 on Highland Radio with David James. Hi, you're welcome back to the program, and we're very, very excited here today because this lady hasn't been in Highland Radio in quite a long time, and she's taking time out to come and join us today to tell us all about her tour, all about her new song, and we're excited to have her here. Lisa McHugh, what is the crack? Hello! It's great to be back with you. How are you, David? We are the very best. Great to see you. And you're looking incredibly well, as is Pete. Pete, you're looking stunning as well on the guitar. Lisa, you're going to kick us off with a song. I am. I'm going to sing a song. One that we will include on the tour is Atrecia Yearwood Number. It goes like this. We love it. Katie's sitting on her, Watching the chickens pick the ground. Eat up, shave it, draw. Boyfriend time, splashing through the mud. Live in the studio. I'll tell you what, it's great to have some live music back in front of us again in the studio. Well done. Thank you so much. Thank you. You used to sit on this seat for a while, didn't you? Back a few years ago. I did. Can you believe it? I was in the, I was in your seat for a few shows. I've done a few shows here in Highland, and I absolutely loved it. So it's great to be back. As you mentioned, it's been quite a while. It's the first time I've been on with yourself, David. So it's a pleasure and an honour. And you're doing an amazing job. Well, I haven't, I haven't seen you in quite a few years now. So it's great to see you once again. And you're getting ready for your first proper tour in quite some time, which must be very exciting. It is. It's exciting. It's nerve-wracking. The preparations are definitely well under way at the minute. It's two weeks away until the first show. And so it's really, really exciting. It was the first tour in two years now. In fact, it's been more. It's actually been longer than two years. Yeah. So I was a bit nervous putting it on sale because I wasn't sure if anyone would come would anyone even remember who I was? And, you know, it's kind of a change, sort of a change in direction for you as well, the venues that you're going to be playing in your upcoming tour. But it goes to show that it is working because a number of them have sold out already before you've even taken to the road, which is lovely. Yes, I am. I'm so excited because the Empire in Belfast has sold out was the first one to sell out. It's the first time I've ever been in Belfast to perform there. So that was a pleasant surprise. And the Marketplace Theatre, which I've been to a good few times over the years, it's also sold out. So I'm delighted with that. But as well as that, we're heading to the nerve center in Derry. We're heading to Wilens and Dublin, the Cyprus Avenue in Cork, Dolens and Limerick, and we're also heading to the INEC in Calarney. So there are a few familiar venues and there's still some limited tickets for those. And the show in the nerve center, that's taking place on the 14th of April in Derry. So Lisa, talk to us a little bit about this sort of change in direction, the new sound that we're hearing from Lisa McHugh, which we're absolutely loving, by the way. It's great. But tell us a little bit about, you know, that transition from early days, Lisa McHugh, to now. Yeah, well, I suppose, as you know, I've been on the road now for 10 years and I was touring up and down the country and it was going incredibly well and I had an absolute ball. But as you know yourself, David, being on the road so much and living out of a suitcase, it can become very tiresome. And I felt like I was on a hamster wheel and I had no time really to sit back and challenge myself creatively for my songwriting. And I just wanted to take a break just to recharge and refresh. And so that's what I'd done. I'd done that at the end of 2018. Came off the road, worked on my songwriting over a year or so and then I was ready to come back with a bang and of course we released a few singles and called what happened and then that put the tin hat and everything for everyone, for a good while. So I've released another few singles over the last year or so and they've been going incredibly well. I'm so excited now to get back and to blend, you know, all of the songs that everyone knows me for, Applejack, Hillbilly Girl, She's in Love with a Boy, Maine, all of those songs. I can't wait to get back on and I'm going to be singing those as well. Of course, you're not going to be forgetting about the songs that made you least in the queue as we know you. So it's going to be a show pretty much for everyone. You know, the people that have been fans of me from the very start and now the fans that have just recently joined your fan base with the likes of the songs that I quit and Dynamite as well. 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Now welcome back to the programme. Lisa McHugh has joined us live in studio today. Lisa, welcome back. Great to have you on. Loads of people are texting in to say how great it is to hear you back on the show. Aw, thank you so much. It's great to be back. And of course you have a huge connection with Donegal, as we know. I do, yeah. My mom's from Donegal and we have spent so many summers and so many, any holiday basically that we had over the years was spent here in Donegal and I got married here. I was just about to say, you spend one of the biggest days of your life here as well. So congratulations and also, you have become a mum since we've seen you last, which is incredible. I know, I know, life has definitely changed over the last year and a half especially. Yes, I'm a mum to Milo. He's just turned 14 months. So let's just say I need to have eyes in the back of my head at all times now. Milo has even been spotted by the likes of Garth Brooks too, which we've seen. It was not amazing. It was amazing and I wish there was a more thought put into that video because it was literally a case of me just playing on the guitar on the sofa and I thought, I'll put it up and just for the weekend that's in it, never in a million years did I think that Garth Brooks was going to actually see it. And I think its simplicity is what made it so popular as well. I know you're saying you might have thought about it more but you might have thought about it more and it might never have happened. So take it for what it was and it was brilliant and nice to get spotted by the man himself. Oh my God, absolutely. I thought it was a joke at first. Speaking of the man himself, you're joining the King of Donegal in the Millennium Forum next week, aren't you? I am indeed. I'm back on Operate Le Daniel and that's a mouthful, isn't it? With the man from Donegal, the gentleman Daniel Adorno. So it's an honour always to be part of anything to do with Daniel and I'm really, really looking forward to being back on stage with him next week as well. And you are part of the Contemporary Country Show. And that is in the Millennium Forum. Next Tuesday, which is the fourth, is it Tuesday? Tuesday. The fourth of April and the tickets for that are available from the box office. Now, we decided there during the break and by way. I'm probably going to get killed. Well, it's OK. You get to go home after this, I don't. We've decided that we're going to give away a set of tickets to Lisa McHugh live in the nerve centre. It's her first tour in a number of years and we want to give you a couple of tickets and all you're going to do is tell us the name of Lisa McHugh's current single, her latest single. And here's a little clue for you. She's going to be playing it in just a few moments time. So if you think you know the answer, text your name, your answer and where you're from to 0866025000. And you could be going along to that show, which is in the nerve centre on the 14th of April. So are rehearsals in full swing? What's going on? Rehearsals in my dressing room are in full swing every single day. Whenever Milo's napping, I'm running up the stairs to practice and just, you know, I'm trying to make it as good as we possibly can. I want to add in a few surprises. As I mentioned, I'm going to be doing a blend of, you know, the songs people know me for and the new material. And yeah, we've got some some surprises up our sleeve, don't we, Pete? Well, I'm sure it's going to be a great show. And you've been in some big stages recently because of course you were performing in the likes of the SSA arena, which is a show that like, you know, whenever you start out in a career and you think God knows where it'll take us to get to perform in an arena like that with all the bells and whistles, like that's something that you could probably never have hoped for or never thought that you were going to achieve when you started. Yeah, absolutely. It's always been a goal. You know, that's what you aspire to get to, the bigger, bigger shows. And I've been honoured to have had a part in those shows over the years in the SSA as the farmers bash run every year. And they just seem to get better and better. You know, the demand is always there for the tickets, the atmosphere is just unbelievable. So it was a massive honour again to be part of it this year. And who knows, with the success of I Quit, your brand new single, there's a wee clue for our teaser. You never know, we might see a Lisa McHugh show like in the SSA arena someday, you just never know. Here's hoping. Well, Lisa, we would love to hear your new song, which is called I Quit, which is a little clue for our teaser there. We'll give it a bash, will it, Pete? Yeah. Okay, here they go. I Quit, second guessing, putting this to be song. Judging itty-bitties and a petted bra. Buying skinny moccas, holding sugar, skipping the croissants. I Quit, looking in the mirror at my dimperfections with the weekly bronze. Shopping for the closest case, they know me, but I will face soon, I can't take it. That's Lisa McHugh's new single, if you know the name of it, and if you would like a couple of tickets to her show, Live in the Nerve Centre, in Derry, on the 14th of April, just text us in the name of that brand new single to 086-6025-1000 with your name and where you're from. Lisa, thanks so much for dropping by to see us today. It's been a pleasure, thanks so much for having us. And also to Pete on the guitar, thank you very much, Pete, excellent stuff. Lisa, just before you go, there's loads of people who have text in to say hello and also on our social medias. I'm sure you'd like to say hello to them before you go. Oh, thank you so much, everyone, for getting in touch and can't wait to see you soon. And best of luck with the tour, best of luck with April and Daniel, and hopefully we will see you again very soon. Thanks a million.