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Emily was on Radio 4 today interviewed by Coronation Street actress Cherylee Houston as part of a programme called ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy’ looking at the link between pain and creativity.  The programme was originally broadcast in March 2017.  You can listen again here.

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I can’t tell you what a relief it is to be up and dressed and able to walk into town (slowly). Pneumonia hits you hard. I was gutted to have to cancel my tour of Germany and five other UK gigs last month but I just couldn’t get out of bed and could hardly speak let alone sing.

Upsides to being ill were listening to a lot of Pema Chodron and reading some really wonderful books and having lovely friends come and bring me soup and flowers. Christian was amazing of course.

Most of my UK gigs have now been rescheduled so if you had tickets I hope you can make the new dates (all listed on my website). I’m so sorry for all the inconvenience. I am now looking forward very much to the rest of my tour starting with Gullivers in Manchester on Friday next week.

Hope you managed to avoid the flu and that all’s well in your world.

xx

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We are very sorry to announce that due to illness Emily’s tour of Germany has been postponed until further notice.  Emily has pneumonia following a bout of flu and is unable to fulfil her touring commitments in Germany.  She is very disappointed to be letting down her German fans and the UK fans who were going to be following her on this tour.  She hopes to be able to perform there again later in the year.  Fans with tickets should contact the promoter.

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I’m so sorry to say that both my gig at Ashcroft Arts Centre in Farnham tonight and Forest Arts in New Milton tomorrow night have been cancelled due to the weather.  We will rearrange the dates so hopefully I’ll be performing there before too long. Please contact the venue if you have a ticket – you can phone Ashcroft Arts Centre on 01329 223100 and Forest Arts on 01425 619983.

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Emily’s gigs this weekend at Ashcroft Arts Centre in Fareham (2 March) and Forest Arts in New Milton (3 March) have had to be cancelled unfortunately due to the weather.  The dates will be rearranged.  If you have a ticket please get in touch with Ashcroft Arts Centre on 01329 223100 and Forest Arts on 01425 619983.

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I’m knackered.  Yesterday I did 4 gigs in one day, singing my songs for staff and patients at Fulbourn mental health hospital and at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge.

I’d been invited by Kimberley Iyemere, Arts Therapies Professional Lead at the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). The CPFT is unusual and wonderful in being committed to providing proper resources for music and arts therapy for their service users.

I turned up with my guitar and a speaker and sang my songs about my own lived experience. It is quite challenging but really rewarding doing mental health gigs. You never know quite what is going to happen or how people are going to react.

First I played in the fabulous music room, then on a ward for women with personality disorders, then at the Ida Darwin ward for teenagers where I met a young girl who had made me a lovely bracelet with my name on it and was learning to sing my song ‘Start Over Again’.

Then in the evening we headed to Addenbrookes Hospital where I performed for staff and patients from S3, the eating disorders unit. It was a great end to a very full-on day. I’m so glad I managed to get there through the snow.

A big thank you to Kimberley and her team for making me cups of tea and helping me lug my stuff around. I’ll be back in Cambridge for a gig at The Junction on Saturday 12 May.

The photos are of me with some of the lovely staff at Fulbourn Hospital – Dr Jorge Zimbron and Lee Davies, and Kimberley Iyemere.