Lulu Does Mercy on UK TV

Tom Meadows Interview

A very full and meaty article about Tom Meadows' experiences (including, later on in the article, all about being Duffy's drummer).
http://mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=1995
Thanks for the link in the shoutbox! Keep 'em coming people! :-)


My fave quote:

For me, the pinnacle of the weirdness was doing a gig at the Bodega bar in Nottingham, Duffy had been No. 1 for about 3 weeks with both album and single and she was on a bus, parked outside the venue doing her makeup by candlelight because there was no electricity to power the bus and we were in a toilet downstairs which was our dressing room, I had to move the cymbal out of the way in order to get to my kit.

Hello, I'm back!

OK so I still feel a bit bad but I've had enough chicken soup to last a life time so I was back at work this week and also I'll be back updating the Duffy blog...

The Hurricane festival was aired on German TV last night and Succo has kindly recorded it! I managed to convert it to mpeg, cut them up and am putting them on youtube.

They aired Rain on Your Parade, Warwick Avenue and Cry to Me. Audio available here.

Rain On Your Parade is below:


Warwick Ave:


Cry To Me:

When I'm feeling better....

.. then I'll update this blog. But for now I have a horrible cold and just don't feel very good at all. I will be back though. So if you have anything of note drop me an email or message in the shout box. Meanwhile check out this video - don't know why everyone is making such a big deal really! Isn't the audio what we've already heard and hasn't the video been up on facebook for like years?!

Thanks alot people.
Bye for now.
Cough, cough!
Sniffle, sniffle!
Aaah-chooo!

26 July: Duffy Live@ Monte Carlo Sporting Summer Festival

Speculation continues about Capri trip.....

Why they keep calling Jon a "mystery man" is beyond me. Also they seem to avoid the fact that Tom is in some pics...

A prime example of this is here. Page 1 shows Tom, Page 3 shows Jon, Page 5 shows Tom again, Pages 8 and 9 make it look like just Duffy and Jon are hanging around on the pier, Page 10 shows another guy altogether, and it's not until Page 12 that you see it is a boat trip with loads of people on there (Jon, Tom, tattoo guy plus more LOL).

Maybe Mr Pap got it right when he explains:

She’s used to performing in front of packed-out arenas, but yesterday Duffy played at an all-together more intimate venue when a very wealthy Italian businessman paid the star thousands of pounds to sing at a family wedding.

Apparently the singer and her entourage were flown by private jet to the Amalfi Coast where they were given luxury suites at Richard Branson's refurbished Palazzo Sasso, which is ranked among the top 10 best hotels in the world.

And do you want to know how much Duffy was paid to play in front of guests at the wedding? Around £100,000! The lucky thing.

Surprise, surprise then - Duffy is with her bandmates and it's not a romantic holiday at all!

But then he obviously misses the point and says this:

Anyway yesterday before her performance we spotted Duffy going on a little sightseeing tour around the beautiful Amalfi coast with a mystery man. The Mercy singer has often complained about being single in the past, but judging by these snaps she may have actually managed to find a new man!

Not exactly genius detectives then, these paps. Check Duffy out on youtube and you can identify the "mystery man/men" LOL.

The Sun adds to speculation and seems to place alot of emphasis on Duffy's bra-less escapade... wake up Sun. We're in a post-feminist era now you know. Kiddies learn at school how their grandmas burnt their bras... or at least they should do if I was deciding on the curriculum. LOL

Duffy in Italy

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Very poor "comedy" sketch if you ask me. The BBC have been plugging this on the BBCiPlayer channel.

1. Why does Duffy look fat in the cartoon?
2. Why is there nothing more to this sketch other than a similarity between the names "Buffy" and "Duffy"?
3. Why now? Last year there was a point (when Duffy was lesser known) when it seemed every interviewer asked her about the vampires... but that jokes seems to have worn off by now so why is this sketch on now?

More Videos from Finland - Thx Succo!

18 Jul: Duffy Live@ Superbock Festival, Lisbon, Portugal

Intro (Rockferry)


Snippet of Rockferry:


Snippet of Serious:



Stepping Stone:


Warwick Ave:




Rain On Your Parade:


Mercy: