«Breaking News» Busker, 25 set for stardom after being invited to play at iconic New York music venue

A talented busker is set for stardom after being offered the chance to play in an iconic New York rock club by Billy Joel's bassist.  

Poppy Waterman-Smith, 25, first hit the headlines three years ago when she was invited to open pop legend Seal's gig after he was wowed by her performance in Manchester City Centre. 

She has now been offered the 'chance of a lifetime' to play at the Bitter End on February 10 after Larry Russell spotted her music videos on YouTube.

Talented busker Poppy Waterman-Smith, who was pulled onstage to perform with Seal is now hitting the big time after Billy Joel's bassist spotted her on Youtube and invited her to play in New York

The venue is the oldest in New York and has previously hosted legends such as Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler and Stevie Wonder.  

Poppy, who lives in Sidbury, Worcester, said: 'It was completely out of the blue and I was gobsmacked when Larry Russell got in touch.

'He just said 'I really like what you are doing with your music, I live in New York, can I help in any way?'.

'So I thought 'if you don't ask, you don't get' and just said 'if you can get me a gig that would be amazing.'

'He said he would see what he could do and then the next day asked me to come over in February.

'It's quite a big jump from busking and gigging locally to playing New York's oldest rock club. Its the chance of a lifetime.

'I have no idea what to expect but I can't wait for the opportunity. It's incredible really, these sort of gigs are completely priceless.

'I will be practicing hard until then as it will be a big night for me. I don't really feel nervous yet, the feelings usually sink in right before I perform.

'There could potentially be label interest. If the right opportunity was offered to me, I would take it.

'The Seal gig has been the catalyst for this, it has opened new doors to me and Larry would never have found me without it.

'Seal was basically saying 'this is your moment - you can do it from now'.'

Poppy Waterman-Smith, 25, first hit the headlines when she was invited to open pop legend Seal's gig after he was wowed by her performance in Manchester City Centre three years ago.

The Bitter End has previously hosted legends such as Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler and Stevie Wonder

Poppy joined Seal onstage as his warm up act and performed to over 4,000 people at the sold out concert at Bridgewater Hall.  

Multi-instrumentalist Poppy, who performs under the stage name Poppy WS, has only been performing for three years and has released two independent albums.

She sold all 500 copies of her first self-released album 'Acoustic' in just a month and now hopes playing in America could lead to record company interest.

Poppy, who lives in Sidbury, Worcester, said: 'It was completely out of the blue and I was gobsmacked when Larry Russell got in touch.

'He just said 'I really like what you are doing with your music, I live in New York, can I help in any way?'.

'So I thought 'if you don't ask, you don't get' and just said 'if you can get me a gig that would be amazing.'

'He said he would see what he could do and then the next day asked me to come over in February.

'It's quite a big jump from busking and gigging locally to playing New York's oldest rock club. Its the chance of a lifetime.

'I have no idea what to expect but I can't wait for the opportunity. It's incredible really, these sort of gigs are completely priceless.

'I will be practicing hard until then as it will be a big night for me. I don't really feel nervous yet, the feelings usually sink in right before I perform.

'There could potentially be label interest. If the right opportunity was offered to me, I would take it.

'The Seal gig has been the catalyst for this, it has opened new doors to me and Larry would never have found me without it.

'Seal was basically saying 'this is your moment - you can do it from now'.'

Poppy gigs regularly as a full-time musician playing music venues, weddings and hosting open mic nights in Worcester 

Poppy, who started playing piano aged six, began learning the guitar while studying for a degree in music technology at Leeds Metropolitan University.

After graduating in 2014, she initially worked in a bar, but eventually began to perform music - finding she could make more money from a couple hours of busking.

She now gigs regularly as a full-time musician playing music venues, weddings and hosting open mic nights in Worcester.

She added: 'I do still busk but I gig more now. It's quite a wholesome experience. If I do busk, I stay local.

'I had an album out two years ago, another last year and I am working on the next one.

'They were self-released - I recorded them myself and mixed them, a friend helped with mastering.

'It makes you feel proud once it is finished. I made 500 copies of each album and I sold out the first one in a month.

'It's brilliant that people still want to pay for music.

'It's mad how people around the world are listening to me. The fact they are in their cars and have my CD playing. It is incredible.

'I absolutely love music and performing, it is very rewarding. In the future I want to take every opportunity and see where it takes me.'

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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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