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bur
gh
Fe
stival,
however
,
she8217d
given
up
on
treading
the
boards.
The
8220brilliant8221
Karen
Ko
ren,
director
of
the
Gilded
Balloon,
took
a
chance
on
KT8217s
then
band,
Red
Light
Stylus,
giving
them
a
graveyard
slot
at
1am
every
morning.
Theirs
was
a
8220jam
band8221,
which
meant
a
different
set
each
night.
8220I
felt
lik
e
Shane
McGowan
by
the
end
of
it.
It
was
a
completely
debauched,
mad
month
where
we
wer
e
goi
ng
to
bed
at
sev
en
in
the
mor
nin
g.8221
There
is
no
doubt
she
holds
Edinbur
gh
dear
,
due
to
the
pivotal
role
the
city
played
in
her
formative
days
as
a
musician.
8220I
definite-
ly
prefer
the
Old
To
wn,
basically
because
the
music
venues
are
all
down
in
the
Grassmar-
ke
t.
I8217ve
played
The
Liquid
Room,
The
Ve
nue,
and
the
old
Bongo
Club
in
that
old
warehouse
was
fantastic.8221
Her
favourite
haunt
to
meet
up
with
old
friends
is
Black
Bo8217s
on
Blackfriar8217s
St
for
the
8220great
food8221.
There8217s
not
many
other
divas
you
will
hear
say
that.
MUSIC
MAKERS
KT
per
forming
at
the
Brit
Aw
ards
in
2006,
with
fiance
Luk
e
Bullen
on
drums,
main
picture,
before
scooping
the
award
for
best
female
artist,
bottom
right;
still
from
Mik
e
Leigh8217s
film,
Secrets
and
Lies,
which
encouraged
KT
to
trace
her
biological
mother
Main:
Getty.
Bottom
right:
AP
KT
not
so
much
on
the
QT
November
2004
Pu
ts
out
her
debu
t
albu
m,
Eye
to
the
Te
lescope
October
2005
Wins
Q
Music
Aw
ard
for
Black
Horse
and
the
Cherry
Tr
ee
Septemb
er
2005
Re
ceives
a
nomination
for
the
Mercury
Music
Pr
ize
December
2005
Pe
rforms
Hogmanay
at
Edinburgh
8217s
Concert
in
the
Gardens,
pictured
above
Februar
y
2006
Wins
Best
British
Female
Solo
Artist
at
the
Brits
May
2006
Wins
Ivor
Novello
award
for
Suddenly
I
See
July
2007
Pe
rforms
at
the
US
leg
of
Live
Earth
at
the
Giants
Stadium
in
New
Jersey
,
wearing
gold
leggings
and
a
t-
shirt
fittingly
emblazoned
with
8220save
the
future8221,
inset
Febru
ary
2007
Re
ceives
a
Grammy
Aw
ard
nomination
for
Best
Female
Po
p
Vo
cal
Pe
rformance
for
Black
Horse
and
the
Cherry
Tr
ee
September
2007
Re
leases
Drastic
Fa
ntastic,
which
goes
top
10
in
the
UK
and
US
charts
in
its
first
week
Janua
ry
2008
Re
ceives
a
Brit
Aw
ards
nominat
ion
for
British
Female
Solo
Artist,
with
Bat
For
Lashes,
Ka
te
Nash,
Leona
Lewis
and
PJ
Harvey
It
wasn
8217t
deliberate,
she
maint
ains.
Wi
ll
she
disappo
int
her
gay
fans
and
tie
the
knot
this
year?
8220I
will
be
an
hones
t
woman
by
2009.
We
ll,
as
honest
as
I8217m
ever
gonna
get.8221
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