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Just back from the Relentless Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall and had a lot of fun! Boardmasters is held on a stunning cliff top location over looking Watergate Bay where 12,500 people attend the South West’s biggest live music event. Dave and I played on the view stage, which is their new acoustic stage.
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Good old English weather threatened to pour down until an hour before we played but then brightened up a little bit. Not quite the scorching hot day we were hoping for but lots of lovely people still came to see us and support us!
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Being non drinkers and non caffeine intakers we didn’t partake in the drinking of any Relentless drinks or vodka on offer but found a very cute little tent with free red current tea which was put-on by a lady who lives in Spain and self teaches her 3 kids in a house without an electricity generator which she has done for 15 years! She was very cool!
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For the rest of the evening we were loving the sets from Plan B, Xavier Rudd, Seasick Steve and Newton Faulkner.
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The beaches are gorgeous in Newquay so we made the most of it the following day by making sure to do some surfing with the Quiksilver surfing school and walking through the more quiet secluded beaches-avoiding the nuts magazine Bikini contests and the like where on 2 occasions I saw pink liquid coming out of some poor guys mouth! Oh the joys of alcohol- not!
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This weekend we met some really lovely people at this festival. So thanks to Katy for booking us, those on Facebook who came along to support me! Really appreciate it!! Hope you had an amazing time! Thank you to Ady Webb for the brilliant photos of us playing the gig and Jen White for the videoing and Stacey for recommending them to me. Video/audio to follow asap. Bye for now,
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Lots of love,
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Ellie xxx

Hey guys!!!!    Wooweeeeee   very nearly finished my “through the glass” tour of quiksilver women stores across the UK and ireland this summer….  had an amaazing time!!  thanks soo much to all of you who have come out and been involved so far.

So….  there’s just one date left– the grand finalee at Quiksilver Covent Garden store on Saturday 17th July,  and I would love you all to come along, and get into the covent garden vibe for the day with me! There will be a prize draw to win £100 worth of Quiksilver Women clothes on the day!!! Me and my acoustic band (Hils, Tom and Dave on piano, bass, percussion, acoustic guitars) will be performing in the huge windows with the speakers outside!!!

Come and join in the fun!!! Bring the kids, partners and tell your friends!!! Covent garden is a great place to eat, shop and enjoy all the street entertainment in the area! We will be playing a 30 minute set at 1pm and one at 4pm! Grab an Ice cream and enjoy the music and your chance to win some lovely Quiksilver clothes! I will be absolutely delighted to see you there!!! :-)

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Hello! I’m more than half way through my Quiksilver Women ‘Through the glass tour’ and I’m having a blast! My acoustic band and I have been to Loughborough, Belfast, Dublin, Brighton, Falmouth, Newquay and Cardiff! Phew! Still to come Bristol and Covent Garden in London.
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3rd July 2010 : Two Seasons, Bristol
2 Seasons, 89-95 The Horsefair, Bristol BS1 3JR
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17th July 2010 : Quiksilver Store, Covent Garden
7-12 Covent Garden, London WC2E 8HD
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It’s certainly a different way of playing to the crowds! Here’s us in Holiday Hotspot Newquay, Cornwall! It was baking and we had a beautiful sunny weekend on the beach when we werent behind the glass!
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.....Having a blast at the AWESOME Quiksilver Newquay store--- sunshine included as standard.. XX =)

Playing to the local crowds and merrily signing CD’s is great fun especially when people that I’ve never met know all the lyrics to my songs! Very impressive seeing as I have so many lyrics!! The shop owners have been a great laugh and we are really excited about making a short video about our tour which will be finished in August! Thanks to everyone thats coming out to see us and snapping up my CDs!

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Heres us at the Brighton store in the south of England on fashion Rocks weekend. This is where I used to go for my summer hols as a child so loved playing the store here! It was extra hot and the window was pretty small so the store owner got us playing outside in the sun and the people in the restaurant next door loved it!
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...playing at the lovely Brighton exclusively Quiksilver Womens boutique store..

Thanks to Dave as always on guitar and Djembe and for keeping me amused, the talented pianist and singer Hils for taking time out of teaching music and late but great addition to the band Tom on bass. Not forgetting hilarious Kev our cheeky sound engineer and Meena,Yasmin and Emily for faciliatating and helping us put together this crazy tour!! Best of all thanks Quiksilver Women for all the costume changes! Each week I loved planning what to wear and having a shop full of clothes to choose from! Definitely living the dream!

"Mary Mary" at Loughborough

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http://www.youtube.com/user/ELLIEtelly1
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…is the address for my youtube channel- where you can find lots of new live performance videos from the tour. These include Gotta get up from here, Paperchasin, Losing myself, Open up the door, One another, Strong, I know and many more! The short film of our tour will be ready to watch in August! Stay tuned!!  Ellie  xxxx
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Press buzz at "Joli" - Ballyclare, near Belfast...

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Independent singer songwriter is the first to tour high street fashion stores.
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Folk-pop artist Ellie Lawson is touring 9 Quiksilver stores in the UK as part of her sponsorship deal with Quiksilver Women. Ellie is a new breed of artist who is working with a brand to release music and build her career in a non traditional way. The pioneering singer who was previously signed with Atlantic records in the USA was championed by chat show host Ellen De Generes and has tracks produced by William Orbit. She will be gathering the crowds by performing with her acoustic band in shop windows on her “Through the Glass” Tour: 
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29th May Mary Mary, Loughborough: 1pm and 5pm
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4th June Joli, Belfast: 7pm
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5th June in Quiksilver Store, Dublin: 1pm and 5pm 
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12th June Quiksilver Store, Brighton: 1pm and 5pm
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19th June Quiksilver Store, Falmouth: 1pm and 5pm
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20th June Quiksilver Store, Newquay: 1pm and 5pm 
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26th June Quiksilver Store, Cardiff: 1pm and 5pm 
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3rd July Quiksilver Store, Bristol: 1pm and 5pm 
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17th July – Quiksilver Store, Covent Garden: 1pm and 5pm 
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The socially conscious singer-songwriter who is working with the charity War Child has her own label called ‘Create your Own reality’ and previously sold 25,000 records touring with the USA book retailer Barnes and Noble. She is currently selling albums and raising finance with her ‘create my next album with me’ campaign via her shop at www.ellielawson.com. Lawson’s performances include opening for the BBC presenter Jimmy Doherty’s festival ‘Harvest at Jimmy’s Farm’ last September in Suffolk where KT Tunstall and Jose Gonzalez headlined. She has also previously played at the Abbey Road studios as part of the Brit awards and performed on the Ellen DeGeneres show where Ellen predicted live on air that Ellie would become ‘the hugest, hugest star.’ Gibson guitar is also supporting Ellie Lawson who plays an EJ-200 acoustic guitar.

Check out our beautiful Quiksilver Woman ambassador Ellie Lawson in the MAY issue of Company Magazine, p.46!!
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Be inspired by her story of how she made it as a singer/songwriter in an industry that is so competitive. And finally made her dreams come true!
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Hello! Things are going well in independent artist land on my label ‘Create Your Own Reality’ and things are starting to happen! I am very excited about my new single ‘Strong’ (from my album Lost Songs) being played on BBC radio 2 and BBC London 94.9

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click here to see full-size flyer

It will be played this coming Saturday 3rd April on BBC London between 7-8pm on a show called ‘London Calling’ where I am their introducing artist of the week! The station will also be promoting a big gig I have on the 13th April at the gorgeous Bedford Globe Theatre in South London! It’s for ‘Love Music Hate Racism.’I have organized the night and the line up myself and its going to be brilliant!!

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Headlining is my friend Aziz Ibrahim. He’s an astounding Asian/blues guitarist and beautiful singer-songwiter from Manchester. He also used to be in the legendary band The Stone Roses as well as Ian Brown’s band! Then we have Park Bench Poet who I discovered online. They’re a mixture of the band Gomez and The Streets and have recently been played on BBC radio 1.

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I will be playing some new songs with my acoustic band which features the new addition of the lovely Nina on Cello. My friend HKB FINN will be opening with his laidback poetry accompanied by beautiful guitar and djembe which always creates good vibes! He has collaborated with Nitin Sahwney, Roots Manuva, Nojazz and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

13th April at The Bedford, South London: LoveMusicHateRacism featuring Ellie Lawson

You can buy tickets now online by clicking above, at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/77031

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I really hope you can make the show! However, If you are not in the area you can watch it live on the internet so put it in your diaries! It starts 8pm and I will be on at about 8.40pm. Here is the web address to watch live : click here

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For more details and to hear new music, photos, blogs and videos visit me at my new website:
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..the all new: www.ellielawson.com !!

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Hello! I had a photo shoot with Company magazine in London for the May issue last week and it was so much fun! I wore my favourite QSW roundhouse romper for half the shoot and then they put me in a cheeky red tu-tu as the theme was Burlesque!

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The article is about the growing trend in crowd sharing and me and 3 other creatives in the fashion and music world are featured. I had an interview about my career so far and my plight as an independent artist. The section is called “be inspired’.

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We are all raising funds for our creative projects with our fans. I’m with the site Slice the Pie and you can invest any amount in my next album which will get you a digital copy of the album as soon as its finished. To invest go to: Slicethepie

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Check out the magazine. It’s out in April (the May issue) I am also currently on the front page of the WE7 website for the next 2 weeks as well! Lots more fun things to come as I will be announcing details of my UK tour in the next 3 weeks.

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Ellie xxx

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Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a global celebration of the social, political and economic achievements of women past, present and future, so it only seems right that Quiksilver Women mark this occasion too.
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The first IWD was on the 19th March 1911 and was recognised in Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where more than one million woman and men attended IWD rallies in support of women’s rights to work, vote and to end discrimination. Unfortunately, despite significant success surrounding equality in recent decades fair treatment is still an issue and in many countries woman do not have access to the same standard of healthcare and education as men do and often suffer violence against them.
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Thankfully IWD is now an official holiday in countries such as Russia, China, Bulgaria and Mongolia where men honour the women in their lives with flowers and small gifts - much like we do for Mothers Day here in the UK. In addition, every year thousands of events are held the world over in celebration of IWD and the achievements of women including political rallies, craft markets, art projects, fashion parades and theatrical performances. The US have even declared the entire month of March ‘Women’s History Month.’

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In support of woman worldwide Quiksilver Women Ellie Lawson, Leddra Chapman and I are sending our old bras to charity via the Breast Talk Bra Appeal. A variety of charities such as Oxfam then distribute unwanted bras to woman who really need them both here in the UK and in countries such as Africa, where good quality bras are highly sought after. Additionally, old bras can also be used to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Bras are an item we all too often take for granted, but there are many woman across the globe that don’t own a bra or cannot afford one. Through bra donations such as ours reusable bras will go towards helping homeless and underprivileged woman, where as damaged bras can be recycled into quilts.
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Here in the UK over 70 per cent of woman are thought to be wearing the wrong size bra. I recently had my bust professionally measured and found I was far from wearing the correct size, but I’m glad I have somewhere to send all my old ones now. So why not get yourself fitted and rather than sending your old bras to landfill reduce waste and help support disadvantaged woman and the environment by sending your old bras to the Breast Talk Bra Appeal too!

Quiksilver encourages creative female talent and supports young artists on the road to success and we are very pleased to announce that our own Quiksilver Women Leddra Chapman, Ellie Lawson and Tennille Amor are sharing some tracks from their respective new albums with us.

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With three creative and talented artists and three awesome albums to discover what are you waiting for? To download some tracks from our ambassadors, just go to http://music.quiksilver-women.com and suscribe. Thank you for your support and thank you Leddra, Ellie and Tennille for sharing your music with us!

LEDDRA CHAPMAN Photo: Timo Jarvinen

ELLIE LAWSON Photo: Timo Jarvinen

TENNILLE AMOR

Ellie’s creative single ‘Apple’ from her Independent album ‘Lost Songs’ with brilliant animation by Nacho Romero. Presented by Quiksilver Women. Lost Songs is available to buy on iTunes and CD Baby.

“This is a young woman plugged directly into the electric source of creativity. This music is so rich, so finely envisioned and realized, that you can fall into these tracks, and live in them for days at a time. In a world where a scarcity of substance prevails, this collection swims against the current of what’s conventional, packing in all the tunefulness, rhythmic and verbal wonder that tracks can hold. This is sensational.” Paul Zollo, Journalist and author of Songwriters on Songwriting.