Friday, February 27, 2004 14:32 GMT
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Craig David was a special guest on Radio 1's Chris Moyles Show when
it visited Southampton. We had a chat to him after he came off air. |
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Craig
David popped in to the Chris Moyles show being broadcast from the
studios at Broadcasting House in Southampton, after being picked up
by Aled in the 50 foot 'Saviour of Breakfast Radio' billboard lorry.
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David and Aled |
Admittedly
they did get a bit lost on the way back to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. But for Craig,
it was a welcome return to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent studios:"This
reminds me of when came I down here a long time ago to record song
to keep racism out of football. The studios haven't changed a bit
in six or seven years!"
Craig is back in the area to work on his third album, with his longtime
friend and former Artful Dodger star, Mark Hill: "I've locked
myself into the studio and I'm not trying to make it sound any particular
way - I just wanted it to be what it is. I don't want to have any
set ideas, just to go in and work with Mark is great - just coming
up with ideas and working with it."
It's been a hectic six months for the 22 year old who has just completed
a world tour which took in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South
Africa and Australia.
"It was bizarre going to all these places where I'd only ever
been on holiday - like Japan and Australia and when I came off the
plane, the fans were fantastic."
Despite the globetrotting, Craig says he still sees Southampton as
home: "I'm proud of that. There's always times when you look
back and I remember getting ticked off at school for not doing homework
or for being late when I was at City College - and now it's 'Oh Craig
was an amazing student - and his time keeping was excellent'... They've
even got a picture of me in City College now. But Southampton is a
city that people sometimes overlook and there's so many talented people
here - I've been lucky to be a part of it."
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Rose Bowl gig in October |
His homecoming
gig last October was something that still sticks in Craig's mind:
"It was the first time I'd been to the Rose Bowl - it was great.
I loved getting it all stripped back acoustically - if it stands up
acoustically, it's a great song."
He's even got a view on the biggest issue in Southampton at the moment
- who will be the new Saints boss: "I haven't got as much hostility
as a lot of people have shown towards Glenn Hoddle. Whoever is going
to come down and turn the team around is going to be alright. The
fans are important. Alex Ferguson would be good. He could come down
and turn the whole team around - he seems to have done pretty well
for Manchester United. That's maybe a long shot!"
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