Paul Potts blog messages

xcept · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: Paul Potts blog messages

March 2008

Vancouver

Hello again!

Well we arrived safe and sound in Vancouver. We had a good walk around it and it’s a wonderful city! You can see the Pacific Mountain range between the buildings. If only we had more time here to explore! The next day we made our way over to Victoria. On the trip across the sea, we spotted a distant Mount Baker, a dormant volcano totally covered in Snow, a beautiful looking mountain that dominates the US city of Seattle. The Macpherson Theatre was another wonderful intimate theatre. At the end of the concert I threw the roses into the crowd and managed to reach the balcony with one of them!

Julz is slowly but surely becoming addicted to French Toast, especially the banana variety! Not being a particular fan of bananas, I stuck to the plain variety. Yum! My last Canadian concert was in Calgary. The audience laughed out loud when I recounted the story that I had watched Eddie ’the eagle’ Edwards on the TV at the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988. I was very relieved to find that the cold that I had been suffering from had completely gone, and not only that, the trapped nerve was no longer giving me problems. The Jack Singer Hall was a lovely place to perform in and I enjoyed my performance.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in Canada for giving me such a wonderful welcome and reception. I hope to see you all again soon!

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11.04.2008

Hello again,

We arrived back in the United States to go to Los Angeles to perform. Before it was time to perform we went to have a Burger at In and Out which we had heard very good things about. It was very very good, and the chips were advertised as cut on the premesis were very good indeed!

It was incredible to be performing in LA, and the Wiltern Theatre was a wonderful place to perform in. I enjoyed my performance there and the crowd were very noisy in their appreciation. It's really difficult to believe that this time last year, I was selling phones, and yet here I was at a sold out theatre in LA of all places. Julz and I met a lot of people after the show, including some of the guys from Paramount, plus we met some very committed fans. I enjoy meeting up with people after the show. It's good to get feedback and always good to thank people in person.

We had another trip on a tour bus after the show down to Phoenix, Arizona. Apparently there was a major accident on the Interstate 10, and we had to take to the desert road for a big part of the journey. Not that I noticed though, I slept through the whole thing - just like the blizzard in Canada! We arrived in Phoenix to a very dry heat. After a long rest, we made our way to Mesa, and the Ikeda Theatre. It was a wonerful place to perform, and Julz got one of her major craves of this part of the tour - her favourite take away – KFC! I really enjoyed my performance - my last in the US for a while. It was yet another wonderful theater, and yet another wonderful reception.

I've really enjoyed seeing more of the United States, and wherever I have gone the people have been welcoming and friendly. I never believed I would sing again before I did Britain's Got Talent, and here I was completing a tour of the US, a huge privilege for me. I would like to thank everyone in the US for giving me such enormous support, and to those who travelled hundreds of miles to see me, I love you for it!

We left from Phoenix to go to Mexico by plane. It was hot and dry in Phoenix, but in Mexico City you also have the altitude to deal with. I love Mexico though! When I was here in October I was given a very warm welcome - at a showcase where 500 were expected, 4,000 people turned up. Julz loves Mexico for its Tequila - last time we were here she put all the men to shame!

The performances were at Teatro Metropolitan, a former Cinema which was converted back to a theatre in 1996. I was a bit more than nervous about my lack of prowess in Spanish. I did try my hand though, although how good my spanish was, I don't know! Then the unthinkable happened - we had problems with the theatre's sound system, which left me a little nervous, but it was swiftly dealt with and I just sang through it. With the distances we have been covering, you can't carry a huge amount of equipment, so while the PA system went down I tried my best just to get on with it.

The audiences in the two shows - 3200 each night - were very passionate and enthusiastic and the Metropolitan was a truly wonderful place to perform. It had a similar feel to the Appollo in Hammersmith. I'd like to thank everyone in Mexico for supporting me, I'd certainly like to come back and see more of the country!

Los funcionamientos estaban en el Teatro Metropolitan, un cine anterior que fue convertido de nuevo a un teatro en 1996. Era un pedacito más que nervioso sobre mi carencia del valor en español. ¡Intenté mi mano sin embargo, aunque cómo es bueno era mi español, no sé! Entonces el increíble sucedido - teníamos problemas con el sistema de los sonidos del teatro, de el cual a la izquierda me un poco nervioso, pero él trataron rápidamente y acabo de cantar con él. Con las distancias hemos estado cubriendo, usted no puede llevar una cantidad enorme de equipo, así que mientras que fue el sistema del PA abajo acabo de intentar mi mejor para conseguir encendido con él. Las audiencias en las dos demostraciones - 3200 cada noche - eran muy apasionadas y entusiásticas y el metropolitano eran un lugar verdaderamente maravilloso a realizarse. Tenía una sensación similar al Appollo en Hammersmith. ¡Quisiera agradecer cada uno en México por apoyarme, quisiera ciertamente volverme y ver más del país!

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