Fredisode No. 25 – Freddy Idol

Good Charlotte / Freddy Concert Sells Out In Minutes

This Friday night, Freddy opens for Good Charlotte at The House of Blues in Dallas. Tickets for the show sold out in a single day and are being scalped by fans and brokers for as much as $200.00 per ticket.

“This last month has been mind-boggling,” Freddy said. Opening for the Glendale-based band that has sold over nine million albums is just the latest chapter in the Freddy fairytale. In the past several weeks, Freddy has shared the stage with Maroon Five, Colby Caillat, Katy Perry, and Forever the Sickest Kids. Even more impressive was Freddy’s last-minute addition to the line-up at Warp Tour and his July 4th concert in Dallas where he headlined for a crowd of nearly seventeen thousand.

Freddy is still without a record contract and says that’s just fine with him. “I said from the beginning that I don’t want to do a traditional record deal,” Freddy said. “I had that before and it wasn’t for me.” Two years ago Freddy was dropped by a major label while in the middle of recording his album. He added, “Doing it with Kidd and his morning show, I’ve been able to do what I always wanted and that’s let the fans make the big decisions. I wouldn’t be able to do that if I had a standard contract from a record company.”

He may not have a contract but he now has a completed album. “We did almost the whole thing in the apartment that Kidd got me. We turned the closet into a vocal booth and the living room into a recording studio.” In the past few days, Freddy finished up production in Los Angeles, working with top producers including Matt Squire–who this year produced the albums for Boys Like Girls, Panic at the Disco, and Forever The Sickest Kids. “It’s unheard of that an unknown artist could get these kind of producers to help. I feel really lucky to be in this position.”

For now, Freddy’s just focused on the immediate future. “My band and I have only been together for two months so we’ve been rehearsing like crazy to get ready for this Friday’s show.”

In typical fashion, Freddy is including his fans even in the rehearsal. “We’re putting together ‘FAB’, the Freddy Advisory Board. They’re going to come to our rehearsal, critique our performance, and let us know what we can do to make us better.” Interested fans are invited to write Freddy an email if they want to join the FAB but HURRY! The special rehearsal is tomorrow night.

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Home Sweet Home!

So I’m in New York for the first time in basically 3 months!!! (I was here for like 2 hours last month to visit my Mom but then flew right back to Dallas.)

 It’s UNBELIEVABLE.

 I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated the concept of “home” more in my life. Seriously though. The homemade food, the feel of your own pillows and sheets — there’s a smell and taste that is only true to home.

 And of course the best thing of all…is family.

 I think the most underrated human phenomenon is unconditional love. How crazy is it, that as sensitive as we all are, there are one or two or (if we’re lucky) a few people in our lives that continue to love us…no matter what.   

 A mother, a father, a sister, a brother, a husband, a wife, a dog(?), a friend. To know that someone will ALWAYS be there for you is the greatest knowledge in the world.

 I learned that today, after a much needed trip home, hug from my parents, kiss from my girlfriend, and lick from my dog.

 

More to come,

F

 

PS – Don’t get me wrong. I am in love with Texas…just needed to remember where I was from…

JULY 4TH, MATT SQUIRE and 7-ELEVEN

Okay. I think it’s safe to say that July 4^th was…RIDONKULOUS. I’m gonna be honest; I was scared. I knew that a bunch of people would come out, but c’mon – enough to fill a stadium? I’ve been back and forth between Dallas and L.A. so much that I figured you guys forgot all about me! Course I never expressed my “I’m only gonna fill 1/100^th of Pizza Hut Park” fear to anyone, but trust me, I felt it. Fortunately, all thanks to you guys, the place was freakin PACKED! Word on the street is that over TWENTY ONE THOUSAND people watched our band perform. How crazy is that??? The stage was ginormous, by the way, and so high tech. The best part of all was that Yamaha gave me a sick grand (okay sick baby grand!) piano for the show.  You can see some footage of me playing it on YouTube. And actually, that wasn’t the best part. The best part was that my family and best friends flew to Texas for the show. It’s amazing to experience real friendship. Seriously.

Oh! And Laura and I got back together J

Next. As you may or may not know, I’ve been in LA finishing up 2 tracks for my album. I was supposed to be done by now, but I just had to record to more that were beating up the insides of my brain. The songs are called “Nothing Lasts Forever” (which I butchered on-air at the piano) and “Even If” (you know, the song that’s been written/produced/arranged in so many different ways, and you guys chose Version C?)  – So this producer (Matt Squire) is legitimately a producer. Sounds weird, no? Well, it’s not. A lot of these so-called producers just aren’t all that great. They might get the drums to sound great or the guitar to sound edgier, but they don’t deliver the song you have in your head – the one you know so intimately well, but can’t express for the life of you. Well this dude did. And to use his word de jour, it’s pretty ballerado. By the way, if you think I look like the guy from Entourage, wait til you see this guy. It’s weird.

But not as weird as the 7-Eleven webisode we just shot. This was supposed to be done in Dallas, the morning after our Frisco show, but we were waaaaaay to tired. So we tried in LA. I haven’t even explained what it is we were trying to do.

 So I’ll do that.

 You know how on July 25^th, we’re opening for Good Charlotte at House of Blues? You know how tickets are seven dollars and eleven cents? Okay – that’s because 7-Eleven is sponsoring the event! And to say thank you, me and the band went to a 7-Eleven to shoot a lil webisode. We decided to go late (post-11pm) to avoid crowds of people. Perhaps we should’ve gone earlier to avoid “post-11pm people.” Ha. Who knows. But yeah, we went in to buy slurpies. Five guys with no cash and a bunch of instruments…just singing for their slurpies.   

They went in four boys and a man (Hi Randy).

They came out five men.

 What?!

 But seriously, wait til you see this. It’s absurd…the characters in the video…the songs we’re singing. I haven’t had that much fun in a long time…

  Thanks so much to everyone who came out to Frisco.

You truly made that a night I will never, ever forget.

 Out.

F

Fredisode No. 24 – July 4th Concert

4th of July!

Yo…”fellow” Texans…

Today is July 4th and if you’re still not sure what to do, I’m gonna help you out.

Go to Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, where for just $10 you get to see a professional soccer game, ME for over an HOUR, the Temptations, and the largest fireworks show in North Texas.

Its gonna be nuts, so come on out!!! I go on at 8, and I promise, its gonna be fun

See you tonight!

Freddy

Freddy’s Playing Warped Tour…Today!!

Hey Guys!!! Freddy is playing Warped Tour today at 3:45pm. He’s on the KIA/Kevin Says stage!!! The show’s at the SuperPages Center in Dallas (frm Smirnoff). If you’re in town come and see him!!

And The Winners Are…

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