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	Paul Potts in Concert Competition - Last Chance to Win!	32 giorni fa
	If you’ve not yet entered our competition to win tickets to Paul’s upcoming UK shows, then be quick! A handful of tickets to see him live at the following gigs between October 27th and November 7th are still up for grabs… Tuesday 27th October – Harrogate International Centre Thursday 29th October – Ipswich Regent Theatre Wednesday 4th November – London Royal Albert Hall Thursday 5th November – Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre Saturday 7th November – Bristol Colston Hall Simply head to the competition form - http://de.click2music.co.uk/click2mu... - fill in your details, along with your preferred show date, and you could be coming along...
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	UK tour winners revealed...	41 giorni fa
	This week we launched a competition giving YOU the chance to win tickets to see Paul live on his UK tour! We can now announce that the first three winners are... Stephen Henderson – Manchester Apollo – Friday 16th October Rachelle Hare – Birmingham, Symphony Hall – Sunday 18th October Margaret Lunt – Birmingham, Symphony Hall – Sunday 18th October Congratulations Stephen, Rachelle and Margaret! If you want to be in with a chance to see Paul on one of his UK dates, just head over here http://de.click2music.co.uk/click2mu... and enter!
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	Sweden to South America	43 giorni fa
	After a few days at home, it was time to hit the road again. Jake picked me up late on a Sunday afternoon for an early flight to Gothenberg for my performance on a popular singalong show in the Liseberg gardens in the centre of the city. When we arrived, the weather wasn’t looking too promising, but brightened up when I had done my soundcheck. When the show started, however, the heavens opened, and it rained virtually the whole night. This didn’t dampen the 15,000 strong crowd’s enthusiasm, however, and they willingly sang along with every song. After a while, it was time for me to perform. First of all I was to perform La Prima Volta, and I had been wondering for much of the day whether I was going to end the song in a different way from the way I recorded it. I knew that what I was thinking about carried a huge risk and that if it went wrong would be disasterous. I still hadn’t made my decision when I had started the song, and this was live television! There could be no retakes if it all went wrong. I finally made up my mind on my last breath before the last phrase, that I would go for it. The high C has always been considered to be special, and so I decided that I was going to make this performance extra special. I felt in good form and the approach to the last phrase I was happy with. Thankfully it all went right and I really enjoyed the note and I think the audience loved it too! I also performed Piano (Memory) again in the rain, and took part in the finale singalong of an Abba classic. We left to return to the hotel close to LIseberg, and left fairly early the following morning for London where I again had a couple of days at home. On the Sunday, Jake picked me up to make our way to Heathrow as we had a 7 am flight to Bogota via Madrid. I had started to come down with a cold, and by the time I got on the plane, it was starting to take hold. We had enough time to get to the second flight from Madrid to Bogota, and I made myself comfortable. I was feeling anything but comfortable as the cold led me to cough an awful lot on the plane. After a total of 15 hours flying time, we arrived in Bogota, where I was greeted by three TV crews. I gave a quick interview to each of them, and then we made our way to our hotel. I had started to feel worse, so a doctor came around who took my temperature which stood at 105 degrees (F). Bearing in mind that we were now at altitude (8000m), I took things very easy for the next few days and with the help of the medication given to me by the doctor, I made a pretty fast recovery. The next day, feeling a little better Jake and I met up with colleagues from the local record company and had a lovely lunch in a traditional Colombian restaurant that was owned by a local musician. After a lovely meal we made our way back to the hotel, for me to rest and recover further from the cold, as I had a busy day of interviews the following day. After a press conference, I had a number of TV interviews and local press interviews. It was a busy day, and after all interviews were done I made my way back to my room for a rest until it was time to have drinks with some VIPs and the sponsor for the concert. I didn’t stay for very long as I still had to recover more for the following night’s concert. To my relief, I had recovered incredibly quickly, and was fit enough for the concert, and felt much better on the morning of the concert. Later in the day we made our way to the venue where I enjoyed performing for an enthusiastic audience. It was great to meet so many of the audience at a meet and greet after. The next day, it was time to make our way to a new country for me, Peru. On arrival in Lima, I gave a couple of interviews and we then made our way to the hotel where we met the local promoter. After catching up a bit in my room, we went out for dinner. The promoter took us to a lovely seafood restaurant that was on a structure that was designed to look like Brighton Pier. It was some of the best fish I have eaten including ceviche, raw seabass, pacific salmon, and raw scallops. It was unbelievably fresh! We were the other side of the world, and yet we were sat in a little piece of England! We also had a taste of a local speciality, pisco sour which is a lemon based spirit cocktail. I was now feeling completely recovered and I was back to normal wandering around the city down to the area by the sea with a fantastic view down to the coast that was effectively a desert by the sea. Lima has a great feel to it with mixture of modern buildings and colonial buildings. The food in Peru is also outstanding! Even the fast food outlets had great food, so I was absolutely spoilt for choice! After a Press conference we made our way to lunch and explored the city some more, and then met up with the local team for dinner before making our way to a local bar for a quick drink. The bar would have been heaven for Julz and her best friend Becca, as it was non-stop rock with plenty of Guns & Roses and Bon Jovi! The concert was the following night, so we didn’t have a late night and made our way back to the hotel. The next morning came, and after breakfast I went for another stroll. After feeling too ill to wander around Bogota, I decided I was going to make up for it in Lima. Later in the day it was time to make our way to the venue which as it wasn’t far from the hotel, we went to on foot. We arrived in good time and I had one of my most enjoyable concerts so far. The audience were very receptive and after the uncertainty of the cold that I had had before, I was very happy with my performance. After the concert Bob Willis, Chris Taylor, Jake and the rest of the team had a drink with the promoter and he very kindly offered to show around the city the next day. The next day we went to the beautiful Cathedral in central Lima, and wandered around the central area including the railway station that was built by the British, and which ahs one train a day running into the Andes from it. It is a stunning structure. After the railway station we went to an Inca Temple on our way back to the hotel before leaving for the airport. It was incredible how the whole temple was built by hand made mud bricks. In places you can see the indentations of where the earth had been taken and formed into bricks. It was fascinating and really quite awe-inspiring that people were able to build such a structure thousands of years ago, all by hand. We had just enough time to grab some lunch in the restaurant at the temple, after meeting some of the llamas and other animals. We had a lovely outdoor lunch with the whole team in Peru, and I really enjoyed my time in Lima, and I would really love to return to Peru again very soon. We then made our way to the airport for our flight back to the UK via Madrid. For Chris, Bob, Mark and Bradley it was time for home. For Jake and I however, London was merely a stopover on our way to Tokyo…. More about that in a few days…..
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	Official competition: Win Tickets To See Paul Potts live In Concert!	46 giorni fa
	As you know, the European leg of Paul's European tour has hit the UK, and now we're offering you the chance to WIN TICKETS! Don't miss this opportunity to catch Paul doing what he does best...performing live! Simply head to the Win Tickets To See Paul Potts live In Concert competition form here: http://de.click2music.co.uk/click2mu... , select your preferred date from the list, and then enter the draw...
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	From Sweden to Japan via South America	53 giorni fa
	After a few days at home, it was time to hit the road again. Jake picked me up late on a Sunday afternoon for an early flight to Gothenberg for my performance on a popular singalong show in the Liseberg gardens in the centre of the city. When we arrived, the weather wasn’t looking too promising, but brightened up when I had done my soundcheck. When the show started, however, the heavens opened, and it rained virtually the whole night. This didn’t dampen the 15,000 strong crowd’s enthusiasm, however, and they willingly sang along with every song. After a while, it was time for me to perform. First of all I was to perform La Prima Volta, and I had been wondering for much of the day whether I was going to end the song in a different way from the way I recorded it. I knew that what I was thinking about carried a huge risk and that if it went wrong would be disasterous. I still hadn’t made my decision when I had started the song, and this was live television! There could be no retakes if it all went wrong. I finally made up my mind on my last breath before the last phrase, that I would go for it. The high C has always been considered to be special, and so I decided that I was going to make this performance extra special. I felt in good form and the approach to the last phrase I was happy with. Thankfully it all went right and I really enjoyed the note and I think the audience loved it too! I also performed Piano (Memory) again in the rain, and took part in the finale singalong of an Abba classic. We left to return to the hotel close to LIseberg, and left fairly early the following morning for London where I again had a couple of days at home. On the Sunday, Jake picked me up to make our way to Heathrow as we had a 7 am flight to Bogota via Madrid. I had started to come down with a cold, and by the time I got on the plane, it was starting to take hold. We had enough time to get to the second flight from Madrid to Bogota, and I made myself comfortable. I was feeling anything but comfortable as the cold led me to cough an awful lot on the plane. After a total of 15 hours flying time, we arrived in Bogota, where I was greeted by three TV crews. I gave a quick interview to each of them, and then we made our way to our hotel. I had started to feel worse, so a doctor came around who took my temperature which stood at 105 degrees (F). Bearing in mind that we were now at altitude (8000m), I took things very easy for the next few days and with the help of the medication given to me by the doctor, I made a pretty fast recovery.
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	Back to Prague	63 giorni fa
	After our US tour, it was time to head back to Europe. I had two concerts to perform in this beautiful city. It was very hot when we arrived in Prague and once we arrived at our hotel the heat set off a thunderstorm. This delayed one of my usual wanders around the city, but not for too long, after a while the rain stopped and Julz and I took a stroll before heading for dinner to celebrate Julz’s birthday. We went to our favourite Italian restaurant in Prague which I found when I was in Prague recording Passione. We had a great dinner, and then meandered around the streets for a little while before heading back to our room. It was quite surreal seeing lots of pictures of me on posters all around the city, The following day was the day of the first performance and also a rehearsal with the orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra. I was being conducted by someone called Marcello Rota who is the cousin of the famous composer Nino Rota who composed much of the music on Frederico Fellini’s films and also Un Giorno per Noi on Passione. I had long looked forward to this concert with a full orchestra behind me, and they were a delight to work with, as was Maestro Rota. I enjoyed my performances immensely and the audience was very very responsive. The Smetana Hall was a beautiful hall to perform in and the building in which it is housed, The Municipal house is a very striking one. After the show, we popped out for some dinner, before retiring for the night. We had another show the following night and it felt, if possible even better the second time around. As you can hear on Passione (The Czech National are the orchestra we worked with on the album), the orchestra was in tremendous form and it was a delight to hear them performing great pieces of music, and to have them accompanying me was truly a dream come true. After the final performance we had dinner with Marcello, the conductor and we were presented with special plaques and a whisky with a special label on it with my name on it. They will both have a special place in my music room at home with the Echo award I won in Germany and the Radio Regebogen award. The next day we made our way back to the UK to go home to have a few days to ourselves before heading on holiday with Julz’s sister and brother-in-law. This was the first opportunity we had had in over a month to see how things were going at home, and with everything running smoothly, after a few days we headed back to London for our flight from Gatwick to the beautiful city of Barcelona. We decided to let the train take the strain, and got a fairly early train from Port Talbot to get us to London’s Gatwick Airport in good time for our flight to Barcelona. We had a good flight, and arrived at Barcelona Airport in mid afternoon, and already it was very hot, and we were looking forward to a few days to relax in the sun, and do a bit of sightseeing. We weren’t staying in Barcelona, in fact we weren’t even staying in a hotel. We were going to spend the next ten days camping about 80 miles North of Barcelona close to a lovely fishing town called L’Escala at the Northern part of the Costa Brava. Julz and I have stayed on the Costa Brava before, in the off-season in Lloret De Mar on a last minute cheapie winter break. We got to the campsite, having been picked up in our car by Julz’s sister and brother-in-law who with our little terrors of nephews were to be our hosts for the next ten days. We soon rediscovered the beauty of the Costa Brava away from the busiest resorts, with its rocky coastline and clear blue sea and sky. We had an evening out virtually every night eating the local seafood and meat and our youngest nephew (aged 2, and given the name Alfie by his older brother Lewis) kept us all fit by bidding to make his great escape from our camping place. So we took it in turns running after him as he ran down the path giggling all the way. We took a number of trips to Barcelona where we ambled down the Ramblas and the children marvelled at all the street entertainers, especially the ghoulish street statues that would take them by surprise. I have always loved Barcelona, it’s a city you can just keep coming back to again and again and never get tired of. It’s also never more than 2 hours away from the UK. On the next trip to Barcelona, we took the children to Nou Camp, the home of FC Barcelona, one of the most famous football clubs in the world. Even for a non sports fanatic like me, the Nou Camp is an amazing stadium. One of the highlights of Barcelona are the fountains close to Placa D’Espanya, and it was my intention that we would watch the fountains rise and fall and change colour to different pieces of music. I have watched it a number of times, and it is incredible how the whole thing is put together. On our first attempt to see it, we watched the sun go down leaving a stunning coloured sky, and I was just about the least popular person around when we waited for over two hours and the display didn’t happen. We strolled down to the fountain side where there was a notice with the times of the display. Unknown to me, the display only happens weekends now even through the main season, so we would have to come back another day to see it. And come back we did, and it was a stunning display with different pattern according to the music. There are two displays. One set to orchestral music and the other to contemporary music. The climax for the second display is the playing of the fantastic anthem that was sung by Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballe for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992: Barcelona. A great song, and the display fitted the song amazingly. In between our visits to Barcelona, we explored the beaches of the Costa Brava, including returning to Lloret de Mar in far warmer temperatures than we had seen last time we were here. The beaches aren’t quite sand, and aren’t quite shingle, and although this part of the Costa Brava is very developed, it still has a charm. We enjoyed our slower pace of life while we were away, and even dare I say it enjoyed sleeping in a tent especially as we had both spent considerable time in hotels over the last few years. The one thing that was noticeable was that the campsite was very popular with the Dutch. At one point, I wondered whether there was anyone left in The Netherlands at all! I did meet lots of people from all over Europe and the UK and shared a drink with a good many of them. It was great to see so many people and chat with them and to enjoy each other’s company. Hopefully I will get to see them again as I tour around Europe and the UK over the coming months. All too soon our holiday came to an end, and it was time to head back to the airport. We’d had a great time sharing tapas and free time and after a few days back at home, it would be time to head on to the road again, first to Sweden, and then to South America. But more of that in a few days…. To see some photos from Paul's trip, go here: http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbum.jsp?P...
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	Onto the USA	63 giorni fa
	We arrived in New York fairly late in the evening so while Julz got settled, I popped out for a stroll down 7th Ave, and grabbed a bit of supper to take back to the room. It was one of the later starts that I have had for breakfast tv, and as we were outside and local laws didn't allow for a performance in the normal style, I performed part of La Prima Volta a cappella. Singing a cappella is something I always feel a little nervous about, so I was pleased with my performance. After a brief walk around the town it was time to head for La Guadia Airport in New York for our flight to Dallas. Our last visit to Dallas was connecting on a flight from the Bahamas to San Diego last Autumn when I had a private performance. Thankfully when we arrived this time, it wasn't in the middle of a thunderstorm! We were to find the temperatures a little on the hot side, with temperatures constantly over 100 degrees most of the day. We made sure we had plenty of sunblock when we did venture out. We started the US tour in a fantastic venue, the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie.There was a very responsive crowd, and it was fantastic to see so many people after the show. What was great about the US tour this year was that we got to go to places in the US that we hadn't been to before, namely Dallas, Houston and Atlanta. It was great to see these places and to explore as much as we could. Everywhere we went it was very hot, in contrast to the last US tour in March, so it was great to see places with the sun out and blue skies. There were some very long journeys by bus, for instance, from Hollywood, Florida to Atlanta and from Atlanta to Atlantic City. We also had the great honour of playing some great venues, such as Atlanta Symphony Hall, and a slightly alternative venue for me, The House of Blues in Houston - a very cool venue! My favourite venue has to be The Beacon Theater which is right onBroadway uptown from Central Park. The greatest thing was on the way back to our hotel in Midtown Manhattan, we saw my name in lights on Broadway! The theatre itself was a stunning building which has recently been refurbished at considerable expense. All I can say is that I was honoured to perform there, the acoustic was perfect, and the audience were incredible. I am also enjoying meeting people after the show as I always enjoy shaking the hands of the people that make it possible to do what I love doing. We returned to some of the theatres we had been to before, like the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, and The Borgata Music Box in Atlantic City. While we were in Atlantic City we spent some of the day with Justin Zackham who is writing the screenplay for the proposed film that is being worked on. It was great to see Justin again, a very nice guy with a lovely family. We took a stroll along the beaches on the Atlantic coast, and although the weather was dull and dreary, it was easy to see the charm of the area, although after 30 minutes of walking in sand, you knew you were getting exercise! After Atlantic City, we drove to one of my favourite cities, back to Toronto for our performance at the Elgin Theater and Winter Gardens, the only surviving double decker theatre in the world. It was another stunning venue to perform in and it was great to catch up with our Canadian friends while were there. Directly after the show, we drove overnight to Chicago, only to be woken at 3am as we crossed the border back into the US. After spending a little time there we got back into our bunks for the remainder of our journey. Chicago is one of my top 3 places in the US. I have been fortunate enough to have been to the 'Windy City' three times now, and the weather has always been fine and with blue skies, although it does get bitterly cold in the winter! I had a TV performance to do as well as my final US performance on this tour. In the studio, right before I went on stage for a live TV performance, I managed to bang my head very hard on a cabinet. It hurt quite a lot and I was still feeling it as I was performing. So you see why Julz always bans people from saying 'break a leg'! I'm clumsy enough without encouragement! Our flights back to the UK involved flying out of Washington, so we made use of a spare day to explore the city and tried to fit in as many places a we could, and even caught a cortege leaving the White House. All too soon it was time to head to the airport, for the next journey to Europe, to Prague for my next two shows.....
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	Relive your Paul Potts concert Experience	64 giorni fa
	Paul's fans now have the chance to take home their Passione concert experience as all shows in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the UK will be recorded live by Concert Online's state-of-the-art mobile recording studio. The Paul Potts Concert Stick will feature the brilliance of the entire show and will be available in the highest MP3 quality (320 k/bits) immediately after each show. What's more, from the day after the concert, the audio recordings will also be available online as well: as download, Concert Stick, and MP3 player! For more information and to visit the store, just go HERE: http://concert-online.com/en/shop/29...
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	The Tour Begins	71 giorni fa
	After a very busy, but enjoyable time in Asia, it was time for me to start my second World Tour. We started in the beautiful city of Vancouver, and had a few days of rehearsal here. We enjoyed walking around this area, and the only disappointment for Julz was that Twilight had finished filming for New Moon (those of you following Julz and I on Twitter will know how crazy julz is about the Twilight series). There is something special about Vancouver that you can’t put your finger on. It was great to see Bob, Chris and Mark again, we spent so much of the last year touring, we have become firm friends, not just colleagues. The second tour meant needing to learn some new songs as well as performing some favourites as well as a new Mario Lanza medley so we were kept very busy in the rehearsal studios. Our first performance in the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver came very quickly, and it was great to be performing there again. The next day we were due to drive by tour bus to Edmonton, but there was a problem with the bus, so we got an extra night in Vancouver before catching the plane. The last time we were in Edmonton, March 2008, it was very cold, I remember having a heavy cold and a trapped nerve, so was hobbling around the stage while coughing! This time I was in good health and able to enjoy the wonderful acoustics of the Winspear Centre, one of my favourite concert halls anywhere in the world. We were well received as ever by the people of Alberta, Canada, and it was great to meet so many friendly people at the venue. We stayed in Alberta for the next concert in Calgary, another place where the temperatures had been far less friendly the last time we were there! It is great to see these amazing places in different seasons to see the contrast between them. I’m yet, however to be in Canada in the Autumn (or for you North Americans, Fall). I have heard so much about the falling of the leaves in Canada, I have to find time to be there in the Autumn! From Calgary, we flew to one of my favourite cities, Toronto where we spent Canada Day in the city, and returned to our favourite steak restaurant yet again! We were in the area to do a concert in a nearby town called Kitchener. Ontario is a Canadian state I have spent quite a bit of time in over the years, and the friendliness of the state was well reflected by the audience. After spending Canada Day in the city with plenty going on in the city, and going up and having a meal at the top of the CN Tower, we made plans to visit one of the wonders of the world: Niagara Falls. The last time Julz and I had been there was Valentine’s Day 2005, with lots of snow on the ground and temperatures of -25 degrees C! Jake my tour manager was good enough to drive us down to Niagara on our way to do a TV appearance in New York City. Although a very touristy place, we loved Niagara Falls the last time we were here, and it was no different this time. We had lunch overlooking both the American and Canadian falls and just wondered about the enormity of it all. We still had a fair way to go, and so we left for the Canadian/US border about teatime, passing Buffalo on our way to New York City, arriving in ‘The Big Apple’ fairly late at night, and went to bed pretty much as soon as we got to our hotel as we had a fairly early start to appear on the Early Show on CBS close to Central Park....... More on that in a few days with news from the next stage of the tour! To see some photos from Paul's trip, go here: http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.js... and here for a shot of him at the Niagara Falls... http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.js...
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	Fans catch Paul on Camera!	82 giorni fa
	Fans all over the world have been capturing and sharing their experiences of watching Paul live on tour by uploading their videos to YouTube. Here are just a few taken at Paul's show in Peru! Nessun Dorma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkj1... TTSG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFq9X... If you're coming along to any of Paul's upcoming European shows then why not record your own footage? Simply add to YouTube then send us the link via Paul's official forum HERE http://www.paulpottsofficial.com/gb/... We'll be featuring the best videos right here on Paul's official homepage.
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