| Winter 94 found me rubbing shoulders with ... .... the stars up north. From roadshow to a Smash Hits media party, mingling with the likes of Eternal, Bad Boys Inc (anyone remembered them!!), Sean Maguire, EYC plus an upcoming band from Ireland. No no, Westlife they were not. What i didn't anticipate was meeting Sean Maguire, and i was blushing. Oh dear! |
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| 27 nov 1994 GMEX, manchester uk iI took a weekend off my 3 weeks 'Great UK Escape' holiday to Manchester. No limo to take me this time since this was a coverage for Rediffusion only. My friend's boyfriend gave me a lift from Winsor and we took the M25 up to WIgan. Did a bit of shopping and look see around Chinatown and Affleck Palace and later went, in and out of Manchester hoping to see a glimpse of Take That. MNothing. Went to a gay club [don't ask me why] in WIgan and did more damages to my wallet buying gifts in Bolton before joining loads of mad pop fans at GMEx that night. Smash Hits Road Show 1994 kicked off with new boybands, one of them being Boyzone (they won Best New Act) but EYC's ranchy gyrating dance routine and the scrummy host singer, actor and presenter SEAN MAGUIRE stole the show. Mmmmm...... Sean Maguire! [behave] midlands hotel, adjacent to GMEX Found a throng of excitable young girls and lads outside the hotel near GMEX right after the show. The commotion was EYC. They were waving to fans from their hotel balcony. Hmm.. this was the hotel to be and .. it took me a while before I could get into the hotel lobby. I had to convince the doorman and bouncer that i wasn't a groupie trying to get into the hotel but a respectable 'foreign radio DJ @ work' in chilly Manchester. Showed him my invite, and i was in. The girls behind me looked on with envy. Trey of EYC The second i was in, Trey of EYC greeted me (interviewed EYC in June earlier that year when they were in Singapore) and roped me into the media party. It was good meeting him again. Anyone who has performed that night on the roadshow, were in the room too, but East 17 weren't there. Oh a roomful of stars! Drinks with Sean Maguire In April 1994, over a phone interview, Sean mentioned that he'd be hosting the roadshow but little did i anticipate meeting him here, left alone had vokda & soda with him! He was a gracious host to the end... got me more drinks and even signed my roadshow programme. Bless him. Sean was nominated Best Male at the Smash Hits Poll Winners a week later for his UK hit 'Someone to Love '. Aww....... Damn it, i'm secretly a groupie! lol [small perks of working in the industry wahaha ...] |
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| 1994, Manchester
Trey of EYC |
| 1994, Manchester
Drinks with Sean Maguire [oh i looked awful. what was i wearing!!] |