Joss and Will are in fine voice to thrill their fans
DEVON was treated to a star-studded music extravaganza as two home-grown singing sensations played to delighted fans at the weekend.
Singer Joss Stone performed an intimate gig alongside Grammy-award winning soul pioneer Solomon Burke at Exeter venue Mama Stone's.
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Chart-topping pop star Will Young returned to Devon to headline the county's largest new music festival.
An excited crowd was thrilled to watch soul star Joss perform alongside Solomon at her mother Wendy Joseph's club, in Mary Arches Street, on Saturday night.
The Echo caught up with the singer, who grew up at Ashill near Cullompton and now owns a house near Uffculme, before the gig where she spoke of her excitement.
"I met Solomon while playing a gig in Germany he was at," she said. "We got on well and said we should perform together, so I am doing six dates with him in the UK. He's a legend."
Joss still performs barefoot — a trait that she has no intention of shaking off.
She said: "I love shoes, but I can't face wearing them on stage as I'm terrified I'm going to fall over. I don't want to think about anything else other than the song I'm singing, so it's just easier to have bare feet."
Thousands of people attended the first South Devon Music Festival, held at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Saturday, to watch star attraction Will Young.
The 31-year-old former Exeter University student, who shot to fame eight years ago after winning ITV's Pop Idol, has sold more than eight million records and had the biggest single of the last decade — Evergreen.
"Exeter does seem a world away sometimes," he said. "You have moments in life when it seems bizarre; a bit like being in a film."
The singer has a summer of UK concerts ahead of him.
"Funnily enough, the first ever solo gig I did was in Devon," he said.
"What is great about outdoor gigs is that you can do all the old songs and mix it up a bit — do all the old covers and some of the new songs too."
The festival also featured Ade Edmondson, the Wurzels and BBC Radio 2's Best Live Act, the Demon Barber Show.
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by pete, exeter
Monday, July 26 2010, 5:57PM
“Joss Stone rocked ! I was impressed..Mamma Stones too.”
by steve, Exwick
Monday, July 26 2010, 5:02PM
“Blimey Shane - that's quite a salty dislike you have going on there.
You sure you want that in the public domain?”
by shane gloyne, exeter
Monday, July 26 2010, 4:45PM
“**********Good Wouldnt want to see an untalented, STRANGE ONE”
by Steve, Exwick
Monday, July 26 2010, 4:34PM
“Don't worry Shane.
They wont make you go.”
by Brixham Born & Bread, Brixham Devon
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:45PM
“**************Will Young home grown
dont think not
he comes from somewear else he only went unii here , and as for stone her was born in kent
so how can they be home grown.”
by shane gloyne, exeter
Monday, July 26 2010, 3:24PM
“who would want to see that fairy young?”
by GRIBBLE, COWICK ST
Monday, July 26 2010, 1:49PM
“take no notice samantha
your dad has banned her so classy bird will have to drink in the park now, with the other wino's.
lol
well done bob”
by SAMANTHA KEEN, EXETER
Monday, July 26 2010, 1:20PM
“Thank you Base x
Classy Bird !!!!!!!!
My Auntie May say's "to ignore you because you not a nice person.
And my Dad says " You are Barred”
by BASE, DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE
Monday, July 26 2010, 1:10PM
“THE GABLES IS A GOOD OLD BOOZER
AND UNLIKE A LOT OF PUBS DONT SMELL
THE BOXER DOG IS A NICE DOG BUT MAD AS A HATTER BUT I THINK HE IS HOUSE TRAINED”
by BASE, DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE
Monday, July 26 2010, 1:08PM
“THE GABLES IS A GOOD OLD BOOZER
AND UNLIKE A LOT OF PUBS DONT SMELL
THE BOXER DOG IS A NICE DOG BUT MAD AS A HATTER BUT I THINK HE IS HOUSE TRAINED”