Shows, twats and lovely people

I went to help out Penny Sweets at a wonderful Leeds show last night doing the maid/stage kitten thing.  I do love doing that job, I get to be buzzing about all over the place and feel very involved in everything and every act.  It was amazing and I got to meet some fab people.  I have not heard back yet about the total amount raised, but the show was raising money for a lovely bar called Sid's Little Egg which was badly damaged during the floods after only being open for two months.  I'm sure the total raised will be pretty staggering, it was sold out and the auction items were unreal and went for some insane sums of money.

While backstage I was poking about at the costumes of the lovely Pinky DeVille and Havana Hurricane, they are soooooooo good so I had to have a bit of a peek for some ideas on construction (I am rather rubbish with costume).

There had to be some gobby gob shites there though, happens at a few shows.  You get the ones that won't shut up and then you get the ones who are just down right twats.  Getting up on the stage area while the show was in progress, shouting out a load of crap to performers, you know the type.  Silly drunk girls who, I am assuming have no attention paid to them in their lives mixed with being "well jel" of the amazing acts on stage getting so much (very deserved and earned) attention.  Put lots of alcohol in that for a hat trick of full blown arsehole.  I will never understand the mentality of someone who wants to destroy other peoples things for no reason.  Be that personal or public property, stealing something that someone has worked hard to buy or trying to ruin an event/act that someone has put their soul in to creating.  Needless to say everyone in the room hated them and was glad when they finally did one out the door, so they only truly served in making themselves look like tossers.  Good job girls.

For every dickwad out there though, there are100 great people, so never let the bastards get you down.  There was hell of a lot of love and support in that room and even some great dancing to the wonderful songs sung by the very sparkly Em Brulee and the down right gorgeous Sadia.  Wilson was amazing and I can't wait for the album launch night, Adrien Salamon had some wicked tricks, loved seeing how they worked though I didn't see how he did all of them so a couple still have me stumped.


If I was going to pick out my highlight of the night though, it would have to be when the comedian was on, Monty Burns.  Great Simpsonesque name.  But I can now not quite remember what the joke was because all I remember was Em Brulee nearly spitting her drink all over the place as she was laughing the biggest, dirtiest belly laugh of all time.  Although The Viaduct Show Girls come close, they were just unreal.  Those heels were massive and how they could dance in them is beyond me.  They were seriously tucked too, there was nothing there at all.  NOTHING!

An all round brilliant night and it's going to happen all over again tonight for my show in Featherstone.  Wish us luck guys xxx