My alarm went off Sunday morning and I got out of bed ready for the Birmingham show today. I got up and dressed ready to travel down the road to the venue. I was playing at the O2 academy in Birmingham and I didn't need to be there until 12 noon so I got a small lay in.
Rye and I got to the venue at 12 as planned where we met Blair, bronnie and the hara. We began soundcheck as usual and the time flew by. I was doing soundcheck first as I needed to start getting ready earlier today.
Joy got to the venue at 1 as she wanted to do something a bit different with my hair and needed longer to do it.
"Morning" joy said as she walked in
"Well sort of" I said laughing
"Afternoon then" she said setting up a basin of water
"What's the plan for today then?" I asked
"I was thinking how about we tint your hair a little bit and shake things up a bit" joy said
"Sounds good to me" I said "let's do it!"
"Perfect!" Joy said "take a seat"
I sat at her makeshift hair salon and allowed her to tint my hair a greyish purple colour ready for my show.
After washing it and getting rid of the extra dye joy dried my hair and curled it very slightly. She then tied it up and moved on to my makeup. She went for a smokey eye to go with the outfit she had planned for me. She had gone for thigh boots and a black bodysuit for today's outfit.
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Today the hara were going first as jack wasn't feeling too good and wanted to get done quickly so he could have a nap. Despite jack feeling rough the hara killed it and everyone was singing along to their songs.
When they came off jack curled up on one of the sofas and fell asleep, he really wasn't very well.
Bronnie was next and as usual she absolutely smashed her performance! The whole crowd were jumping and singing and just having an amazing time!!
By the time I went out the crowd were on it. They were loud and they were ready to dance and I loved it!
"Birmingham!" I said running out
The crowd was screaming
"Oh my god" I said "you guys are so loud"
They cheered again
"So how are you? Did you enjoy the hara and bronnie?" I asked
The crowd cheered, they were seriously loud.
"I said did you enjoy the hara and bronnie?" I shouted
The crowd somehow were even louder and their shouts were almost deafening.
I began my set and started with 'anywhere' much like yeaterday
I was jumping around, holding fans hands as well as dancing like an idiot I was having the time of my life!
I looked up and noticed my mum, dad and Elliot were stood up the watching my show.
Once I'd done a few songs I began talking again.
"So I didn't know but I've just realised" I said "my mum, my dad and my brother Elliot are stood up there watching, Hi Mum!"
She waved back
"Hey everyone say hey to my parents" I said
The crowd screamed hello and they were all waving at my family.
"I love you guys!" I said
The crowd went 'awhhhh'
After that I carried on with the show and before I knew it the end of the show song had finished and I was walking off backstage to get ready for M&G.
"Rye did you know my parents are here?" I asked walking into my dressing room
"Sis that was amazing!" Harvey said running up to me
"Harvey you made it!" I said hugging him
"That was amazing sis!" He said "you did so well"
"Thank you" I said "Did you come with mum, dad and Elliot?"
"No" Harvey said "well sort of"
"What do you mean?" I asked
"Mum dropped me at McDonalds the rye went got me and brought me here once the show had started so nobody knew I was here" he said
"Thank you babe" I said to the kissing rye
"No problem" rye said "I know how much Harvey wanted to be here"
I then had to leave for M&G which was a lot of fun because I remembered a load of girls from Roadtrips tour.
Loads of people brought me gift and presents and I took soooooo many selfies it was unreal!
The fans were so sweet! They told me how I'd inspired them, how I'd been a role model for them and even how I'd got them through hard times which was crazy for me because I knew I was always messaging fans in DMs but I couldn't believe I'd actually helped someone through something without physically seeing them.
I heard some amazing stories about how my presence alone had changed peoples lives or given them the courage to be them!
One girl told me how after she started following me she gained the courage to tell the boy she liked that she had feeling for him and despite her being a few years younger than him they stayed dating much like me and rye!
Another girl who I met and remembered DMing told me how when she had messaged me telling me she wanted to end her life a few weeks ago that I'd been the reason she stayed alive. Back then I'd replied with a huge paragraph and when I stayed up with her messaging her all night making sure she was not going to do it. She thanked me and told me how after that she got help and is now doing really well and is doing well at school busy most importantly she is happy. Things like that make me emotional and I can never get over how someone like me could affect someone that much.
The M&G finished around 6 and I got home at 11pm as we went out for dinner in the way home and ended up staying out way longer than we expected!
It was so lovely to see my family all together like that. And I was very ready for bed when we got home and I fell asleep almost instantly after getting in bed ...
