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Nick and Sue. Welcome back to the Chatterbox
Redux Podcast with Sue and Nick and today our
special guest is Chesney Hawkes. This is Nick
and Sue with Chatterbox giving you all you need
to know about musical entertainment. Oh yeah!
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lucky enough to welcome back Chesney Hawkes.
Chesney, how are you? Welcome. Hello, Chesney.
Thanks for having me, guys. Thank you. Well,
I did say we'd have a chat in spring because
there's so much going on. Right, which bit did
we start with? Album, Friday, isn't it? Thursday,
I think yeah, I know right Friday. You're right
Friday. Sorry. I'm losing track of days guys
I'm not surprised looking at this in the middle
of a turn Yeah, single. So yeah, let's do the
album bit living arrows We're talking about that
when we had the last interview on chatterbox.
You were taking pre -orders and things like that
Yeah, yeah, so Friday lots of interviews no doubt
stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah, I'm doing a full
day today and it's all going nuts, which is great
I'm selling out all over the country, which is
even better Especially your VIP tickets are sold
out. They sold out like in the first day. So
yeah, that was that was fun I mean, it's been
amazing and I've just been so overwhelmed and
humbled by everyone that's coming to see me It's
been really fun Great and what we we looking
at three generations of fans now. Yeah, sometimes
Yeah, I think that you know the main the main
kind of You know 70 % I guess is the people that
were there from the beginning All the fans that
I I even remember I mean I was a teenager back
then too. So I've kind of grown up with them
and They bring in their kids now, you know, and
it's been really quite fun like meeting Some
of these people, I'll give you an example. I
was in Newcastle a couple of days ago and met
these two lovely ladies who came to see me at
Newcastle City Hall when they were 15. And now
they're coming back to see me 35 years later
or whatever it is, 34 years later. And, you know,
they're still best friends. It's that kind of
story that I'm coming up with again. That's brilliant.
Looking forward to all that going into your next
volume of memoirs and things. Stories like that
would be great, wouldn't they? So, Living Arrows,
Friday. Looking back now, now it's all done and
it's here, basically. It would be here when most
people listen to this anyway. What's the best
bit of it? I mean, you look at it as a package.
All that hard work and everything else. What's
the best bit of it? Is there a best bit? It's
like trying to achieve your favourite child,
isn't it, Nick? I've only got one thought today.
Yeah, I've only got one. Oh, so then you're good.
You know, you can't slip up on that question.
I always say whoever's there, whoever's there,
I'm like, you're my favourite, just don't tell
the others. I like it. My favourite bit about
the album, I mean, you know, the thing is, because
it's kind of... being drip fed a little bit you
know we had the first single get a hold of yourself
we're obviously well received and then the next
single live forever and we made a second video
for that song because it was so fun and people
were so having fun with it so i just got like
a fan video made which was so amazing and then
the third single uh loud has really kind of resonated
because it's about loss. It's one thing in our
human existence that we can all agree that we've
been affected by. And if you haven't, you will
be. It's just part of life. And so I've had incredible
messages from people that have... you know, told
me stories of people that they've lost and tried
to hold on to and try to find connections with
them still, because that's what the song's about.
And then we just dropped another song called
The Ballad of Benny and Alice, which is a fun
kind of Glenn Tilbrook type of lyric, you know,
like squeeze type of like story lyric following
a couple's relationship, which people seem to
really like as well. So I wrote that one with
Nick Kershaw. Wonderful. Right. When this goes
out, we still got some tour left. So let's have
a look. How's your son? How's your son feeling?
Because he's coming on tour with you. He's having
the time of his life. He's living his best life.
My boy. You know, we just finished a tour with
James Blunt and, you know, at 19 years old to
be playing in arenas with 20 ,000 people. Just
having a blast. I was loving it, but he's just
like having the best time. He really is. He's
loving it. And what's his name? Indy. Indiana.
Yeah. Love it. Beautiful. Okay. So when this
goes out, we will still have Yeah, we still still
got concerts at Sheffield Leeds Grimsby Southport
Cardiff and Southampton's what I've got on your
website here anyway Yeah, well, there are there
are a few changes there Nick I have to say we've
had to move a few things around but I just did
Sheffield a couple of days ago and we're off
to Leeds on Thursday So we're a few there's a
few there but Cardiff and Southampton have been
moved to June now We're coming towards the end
now. I think we've got Grimsby, Southport. Yeah,
we're coming towards the end of this particular
leg of the tour, but I've got all sorts of gigs
coming in now. We've got a little tour later
in the year. So yeah, just keep an eye on the
website. Sure. Well, that's kind of where I was
going next. You obviously know where we're going
next What what what you know, I didn't think
that was it for the year now So yeah, yep. So
another a next leg to look forward to so we're
taking keep an eye on that That's all good. It's
all the energy on the night, isn't it? You and
your son with the guitars the energy going. Yeah
I'll have to see you guys at a gig at some point.
Yeah, we're just looking to see where if you
isn't near us and They keep an eye open. I get
a newsletter anyway, so it's all good. Yeah,
yeah, exactly. You'll know. You'll know. It's
all good. We generally do get a newsletter. So
there we go, because you're one of the... Well,
because you're regular on the show, we'd like
to be updated anyway. Yeah. Let alone do we count
you as a music friend. You know, it's like we
like to... So yeah, we do get that. So we'll
be totally on the block. This is Nick and Sue
with Chatterbox, giving you all you need to know
about musical entertainment. What was it like
going along with James Blunt? Adrenaline, I think
that's one of his songs he sung. What was that
like? James is brilliant. We were very looked
after. James' fans are lovely, so they all came
in to see me before. He's funny. We had a good
laugh with him. He likes a little party and stuff,
so we enjoyed our time with the band. We're lovely
people. His team were great. So yeah, a really
great experience. But I'm all right. I'm thinking
that 2025 is basically Chesney Hawkes this year.
So we're talking about another leg probably another
leg after that. So is that basically what it
is? It's just action packs. We're not right literally
from. He's only got two legs darling. Very, very
good sir. So right up to the end of the year
we're expecting another couple of legs. Are we
expecting? Yeah, yeah there will be. Obviously
we will be announcing things as we go. I know
we're going back into Europe in October I've
got a load of gigs You know through the year
anyway, and then we'll be announcing another
another tour here in the UK as well. So yeah
Very busy. Very good. Very good I'd like to mention
the tremolo's but obviously this is Chesney Hawkes
this year But is the tremolo's put aside permanently
or is it something you might go back to? No,
I mean, to be honest with you, my dad's not really
well enough to be playing anymore. So, you know,
that that side of it is no longer good. I mean,
you know, there are we've got. Rick Westwood
and Dad are the remaining tremolos that are still
with us. Rick's not going to be getting on the
stage anytime soon. He's got arthritis in his
hands and stuff. So, you know, Jodie and I, my
brother and I are trying to keep the legacy alive
as much as we can. Jodie goes out as the tremolo.
with another singer, and they've been having
fun in, you know, going around theaters and things
like that. I actually give a nod to Tremolo's
in my latest show, you know, so we're just keeping
those songs alive, you know? Brilliant, brilliant.
Coffee? Oh no, oh, coffee's my favorite. Right,
so there's plenty to keep an eye out for. We've
already mentioned the next leg of the tour, the
next couple of legs of the tour to look out for.
So let's do some social media. That's always
a good one. So our website, we have Chestyhawks
.com. Yeah, that's a work in progress right now
the website at the moment just a little landing
page to kind of You know tell everybody what's
happening in in my life right now while we work
under the bonnet as as you say To get a nice
shiny new website, which is coming soon sure
I haven't said that though there are links to
lots of other social media of course we've got
Facebook we've got X Instagram and yeah yeah
so all the other usual suspects yes all the usual
suspects top right hand corner sorted Chesney,
I know you're busy and I know you've squeezed
us in between lots of other interviews. This
is literally going to go out next few days. It's
always lovely to see your faces, you guys. And
you take care, Chesney. Looking forward to the
next update, Chesney. Have a great spring, have
a great summer and we'll speak soon. Thank you
and enjoy the album. We will do. We will do.
Take care. Bye bye. Cheers guys. Bye now. Nice
to see you. You've been listening to the Chatterbox
Redux podcast with Sue and Nick. We thank our
special guest who today was Chesney Hawkes. Twinkle,
Sue and myself Nick would like to thank you for
your company this week and look forward to welcome
you again for another Chatterbox Redux podcast
in the near future. Take care, bye bye. This
is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox giving you all
you need to know about musical entertainment.
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