Abbie sets sights on stardom after recording with the Sugababes

Abbie sets sights on stardom after recording with the Sugababes
11:40am Wednesday 31st March 2010

By Andrea Glennon »


AFTER a recording session with pop group the Sugababes, a Stratton teenager has vowed the next time she returns to the world-famous Abbey Road Studios she will be the superstar.

Talented Abbie Lea Drew beat off competition from 4,000 other hopefuls from around the country to win the Heart FM ‘Live Like a Sugababe’ competition.

She filmed herself singing their hit About A Girl which was voted number one by radio listeners in an online competition. She sang the same song in the studio with the girl group.

The 15-year-old said she felt like a celebrity as she bumped into Amy Winehouse during a £500-shopping spree in Selfridges, stayed in a £1,000 a night suite at the Mayfair Hotel and was treated to champagne and chocolate covered strawberries.

The Cirencester Deer Park student was also given tips from the Sugababes vocal coach, interviewed by celebrity magazine Closer and followed around by the Heart FM film crew.

Abbie said: "It was absolutely amazing – the Sugababes gave me such good advice. They told me if I get knocked down just to get back up again.

"Even though I only met Amelle and Heidi because Jade was ill I loved every minute of it. They were great and so down-to-earth.

"Heidi said when she was a teenager she wrote lots of letters to music companies and was eventually signed when she was just 18."

Abbie said she now plans to write letters herself and record demo CDs to send off to recording studios.

"Without a doubt this is definitely what I want to do," she added.

For more on the story and link to Abbie in action go to wiltsglosstandard.co.uk

Sugababes push the button for Cirencester teen

Sugababes push the button for Cirencester teen
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 06:56


SINGING sensations Sugababes gave Abbie Drew a sweet introduction to being in a girl band.

The tuneful stars wowed the 15-year-old, from Cirencester, when she met them at a recording session at the world-famous Abbey Road studios.

Abbie shot to the top of the pops by singing her version of the Sugababes hit About a Girl in the national Windows 7 Snap and Shake competition.

She won a weekend in the life of the girl band, including a stay in a glamorous suite at celebrity haunt The Mayfair Hotel and a London shopping spree.

She also got the chance to eat dinner at Nobu, finished off with a recording session at Abbey Road Studios.

Abbie, a pupil at Deer Park School, Cirencester, said: "It was absolutely incredible.

"I met Heidi and Amelle, but unfortunately Jade was ill. They were lovely, so supportive and just down-to-earth, normal girls.

"I couldn't believe I was sitting on a sofa between the Sugababes.

"It all got a bit overwhelming, with so many other people around us, and I started crying with the shock and happiness.

"They were saying if you want to get somewhere in the music industry you have to try as hard as you can. Even if you get knocked down you must get back up again.

"Heidi said that when she was a teenager she wrote so many letters to music companies and eventually got there. She was signed when she was 18."

Abbie vowed to follow in her pop idols' footsteps.

She said: "I'm going to be writing lots of letters and doing lots of recording in smaller studios nearer home and sending off demo CDs.

"I was also really inspired by recording in the same room The Beatles were once in."

Ambitious Abbie, who prefers singing ballads, also writes songs and she has raised the money to go to stage school this summer.

She has already won Fairford's Got Talent and she made it though to the first round of Britain's Got Talent aged just 12 years old.