Experience: I was a stadium-filling pop star for one night

It had started out as an ordinary week, and now I was about to open for Muse, Dizzee Rascal and Biffy Clyro

I was 10 years old when I started writing music. By 18, I was halfway through a songwriting course and taking my brand of singer-songwriter pop to small UK venues and festivals. But I’d never dreamed of playing a stadium.

In early 2013, a promoter who had seen me play in London invited me to perform at the Marylebone Summer Fayre. It was a small community festival, full of families celebrating Father’s Day. The main stage was in a park, with the tiny stage I was due to play on tucked away at the end of a nearby street. The artist before me hadn’t turned up, so I went on early, with my guitar and loop pedal. There couldn’t have been more than 15 people in the audience, including my sister, but I played my best, as I always do.

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