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N-Dubz Playing Wireless - Tulisa Finds Festivals A Challenge

Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:02 AM PDT

N-Dubz aren’t my favorite group in the world, or even in the U.K., but they are growing on me and I do have a grudging respect for their music and how they’ve become hugely successful. The group are currently working on a follow-up to their debut album, Uncle B, and preparing to play the Wireless Festival in London in July.

Last month, while N-Dubz were riding high in the charts with their collaboration with Tinchy Stryder, Number 1, Tulisa was rushed to hospital with suspected swine flu. It turned out to be nothing of the sort, and she actually just had the regular sniffles which most of us get a few times a year. But it gave the group some nice publicity, which is never a bad thing.

In an interview with BBC Newsbeat, where she also spoke about being back in the studio writing songs for the group’s second album, and having to spend every day with Dappy and Fazer, Tulisa spoke about the prospect of playing the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park. She, and hopefully her band mates as well, seem to truly understand what’s required to do well at a festival.

She said:

“I like festivals because I find them a challenge. You’ve got thousands of people there and they’re not all there to see you.”

“It’s about winning the people over who are there to see a different act and making them walk away saying, ‘I went there to see so and so, but you know what, I really loved the N-Dubz performance.’”

“It’s just a wicked vibe to have that many people in one place - performing for them.”

Tulisa clearly has her head screwed on right because that is exactly how every band should approach an upcoming festival. There’s no point turning up and expecting everyone in the crowd to be there to see you, because a large proportion of them won’t be. So it’s a case of going out on stage and giving it your all, knowing you may be adding some new fans in the process.

Maybe I should force myself to listen to some more N-Dubz material. No, not as punishment for my sins but because it may do this 32-year-old some good to listen to what the kids love these days with an open mind. Am I too old to accept new music into my life? Probably not, but the chav genre may be pushing it a little.

[Photo Source: Newscom]

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