20 Questions with…Lucky Soul

Sassy pop princess Ali Howard decided to answer our global spanning 20 Questions on behalf of the rather special, and quintessentially English, Lucky Soul. Who’d have thought she’d be obsessed with make-up and is a big fibber. Good job The Line of Best Fit is here to find these things out…

1. Describe your sound in 3 words.
Sophisticated, Shameless Pop.
2. What would be your ideal holiday?
Two weeks clubbing in Ibiza.
3. What’s the best cure for a hangover?
Silver Purdey’s and back to bed.
4. What’s on your rider?
There’s usually no choice. Beer.
5. How do you get ready for a live show?
Make up and solitude.
6. Favourite song to play live?
One Kiss Don’t Make A Summer. It’s a gamble if I hit the high notes.
7. When was the last time you told a lie?
Question 2.
8. Who would win in a fight, a stoat or a goat and why?
A stoat. They probably bite your legs.
9. What was the last album you bought?
A promo copy of Cat Power’s Moon Pix off eBay. Sorry.
10. If you could rid the world of one song – what would it be?
Happy Birthday.
11. Who would play you in a film based upon your life?
Sienna Miller, but only when she’s a bit older and less pretty.
12. Dead or alive. What 5 acts would you have play with you at a festival.
The Kinks, Dusty, Blondie, The Smiths, T Rex.
13. Desert Island Disc? Pick only one.
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
14. What’s your most memorable on the road story?
Our bassist Toby took Plan B ice skating on a very thin frozen river at 5am somewhere in north Sweden. He fell over and smacked his head, but thankfully he’s still here. I don’t know what happened to Plan B.
15. What’s your pet hate?
Smoke machines. They choke me when I’m singing.
16. Do you read your own reviews?
Always.
17. Are you a morning bird or a night fox?
Both actually, but then I might need a long sleep.
18. If you could travel back in time where would you set the dial?
1964.
19. What three things could you not live without?
Passport, Money, Mascara.
20. Tell us a fact about yourself we probably don’t already know.
I have an irrational hatred of Queen and can react quite violently.

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