However was she any good? Well after her support acts…anyone would have looked good! In general though from a personal opinion it took her a while to get into the swing of things.

She started off by singing Broken Heels (slightly out of tune) followed by Nothing but the girl and Dumb. All 3 songs were off key and got distracted by members of the audience waving at her. However she did redeem herselves by singing Start without you. The first song she sung in tune and well in my opinion. The 2 songs to follow perfect and overcome were note perfect as well.

Now every concert isnt complete without covers. Alexandra covered Ne-Yo’s Closer…and in my opinion was 100% better than the original but I suppose the old saying goes….The original is always the best…and by saying this I mean her debut single, Hallelujah.  The pyro-technics and her vocals really made this song!

2 more songs from her debut album Overcome, Good night Good morning and Dangerous.

Then 4 more covers…all to Alexandra’s idol…Beyonce. Although if I was Beyonce after listening to those covers…I’d be crying. They were awful! The 4 songs were Survivor, Bootylicious, Listen and Independant woman. 

The final song was another power ballad called The Silence. It was impressive but sadly she never hit that final note.

Overall…this review might sound negative but she was good live…just couldnt hit some of the high notes.

Hi Dale. Wow 100 shows is alot…

‘I know! OMG! I feel really old when people talk about it.’

Looking back you started your radio show back in 2007 and we are now in 2011…did you really think you would still be broadcasting?

‘Never! I honestly thought it would be cancelled after the first show but wierdly I’m still here today. Wierd thing was when I first started I was a plumber and scarily my life has eveolved around the show i’m now at university studying TV and Radio’

When the show first started in 2007 you seemed a bit obsessed with one girl group…

‘Girls Aloud!!!! I know I know. I got alot of stick for playing them alot but out of nowhere Girls Aloud fan bases started advertising the show and it became the most successful show at Ribble Valley Radio.’

You loved them that much you did a 6 hour tribute show to them…

‘Yeh…looking back that was crazy and if it was now…I wouldn’t do it again! But it felt right at the time so I took advantage of the fact I was getting high ratings and just did what the forums wanted. The most bizzare thing about that night was that everyone really did stay tumed till midnight listening to Girls Aloud and I had enough phonecalls and requests to keep me going till half 3 in the morning’

However Ribble Valley radio closed its doors on Sunday 14th October 2007. How did you feel at the time?

‘Gutted! I really was. i got the honour of hosting the last show so least I got to do the honours of closing it down but it was sad to say bye to friends I made. However I still keep in touch with some people from my RVR days. For example the Something For The Weekend Team Robert Crane and Paul Scott…and of course Paul and his wife Joanna who got together on a love show edition of my show and are together today happily married with a child together. Oh and how could I forget PAJ! He’s still part time on my show and theres a bond there between us that will never be broken!’

Soon after Ribble Valley radio closed you started work on Ribble Valley media?

‘Yeh a few people from RVR got together and started working on RVM…it took 22 months to get going but it brings back great memories! Once it had launced the show continued in a Sunday night slot entertaining people’

However dramatically you left RVM…

‘Yeh I left for various reasons, the main one being of my location on a Sunday night that I was along way away from Clitheroe so it made sense to move to a Blackburn Radio station. It was a shame to leave Clitheroe after broadcasting there for 3 and a half years but sometimes its gotta be done’

You moved to Radio Hospitals Blackburn in August 2010…do you feel like you have stepped down the media ladder?

‘Not at all. Hospital radio is a great opportunity for people like myself who want to build up radio shows and build their confidence. If it wasnt for places like hospital radio or community radio…I wouldnt be celebrating my 100th edition. Plus when I moved to RHB I was welcomed with open arm and was given alot of advice and alot more freedom than I was at other stations.’

You started training at RHB in April 2010 where you met your 2nd co presenter Heather Horrocks.

‘(Laughs) yeh the show was amazing when Heather was part of the show…We started Dale’s Got Talent which started off as alot of fun but then we both got really competitive though…I had the last laugh by making her sing Katherine Jenkins. The best thing about Heather was that she was a journalist and wanted to get into presenting so it was a perfect opportunity to become a news reader for the show.’

Why did she leave?

‘Heather left pretty much as soon as we moved to RHB for the simple reason…she got her own news show comissionned! Dont get me wrong i was gutted when she left but the show moves on and people move on and Heather is an amazing presenter thanks to The Dale Bamber Show. She hasn’t totally said goodbye to the show as shes producing Dale’s Got Talent next season.’

In January 2011 you found your next co-presenter Steve Starkie…

‘The scary thing about Steve is he is twice as tall as me and he is EXACTLY like PAJ!!!!! I asked Steve for that exact reason…because he is like PAJ. PAJ also agreed to come back to the show part time to cover Steve as he is only avaliable 3 of the 4 weeks in a month which is great again!’

Over the years you have interviewed many people…who was your favourite guest to interview?

‘Ooh…hard question…I suppose I would say…Jenny Collins. I worked with her on a film prior to interviewing her and she was a great laugh and we got on really well. I still keep in touch with her now and I still can’t believe she told everyone we had breakfast together!!! Nothing happened by the way it was just the way she said it on air that made it sound like something happened!!!! Hahaha! Oh and she lover peperoni Pizza…if you are ever walking the streets of Liverpool and bump into Jenny say to her I want a peperoni pizza…she’ll understand haha’

And the worst?

‘I’m not allowed to say am I?’

The 100th edition is aproaching Dale…Anythign exciting planned?

‘Well its basicly just a trip down memory lane…classic clips…all 3 co-presenters back…Dale’s Got Talent. Oh and a bit of fancy dress too’

And finally…you were asked this on the very first broadcast….Do you think your show will survivie and keep going?

‘Well I originally said no didnt I? Well to say the show has broadcasted on 3 different stations and is still going…I would say yes but ya never know whats going to happen! I now take every show as it comes!’

Above: January, February and March. In these months Glee took over the Uk charts, Taylor Swift said today was a fairytale and Iyas’ ipod was stuck on reply.

Above: If you have followed The Dale Bamber Show over the last year then you will know that during American Idol season we supported 17 year old Katie Stevens. Here is Dale celebrating the best of her work…however it sounds like has has another popstar on his mind…

Above: April, May and June. In these months we lost Eurovision (no suprise there), Miley Cyrus just couldn’t be tamed and Lady Antebellum were a little drunk after quater past 1…but they need you now!

Above: July, August and September. In these Months The Saturdays missed missing you, Taylor Swift was mine and Olly Murs just didnt want us to let him go.

Above: October, November and December. In these months The X factor took over the charts as usual, Glee and Mariah Carey have new Christmas Albums out and Diana Vickers had something to get off her chest.

Above: The last Official Uk Top 40 and the last number 1 of 2010. Week ending 26-12-10

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The Best Of The Dale Bamber Show 2010

The Dale Bamber Show has done some wacky things throughout 2010. Below are some of the best moments on the show.

Above: Dale got his facts wrong…whats worrying…Paj was right!

Above: The news at 9 O’Clock with heather Horrocks from Sunday 2nd May 2010. The news was really funny this week…simply because…Heather couldnt get her words out!

Above: Dale’s Got Talent came to the end of its run for 2010 and it was still 0-0 between Heather and Dale. Which lead to us having a sing off live on air.

Above: After 11 months at Ribble Valley Media and over 3 and a half years broadcasting in Clitheroe Dale leaves the station. Above is heathers final speech…a dedication to The Dale Bamber Show.

Above: Dale returned with his show a month later on RHB. During his time at RHB the show has broadcasted infront of a live audience twice. On one of the live broadcasts, Dale invited a friend to take part in a Dale’s Got Talent Task.

Alesha Dixon ft. Jay Sean: ‘Every Little Part Of Me’
Breakage ft. Jess Mills: ‘Fighting Fire’
Cassius: ‘I Luv U So’
Diplo vs. Tiesto ft. Busta Rhymes: ‘C’mon (Catch ‘Em By Surprise)’
Elbow: ‘Neat Little Rows’
Hurts: ‘Sunday’
Katy Perry: ‘E.T.’

Week Beginning = Monday 7th March 2011

Beth Ditto: ‘EP’
Black Eyed Peas: ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’
James Blake: ‘The Wilhelm Scream’
Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull: ‘On The Floor’
McFly: ‘That’s The Truth’
Olly Murs: ‘Heart On My Sleeve’
Parade: ‘Louder’
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘Not Giving Up On Love’
Tinie Tempah ft. Ellie Goulding: ‘Wonderman’
Wiz Khalifa: ‘Black And Yellow’
Wonderland: ‘Not A Love Song’

The songs Katy sung were:

1. “Fingerprints”
2. “One of the Boys”
3. “Hot n Cold”
4. “Self Inflicted”
5. “Use Your Love”
6. “Waking Up in Vegas”
7. “Lost”
8. “Thinking of You”
9. “Mannequin”
10. “Ur So Gay”
11. “I’m Still Breathing”
12. “I Think I’m Ready”
13. “If You Can Afford Me”

And her encore:

1. “Don’t Stop Me Now”
2. “I Kissed a Girl”

During her concert she agreed to keep wearing outrageous outfits and keep producing amazing music. The atmosphere felt like I was at a recording of Top Of The Pops. Oh and Katy thanked us all for helping her win a prize! (She won a brit award a week before the concert).

Picture gallery of the georgeous Girls Aloud live in action at the bottom of the report. As there are alot of pictures it may take a few mins to load!

So what fans and the press have branded as the girls final tour, Girls Aloud started their Out of Control tour in April 2009.

The 3 supporting acts were:

§  Emma Deigman

§  Jullian Perretta

§  Girls Can’t Catch

The show kicked off with the girls shooting through the floor and rising up to the sky singing The Promise. During this performance any girl that sung got a massive response from the crowd…with Cheryl getting the biggest cheer! We at dalebamber.co.uk think its because of her role on The X Factor. Then after this they sung an album track called Love is the key still in the same outfits!

Then the girls had a chat with the audience….saying that Manchester was the best audience yet…..me thinking she says that at every tour…Kimberley and sarah stated that Manchester is their hometown and they were going to give us their best performance ever…we should think so too girls for the price of the tickets! After 2 songs from the Out Of Control Album the girls sang Biology from the Chemistry album. This got the audence cherring and singing like mad! This was then followed by Miss You Bow Wow - another album tack from their Out of Control album.

Then all 5 got out of their white dresses and put…well…nothing on! The girls got into a short black skirt on to reinact the music video The Loving Kind followed by Waiting. Still in their virtually nothing dresses they then sang another popular classic song from their career called Love Machine. The last song they sung for this section of the tour before another outfit change was Rolling back the rivers in time!

Then it was time for another dress change into various dresses (see the pictures below…by the way they are very revealing!!!!)…..only this one took 3 minuites…..and why did it take 3 minuites for them to get ready? Because they jumped on a lift and moved to a new stage in the arena The girls flew over the audience (slowly!) singing the album version of Untouchable. (Yes really the full 7 minuite version!)

By the time they got to their mini stage….so did the audience! Then the girls sung the classic Sexy! No! No! No! After this they sung a cover of jame Morrisons number 2 hit…Broken Strings! Very quickly they sunf Love is pain and then the girlies jumped back on their lift and sang Call The shots. On their way back when they sang the lyric “call the shots nowwwwww” the male dancers threw gold glitter into the audience! 

Another dress change and this time the girls wore less. The first song they sang was  Revolution in the head, another track from their Out of Control album. Time for another classic GA song now and it was their very first hit Sound of the underground which Cheryl mainly dominated this song as far as vocals! Then they sang Fix me up and during this song…the girls were pole dancing! Sleazy? It wasn’t really and the press over exagerated a bit I think! After their pole dancing the girls got their make dancers…who were dressed up as puppets and did a what can only be described as the worst cover ever, it was Britney Spears Womanizer!. Ok maybe we were over exagerating before…Kimberley did a brilliant job of the song…Nadine however…didnt! Last song of the tour before the encore…was Something kinda OOOOH!

There was time for 1 more song….and 1 more dress change! This time they wore reasonable dresses covering themselves up! and they sung a collaboration of their hits…with songs including The Show and The Promise. (Again!) As this is the first time on any tour they have ended with a collaboration of their greatest hits is this the end for Girls Aloud?

Picture gallery of the georgeous Girls Aloud live in action at the bottom of the report.

On 3rd May 2008 Girls Aloud kicked off their ‘Tangled Up Tour’ summed up by the press as “the Madonna erotic era” The tour has cost over £3 Million to stage….and it was worth every penny!!!! I went to see Girls Aloud perform the tour at Manchester MEN arena on Saturday 31st May 2008.

The 3 supporting acts were:

1.     Luigi Masi

2.     Billiam

3.     The Saturdays

The show kicked off with the girls hanging in the middle of the sky in black, blue and white PVC outfits and after about a minuite of just hanging in the sky……they sang Sexy! No No No. Then after this they sung an album track called Girl Overboard still in the same outfits!

Then Cheryl had a chat with the audience….saying that Manchester was the best audience yet…..me thinking she says that at every tour…and Cheryl and Sarah asked the question “Who’s a better cerowed Manchester or Liverpool?” As soon as Sarah Said Liverpool everyone started booing…..which i bet made Nicola feel welcome! While Cheryl was entertaining the crowd Kimberley ran to the side of the stage….not looking well but after Nadine went over and have her a quick hug the girls started performing this time….going all the way back to 2002 by singing Sound of the Underground…cleverly changing the line “Bass line jumps in the backstreet lights” to the “Bass line jumps in Manchester” and this line was sung by Cheryl….this got the audence cherring like mad! this was then followed by Close to love - another album tack from their Tangled Up album.

Then all 5 got out of their tight fitted PVC outfits and put…well…nothing on! The girls got into a black cabaret outfit….lets say theyre were a little bit revealing!!!!! The next song on the playlist was Cant Speak French followed by Love Machine. Still in their virtually nothing dresses they then sang another popular album track from their Tangled Up Album called Black Jacks. Then it was Nicola’s turn to entertain the audience….she didn’t say much apart from she was loving the banners, she loved her fans and thanked everyone for coming! Then a song that had everyone singing…Biology!

Then it was time for another dress change into multi-coloured dresses…..only this one took 3 minuites…..by the time the lights came on there was a massive bridge….from the main stage at the front of the arena….to a little stage at the back of the arena. The girls walked along the bridge singing Whole Lotta History. Our row and the few surrounding us were just boring and starting at them….so I just started waving like mad and Cheryl waved at me and gave a very sexy cheezy smile!!!! Oh My God Cheryl waved at me Probably the best thing that has and will happen to me in 2008!!!!!!

By the time they got to their mini stage….so did the audience! Then the girls sung the acoustic version of the 2007 number 1 hit for Robyn’s With Every Heartbeat which was the B side to Cant Speak French. After covering another artists number 1 they sung 1 of their own number 1 hits….which is my favourite song of all time I’ll Stand By you! Cheryl dedicated this song to the audience for still supporting Girls Aloud 6 years after they formed! As the girls sang this they walked back over the bridge and waved at their fans while singing.

Another dress change and this time the girls went into gold dresses…and while they were getting changed and also getting rid of the bridge they played some VT footage of the girls preparing for the tour….by getting dressed and in rehersals! Then came the girls talking about..in theory “A guy they were …lets say going out with”…and they sumed it up that it was a Fling which funnily enough was the title of the next song….another track from their Tangeld Up album. Time for another cover now and its the classic Salt N pepper song Push it which Cheryl mainly dominated this song as far as vocals! Then time for 2 classic Girls Aloud songs….although they never sung the full songs! The songs were Wake me up and Walk this way. With walk this way on last years tour Sarah and Nicola sung the Sugababes lines….this year Nadine and Kimberley sung their lines as usual….then they cut out the second verse then they all sang their normal lines…except for Cheryl who sung Amelle’s lines towards the end! Then time for the final song from their album tanged up and this was Control of the knife…..followed by a very short version of Kelis Trick me….sung by Cheryl and she liturally shouted…..”You tricked me once….I wont let you trick me twice”….me thinking could that have something to do with the whole Cheryl/Ashley Split in January????? Then it was Nadine’s turn to speak to the audience…Secretly she was loving it….if anyone could of understood her Irish accent! She also sounded really high pitched for some reason….like a chipmunk! Anyway she then introdueced their biggest hit from 2007….Call the shots! And when Nicola did her solo part in the song sparks were on the stage left right and centre!!!! It was truly one of their best performances ever! They ended the tour with their version of the 1980’s hit for the Pointer Sisters Jump….or so we thought!

There was time for 1 more song….and 1 more dress change! This time they wore neon lycra leotards and were Tangled Up…with the male dancers un-tangling them! and they sung their biggest hit from 2006 - Something Kinda OOOOH!

Yes all 5 Girls sang live. Girls Aloud were the very first band (and the only band) ive ever seen in concert….this being the second time I’ve seen them touring! It was an amazing night and the atmosphere was immense!!!

Picture gallery of the georgeous Girls Aloud live in action at the bottom of the report.

On 15th May 2007 Girls Aloud kicked off their ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ summed up by the press as “their raunchiest tour yet!” I went to see Girls Aloud perform their greatest hits down in Wembly, held at the Wembley Arena on Saturday 26th May 2007. Not only did i get aload of merchandise, I had the best tickets in the house - Front row

The concert kicked off with the 3 supporting acts:

1.     Natalia

2.     Misha Williams

3.     Rogue Traders

Out of those 3 acts I only knew 1…the Rogue Traders and from their songs I only knew 1 but Natalie (Izzy from neighbours) was brilliant live! (despite the fact her dress was that short…well do we wanna go there???)

Then at 9pm the Girls finally came on stage…from the sky and typical me is still looking at the stage expecting them to come out of the side

They kicked off by singing Something Kinda ooh and Wake me up. After a quick chat with the audience it was the boy dancers Vs girls aloud in Walk this way…Sarah and Nicola taking the roles of the Sugababes. During this song Cheryl came to where i was sat…so randomly…cause the people around me just weren’t getting involved so i thought id wave…and to my suprise she waved back…Oh my god…Cheryl waved at me!!!! That was probably the best thing thats happened to me in a long time!!!!!

After this they very quickly got changed … and at this point if anyone was sat around me, you could actually see Sarah taking her clothes off…fair enough they have like a minuite to change their clothes but did she have to do it on stage? - Not that im complaining Once the girls came back on stage, they got the audience to do a mexican wave…and it worked! (Even though the person next to me shouted out “At linkin Park they didnt need to ask the audience to do a mexican wave”) And continued the show with Long hot summer. All 5 girls got a fan to cool them down…cause by the looks of Kim she was sweating for the UK. Then they all got on a sofa that lifted them up into the air and they sang ‘whole lotta history’

Continuing then with 2 exclusive songs sung by Girls Aloud that have been released on albums but not as singles! They were called Graffiti my soul and Real life that were to be released by Girls Aloud in their early music career however never having time to release them.

Usually they sing a song well known to the public however sung by different artists. For example on the “What will the neighbours say” tour they sang Teenage dirtbag by Wheatus and on the “Chemistry” tour they sang I predict a riot by the Kaiser chiefs. On this tour…the Greatest Hits tour they sang Ive had the time of my life from the film Dirty dancing. That had the whole audience singing!

Then the girls sang their original chart hits from late 2002/early 2003 sound of the underground and No good advice. Followed by the girls 3rd single which was a slightly faster version of Life got cold

But the song that got the most reaction by the audience was the children in need song from 2004 I’ll stand by you. At this point everyone was cheering swaying their arms in the air!

Then the set changed to a casino as they sang a slow version of Tiffany’s classic I think we’re alone now. Then a brand new track…and the only track from their greatest hits album that hasn’t been released was the song called Money.

Followed by the song that had everyone dancing…LOVE MACHINE!

After this all the curtains closed as the girls changed into dressing robes, and everyone in the Arena had a massive countown to welcome them back on…and the show continued with The show. In this song the girls were on the stage in bed…and then each girl had a man in bed with them…to say that my radio show is a family programme and the odds are kids are on here we betta leave that there

And final song was … Biology.

Yes all 5 Girls sang live. People do say I must really like them to actually go and see them in concert because ive never ever been to a concert in my life and the fact that it’s a massive bang like Girls Aloud makes it better that they were the first people I ever saw in concert and it was the best experience of my life!

The Bathroom Crooners on The Dale Bamber Show - Sunday 5th September 2010

On Sunday 5th September 2010 Sam Buchanan and The Bathroom Crooners came onto The Dale Bamber Show to talk to Dale about their recent UK tour. As well as this they also told us how they originally formed (hint…the name kinda gives it away) and what they really think of Simon Cowell.

As well as this the band also gave an exclusive live session for listeners of The Dale Bamber Show…a first for the show in its 3 and a half year run! Another first for The Dale Bamber Show, it was video recorded and the film will be avaliable soon here on dalebamber.co.uk. Until then below is the interview and the live longe session:

Above: The Bathroom Crooners - Interview (Contains some strong language)

Above: The Bathroom Crooners - live lounge session

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