Where is aiden grimshaw gigging

Since February this year, when Grimshaw announced he would be releasing solo material, he and his management have been on a positioning offensive. While other former X Factor contestants perform in plush London venues and talk of their starry collaborators, Grimshaw has performed in a number of indie cesspits, been spotted at numerous other gigs and been interviewed by normally credibility-conscious publications who wouldn't touch an X Factor contestant with one of Simon Cowell's gold-plated bargepoles.

You need to be clear, I think," he admits. When we sent samplers of my album out to journalists, it was my idea not to have a name on them, because it's a natural thing for people to pre-judge the former contestants, expect them to sound a certain way and write them off before they've heard them. The contents of the CD, then, are rewarding.

There are ballads, yes, but not the dreary, over-produced sort that appeared on, say, Matt Cardle's album. The sparse title track could be a song by James Blake, debut single Is This Love is the epic, air-grabbing pop Hurts do so well, while the rest of the album is full of angst and bitter heartbreak.

After trying with several other producers, Grimshaw met Rogers and clicked, deciding he wanted to record the whole album with one other collaborator rather than a different producer for each track, as so many of his contemporaries do. Eventually I learned how to speak up, and that just because we might be disagreeing in the studio, it's not a row. I'm 20 now. It's not that old, I know, but the past two years have been big, important years.

He goes on to explain how he moved to London shortly after X Factor and, after spending two miserable weeks in a hotel, found a place of his own in west London. I never much liked how crazy all that was. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Necessary Necessary. Non-necessary Non-necessary.

I was 18 when I was on the show, and part of me loved getting spotted, to the point where I'd be disappointed if people didn't notice me and I'd find myself putting my best clothes on at 10 in the morning to go and get a bacon butty.

Now no one bats an eyelid. While other former X Factor contestants perform in plush London venues and talk of their starry collaborators, Aiden has performed in a number of indie spots, been spotted at numerous other gigs and been interviewed by normally credibility-conscious publications who wouldn't go near an X Factor contestant. You need to be clear, I think," he admitted.

When we sent samplers of my album out to journalists, it was my idea not to have a name on them, because it's a natural thing for people to pre-judge the former contestants, expect them to sound a certain way and write them off before they've heard them.

He begins his first UK tour in Bristol on September