The New York Post take 2!!

Yayyy I am in the New York Post again. I can’t believe I didn’t blog about this sooner because I was so excited when I read this review…

Here is the link, shame about the photo because that isn’t me, it is Daisy Dares You!! But a compliment that they thought it was me .. :)      http://bit.ly/193WnD

I got my provisional licence through yesterday and I was very excited. But I just found out my best friend just passed her driving test! Why was I the youngest in my year I feel so behind now??!! Poppy has passed and I haven’t even learnt the theory yet. But that is what I am going to be doing today :) I have got the c.d rom and all sorts :)

Gonna go and get some lunch with the Mummy and I am going out for some Miso Soup tonight I think with a gal pal !!

Hope everyone has a good weekend

Alexxxxx xxxxx LOVE xxxxx

Disney Couture was cool :) Day of my birth tomorrow!! DRIVING HERE I COME!

I was a very lucky girl today and I got to go and pick some free gifts from the disney couture clothing range, it was buffffting! I have 5 new tops and a few things on the way that they didn’t have in stock but I fell in love with them and they are going to order some for me :) It was like my birthday came early! When actually it’s my birthday tommorow :) Turning 17 I have asked for driving lessonsssss and a few bits of makeup!

I am gonna go to Fortnum and Mason with my Mum and little bro for afternoon tea and SCOFF! And in the eve I am gonna go out with my fam and a couple of matesss to Smithfields Bar and Grill… Bit annoyed with myself that I didn’t apply for my provisional,I filled everything in….But there were still a few things left to be done that I didn’t get round tooo… and now I won’t have my provisional on my birthday!!!!!

Had a lovely lunch at Carluccio’s today, LOVE IT IN THERE. The pasta is amazing. :)

Here is a pic with me and one of my Disney tops :)

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Thanks for all the facebook comments and emails and twitters…. WOOH I AM UP TO 1000 now :) happy days

Bye Byeeeeeeee

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Hello, sorry I haven’t blogged!

Hey guys, I know I was a bit rubbish last week but I didn’t blog for your sake really because I didn’t want to bore you with what happened in my singing lesson and what I did for dinner that night. However if you want a really nice recipie for a chicken and lemon risotto just shout!

Sooooo THE BARFLY GIG IS TOMOZZZ! WOOOOh, probably like the most important gig of my career tomorrow, well not probably, definitley!!! Hahhaa…. No presssure. And to make matters worse I need a new outfit to wear but I don’t have one. Instead of getting a new outfit for Barfly I got some new T shirts and shoes because I was really lacking!!!
Tickets are £5 and they are nearly sold out! So make sure you come down and see me. I am on at 9:15 and I come off at Ten!.. I will also be chucking a cover of Jason Mraz I am Yours in!

Speaking of covers I hope you guys have been enjoying the acoustic songs I have been chucking up online! Thanks for all the comments you guys NEVER fail to put a smile on my face, if I am ever down I know where to go. Love you guys!!!

Last week I did some recording for the Steve Appleton Show! I am such a huge fan so I really liked meeting him. When I was studying for my GCSE’S(can’t believe it was this time last year already!) I used to listen to Dirty Funk everyday to get me in the mood :)
I also met one of the Characters from Inbetweeners and I looooove that show, so funny! Here is a photo!!

Excuse the silly excited face I am pulling, how embarassing!!!!!!!!

Excuse the silly excited face I am pulling, how embarassing!!!!!!!!

The camera man trying to keep up with me just walking around non stop!

The camera man trying to keep up with me just walking around non stop!

Brother and Sister?

Brother and Sister?

I performed Don’t Stop Looking! My band was busy so I had to steal Steve Appleton’s band  for the show and I missed my boys!

I also went up to Brentwood in Essex and did a live local radio recording with Phoenix Radio. The d.j was called Paul and he was a lovely fella! Hha  how much of a Granny am I!!!

Last week I met the loveeeeely Olly from Teen Today and he literally cracked me up, I just clicked with him he was one of those people who I just liked straight away! And he interviewd me for his website. Here is the link  http://www.teentoday.co.uk/article/alex-roots-interview/. And afterwards have a snoop round Teentoday.co.uk because he does really good reviews and has all the latest gossip on music etc on there!

Anyway I think this is about as much as I can entertain you with for now! Come to my show Tomorow! WOOHWOOHWOOH

ALLLEXX xxxxxxxxxxxx

Tickets: http://bit.ly/17OXLj
PRINT THIS OUT TO GET A FREE POSTER AT THE BARFLY GIG!!!

My music Video!!!

My new music video for Don’t Stop Looking is now out for you guys to watch!
Thank you so much to everyone that has got in contact with me on twitter, facebook, myspace, bebo and Youtube! I am glad you like it, the comments and messages have all been really sweet so thank you so much :)

I am just about to write my album thank you’s out fully and it feels pretty weird, I started writing and working on that when i was 14! And now I am getting ready to turn 17!

I went to Wales at the weekend- Ponty Pridd, great to meet you all and the sun shined all day! So much so that i had to wear my glasses the whole show!

Went to the gym today, and I now feel like my legs are in a permanent cramp dammmm you bike challenge dam youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Am going to visit Lauby tomorrow to write some more songs.. shall be a nice day :)

Taking my little brother to the school disco tonight, so jealous school disco’s are always the best!

Yesterday I videod some more acoustic covers as well as two more of my own songs (Control and All About Life). I won’t tell you what the covers are yet, because I like to test you on twitter and see if anyone can guess before I upload them, but watch this space :)

Lots of love
Alex xxx

Thetford Forest!

Heyyyyyy hey hey
Hows it going? So another great show with the Sugababes at the weekend :) 5000 PEOPLEEEE it was crazzyyyyyy! Scary but amazzzing all at the same time…I never know why I get scared before I go on, because once I start performing I just never wanna leave the stage!!!!

Saturday Morning me and my family got up and all got into the car with loads of goodies from Marks and Spencers…It was like a  cute  little picnick. We arrived and set up all our stuff in my dressing room :) A lovely way to spend a Saturday! Everyone was laughing at us arriving with houmous and smoked salmon! Had a bit of fun with Ironik after we had performed, we had a Don’t Stop Looking competiton Stare off! We filmed it, so look out for the video, coming soon!…

Here are some photos from the weekend :)

Really excited about my busy week this week! I have been too a couple of secondary schools this morning.. Woke up at half five which was a bit of a shock after the weekend but heyyyy, I got over it. I did a Don’t Stop Looking singing competiton today and got everyone to join in with the last lign of the chorus -OOOHHHHHHHHH HUH COME ON! They loved it, had some amazing singers actually!

Got my gig tomorrow In Shoreditch for the Curious Generation @ Underbelly gig! Should be cooooool. Are you coming? I’m on stage at 8:40pm doors open at 7:30 and you buy tickets on the door or check out the details for buying tickets online on my website… I am on stage at 8:40pm and I am doing 8 songs with the band! Can’t wait can’t wait!

Then OH MY GOD, I am presenting the 5.19 show the next day! Wish me good luck won’t you! Haha.. I am going to be busking in Covent Garden I think with the camera crew to see if I can make £5.19! Please come and chuck me some money haha. And also during the show you can email the show and the emails get answered or read out live on the show! So please do it guys and keep me company, I am pretty scared to be honest!

I have some other schools and events etc to go to after Wednesday and then it’s Saturday up to Wales for Sugababessss! Can’t wait loving the big shows I am I am I am!

Just a reminder to get your tickets for my Headline show on the 11th of August at the Barfly in Camden! Over 14’s :) So you don’t have to be an adult to come….. Get your tickets here!!

Thats all for now. If you like Bebo there is an exlusive video from back stage at my music video for Don’t Stop Looking! Look out for it …

A.

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Back to Schoool!!

Had loadsaa fun going back to my old school on Monday, Hawes Down it was really weird going back to the place where it all began! I got my little brother up to sing and he ended up getting picked by the audience as the winner so that was really lovely :)

There he is the little cutie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There he is the little cutie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then after i went to Hawes Down i visited Kelvin Grove Primary school and it was just fantttasstic! The teachers and Kids were so welcoming and I got to go round to all the classrooms and meet everyone and tell them about competitons and my shows and hopefully they are going to try and come along to see me play!!!!
I have a great picture of me and the winner Kaleb (sorry if that isn’t how you spell your name dude!!)

Brilliant little singer!!!

Brilliant little singer!!!

Thanks to everyone that has entered the Spot the Difference competition I hope you had a bit of fun finding the differences :)

I have been in the studio a lot still i have a few photossss :)

Me and Laubyyyyy

Me and Laubyyyyy

Ryan being a wonderful model for my Glasses!!

Ryan being a wonderful model for my Glasses!!

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I am so excited for the weekend! Can’t wait to support the Sugababes for a third time :) And perform to another big audience it is where i am happiest! I think i am going to wear the outfit i wore to the Beth Ditto partyyyy! What you guys thinking????

I am gonna go and play a bit of tennis to loosen up my legs from my gym session yesterday! I swear i have like constant cramp today in my thighsss, i hope its gone by Saturday! hahahaaaa

byyeeeee x

It’s HOT in the City…

Hey Guys how you all doing? I  just wanted to come and say a little hello and tell you what I have been up to this week! First of all, i’m dying from the heat and being bitten to death by mosquitos (some of you may have seen my updates on Twitter?). Don’t get me wrong I love the sunshine but I haven’t been enjoying it so much in England, it feels like a different kind of heat, really humid…. And you have to go about your daily life, going on the tube, wearing  makeup, gross.

Before I start, I got sent some more photos from my brother Paul from the gigs at the weekend….

We had a wicked dressing room, and the band were teasing me because their dressing room was bigger than mine! And it overlooked the cricket pitch, the people in the audience would have seen some mad woman running around in rollers screaming I'VE BURNTTTT MYYYY NECCKKK GET PARAMEDICSSSSSSSSSSSS

We had a wicked dressing room, and the band were teasing me because their dressing room was bigger than mine! And it overlooked the cricket pitch, the people in the audience would have seen some mad woman running around in rollers screaming I'VE BURNTTTT MYYYY NECCKKK GET PARAMEDICSSSSSSSSSSSS

Awwwwwww  me and my bro Paul... thanks for the piccies dude

Awwwwwww me and my bro Paul... thanks for the piccies dude

I was sooooo excited when i arrived and saw the size of the stage :):)

I was sooooo excited when i arrived and saw the size of the stage :) :)

Chilling while the band soundcheckkkk

Chilling while the band soundcheckkkk

Pretty big place ...

Pretty big place ...

This is the photo my brother lovess! He has printed it I think! He will be excited to know that the next two gigs I have with the Sugababes...Ironik will be there too!

This is the photo my brother lovess! He has printed it I think! He will be excited to know that the next two gigs I have with the Sugababes...Ironik will be there too!

In his dressing room..

In his dressing room..

Ready to goooo

Ready to goooo

hahahahaaa this pgoto cracked me up! From the left it is.. Me, My little brother, Mark my managers brother, then my Mum and then my Dad!

hahahahaaa this pgoto cracked me up! From the left it is.. Me, My little brother, Mark my managers brother, then my Mum and then my Dad!

Gazzz on the left giving me my pep talk, ATTITUDE GIRLLLLLLLLLL

Gazzz on the left giving me my pep talk, ATTITUDE GIRLLLLLLLLLL

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Awww chilling backstage with Ironik and his Dancers! It was reallyy sweet making friends :)

Awww chilling backstage with Ironik and his Dancers! It was reallyy sweet making friends :)

Sooooo this week I have been in the studio with Lauby we have been having a bit of fun experimenting with new sounds and just writing songs, not for me as such but to see if any other artists like them and also to have fun with it, it’s been really nice just chilling and not having the pressue of OKAY this song has to be the best it can posssssssibly be. And cos we have been more chilled and just relaxing we have managed to write four really cool songs, so yeah it’s been a nice way to spend the day :)

On Wednesday I got invited to Beth Ditto’s party, it was for her new clothing range with Evans and was held at Sketch. There were some wild and wacky characters there I tell you, i’m such a people watcher so it was very fun… Beth Ditto was there, Sir Phillip Green, Kate Moss (who was in touching distance of me) Jameela from t4, and others… and damn it, apparently i left before Simon Cowell arrived!!!
Got sent some picciesss ….
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Today I am gonna go and pop to the gym, then I am off to Ryans house again to finish recording a song we wrote yesterday and then I am meeting my friend Mitch to go to Bluewater and see a film -The Hangover!!! Well excited meant to be hilariiiooouuussss….

I am gonna be recording some more acoustic songssss! So if you have any ideas for songs  that you think would be good for me to cover acoustically, let me knowww! I need some ideas :)

Oh yeah,got some other news too.  I am doing another gig with the Sugababes, after the one in Thetford Forest, in Wales! How excitingggg….
Lots of love

Alex xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx