So , I havn't written to you guys since the middle of our Australia trip , It turns out the night before I wrote my last blog I managed to get into a fight with the band Jet , I wound Chris the drummer up the wrong way and he flicked a cigarette at me , I then threw a bottle at him which luckily missed and all hell broke loose , I have no recollection of the whole event . Anyway this is precisely why I shouldn't drink ! We went from the Gold Coast to Sydney , the Sydney show was amazing , such a big turn out .
We got pretty drunk , went to see Kasabian play ( which in their own words was fookin Empire )
we hung out with some of the other bands , Hot Chip are darlings and Lupe Fiasco was pretty cool , although quite pre occupied with playing pacman .
Then we trashed our dressing room .
Muse and Kasabian are our favourites . Anyway the next night we ( Emily Del , John and I) went out to see John Cooper Clarke , who is a fantastic poet , read . He was incredible and I'm trying to convince him to come and support me on my UK tour .
The next day we were off to Melbourne , we did a great show , I got incredibly drunk made a complete fool of myself backstage before Emily put me to bed for a couple of hours in my dressing room . When I woke up we went to see Kasabian again . This is me dancing , and should give you some idea of how fun Austrailia was .
We did our own gig at the Metro in Melbourne before getting on a 16 hour flight , which by the way was struck by lightning , I could smell burning . Luckily we were only ½ an hour from LA but I hate flying , and cried all the way to Baggage Claim . I love Customs in America, they are just so friendly , really make you feel welcome you know ? They really enjoy their 10 min's of power , I'm not very good with people like that , tends to get me worked up a little , especially just after a 16 hour lightning struck flight, anyway they put me on some list, 'cause now every time I get on a flight I have to have some full on humiliating security search , which is fun . Am I rambling? Sorry ! Anyway got out of the airport , had a cigarette then got on another 6 hour flight to NY.
Australia was fucking boiling and NY was -2 or something , my body went in to shock and I spent the next couple of days sick , and in bed vomiting . We were in New York for the recording of Saturday Night Live , which is a huge deal over here and things started to feel a little Hollywood .
This last year has gone so quickly for me it was only last May that I was playing in London at the Notting Hill Arts club to 250 people and suddenly I'm in a dressing room right next to Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz about to sing on TV to 50 million people or something stupid . Talk about mind fuck. Needless to say I was shitting myself but I think it went ok . The next day my album went up to number 2 on itunes here in the States. I got stopped a few times in the street which has never happened to me here before, I guess that's what Saturday Night Live does . My Mum and my boyfriend came over to see me do SNL and I spent ½ an hour crying on the floor of the soho grand hotel lobby saying goodbye to them before getting on another plane to LA . It felt going back to school after the holidays , if that makes sense . I don't know when I'm going to see them again .
Landed in LA at 12.30 am and rushed to IN'N OUT burger, they only have it in California and it's the only fast food I'll eat, they don't have freezers only fridges and you can see them cut the potatoes for the chips (fries) besides it's yummy , anyway I don't need to justify my fast food consumption here , do I ? Read "fast food nation " it has a whole chapter about them being the most ethical burger joint. Checked in to the Hyatt on Sunset and then went to bed. The next day I did interviews from 10 in the morning till show time at the Henry Fonda Theatre , the show was ACE , really really good . Then I went to the studio for a couple of hours, did some work and met Kanye West, he's a legend, and a really nice guy .
WHHHHOOAH long day , got to bed by about 3 and then got up early to catch a flight to San Francisco . Checked in and did some phone interviews in my room for a couple of hours. Had a row with some journalist cause he kept trying to make comparisons between myself and Paris Hilton , Saying that we both got where we are because of our families' money and connections , and the " obvious " musical similarities . I told him he was misinformed and where to go . Then I went to soundcheck and did a gig at a lovely venue called the Great American Music Hall .
It went really well , but I was tired so I went straight from the stage to the car to the hotel and dove into bed . Got up this morning at 8 did a phoner to radio 1 in the uk and then went to the airport . Im writing to you from the plane , I'm on the way to Chicago . I MISS England so much and my Maggie May and my mum and my dad and Alfie and sarah my sister , and all the fans back there , I miss you all . I'm coming back for 18 hours next week for the Brit awards so I'll see you then !
LOVE LILY x x x x x x
Oh yeah and the Album went in at number 20 here this week , which is amazing for an overseas debut artist , so I'm over the moon !!! Thanks to everyone who went out and bought it . I hope you enjoy it .
heres some pics that didnt make sense within the text but you might like anyway .
me and del go New Rave
Tom from Kasabian and I
Emily , Del an Adrian
Hot Chip play BDO
Emily and I nurse our hangovers
The Hollywood sign
A llama called Bob , backstacge @ Saturday Night Live
Muse Gig in Sydney ( twas trully epic )
