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Always on fire with news from the music scene is Capital FM’s Adam O’Neill! This month he made sure he caught up with Example when he performed in Sheffield last month.

You’ve just played in Sheffield, which was amazing by the way, and the next time you come back to Yorkshire it will be as part of your big arena tour – how does that feel? It’s crazy! Although when you get to an arena level there’s loads of places that you never get to play again, lovely little places!

You’ve been touring in smaller venues, how are you planning on making your show different to fill the big arena stages? Are we going to see you on wires floating through the air?
(Laughs) That’s not really my vibe. I’ve been to a lot of shows and studied people I like. People like the Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and obviously I supported Faithless on tour. I think that when you’re in the pop world you can do a pop show. Take JLS - they can bring out the carnival outfits with people dressed up, 30 dancers and people getting on a spaceship or moving platform… I don’t think that would work for my show though.

So what will your shows be like?
Well, when I watched Faithless play there were lots of incredible lights, amazing sound and just an amazing set, a proper two hour rave. I’m not going to be stopping and wishing people Happy Birthday - whilst I do like people with birthdays that’s not what I’m about. It’s about having a big party, so it’s going to be a big rave up!

You’ve got to have ticker tape falling from the sky at the end though…
No, there will be no ticker tape! There’s not even going to be any pyro, I am the pyro! We will get to that stage eventually but you’ve got to grow, you can’t just go, “I’m playing arenas”, and then all of a sudden just start wheeling out jugglers and stuff!

You literally haven’t stopped this year - you finish this tour and a few months later it’s the Arena tour. Are you going to manage to relax and get a holiday in?
I’ve got a gig in New Zealand and then Australia straight after and then I’m planning on staying there for four weeks. I’m probably going to start writing the next album, so it will be relaxed. I would imagine in an average day I would probably go for a run, go to the studio, sing for a couple of hours, go eat, go surfing and stuff like that.

Lush… so some down time, laid back Aussie style?
Yeah, that’s the plan, then it’s LA for a week, write some more songs, New York for a week, write some more songs, back to the UK for the Brits… I don’t know if I’m nominated yet but it’s free booze so I should go.

You know your diary well. You’re not like some of the stars - just shoved in a jet and flown here, there and everywhere.
Yeah, I know everyday what I’m doing.

My favourite thing of yours this year has to be the Example limited edition Elastoplast plasters - I’ve got box number 14 of 150.
That’s not bad; I’ve got the first 10. I’ve actually given some to my Mum for Christmas. You can sell these on Ebay now for a decent amount of money, people are paying like a hundred quid for them. It’s probably the best plaster endorsement since Nelly. He used to wear plasters on his cheek.

Will you sign my box so I can make a few more quid on Ebay?
(Laughs) No, get lost!

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