coming out, uni, pop idol, his career, songwriting, his songs about marmalade, about how he nearly quit the industry, how he wants to do a dance project (!), how he wants to be Cheryl's best friend.... everything!"

 

How nice was that?

 

I'd love to listen to him when he gives these talks. He's enjoying his masterclasses isn't he :dance:

 

BTW the friend is male :P

Not sure whether to post this in here or news - thanks to Saturday's Child on Devoted:

I'd love to listen to him when he gives these talks. He's enjoying his masterclasses isn't he :dance:

 

BTW the friend is male :P

 

Thanks for the added info munchkin. I posted it in news too. :D

 

 

It seems years since I saw Will, and it was only Sunday. :( Wish I could have gone to more. :(

Just found these....look at the man trying to stop the pictures being taken :lol:

 

 

 

Will Young signs autographs after his concert at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

 

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Thanks BYM&M's, why's the big guy who's scoffed all the pies, covering Will's face I wonder? :unsure:

Thanks BYM+M's.

 

He looks so happy in the ones where we can see his face. :lol:

Will i live You Please making the concert on DVD PLEASE !!!!

 

Let it go DVD Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 i hope !

Thanks BYM&M's, why's the big guy who's scoffed all the pies, covering Will's face I wonder? :unsure:

 

 

There's always some spoilsport. :angry:

Nottingham Evening Post interview.

Interview: Will Young

 

Friday, November 21, 2008, 07:30

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Will Young is back in Nottingham next week on the Let It Go 2008 Tour, which follows the release of his first album in three years. He tells MIKE ATKINSON where he's been all this time

I've noticed that the gaps between each of your albums have been getting steadily longer. Why has there been such a long gap this time? I can't believe you've been slacking off…

It has been three years since the last one was released, and about two years since I finished work on it. Then I did a play in Manchester, which took up about four months. I also did a gorilla programme for the BBC [saving Planet Earth], in Gabon and the Cameroon. Then I had a bit of a break, and then I started the album. So, yeah, the gaps have been getting bigger, but maybe I'm just working out how long I can get away with it, before I have to do another one! (Laughs)

How would you characterise the material on the new album, Let It Go ?

I find it really hard to characterise my stuff. I normally end up nicking journalists' reviews and quotes, and saying: "Oh, I think it's like this…!"

 

 

So I'm not really sure how to answer that, but I definitely set about writing very simple, more lyric-led pop songs. Rather than write to tracks, I tended to write to just a guitar or a piano, before adding in rhythms and things like that. And I think that's made a difference.

So there's a song called I Won't Give Up, which started very simply with a guitar, but then we went to [dance production team] The Freemasons for the rhythm, and then we went to a Nashville quartet for the strings. It's quite a piecemeal approach to writing pop songs, but it means that you can, at each stage, choose the best people that are right for that job.

You've also got more songwriting credits on this album than ever before.

Yeah, I have, which is great. I love singing other people's songs, but I've definitely got better as a songwriter. That comes with experience, and also learning from people that I've been writing with, who are at the top of their game. That's made a big difference.

Are the lyrics pretty much down to you?

Yeah, they are. I normally have to co-write because I'm not very good on instruments, but I definitely think that my lyric writing has improved. That's something that I've learnt from Eg White [writer of Leave Right Now, who also co-wrote Will's Who Am I and Changes, Adele's Chasing Pavements and Duffy's Warwick Avenue]. He has a real honesty in his lyrics, and I think people can relate to them because they are more conversational.

I sense that lyrically, the new songs are quite personal. Some of them feel moody, introspective, and quite troubled at times, as if you're trying to work things out. Have I read them right?

Definitely. You can't help your songs being personal to you, and sometimes I suppose they do help you work things out. I've definitely been doing that in the last two years: working out what life's about. They call it "Venus Returns" or something like that. It's a time when you're approaching 30, and you do think about life, and I think there's a reflection of that.

Are there any musical surprises lurking on there?

I think there are some curveballs. As I was saying earlier, I think getting people like The Freemasons to do the rhythm is interesting. People wouldn't expect it, but I think that's what pop should be all about. And I think that the music is the best that I've done, but maybe people always say that on new work, that's fresh in their minds.

I did a couple of songs with a guy called Mike Spencer, which were done live in the studio. I hadn't done a whole song live before, and that was a great experience. He's worked with Jamiroquai and Kylie and Alphabeat, and it was great to go to a new producer and forge a new relationship with him.

Filming the Changes video sounded like a hairy experience. Had the director got some sort of vendetta against you?

Yeah, I know; why can't I always go for simple videos? It was quite hard work, but I think that it needed to be, to reflect the struggle in the song. Martin De Thurah is a fantastic director. I loved his Kanye West video [for Flashing Lights] and I just thought, yeah, we're going to work really well together. So I get struck by lightning, burnt, half drowned, pushed over, I burn my possessions in a ten-foot bonfire, I run down country lanes… it was nice to do something so physical and challenging. I like to be challenged in everything that I do, and videos are definitely a big part of that.

You played Glastonbury for the first time this year. Was this a long held ambition?

Yes, I've always been a big fan. I've gone for the last seven to nine years, and it was great to finally perform there. The crowd were fantastic, and the feedback was, yeah, come back next year and maybe even play a bigger stage.

I'm really enjoying the festivals, and I'm really pleased that I've come from Pop Idol to singing at these kinds of events. It's a different crowd, as they are there to see a wide variety of music. They don't have to stay, they can always leave, and I think that's the scary thing about festivals. It would be awful if you started playing to a full house and then suddenly they'd leave!

Who did you see at Glastonbury that rocked it?

I thought that the Kings Of Leon were great, and the Raconteurs were amazing.

I gather that you've only recently started getting back into music as a listener, as your initial success destroyed the mystique. Was entering the music business a disillusioning experience?

It can become a bit disenchanting, as with any job, when you start to learn the ins and outs of a profession. But I've started to really enjoy music again, and I think that's tied in well with the stuff I'm doing now. It's made my writing better, and I go to more gigs than I've ever gone to before.

Things changed so much for me, and so quickly, that there were only so many new things that I could take on. Now I'm a bit more accustomed to it, and more relaxed about the whole thing, I can get back to enjoying music, which is why I started singing in the first place.

When you were going through the Pop Idol process, did you have a "Plan B" in mind?

I would have gone back to drama school, to finish my course. I always said that I'd try until I was 30 to be a singer. I did want to act as well, but the singing was the priority, so I think I would have kept on going. I also worked at a record company before drama school, so maybe I would have tried to get back to that.

Your screen performance in Mrs Henderson Presents was over three years ago. I know you've done a stage play since, but are we ever going to see you in the movies again?

With the two jobs that I've done, I was very fortunate to work with fantastic people that I could learn from. I took a lot from it. It's a really tough thing to get into theatre, and the reviews for the play were honest, but they were encouraging. That gave me so much confidence in my acting.

It's the same as with the music: you have to earn respect. You can't just demand to get auditions. But the more auditions I get, the more experience I get.

So although the music is key at the moment, I'm really looking forward to doing some more acting. I strongly feel that it's something that I can do more of in the future.

Has your experience on stage informed you as a musical performer?

I think with the acting, the relationship with the audience is very different, and I don't know if you can really equate the two. But nothing is mutually exclusive in performance. They do all feed into each other.

I found that every night was a different show, and sometimes I'd see something different in the play. There's so much text to learn and delve into, so the way you feel about the play at the end of the run can be completely different to the way you felt at the beginning.

So it takes on its own life, and I think songs can do the same thing, but in a very technical way. You can make split-second decisions live, and that's a different type of excitement.

Will Young, Royal Concert Hall, Friday, November 28, 7.30pm. Tickets are £32.50 from the venue, by calling 0115 989 5555 or on-line at www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk.

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/en...il/article.htm

 

Thanks to griff.

 

Thanks TT. It was a joy to read that. You could almost hear Will speaking the replies.

Thanks for bringing it over TT

Thanks TT. It was a joy to read that. You could almost hear Will speaking the replies.

 

You could couldn't you. :wub: Really hope we see him taking to a bigger stage at Glastonbury next year.

 

Wise head on Young's shoulders

 

 

 

« Previous « PreviousNext » Next »View GalleryPublished Date: 22 November 2008

By David Dunn

IT could end up as a Trivial Pursuit question: what have Sir Michael Parkinson, Burt Bacharach, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Will Young got in common?

The answer is, they've all spoken at Oxford University's Union, the world's most prestigious debating society.

 

In Will's case giving a personal take on the cult of celebrity was one of the less likely appearances for the original 2001 Pop Idol winADVERTISEMENT ner.

 

But then the likable 29-year-old has taken his instincts by the scruff in recent times and evolved into an artist unlike most born of a TV talent show.

 

"I started off thinking I must deliver something extremely intellectual and insightful," Will joked of his debating 'gig', his first public speaking engagement since a school prize-giving in Eastbourne. "After realising I was neither intellectual or insightful, I decided to stick to something I know plenty about... myself."

 

Will explained celebrity fixation in terms of our personal struggles, discussing the various insights of Plato, Warhol and Kerry Katona.

 

Also a big hit at Glastonbury, V festival and T In The Park this summer, Will has vaulted a light year on from his debut hit Evergreen to become a credible force in music.

 

He's been taking risks – learning to surf and ride for his role in the video for December 1-released single Grace - as well as returning to his roots by performing on X Factor.

 

Will makes no excuses. "It's part of my life (Pop Idol). I wanted to sing and that's how I got to sing and write songs. How can I be annoyed about where I came from?"

 

It is hard not to like the bloke. Since grabbing more autonomy with his Friday's Child album the singer has turned his hand to acting - playing the choreographer in the delightful Mrs Henderson presents - and moved firmly into music's million-seller bracket with two Brit Awards into the bargain.

 

Fourth album Let It Go was certified gold within 24 hours of release.

 

The uplifting, string-laden Grace is set to continue his ascendancy as he takes his tour to a packed Sheffield City Hall on Tuesday.

 

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Thanks to Sueh & Rosie.

Just catching up - I know it's very late but haven't been on all day. Just seen this posted by Gail on Devoted:

 

Don't know if anyone is looking for tickets for either Manchester date but Ticketmaster have standing only tickets available 0161 385 3211.

 

Apparently they are at the back of the theatre - oh my - :dance:

 

Thanks for all the new stuff

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Thanks for your GORGEOUS pics & videos BYM+M's :wub: :wub:

 

Not surprised you couldn't keep still being that close. I've left my comments on youtube.

Thanks for the videos sunday, You Don't Know was wonderful wasn't it? :cry:

Pre-tour articles from Cardiff & Plymouth.

 

Will Young has rediscovered his love for singing

 

Nov 28 2008 by Gavin Allen, Western Mail

 

He was the Pop Idol with whom Britain first fell in love. As Will Young prepares for a sold-out return to the Cardiff stage, he tells Gavin Allen that you have to work to keep your first love alive.

WILL Young hasn’t always been comfortable with his Pop Idol status but he never expected to come so close to keeping a promise he made to himself when it all started – to quit music if he wasn’t enjoying it.

Young was 23 and in love with singing when he won the ITV talent contest that became The X Factor.

Having just secured a 2:2 in politics from Exeter University, he knew he wanted to earn his living by singing rather than spinning, and had enrolled in a three-year musical theatre scholarship at London’s Arts Educational School.

Since seeing off Gareth Gates to win the big prize, Young has cultivated arguably the most successful career of any of The X Factor types, but in doing so says he became weighed down by the business side of the music industry and fell out of love with singing.

“I always said I would stop singing if I wasn’t enjoying it,” explains Young, who has been nominated for eight BRIT Awards. “It’s par for the course, when you do something for a living that is also your passion, that you will get tired of it.

“But I realised it was the business side of things that got on top of me rather than the music itself so I continued and I’m back on top of the creative side of things again now.

“My management has ben re-jigged and I’ve done different things this year, like the major music festivals through the summer, which was great. I’m up for an award for best pop act at the festivals this year, which I’m loving.”

The fact that Young can perform at the type of music festivals that would normally cross the road to avoid The X Factor acts shows that he is held in a different regard; that he is accepted.

But more importantly, Young has accepted himself, admitting that he previously felt he had to apologise for what he was doing.

“It was because I came from a talent show and listened too much to the negative and not enough to the positive, but that is something that also drives you,” he explains.

“As I have got older I have got more comfortable with myself and chilled out. I’m back to really enjoying my music. I’m enjoying singing again and getting some of the best accolades of my career.

“It’s swings and roundabouts. No career should go in a straight line and you can’t have it all your own way in any career, but I feel like I’m at the top of the hill again, like a proper songwriter. I’m definitely more comfortable with what I do stylistically now and it’s great to feel like you have been here for a while.

“It’s hard to think that it’s six years since Pop Idol and when it came to putting together the set list for this tour I realised I was forgetting songs that were hits three years ago, like Your Game. It’s nice to have a body of work, and to think that it’s good work as well. I’m proud of the output.”

Young believes his wider acceptance was largely due to his single Leave Right Now, from his second album Friday’s Child, because it’s showed not only that he was committed to original songs, but also to developing his own brand of soulful pop. His new album begins with the double whammy of Changes, which throws a cheeky wink to the sound of Marvin Gaye circa What’s Going On while simultaneously being a sophisticated pop song. But he is also cultivating a career outside of music, playing a lead role in the Noel Coward play The Vortex in London as a follow-up to his turn in the film Mrs. Henderson Presents alongside Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins.

On the small screen, he appeared in two documentaries. The first was about runaway children and he fronted it for Children In Need, but the second, in June 2007, saw him decamp to Africa for two weeks for BBC’s Saving Planet Earth to focus on the plight of the gorillas of West Africa.

It meant that the three-year gap between his last album Keep On (2005) and his latest CD, Let It Go, was the longest he had been away form the charts since his rise to fame.

He admits to being afraid that his audience may have moved on in that time, and to being relieved when Let It Go charted at No.2.

So with age – he will be 30 in January – and experience has come confidence in himself, and the belief that he can prove himself as an actor just as he did in music.

“I’m trying to prove I take acting seriously, just as I did with my singing,” he says. “I have to earn my stripes and I’m still doing that. It will take me a few years and I will only achieve that by doing more films and plays because I want to do more so that I can learn more.”

When asked if that means his future lies away from the recording studio, he considers his answer for a moment and replies: “I love acting and I feel like I will be doing more of that in the future, but I do think I will keep on singing.”

Will Young performs at St David’s Hall in Cardiff on Friday, December 5. Tickets are sold out Call 029 2087 8444 to enquire about returns.

 

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Plymouth Evening Herald

 

Idol winner still loves going live

 

WILL Young is looking forward to performing in Plymouth. His Pavilions gig next month is almost home territory – he went to Exeter University.

Since winning Pop Idol in 2002 he's gone from strength to strength. His first disc, Evergreen was the fastest selling debut single, with an amazing 403,027 copies sold on the first day. He's been nominated for eight Brit awards.

After his initial album success, he moved into film – starring with Judi Dench in Miss Henderson Presents – and television presentation, filling in with special concerts (Prince's Trust, Royal Command Performance, Commonwealth Games) and the odd festival – he did his first Glastonbury this summer.

He says: "I love being able to do all the different things, it's my favourite part of the job."

Now he's back on tour with a brilliant new album – Let It Go – which has already yielded one single (Changes) with another on the way.

 

 

"It's been three years since the last album was released and it's great to launch a new album that goes to number two in the charts. It's a nice album and I've been enjoying work so much.

"These are songs that I really believe in. They're unashamed pop. It's been something that's been hard to embrace, particularly in my writing. I've been lucky in being able to work with great producers, and I've been very lucky with the people around me. The songs have come from an honest place.

"After the last three albums, this one was so much easier. I was more relaxed writing with people I know well.

"When I think about the songs, I think about doing them live. I'm happy touring.

"Performing live is what you want to do and I'm so happy doing that – singing every night. I'd rather be with an audience. That's the best thing for me.

"I'm still very grateful. That's why I still enjoy it more than I ever did. I'm very lucky and I don't take that for granted. It is very much appreciated, and I haven't lost the passion for it."

He certainly hasn't lost sight of what's important in life.

He says: "I like doing very different things. Go to the gym, the theatre, go out with friends and do the usual things. And then I have those pop star moments, which can be slightly surreal. You can enjoy those moments then you're brought down to earth when your car breaks down on the motorway."

Will Young plays Plymouth Pavilions on Tuesday, December 9. Box office: 0845 146 1460. His new single, Grace, is out on December 1

 

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/features/I...il/article.html

 

Thanks to griff.

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