Hello,

i'm writing to you from le meridien hotel in stuttgart. It's a lovely sunny day here and i'm just back from a little wander. I'm leaving shortly to go and soundcheck at the venue we're playing tonight.

I've had a pretty incredible few days. Thing's have just went so well.
It all started in Zurich a few days ago. My band and i were performing at the swiss music awards we had a great time and it was even better as i picked up 2 awards. Best International song and Best International album(beating coldplay).
It was amazing and i felt so honoured to be there.

After Zurich we travelled to Berlin for the Echo awards. We spent all of Friday at the O2 world doing rehersals for the show which took place on Saturday. The O2 world in Berlin is amazing. It's only a few months old so everything is brand new and the place is huuuuge!
Our rehersals went really well and we spent the evening at a charity dinner. There was comedy and speeches but it was a bit hard to understand as it was all in German.

So Saturday came and it was very exciting. I was so lucky to be able to perform at such a massive event. It was great performing on the same stage as people like U2, Lionel Richie, Razorlight and Depeche Mode.

At Around 730pm I had to go outside to do the red carpet. I find red carpets really embarrasing. I can't get my head round people wanting my autograph or photos of me. It's strange. So half way through getting my photos taken i saw that someone was hiding behind me and it turned out to be LIONEL RICHIE!! We had a wee chat and then had lots of photos taken together. It was surreal. Lionel is such a massive star and he was standing there with me!! Nuts!

So once i was finished with the red carpet I went inside the arena. Tina, who works for my German label, told me she had something for me. It was a piece of cardboard with a note saying 'Amy come and say hello to your fan club' signed Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam. I couldn't believe it. I was completely shell shocked! U2 wanted to meet me!!!! Pete(my manager) and I basically stood in silence for about 10 minutes, not knowing what to say.

We went to the side of the stage to watch U2 perform. They were amazing.
About 5 minutes later their PA came to find us and said that the note was an invitation and we should come and say hello. We were frantically trying to get Sarah to come down as she was the only one with a camera, she was running all over trying to find us and luckily she got there in time.

We went into thier dressing room and i was so nervous. I couldn't quite believe it. We all said hello and i was just so shocked that U2 actually knew who i was. Larry seemed to know the most and was talking to me about my videos and said that he thought it was brilliant that i was doing my own thing and wasn't like any of the other female artists that are around just now. He said he thought it was wonderful that i was so unique. I'm still in total shock. Pete explained to Bono how we all met and how everything had started. We were in there for about 30mins just talking and drinking. All of the guys were so nice, and so down to earth. They were all joking and taking the piss out of each other :-) We talked about The Killers and The kings of Leon, 2 of my favourite bands who have both toured with U2.I was gutted i had to leave, but i was due on stage very soon.
I asked if we could get a quick picture and it turned out so well, which i was happy about.

Pete, Sarah and i then had to head very quickly to the aritist pit as they were about to announce the winner of best international newcomer. I was up against people like Duffy and Leona Lewis, i really didn't expect to win as i tend to be completely ignored by all award ceromonies, to my amazement i did win!! It was incredible and it means so much to me. Germany is one of the biggest musical terrotories and to be recognised here is amazing.

After the show the band and i had alot of champagne :-)

A few days later i played my biggest gig to date infront of 7000 people!!! It was great!

Things are going so well for me now and i've had an amazing few days.Thankyou to everyone for all the continued support

Amy xxxx

Ps. check out my amazing photos!!!