May 2010 Archives

So, you're chatting to one of the most famous women in the world, an icon who has dominated TV, the charts and style generally for the last 20 years. What do you ask her? Well, if you're anything like us... mainly about her alleged fear of coat hangers! The gorgeous girl was on Heart Breakfast this morning and we wanted to get to the bottom of last weeks rumours that she had a 'coat hanger phobia'! It turns out it's only half true - she's not scared of them, she just doesn't like them very much! She hates the sound they make and she's generally not keen on hanging clothes up! She was keen however to dismiss the rumour that she lays all her clothes on the floor instead of putting them back in her wardrobe!

She's back with a new song 'All the Lovers' which is fab and understandably she's very proud of it, but not as proud as she is of her feet! Of all her gorgeous body parts she has a soft spot for her feet - 'considering I've done high heels for more years than I can count to they're still looking OK'!

Another revelation from the gorgeous and lovely Kylie was that she has ALL of her own songs on her ipod - about 200 in all!!! Over the past few weeks she's been listening to her new album all the time just to make sure she's happy with it! I rekon if it's good enough for Kylie - it'll do for us!

How does Fyfe unwind!!
It's a hard life being a pop star. Endless touring, recording and writing new songs. The stress can get to you if you don't have a way to relax and unwind. Some stars take long holidays, some get regular exercise...not Fyfe Dangerfield though, he does something much more weird!! He told us last week on Heart Breakfast that he sometimes passes the time by putting on a fake Amsterdam accent and phoning the directory enquiries people! He's made up plenty of places in Bromsgrove in the past to the annoyance of various operators!! Thanks to a TV advert he's massive at the moment with his Brilliant Billy Joel cover of 'She's always a woman to me'. He wasn't always a star though, he used to be a teacher in the Midlands. He taught music at Cranbrook College and had a reputation for being a bit unconventional in his methods! He told us it's because he had no idea what he was doing! He wasn't a trained teacher so just used to let the kids mess about and play instruments...sounds like a great lesson!

So the boys are back in the Midlands on 16th and 17th May with their 'Where we are' tour. A few years ago the Westlife tour bus rolled up outside Heart FM studios in Broad Street and I was lucky enough to have a guided tour! It was pretty much as you'd expect, 4 comfy beds, lounge area, Ipods, big TV's, PS3's - it actually looked like a nice place to spend weeks on the road. Well the years have seen a few changes and on this current tour they'll be crossing the UK in not one but two tour buses! On one will be Shane and Nicky with their wives and kids. On the other will be Mark and Kian. Mark told Heart breakfast that although the 'family bus' is the place to be during the day, in the evening his 'party' bus comes into it's own. The only down side I can see is that they'll also have the dogs on that bus too. In fact one night for a laugh they ended up putting the kids nappies on the dogs! He didn't go into details and to be honest I'm pleased he stopped short. I'm just presuming putting nappies on dogs is the 2010 equivalent of throwing TV's out of hotel windows!