Hype: You looking forward to touring with us Lucifer?
Lucifer: Hell yeah! Can't wait! Who is actually supporting then?
Hype: Well we have Vertumnus opening the show and getting the audience warned up for Mykky. She will have her set and then Radio Vine will come on. Mykky will be able to have a break then and will becoming back on when we come on so she can do female vocals.
Lucifer: That sounds so good! 50 gigs!
Hype: I know! It's not even 50 small gigs, these will be infront of thousands of people!
Lucifer: No pressure then! Haha
Hype: I'm not the one rapping in front of these people - I'll be stood behind the turntables!
Lucifer: Damn... Who you looking forward to seeing the most out of the supports?
Hype: Vertumnus. It's Keiran Marks and some other guy from one of the bands he has been in, doing music like mine and Buzz's
Lucifer: I am well aware of Vertumnus...
Hype: Oh...

Dustyn chuckles and looks down at the table. He starts playing with a napkin on the table.

Oscar: Damn, should've brought my fake ID! Scott go up and get me a drink.

Scott: Yeah, I'll go up and buy you alcohol so that all 6 of us can get thrown out....idiot!

Dustyn puts down the napkin he was fiddling with and walks with Lyrica.

Dustyn: Why do you want me to come with you when you could have the lovely Oscar instead?

Dustyn giggles

Dustyn looks back and sees the other 4 boys whispering at the table

Dustyn: What do you think that lot are on about?

Sammy Griffin, Live at The Dirty Bastard Hotel and Casino – 3rd January 2012

Sammy has been performing in front of small crowds his whole life, and he had even thrown a couple of big ones in when he had done a couple of festivals last year. This year is a fresh start. He is going on tour with Cinzia Ricci, one of the years biggest breakthroughs in only a couple of days, and tonight is just a last minute warm up gig.
The announcer comes to the stage and promptly introduces him.

Sammy hears his name called and moves onto the stage. He is holding an acoustic guitar, and is wearing a nice new shirt and tie because he has been at his friend’s daughters christening earlier. The suit that went with it was probably the most expensive thing he had ever bought. He got to the microphone and stood there for a second. “Hey, this is a little bit last minute…” He pauses for a second, “One second,” he placed the guitar down on the floor and then undid the top button on his shirt and sighed. “That’s better, it almost felt like I was at school again!” a few laughs come through the audience. “So I’m gonna do two or three songs for you tonight, my current single will be included; this is just a warm up gig for the Cinzia Ricci tour that I will be going on in a couple of days. Hopefully this gig goes well, I’ve not sang for like, what… an hour now!” a few more laughs come through the audience.

He starts plucking away at the guitar now, playing the instantly recognisable tune of his current single, “Your Real Disguise”. A slight tremor of cheers can be heard from the audience; Sammy obviously has at least a small fan base here at the Dirty Bastard Hotel and Casino. The pace of the guitar increases and Sammy steps up to the mic and starts to sing the first verse. As he reaches the half way point of the verse the tune of the guitar switches and becomes more jumpy.

Sammy finishes the verse and then sings the chorus, blasting out his strong, meaningful vocals so that everyone in the audience hears and understands him. He strums too hard by accident and breaks one of the strings on the guitar. He keeps singing though, choosing to ignore it, but the look on his face shows that now he has to try and find a way of making the song work without one of the major strings.





Sammy tries changing the tune of the guitar but then gives up just at the end of the chorus. He puts the guitar down and stops singing. “Right, I’m gonna go for some audience participation now that I’ve broken the string on the guitar. So everyone on the right of the room, I would love for you all to make an ‘ooh’ noise.” He gestures to the right of the room, and then signals for them to try. “Perfect. Now I want the left to make an ‘Aah’ noise.” He then gestures to the left of the room and they make the noise. “Amazing. I want you to do that for me about 10 second after I start singing again.”



Sammy gets to the end of the second line of the verse and to his great pleasure; most of the people in the audience join in with the harmonising that he was hoping for, helping to create an amazing orchestral effect. Sammy sings at the top of his voice and reaches the chorus. Some people stop doing the harmonising now and join in with the chorus, but there is still enough people harmonising to make the whole thing sound good still.

Sammy finishes the chorus and the audience keep going. He gestures for them to stop. “Okay, what I want now is a quiet ooooooooooh sound, gradually getting louder and then as you reach the height of the noise I want, I’ll start rapping. Then I want you all to go back to doing the Oooh’s and Aaah’s!” he laughs and then the audience does as he asks.




The song ends and Sammy bows as the audience cheers loudly for him. He picks up the guitar and jogs off stage quickly to grab another one; he always brings a spare in case anything happens

Part 2

Sammy quickly comes back on stage with his back up guitar in his hand. He stops at the microphone and loosens his black tie a little bit. He couldn’t help but admire how silky it was. “Sorry,” he says as he lets go of his tie, “It’s a new tie, SO SOFT!” he exclaims to a couple of laughs from the crowd. “Next up is a cover of the amazing Katie Coyle’s Take The Blame! Enjoy!”

Sammy plays two slowly alternating notes on his guitar before he starts pluck a tune similar to that of Take The Blame; it is every so slightly different to signify it being Sammy’s take on the song. Just as he is about to start singing the first verse, he starts to play a more strummy tune, which is back to the way that Katie herself would have played it.





Sammy sings the verse and then starts to strum the guitar slightly more harshly. This leads into the chorus. Sammy’s soft vocals now become harsher and more powerful, and he sings the chorus as if the song was his own. The penultimate line of the chorus comes along and Sammy stops playing his guitar and sings a cappella. Now he starts to play the two alternating notes again as he starts to sing the second verse.



The verse comes to a close and then Sammy starts playing the harsher more powerful chords again to get the song going for the chorus. He shows his skill with the guitar as he adds intricate little plucks in while strumming, helping to add something different to the song, especially when there is only one guitar being used.



The third and fourth verses continue in much the same vain as the second and as it finishes Sammy waves someone onto the stage, “Everybody, KATIE COYLE!!!” Katie comes onto the stage, her dark hair bobbing as she walks. She has a microphone clasped in her right hand and as she reached the centre of the stage she and Sammy start to sing the chorus again. This is the first time the two of them have ever performed together but you wouldn’t have thought so; the way Katie’s soft high pitched voice merges with Sammy’s slightly lower voice makes a perfect combination. Now the bridge comes along and Katie takes the lead with Sammy playing the tune that he played in the first verse again; he also harmonises with her on the last word of each line.





The two voices again combine to sing the final chorus, and once they are done the small audience at the Dirty Bastard goes absolutely mad. Katie comes over and gives Sammy a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek before she leaves again and finds a seat near the front.

Katie: Wow Sammy! What an honor....this was an amazing experience for me....the whole show was amazing :) I loved it.

Katie sits in the bar, her ring on the table in front of her.

Katie looks up, tears in her eyes.

"Hi..do you want a drink?"