'Hello Birmingham!'

Hey Everyone,

Hope everyone is well and busy bees!

I know i have been, a busy 'B' indeed. I wanted to write about my gig i did in Birmingham at the weekend, i wouldn't normally blog about every gig that i do, but this was a different one, and one that i feel the need to write about because it was my first outside, massive stage and massive crowd gig!

I went alone, which was a good thing i think really, i felt very independent, and all kinds of grown up...'out there doing it on my own' type of feeling and i now know that i can get through such stress alone. I spent a lot of the day killing time to be honest. In true Bradley fashion i got there many hours early, always a 'must get there early just in case' type of persona.

I pretty much stood like a joner watching the other acts really for hours (secretly checking out the competition haha) and an hour before i was due to be on stage i went back behind stage with my little AAA (access all area) pass that i wore proudly round my neck which also said 'Artist' on it, its here hanging in my room. I sorted myself out, meaning make up, hair, got dressed while being bogged at by other artists who i could tell were giving me the 'is he here on his own, wonder what hes like' look. But carried on getting ready anyway. I then heard my name being called out by two young guys, i was like who are these dudes, and why do they know my name. They said they were from BBC Radio Birmingham, i was like 'yes?' and they held these little postcards, and they said they are going to be introducing me onto the stage and i am their first act to introduce, they had on their postcard little facts about me that they had researched earlier. i.e. 'He has the coolest tattoos, he likes to get 'Wasted' and hes a very good looking guy' and then they asked where am i from, i stupidly said 'Essex' and then they went mad with 'The Only Way Is Essex' introduction jokes. *i rolled my eyes, they saw me roll my eyes*.

So when it came time for my slot i got told they were running behind and had to wait like, forever! But eventually after a while it was my time to perform, I'm not gonna lie to you, i was nervous, i always get nervous, and i am very glad i get nervous. If i didn't get nervous i no i don't enjoy it anymore, but after the waiting and my mind telling 'why the hell do you do this to yourself' it came time for me to perform.

I waited off stage while the act before me finished, then on went the BBC guys giving their 'Essex' impersonations etc, then on i came, and I cant tell you how good it was to see around 600 people in a crowd cheering after you had been introduced, and I cannot put into words how good it was to say "HELLO BIRMINGHAM!", the performance was a rush it really was. I performed my single 'Wasted' first with a 'You gonna get wasted with me Birmingham' to begin with, they seemed to enjoy and i saw lots of people dancing in the crowd! I then went on to perform a track from my album, the song was called 'Buster' and had a great little chat to introduce the track. After i finished performing 'Buster' the two BBC guys came on stage and said 'Give it up for Bradley' and i was like 'Oi! I ain't don't yet! I have another song!' as i chased them off stage!

The last song i performed was a cover track that i knew they would love, and I knew they would know, and it was 'Sexy Chick!'. I'm not foolish, i know to save the winning song until last! They loved it, they sang along, they screamed as i said 'Birmingham are you sexy?'. I thanked them and i left the stage.

But that's not all, as i left the stage, and i mean as soon as i left the stage i heard 'BRADLEY!' I looked and it was a group of people, i pointed at myself 'Me?' they said 'BRADLEY!' so i went over and then i saw they were all holding out autograph books and nice pens which i kinda wanted to take! So i signed, i felt like a rock star and also a little embarrassed because I'm not a rock star, i felt silly performing when at the moment I'm a nobody! But what the hell, i lived it up and i signed all ten of them!

So that was it really, i went home and was buzzing BUT unbelievable tired!