The Oldie

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Is there anything you can’t leave home without?

Sleep supplements, blindfolds and earplugs, as I sleep badly. And two laptops, one on stage and one for work when I’m waiting to go on stage.

What’s your favourite destination?

New York, which is where I was born not the trendy part of New York, but upstate, in Troy.

What are your earliest childhood holiday memories?

We didn’t go anywhere apart from Swansea - my dad was from Swansea and so our summer holidays

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