November 24, 2006 Hi there, Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted an update, but I’ve been so busy with my band, The Hedrons, that I don’t know where the time has gone!! I’m writing this on our tour bus as we travel through southern Ireland on our way to Galway. We’ve been on the road for six weeks now touring Scotland, England, Wales, and finishing up in Belfast on Friday. It’s been a real roller coaster ride of a tour. We released our second single (I Need You), at the start of the tour, and it reached number 5 in the UK Independent Charts!!! We were all really excited about this chart position, and it gave us a real lift. During the tour, we put on a live virtual gig on an internet site called Second Life. We were the first band in Europe to do this. Second Life is a virtual world on the internet that you can join and create a character of yourself, buy virtual property, and go to virtual events with virtual friends!!! We got a venue built for our gig, which was called The Hedro-dome, and the virtual promoter publicized the gig for us. We then got avatars created for each one of us. They were very life-like, and did look a lot like us – mine’s even had my pink converse boots!!! For the gig, we headed to a studio in Glasgow and performed our set live. The music was streamed, in real time, to Second Life’s server, while our avatars were being controlled by it’s creator to move / dance / perform in time to our music!!!! It was all very strange; during our performance we could see a computer screen with our virtual characters performing and the virtual audience in attendance!! I have been away from Glasgow and Scotland for so long now that I don’t know what’s been going on!!! There have been some great gigs that I’ve missed when I’ve been away ... Fionn Regan and New York Dolls to name a few. One of the maddest gigs on the tour took place in Moles Club, Bath, England. I had gone into the crowd during the last song of our set and was dancing around with the audience, when suddenly a girl pulled down my top!!! I was standing there in shock and didn’t know how to react. I quickly got my dignity back together and jumped back on to the stage to figure out how I could get her back. I spotted my bottle of beer sitting next to my amp, and quickly lifted it. I then went back in to the crowd looking for the girl. When I found her I held the beer bottle above her and covered her in beer ... hehehe ... that’s what she got for pulling my top down and revealing me to the audience!!!!! During the tour, we supported a new Scottish band called The Fratellis. They’re doing really well in the UK at the moment… so much so, that their albums are flying off the shelves. The gig was amazing; we went on before them and had a ball – see the photograph of me in the audience!! We managed to get two nights in Glasgow when we played at the famous King Tuts venue (www.kingtuts.com). It’s always really special getting to play your hometown, especially at King Tuts!!!! We recorded a live e.p. at this gig, which is available to buy from our website ... www.thehedrons.com Glasgow’s very famous Kelvin Grove Art Gallery opened its doors to the public in July, after a huge refurbishment. The gallery is about 2 minutes walk from where I live and looks fantastic. The local government suspected that there would be around 500,000 visitors in the first year, but they’ve managed to reach that after being opened for only a few months!!! This will be one of the first places I visit when I get home. When we get home, we get to have a few days off. Then we go back into the studio to work on some new songs, then back to London for the first week in December. After that, we have a three week break over Christmas and New Year. I think I might go on holiday, lie on a beach all day and listen to my iPod!!!!! Until next time… Take care… Tippi xxxx August 12, 2006 Hi everyone, As I’m writing this, I’m in our tour bus traveling from Manchester to Derby. My band, The Hedrons is on our very first headline tour in the UK, and we’re all having a ball. We’ve been on the road for nearly three weeks now and have only got five gigs to go. We don’t want to go home; we just want to keep gigging!! The tour has been really good. We’ve been playing in all the UK’s major cities. I love going to a different venue every night, not knowing what to expect and wondering what the audience will be like. Everywhere we’ve gone, the audience have been so receptive to our music; it’s been a real buzz. We’ve been out promoting our first ever single, ‘Be My Friend’ which was released this week on 7in vinyl and digital download ... you can check it out at measuredrecords.com and thehedrons.com. On our travels we have met some great local bands and played in some great venues, especially the venue Moles in Bath. Moles was like a cave, with lots of little rooms and bars. We really didn’t know what to expect, but this turned out to be one of the best gigs on the tour so far. Before we went on tour, we played at the Download Festival in Donnington, England. Guns n Roses and Metallica headlined this festival, so we were very pleased to be asked to perform at it. Our set at the Snickers Bowl stage went down a storm, and we loved every minute of it. After the our gig, we headed back stage, and Soup, our drummer, ended up jamming with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, in the warm up area!!! He was just warming up and Soup jumped on the kit and joined in. Afterwards, when she spoke to him and introduced herself, he knew who the Hedrons were, and said that he had heard our album, and was looking forward to hear us play when we supported them in London in July!!! We had been booked to support Alice in Chains at the Astoria in London the following month, so it was great to meet Jerry before the gig. He had in fact been sent a copy of our album, as had the rest of the band, and once they heard it, they asked us to do the support for them in London!!! We also attended the Kerrang 25th Anniversay party in London. Kerrang is a huge weekly rock magazine in the UK (kerrang.com). I could have written a who's who list; we met Jac Combes and Will Smith's wife! The Alice in Chains support at the Astoria in London was unbelievable. It sold out the day the tickets went on sale, so when we went onstage it was full – 2000 people!!!!! We went on and played a stormer of a gig, it has got to be in our top ten of favourite gigs we have ever played!!!!!!! Next we were out on the road with a band called Towers of London (towersoflondon.com). We were the support band for their two-week tour in the UK. It was such a laugh; they use more eyeliner and hair products than we do!!!! They sound and look a bit like the Sex Pistols. They’re all a bit wild, but we sure gave them some competition!!! Before going on our own tour, we played at T in the Park (tinthepark.com), which is Scotland’s answer to Glastonbury. 60,000 people every day descend upon Kinross in Scotland for a feast of great live music. This year The Who and Red Hot Chilli Peppers headlined the festival, with bands like the Editors, Feeder, The Strokes, Artic Monkeys, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and We are Scientists, among others played.  We played at the T Break stage, which is for new talent and we went down a storm. We actually got an encore of three songs, which is unheard of!!!!!!! We met Drew Barrymore at the backstage toilets… how glamourous! She was with her fellow from The Strokes. You can view a little bit of this performance on the youtube.com website that a fan uploaded. We then headed to Guilfest in Guilford to perform. This was our last festival appearance of the summer… boohoo. I love festivals, and the atmosphere is priceless ... oh well until next summer ... When we finish our tour, we’re heading back into the studio to record some new songs, and we have a second single on the way on 9th October called ‘I Need You’– so look out for it!!! Better go and try and get a sleep on this bus before we arrive at the venue. We’re currently driving round country roads, and it’s making our drummer Soup feel sick ... nothing to do with the beers she had last night then?????? When I get home, I'll be back out and about in Glasgow watching some bands and hanging out. Bye for now!! Cheers, Tippi X Ps. Our first single, 'Be My Friend', reached no. 19 in the UK Independent charts!!!!! Yipee!!!!! June 24, 2006 Hi everyone, Sorry it’s been soooo long, but I’ve been so busy with the band, The Hedrons. We’ve been playing non-stop and organizing release dates for our singles and album. Our first single ‘Be My Friend’, will be released on July 3rd, download and 7in single. (you’ll be able to buy it on line at measuredrecords.com). We’ve also just been confirmed to play at the UK’s Download Festival in June (downloadfestival.co.uk); we’re all really excited!!! Hopefully more festivals will be confirmed soon. We’ve been working hard on our MySpace site and have almost 19,000 friends, yeehaa!!!! If anyone wants to download some free live tracks, if you sign up to our mailing list at thehedrons.com you be able to do so, go on... and let me know what you think of them. I’ve been out and about at a few gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh. We were on the same bill as a band called ‘Uncle John and Whitelock’ at Glasgow School of Art. They were fantastic. We also played with an Edinburgh band called ‘Common Redstarts’, at the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh, they were fantastic. We’ve played with them before; they get better all the time. Another Glasgow band to look out for are ‘The Apple Scruffs’, we played a gig with them back in March and they were great, good old rock n roll. My friends ‘Cosmic Rough Riders’ are getting ready to release their new album here in the UK. I’ve had a sneak preview of it, and it sounds fantastic, they’re fans will not be disappointed!! What a mad couple of days we’ve had!!!! We went down to London and played a few songs at the Gibson guitar showroom, what a scream! At the end of the set I chucked the sound guys mic so hard on the floor, I think I broke it! I then jumped into the audience while playing the end of ‘I Need You’. I was expecting Chi to come and join me, but she through her bass on the floor and started thrashing Soup’s cymbals – I thought Soup was going to thrash her! Chi then jumped into the audience and through Soup’s drumsticks into the crowd. Her and I nearly ended up in a cat-fight... again, one of these day’s it will probably end up quite ugly... we love each other really. A guy in the audience came up to us afterwards to let us know one of the drum sticks ended up in his shoe… hehehehehe… at least it didn’t end up any where else… that’s what he gets for standing so close to the stage. We ended up hanging out with some really good people after the show, thanks for the laughs, fags and beers and everything else ... hopefully we’ll see you all when we’re back in London playing at the Metro on Monday 15th May. Next day we had a photo shoot... I could’ve seen that far enough having had a bit of a late one the night before. Funny how black sambuca seems like a great idea at the time... and funny how every time we have breakfast at the Columbia Hotel we can never quite remember it... mmmmmm. I think it was good though? We were in full face and clothes by 11am and on location in a very glamorous, tiny, smelly toilet at the back of a London pub ... just what we’re used to really. We dotted about London for a few hours at various different places, getting changed on the move in the bus, I think Mark, who was driving us, had a good time anyway, don’t think he’s ever seen as many naked women in the one place at the same time. Our last location was hilarious!!!!! We went to the living quarters of a Camden bar. We all climbed up these tiny narrow stairs and were shown into the most bizarre bedroom I think I’ve ever been in. The strange thing was that the person who lives in this room was still in his bed! When we eventually got him up, we were quickly ushered in and asked to sit on the bed... heheheheheh... Stains… mmmmmmm... anyway... We started shooting and the guy who’s room it was walked in with his mate, a drum kit and some guitars, started getting dressed and bid his farewells...  we then nipped out to the kitchen to get changed and a door off of the hall opened. A guy was standing with just a towel wrapped around him and he said,’ Who are you, and what are you doing here? It’s The Hedrons world and we all live in it... Until next time... Cheers , Tippi x www.tippionline.com December 3, 2005 Hi there, Sorry I’ve taken so long to write and update, but I’ve been so busy!! I’ve been recording an album with my band The Hedrons, performing live and rehearsing, and have been out and about in Glasgow and London. The band and I went into the studio for eight days and laid down 13 songs. It was an amazing experience, one of my most enjoyable recording sessions to date. We then took the tracks back to our own studio and are now at the stage of recording some extra little guitar parts and vocals. Our time in the studio was fantastic. We set up in one big live room and recorded the songs live. We decided to make the room our own, so we decorated it with candles and fairy lights. The recording sounds so amazing, I‘m so pleased. The girls and I can’t believe how good it sounds. When you hear it, you won’t think that four girls made the record, because it rocks so hard! Next on The Hedrons agenda, was a trip to London to play three gigs. Our first gig was at a club night called ‘Death Disco’ at Notting hill Arts Centre ... nottinghillartsclub.com. This club runs every Wednesday night and was put together by Alan McGhee (the guy who found Oasis and Creation Records). The club usually features three new happening bands, and we were lucky enough to get on the bill. The club is very funky and very warm! We went down a storm, so much so that we didn’t want to come off stage! It’s a tough gig to play, as the audience are very critical. We were so pleased we won them over. They were dancing and getting into our unique style of punk rock.  Next gig was at the Water Rats at King Cross, and the last one was at a punk rock club night called ‘The Queen is Dead,’ at the Borderline in Soho, London. After the last song on our set at the Water Rats gig, we jumped off stage and walked straight out of the venue. When we were standing outside the venue we could still hear our guitars feeding back as we had just thrown them on stage with the volume control up full, it was great! When we walked back into the venue the girl on the door wasn’t going to let us back in!! We had to shout at her ‘we’re The Hedrons, we’ve just played a gig here!’ We stayed at The Columbia Hotel in London in a quad room. It was so funny, we felt like we were on a school trip. We tried not to have too many late nights, but unfortunately one of the nights we were there, the night porters telephoned our room to complain about the noise ... oops! Overall it was a really amazing trip, we played great gigs and didn’t strangle each other, well not yet! Our website is now up and running. We don’t have many pages up at the moment, but there is some information on it that you might find interesting ... thehedrons.com This week in Glasgow, the ‘City of Light Festival’ takes place ... radianceglasgow.com. The whole city has been taken over by beautiful lights. The trees have them, buildings have them, and they’re even on bridges. The city looks so vibrant and alive. Lets hope the lights get to stay up after the festival is over. The Hedrons were featured in this week’s NME. The NME ... nme.com ... is a really amazing and hip British weekly music magazine that only talks about what’s hot, and we got in it!!!!!!!!! You can check out one of our tracks on our myspace ... myspace.com/thehedrons I’ve been out and about at a few gigs recently. One of my favourites was a band called Waysted ... waysted.co.uk. They were completely mad. I thought the bass player was going to fall over he was so drunk! They put on a great show and were true rock and rollers. They come from an 80’s rock background, and boy did they rock. They played at the Barfly, Glasgow, to a packed house. The people-watching was great; the audience consisted of bikers and rock chicks... what a night! Next up was Alice Cooper at Glasgow’s SECC. I went along only knowing a few of his song’s. My Dad is a huge fan of his and he used to play me Alice Cooper records when I was a little girl. The gig was amazing. He rocked, and his band was stunning. There were snakes, coffins, fake blood, and the lot. There must have been around 7,000 people at the gig. The band and I went along together and we managed to get seats right down the front. I must say, I didn’t think I would have enjoyed the gig as much as I did. Alice Cooper has still got it, and can still perform as well as someone in his twenties. After the gig, the girls and I went back stage to meet the band and their tour manager. We hung out with them and drank far too many vodka sea breeze cocktails.  Just as we were about to go back to the hotel with them for a party, we decided we should go our separate ways. The next morning,  I was so glad we did ... hahahahahah ... rock and roll!!! Until next time… Cheers Tippi x P.S.: I Hope you all have a great Christmas and rockin’ New Year. xx September 3, 2005 Hello there, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is once again upon us in Scotland. The festival takes place in Edinburgh for the month of August, entertaining audiences with every possible art form out there: comedy, music, dance, drama, books, and films. Check out the website for the unbelievable listings edfringe.com. Last year I had the pleasure of going to see Ken Kesey’s "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" with Christian Slater playing the lead role of McMurphy. It was incredible, especially as the theatre only held around 200 people! T in The Fringe, which is a smaller version of T in the Park, also takes place at the festival ... tonthefringe.com. Bands from all over the world descend upon Edinburgh’s cobbled streets to entertain the hungry music fans. My band, The Hedrons, played two gigs at the festival. One at Whistle Binkies, and the other at the Caledonian Backpackers as part of Tigerfest. We played to packed houses for both gigs and had an absolute ball. Whistle Binkies is a cavern style gig and is located on Edinburgh’s Royal mile, which is 500 yards away from Edinburgh Castle. It’s an amazing location. When we left the gig at 2.30am after playing a blinding set, the Royal Mile was jumping; the people watching was fantastic. You’ll find everything from jugglers to buskers, clowns to street actors. At the gig, there was a skinhead who must have been around 40 yrs old, who was standing at the very front of the stage dancing and really getting into our sound. After the gig, he came up to me and said that because The Hedrons is an all girl band, he thought we were going to be rubbish, but he was completely blown away! This is what I like to hear!!! The response we got from both Edinburgh gigs was brill! Many bands say that Glasgow is really one of the best cities in the whole of the UK, or even the world, to perform in, as the audiences are so up for it. I totally agree with this, from the point of view of a fan and as a performer. Edinburgh seems to have fully opened her arms to The Hedrons. The Hedrons have been gigging like mad over the past month in preparation for going into the studio to record our debut album at the start of September. I am so excited, and cannot wait to get in there and do it. We plan to record the record live, so we’ll all be set up in the same room creating a great vibe, just like they did in the good old days. Every time I go into a studio to record, I take in lots of funky things into the room like lava lamps, lights, rugs, and loads of candles, in order to make the place my own. That reminds me, I better try and remember where all my bits, are! On The Hedron’s myspace page, you can download a live version of one of our songs called Heatseeker. Check it out if you can, and I would love to know what you think. In Glasgow, I live in the heart of the West End, a very bohemian / trendy area which is filled with lots of bars, restaurants, cool independent clothing shops, small book stores, coffee shops and small intimate venues etc (it’s like a miniature version of Soho in New York, even architecturally. Glasgow is like a mini version of New York). Last week I thought my flat had been moved to the Scottish highlands overnight, as all I could hear from the street outside were bagpipes!!! I quickly looked out the window, and the bars across the street were filled with pipers; some playing, some just hanging and drinking beer, and they all had on kilts!!!! It was bizarre. I’m a true rock n roll chick, but there was something very nice about the scene. I suddenly felt very patriotic. I later found out that the World Piping Competitions were being held in Glasgow. What a cultural city I have the pleasure of living in. The Hedrons will be going to London at the start of November to do three gigs, two of which will be in Alan McGhee’s clubs (the chap who discovered Oasis / Creation records). It’s getting all very exciting. Will fill you all in when I get more details. Anyway, I’d better get back out in to sun, as I don’t think we have much of our summer left in Glasgow. Cheers Tippi July 19, 2005 Hey everyone. Well, it’s been a very busy month. I played my first gig with my new band, The Hedrons,’ went to see Oasis, and went to Scotland’s largest music festival, "T in the Park." Oasis played at Hampden Park in Glasgow to an audience of 50,000. I used to be a big fan when they first broke on the scene, but many albums down the line; I still don’t think they’ve released anything as good as their first album, "Definitely Maybe." I think I went along to the gig for nostalgic reasons more than anything else. They delivered what the fans wanted, but I found them to be a little flat. Oasis’s audiences are notoriously rowdy, and it was no different tonight. I don’t think there was one sober person in the arena, apart from me of course ... heheheh. I think seeing them perform in such a huge venue, they could have put more of a show on. I think there is definitely a difference between a stadium band and an exhibition hall band. You could say it’s like The Who being the stadium band and Oasis being the exhibition hall band. Maybe the gig would have been more exciting in a smaller venue. I played my first gig with my new band The Hedrons, and it was wild! We hadn’t advertised the gig, as we wanted to just go out and play and see how it went. When we took to the stage, everyone turned round in disbelief ... four girls ... I could hear them all whisper. By the time we got to our second song, the place was packed. We performed upstairs at Glasgow’s Barfly; people who were at a gig in the downstairs venue even came up to watch! It was a great first gig; it even got reviewed in one of the Scottish national newspapers. So onwards and upwards for The Hedrons. T in the Park is Scotland’s largest outdoor music festival. 60,000 music fans descend upon the festival site in Balado, Kinross, for two days. This year’s festival acts included Green Day, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Travis, Joss Rouse, Joss Stone, Suzanne Vega and Cosmic Rough Riders to name but a few. The festival has seven stages and total. The weather was absolutely fabulous this year, the sun stayed out for the whole weekend (usually being Scotland ... it rains!). The festival opened in the traditional T in the Park manner ... a Scottish piper took to the main stage and officially piped the festival open. ‘Alabama 3,’ the first act on the main stage, opened with the suitably titled song ‘Hello.’ I only own one album by this band, and had never seen them play live before, and I must say, they really surprised me. I thought they were a great band to start the festival, the lead singer had a black suit on and a white cowboy hat. He looked great. The whole band had so much energy, you would have thought they were performing to thousands and not just the few hundred keen music fans that had managed to get through the festival gates first. Next up were The Ronelles, who played on the T Break stage. This stage is for up-and-coming local bands, and I have discovered many gems in this tent in the past. The Ronelles are now one of them. They are a very energetic rock ‘n’ roll band from Glasgow. Rock ‘n’ Roll in the sense of - pre Beatles, post Oasis. The gig was over before I knew it, they kept the attention of the audience perfectly, which was quite amazing, considering that not many people in the packed out tent knew who they were or knew any of their songs. They were fantastic and the audience loved them. The tent was so warm inside, but the audience were so into it, they suffered the heat to stay and watch. Next I went to the X-tent to see Cosmic Rough Riders, Glasgow’s very own west coast band. The X-tent is double the size of the T Break stage, and it was packed out for Cosmic Rough Riders. They have been away recording their new album and touring the US, so to come back and play to a packed home audience, must have been fantastic for them! I would usually play a Cosmic Rough Riders album on a really sunny day, their west coast sound just adds to the sunshine, so for them to perform at T in the Park on one of the warmest days of the year, was magical. The audience were singing along and cheering to all the favourites, and the new songs went down great too. After seeing Cosmic Rough Riders, my friend and I headed back to the bar. On our way there, we noticed a tent filled with people who wearing headphones and dancing!!! We decided to get closer to investigate. The sign above the entrance said ‘Silent Disco’. How funny!!!!! We just had to try it out. We got our headphones on and joined the party. I have not laughed so much in ages. There were two DJ’s playing records and you could change which one you were listening to by moving the tuning dial on your headphones. This is the type of party I should hold in my house, maybe then the neighbours would stop complaining about the noise!!! I then went to see Josh Rouse ... one of my favourite singer / songwriters. He was fantastic! The tent wasn’t really very busy, I guess it’s because he is not that well known in the UK yet. For the 300 people that were there, almost every one of them was singing along. So decision time came ... would I go and see the Foo Fighters headlining the main stage or would I go and see James Brown in the King Tuts tent? It was a tough call, but I thought seeing as I’d seen the Foo’s before, I’d go and see James Brown. This turned out to be the wrong decision. He was supposed to be onstage at 9.20 pm, but he didn’t appeared until 10.05 pm. The audience in the tent, all 8,000 of them started booing and all the policemen and security men were looking very nervous. The atmosphere in the tent was very edgy. I stayed for 20 minutes of his set, then headed to the main stage to see the end of the Foo’s set. They were absolutely awesome!!!!!! It was a great end to a fantastic day. On day two of the festival, the only band I managed to see were Queens of the Stone Age, and they were tremendous! They performed on the main stage and had the audience singing along to every song. The sun was shinning, the beer was cold and the atmosphere was euphoric. I did have a disposable camera, but managed to lose it somewhere in one of the tents, never mind! I think I need a wee holiday now after all the madness of the past few weeks ... heheheheh Until next time…. Cheers Tippi PS I'm online at tippionline.com and measuredrecords.com plus ITUNES, Amazon and lots of other places!   June 23, 2005 Hey everyone, My goodness, it’s been a bit of a mad month here is Scotland. At the end of May, I went down to London for a few days, and what a few days they were. I absolutely love Camden Market; I spent every penny I had on some great clothes. I went to the Borderline Club to see a band called "The Hazey Janes" and they were great. They’re from Dundee, Scotland, so I thought I’d go along and support the Scots! I went to a Rock and Roll night at the Central Hotel in Glasgow and saw a songwriter called Wreckless Eric. He was absolutely fantastic. He performed with just an electric guitar. It was awesome. I was completely blown away with him. Apparently he used to play with "Ian Dury and The Blockheads". Last week, I was in rehearsals with my band, when suddenly the door flew open and there was a camera flash and a very smiley man. I was actually in the middle of playing a song when this happened! I later found out that Killing Joke were in the room next door rehearsing, and a member of the band came into our room to take a picture. When I took a break, I got chatting to them and they invited me to the gig they were doing the next night at Glasgow's SECC. So, I thought I'd go along with my band. I don't think I've ever been to a gig that was sooooo loud! I've supported Iggy Pop and The Stooges, and I thought they were loud, but my God!!!!!! After Killing Joke, Motley Crue took to the stage. What a bizarre evening! I’m still in rehearsals at the moment with my new project, The Hedrons. All is going to plan and sounding really amazing - so watch this space. Cheers Tippi May 19, 2005 Hey everyone, my name is Tippi, and I’m a singer/songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. I just released my debut album in the UK at the end of last year and had great fun touring it around the whole of Britain. Too many late nights, and too many beers are not good for the waistline, but your only young once, right? I will be keeping you informed with what’s happening in the music scene in Glasgow and Scotland. At the moment, Glasgow has such a vibrant music scene. Last year saw the emergence of Franz Ferdinand and Snowpatrol. They have got to be two of the best bands ever to come out of Glasgow. When this happens in a small town it’s amazing. It gives all of the musicians a real reason to continue the fight to be heard. Both these bands started off performing in venues in Glasgow like King Tuts Wah Wah Hut. I have seen many a great band there, and played many a great gig there myself! If you ever visit Glasgow, that’s the venue I would suggest you go and visit. So, what am I all about I hear you say…Well, I play a mean tele and love to rock out! My influences range from the mighty Zeppelin, to Neil Young, to The Cure, to Paul Weller. A few years ago, I got to be Paul Weller’s tour support when he toured Ireland. It was a really inspiring and amazing experience. As a ‘wee’ girl, I had always dreamed that one day I would perform on the same stage as him, so when it happened …ohhh ….you could imagine! The best part of the gig was that when he went back onstage for his encore, he took me with him! We sang ‘May you never’ by John Martin ….oops ...sorry, I slipped away there, I was back on stage with him. The summer is upon us in Glasgow, and what a joy it is to see and feel the sun! To be able to go for a walk in a t-shirt is just fantastic. I always find the summer very inspiring, and tend to write loads of songs in this season. Usually when I write, I like to go to a log cabin in the north of Scotland and be surrounded by hills. This is especially good in the winter, when the lochs have a beautiful mist that just lingers on the top of the water. Not very rock ‘n’ roll I know, but hey it works. So, Glasgow in the summer time? next month sees the return of the West End Festival. This runs over 10 or so days and features live music, art fares, and general ‘arty’ goings on. Then in July, we have the ultra fab T in the Park. The festival (tinthepark.com) runs over two days in one of the most picturesque places in Scotland called Balado, Kinross. The festival will see over 60,000 people each day, and the highlights this year will be the fantastic Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stoneage, Greenday, our very own Travis Doves, and James Brown to mention a few. I have had the pleasure of playing T in the Park many times, and it’s a great gig. If you go to the festival for the two days, you usually need a week to recover. At the moment, I’m rehearsing a bunch of new tunes with my band, and I’m working on a very exciting new project – details to follow soon. My album has just become available to buy on itunes and amazon.com! So all is good on the Tippi front. Check out my website a taster of my songs ... tippionline.com. I’m off to London next week for a few days to hang out and catch the breeze. For once, I’m just going down to chill and hang out. Usually when I’m gigging in London, I never get time to go wondering, as after my gig I’m usually straight back on the bus and onto the next town. I can’t complain though, as touring is the best thing in the world. Every night, a different town and a different venue – the joys! I’m very pleased to be a part of cool grrrls, so thanks for the invite Frank! Cheers Tippi x