And so, yeah, I'm kind of starting to follow along and, I'm like, 'Oh, we're going backstage. They're like someone who's working here or someone who's involved with these bands, this Livia person.’ Later I discovered that Livia is King Diamond's wife, and so she was kind of trying to orchestrate me meeting them. And then I end up realizing that I'm coming backstage on the main stage of this festival, Bloodstock Festival, and we're going round the side.
I mean, maybe they can come to me if they want to meet me, but at the time, I didn't know who this was.
So, yeah, throughout the day, having a bit of a weird time, but I was wandering around the festival site and someone came up to me, a friend, and said, 'Oh, could you meet this person, Livia?', and I thought, 'I don't know who that is, but sure I will meet them.’ And they said, 'Don't go anywhere, wait there.’ And I was like, 'Ok, cool.’ And then to come back a little later and they say, 'Oh, you have to come with me,’ and I'm like, 'Sure? I mean, I don't know who Livia is, but I will go to them, to meet them'. And that's fine, I never really wanted to be trendy, but you know, you just kind of want to get those good shows in, and that sort of thing. "You know, there's nothing wrong with the band that I'm in, it's just this kind of classic metal is just not very popular and a lot of labels don't really want to put stuff behind it, because it's not very trendy right now. Again, I was talking to friends about it, about the frustrations I was having with the music industry, and where I'm at at the moment. When I was there, I was having a pretty rubbish day, on the day they played, on the Saturday. Definitely going to get a ticket,’ and so that week I picked one up and went down to the festival. And so, unexpectedly went to a festival, Bloodstock Festival, in August, and there I just went to see Mercyful Fate because they're a band that I've been a huge fan of since I was about 14, and it was the first time I had the opportunity to go and see them. We started, like, playing in Europe and doing some of the bigger festivals, but it's still frustrating, you know, not getting to where I wanted to be at this point in my life. This album I released was a self-release, and we're an independent band. Throughout the year I was feeling a little bit frustrated about where I was in the music scene. We're kind of a traditional heavy metal band based in Birmingham. “I released an album with my band called Fury. "Well, it was, you know, it started off good, it started off strong,” she adds. At the beginning of the year she detailed a summary of 2020 in a touching FaceBook post stating it was the “best year ever.” So while Joey Vera was busy with his (armoured) saintly duties, Baldwin was offered the position at Bloodstock this past summer which she gladly agreed to after picking herself up off the grass. The bill was mind-blowing to say the least with Stryper, Behemoth, Mercyful Fate, Pantera and Judas Priest bringing their 50 years of heavy metal majesty to the hungry masses! As you’ll find out, it was actually Mercyful Fate guitar legend Hank Shermann who saw one of Becky Baldwin’s video on YouTube and the band thought, why do we necessarily need a male in this position. After a string of North American dates, we had met back stage at the BraveWords-sponsored Monterrey Metalfest that was held in Mexico on December 6th. I will let Becky Baldwin tell you the story of how she scored the bass gig for Mercyful Fate this past summer. You could liken it to a lottery win, but this life-changing moment makes you richer since it involves music.
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