26 years into her career, Louise is officially BACK to once again excite and delight audiences old and new, showcasing her unwavering musical prowess and undeniable talent. Making the most creative, honest and exciting music of her career, with Heavy Love Louise delivers the contemporary pop album we have all LONG been waiting for!
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Finally, the moment all her loyal fans have been waiting for! 26th March, 2019 the new single Stretch was released. I remember I randomly had the day off and was able to listen in on the premiere on Radio 2 with Fearne Cotton. It was everything it should’ve been and more, still very Louise but brought bang up-to-date. The original version is at the top of this page, this is the brilliant Initial Talk Remix!
The song of the summer had arrived! Lead Me On was produced by Clean Bandit and just had an amazing summer vibe to it. The video is beautiful, showing Louise putting some of her Strictly experience to use, dancing with the sexy model.
Not The Same was released on October 11th, 2019. This song has lots of energy, with a catchy hook and is backed up by a gospel choir. It’s a real bittersweet, feel good song and goes down a treat when she performs it live, you can tell she really loves this song.
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This gig was supposed to be her album launch party and was an invitation only event. Some of her top fans on social media were invited and I was lucky enough to be one of them. Jim and I were in Asda doing a food shop when the invitation came through. It honestly felt like all of my Christmases had come at once.
I was allowed to bring a guest, Jim had work, so I took Barry as a thank you for him taking me to the Kylie Spotify gig, which was just so incredible. We had such a fab night. We got the chance to meet her after the show. We also met Steve Anderson which Barry and I found really exciting as he is like The Godfather of pop. We also met Sophie Ellis Bextor. Caroline Flack, Mel B and Keith Lemmon were also there supporting her. It was a really special night.
It was the most intimate gig I have ever been to. It was really special. We weren’t allowed to take any photos or videos of the show so I was good and played by the rules and I think that’s why I really enjoyed it. It’s a catch 22 when it comes to capturing footage of gigs. I don’t like watching it through my phone, I like to experience it raw and enjoy being in the moment. But, I do film parts of songs as having these videos to look back on is so precious to me. I don’t want to take anything for granted, I don’t know how long she will be doing this in case she decides to give it all up again. I just wish I had footage of all of her early stuff but that was all before social media took off. That’s another reason why I like to see her more than once on tour, so I can capture different songs and enjoy them on others.
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This was such a special gig. The venue was simply beautiful, and my footage came out really great, I’m so pleased. I was situated perfectly at the front of the step. It was hot. I mean, really hot in there. Saw this with Jim and bestie Barry, who both really enjoyed it too. Lots of gays in the audience, as per usual. Absolutely love the Stay/Sweet Love mash up.
The end of 2019 saw one last single release before Heavy Love launched. Hammer is a big favourite of mine! It’s a really big pop song and deserved a massive campaign with a big budget video, instead we got this fun, behind-the-scenes outtake footage.
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Album release day was finally here and I was so bloody excited when my delivery turned up with all my goodies! I think between us we have the album more than 10 times!
Plus, I was seeing her tonight, in an intimate setting of a church for the album launch party, and she was doing a signing at HMV in Westfield so I was going to meet her again! So off to London for the day we went.
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This show was everything. Her first tour in years, she came to me for a change (I live in Southampton), and I had VIP tickets for a meet and greet where she signed so much stuff for me, even though she was being hurried along, plus I got to be right at the front of the stage. Seriously, I was so excited to see her in her own show again, and to see what songs made the setlist.
Personal highlights of the show were: opening with Hammer, which is a fav from the new album, In Walked Love 2.0 courtesy of Steve Anderson, Naked 2.0 which was amazing, in the red neon light box. I also really enjoyed the Eternal medley, especially So Good because it was the first time hearing her version, I will admit to shedding a slight tear in that moment, it meant a lot to me. Straight To My Heart is another favourite from the new album, it’s a little nod back to her old style of music and I just love the way it builds and builds throughout the song. Villain was another stand out moment for me, it was so good to hear it live. Wrong, also is a massive moment with the spotlight on her and the raw vocals, accompanied by the piano, it was truly special. Escapade was just pure, off the charts joy! Being a massive Janet fan as Lou is, it was just a big, surprise moment!
I was lucky enough to see the show 3 times in all, before the rest of the tour had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a shame. Talk about bad timing! The only show that was cancelled for me was the London date, but I look forward to it being rescheduled. As each show went on, the numbers in the audience became less and less. It was before the official #lockdown was put in place but it was clear people were wondering if it was indeed safe to go to gigs.
I was lucky enough to get there early enough to be at the front for all 3 shows, and filmed different footage at all 3 shows. I hope you enjoy my footage…
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