The track has created a stir in the UK club world — here’s a little blurb that ran in the Birmingham Mail.

Stacey Jackson in the Birmingham Mail

The photo shoot was such fun — I had such a great time. Here is one of the photos taken from that day — the one where I had to stand on a 7-foot high up windowsill wearing sky-high heels!

Exclusive picture from the new photo shoot. Photo by Joel Anderson

To tie in with the Dance Nation TV video, we can confirm THREE NEW HUGE TOUR DATES!

• 18th September – Liquid & Envy, Blackburn
• 2nd October – Liquid & Envy, Aberdeen
• 26th November – Lava & Ignite, Edinburgh

And I look forward to see all of my local fans there!!

We are waiting on a couple more remixes of I Am A Woman from some spectacular DJs — Stereojackers and Soulshaker and The Sharp Boys have already delivered a cracking remix that will no-doubt smash up the dance floors!

All of you guys will be the first to have a sneak preview of the remixes as soon as the rest come in! And we will let you know when the London launch of the single takes place as well!

Thanks again to all of you for your support!

Love,

Stae xxx

I started this blog in the car on the way back from my show in Oxford, I had so much Red Bull that I had a problem sitting still!

We weren’t scheduled to do Oxford but after the show in Newcastle, this fab club in Oxford called Plush Lounge wanted me to perform. I was the only act on and we had such a blast! We signed a bunch of autographs and took a whole bunch of photos with fans and got home close to 4am! Thank God my fabulous husband got up with the kids the next morning!

Last week I performed in Birmingham after a serious plug and interview on BBC Radio. Have a listen to my interview on the Paul Franks Show by hitting play below:

Stacey on BBC West Midlands by staerox

The air in the club was so thick with smoke-machine fog we almost didn’t see my tour manager cueing us to come down from the VIP room located above the dance floor. So, the DJ started playing the backing track before we even got to the stage! Luckily we made it there in time for the first verse! Check out who’s on the cool flyer!

On Monday I had a photoshoot with the amazing Joel Anderson – check out his website to see how cool his work is. He is so talented — and seriously daring! For one of the shots I had to stand on a 3-inch window sill 7 feet up from the ground and try to look relaxed!! The clothes were styled by Peter Breen who styled me for the YOU Magazine shoot a few months ago and they were amazing! My great friend Orit Schreiber lent us the most gorgeous jewellery from her fabulous shop in Notting Hill and Joel introduced me to a wonderful make up and hair artist called Alice who created a whole bunch of different looks for me in one day!!! We will have some behind the scenes footage of this for you soon.

Then, feeling slightly O.T.T. (all glammed up with hair and make up done and sporting a Juicy tracksuit), I had to bolt to Heathrow airport to collect my two oldest boys who arrived back from summer camp in the States! Boy, did I miss them soooooo much! They were so excited to come home only to repack and leave to St Tropez with me the next morning. But we are now FINALLY going on a family holiday and I can’t wait!! I need to just to hang with my kids and seriously CHILL out without plans, structure or obligations before I continue the rest of the tour in Sept, film the video for the new track and release in Nov!

Well… Just landed now in the South of France and I’m signing off for a couple weeks to have fun in the sun with the Jackson brood.

Thanks again for all your support!

Lotsa love,

Stae xxx

Sitting on the train back to London from Newcastle last week, my eyes could barely see the keyboard on my Blackberry! Another cuppa to soothe the headache would have made me explode and there’s something about train loos that just don’t do it for me!

Needless to say it was a fantastic (and reeeeeally late) night! The Newcastle Gay Pride gig was fabulous! We performed on an outdoor stage (the beautiful DJ Kitty at the helm) and the streets were packed. Luckily, the weather was sunny if a bit windy (I body-taped my dress to the top of my thighs this time to avoid pulling another Marilyn Monroe) but the dress was still super-spectacular! A silver sequin mini dress that was on its way to a photoshoot for Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas but I nabbed it at the shop. With a bit of alteration, the dress fit me like a glove! We’ll have some video footage of the Newcastle gig soon! But if you can’t wait for the video to come out soon, check out these great pictures on my facebook fan page!

I ended up signing autographs and taking pictures with some gorgeous people in the crowd. It was a true pop-star experience!

Newcastle is a serious party town! We all went to a club called The Living Room and had a table in the VIP section. Sitting with Lisa Scott Lee’s brothers’ and posse, (she performed that night as well but didn’t end up coming out), the cocktails were madly flowing.

Canterbury seems so long ago on the tour but it is Upside Down TV Episode number 18 so click here to have a peak of the first stop on the PA tour. My gold dress is actually just a top that was an impulse buy, which I found at a great shop called Lotus London the day before the gig!

The original track “I Am a Woman” is off being mastered this week and then making the rounds with the DJs for clubs and an autumn launch! Watch this space for news about the music video and commercial radio play too!

Thanks again for all your support!!

Love,

Stae xx

It’s been a while since my last blog but the summer term with the kids has got me in a tizzy plus I’m moving house next week! So needless to say I’m a bit nuts these days. My 12 year old is off to South Africa on a rugby and football tour with his school and I’m having a tough time convincing him to wear a helmet for rugby! So I will be a serious worry-wart over the next few weeks.

That said, I still found time to finish the new original single “I Am A Woman” and it’s fab! (If I don’t say so myself!) The track already has people talking about commercial chart placement and the video is set to be filmed at the end of the summer for an autumn release!

Next week (yes, right in the middle of my move !!!) I’m off to Newcastle for the next stop on the tour and I will be performing twice (yay, I get to wear two different outfits!) in front of 50,000 people at Newcastle’s Gay Pride festival! Its been such fun preparing for it – we had a day with the dancers with a personal stylist at TopShop coordinating fantastic outfits for the boys! Yes… Photos coming soon! They look amazing!

I also did a super radio interview for Best Buy shops that will air in over 1,200 stores around the world so listen out for me the next time your in Best Buy buying your electronics! As usual, we’ll get it posted up here as soon as it comes through just to make sure no one misses it.

It’s been a fun ride, I’m even getting recognised and stopped for autographs — including at passport control on my way back from Canada two weeks ago! I guess my videos are being played and people are watching!

Anyway… Thanks again for all YOUR support! It means so much to me!

Lotsa love,

Stae xx

I’m so excited because this new Upside Down TV episode, which is of the launch gig at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill! So just as I’m embarking on my UK tour, you get the chance to check out my show! You’ll all get to see how I got to rock out with my fantastic band featuring some of the kids from Music For Youth.

So last Friday kicked off the start of our first day on the PA tour and we had such a blast! Canterbury was so charming and we were relieved to arrive after a looooong traffic-filled drive with a full bladder!

We had such a great time performing. At the end of our set, they were screaming my name for me to come back on so I take it that they enjoyed the show. We actually went on twice that evening!

They took such great care of us; we had arrived for a sound check at 5 pm and were told the stage was 5×3 metres but it really was 2×2 once you factored in all the kit they had up there. Plus the stage was a bit uneven so I had to play the “Diva” and get the crew to gaffer tape the stage up so the dancers (who by the way were fabulous) and I wouldn’t kill ourselves up there! Needless to say, they were happy to oblige.

Honestly, between the crew and security, I seriously had pop star treatment. It was also a pleasure to be on the same ticket as Feeder and Example among other great acts like Miss Frank from the UK’s X-Factor who I really loved! That chick can rap!

The team behind “Stae J” were awesome — my tour manager took amazing care of us and made sure everything ran as smoothly as possible. We also got some fabulous footage and I can’t wait to pop that up onto Upside Down TV.

My poor husband had to fly in from a business trip and managed six trains to Canterbury! He’s THE Absolute Best!

Anyway, I have a another crazy week ahead, more rehearsals, an Aerosmith concert, afternoon picnic in the park with my kid’s class, Royal Ascot, and a quick personal pit-stop over the weekend in Canada for a family function. But it’s all fun stuff!

Thanks again to all of you for reading and your support!!!

Stae xx

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and it’s because I have been so swamped with rehearsals getting set to kick off a PA tour in Canterbury: Dancers — getting costumes sorted (now if I can only sort mine), working with Debbie Austin (choreographer for Will Young among other pop stars) and coming back from a fabulous wedding in Bermuda, it’s been a whirlwind. The wedding was so magical on a gorgeous beach and it was great to have a break from all that’s going on.

But now it’s back to reality — and thank God my mum was around to help with the kids (some on half term, some studying and writing exams!) It’s a bit of a juggle as usual — soccer mum rocker mum strikes again! Sports days and South African soccer and rugby tours for the kids are just around the corner — now if I could just clone myself and be in all these places at one time!

The rehearsals have been gruelling — several hours each day dancing and singing (all the while trying to fend-off my hay fever!) But I am having fun and living the dream! The first gig is this Friday and I think we are about 90% there so more dancing this week til we can do this in our sleep.

The DJs have been loving the remixes although one online reviewer admitted that my tracks really aren’t up her speed and compared me to Avril Levigne. I guess Avril is her taste either but to be honest, if that is the worst review I can get… I really can’t complain.

Meanwhile, both Band of Gold and Symphony are off to be released in Ibiza the 16th of June so cross your fingers for a great summer hit!

Also, the next episode of Upside Down TV is the hilariously funny behind-the-scenes making of the Symphony video in Southend! You soooooo have to watch!

Over half term, I had a great interview on Wave 105.2 (just hit play below) and I took my eight-year-old son Liam to the studio to watch. He was so cute and it was great to have him be a part of some of the hoopla. He even came to see some of the rehearsals which is super especially since he can’t come to any of the shows!

Stacey’s Interview on Wave 105 FM by staerox

Next week, I’m really excited to get started on some original tracks with the producers of Girls Aloud and Gabrielle Cilmi so watch this space for my new ORIGINAL track coming your way after the summer!

Thanks again for reading, watching and listening but most of all for your support!

Love,

Stae xx

STACEY JACKSON – I Hear A Symphony: Stacey Jackson is a legend! This lady is raising money for ‘Music For Youth’ who’s members play the music on this release and this is the second single to be taken from Stacey Jackson’s latest album ‘Upside Down’ where she gives her favourite Motown the rock treatment. However the club mixes were lost on me simply because they were pointless as they all sound too similar!!. This ‘Bangles’ influenced pop/rock song didn’t need to be re-mixed. It’s great as it is! So only three of the eight versions of ‘I Hear A Symphony’ are worthy of a listen. At least those three tracks can be played in succession so you can ignore the other five club-remixes. I love this song in it’s original form as it’s catchy and fun. Check it out! 7/10

Crazy news! ‘I Hear a Symphony’ has climbed to number 18 on the UK Club charts! I’m really excited — it’s quite a jump from last week…. Don’t wanna jinx it but crossing my fingers (and toes!!) for a top ten!

Another bit of great news… The video for ‘I Hear a Symphony’ is finished and will be going out to the masses next week. It follows my journey working on the album, mentoring the children with Music for Youth, performing and of course, some fabulous glossy shots taken while at the beach (freezing my butt off) in Southend. You get an exclusive look at the video right here, so watch it from beginning to end (I love how it ends, by the way!) and let me know what you think!

It’s been such a fun (and busy!!) time — with rehearsals for the PA tour. I just found out that I will be opening for the hot UK band Feeder plus Example and Girls Can’t Catch will be performing too at the Canterbury Ball in Kent June 11! I will be singing both ‘I Hear a Symphony’ as part of the single’s launch here in the UK and the Future Freakz remix of Band of Gold for a crowd of 3,000!

I must admit, I am a bit of a nervous wreck. This pop thing isn’t what expected — I am used to singing with my band up on stage with me. Belting out a few tunes with a couple young male dancers is a bit foreign to me.

But at the moment it’s all about promo promo promo! (Which reminds me… watch this space as I grace the cover of UK’s Lushious Magazine in June. There will also be a four-page feature story on my journey as Soccer Mom – Rocker Mom!) Then, I start back again in the studio with amazing producers and original material! Let’s keep rolling the chart hits!!

Here’s my latest interview on UCB Radio… Enjoy!

Stacey’s Interview on UCB Radio! by staerox

Lotsa love and thanks again to all for you for your support!!

Stae xx