Ricardo- I thought I’d ring up Darren, er, on the show today. Darren and I are good friends like that. I thought I’d phone him up today and say thank you very much, so we’ve got Darren Hayes on the line. Hello Darren.

Darren- How are you?

R- I’m fine and how are you?

D- I’m absolutely thrilled to be talking to you.

R- Do you know what we’re thrilled to be talking to you as well because you’re coming to PITP which is great news

D- Oh yeah, I’m really excited about it. I did it a couple of years ago and it was a blast and lo and behold you’ve invited me back and I’m thrilled.

R- If I remember right you went down very, very well. They loved you.

D- You know what I’m gonna agree with you there. Hehehe. No, it was an awesome audience, I have to say, you can tell, you know and I would tell you the truth sometimes I’m not great sometimes I’m alright and it’s the audience that’s incredible, it makes all the difference and they were so wonderful so I’m really looking forward to seeing everybody again.

R- OK, I came to see you in Wolverhampton when you played at the Civic Hall and you played a brilliant gig and you are so good live and I’m not just saying that.

D- Awww

R- It was a really good gig and as you say PITP rocked when you were here two years ago

D- No, it’s really great energy and I’m really glad to be a part of it.

R- You’re gonna love where it is this year. It’s actually in a park this year for a change.

D- *chuckles* Really?

R- In a beautiful park called Cannon Hill Park, right next to a lake, the sun is going to shine.

D- Let me just write that down so I make sure I go to the right place.

R- Yes.

D- Right, got it.

R- We’ll come and pick you up

D- Cool

R- Don’t worry about that. You get to the airport, we’ll pick you up from there, alright?

D- Awesome.

R- What have you been up to? You’ve not released anything for a while, have you?

D- I’ve got a brand new album that comes out actually, September sixth, and I’ve been recording for over a year. The first single actually comes out in August so I’m think I’m gonna play it actually for you guys on stage at PITP.

R-I hope so.

D- So I’m real excited.

R- Popular?

D- It’s called Popular

R- OK, I’m trying to get a copy of it, we’ve not got a copy here.

D- *cheeky laugh*

R- But if we get a copy before the end of the show today then I will play it.

D- Awesome.

R- We’re working on it.

D- Alright…it’s all a little secret isn’t it?

R- Yeah. I don’t know if we can play it but Claire from Sony is trying to get a copy of it.

D- Awesome

R- Bless her. So you’ve been busy, busy writing.

D- I have, I actually worked with a lot of English people, I worked with Mark Stent and Marios De Vries and they’re both people who have done records with Bjork and Madonna so it’s a really interesting record for me. It’s a very personal record; it’s called The Tension And The Spark and I’m so excited to get it out there and tour. I think even it could be October. It’s not official but I think we’re looking at touring here in October.

R- I hope sp

D- Yeah I’m thrilled.

R- That’ll be good. All you songs are quite emotional I mean we play Insatiable all the time on work place anthems here because we get people to request songs and they’re always requesting that tune.

D- Well, the first single is a bit cheeky actually, from the record

R- Is it?

D- But when you hear it you’ll get what I mean. It’s quite a, quite a funny commentary on what it takes to get to the top these days.

R- We’ll try and play it before I go at four o’clock this afternoon.

D- Alright then.

R- Darren, thank you very, very much for agreeing to come to PITP.

D- My pleasure

R- We look forward to seeing you on the 10th July. Darren Hayes will be there… thank you Darren.

D- Thank You


Thanks to Else for this transcript