UK superstar Maisie Peters talks tour life with Ed Sheeran, newest album and Brisbane return date
You might know her as Ed Sheeran’s support act in Brisbane, but Maisie Peters is a star in her own right, performing her own shows.
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If you attended one of Ed Sheeran’s shows at Suncorp Stadium last week you may have been wondering just who the UK pop sensation known as Maisie Peters is.
Peters, the English singer-songwriter attracted roars of admiration after performing a set prior to Sheeran’s entry on the stage.
Signed under Sheeran’s own music label, Gingerbread Man Records, Peters headlined her own show while in Brisbane, with support from New Zealand artist, Navvy.
Only 22 years old and Peters already has a cult following in Brisbane, with her Tuesday show at The Triffid attracting over 750 loyal fans.
Peters followers, affectionately named “daisies” are dedicated, with many fans waiting more than five hours to secure one of the coveted front row spots.
The Courier-Mail sat down with Peters to learn what she did while in Brisbane, her favourite Australian artists and what fans can expect from her newest album.
“My defining experience of Brisbane is going to this bubble tea place called Machi Machi in George Street and it is so good, it’s like the best bubble tea I’ve ever had in my life,” she said.
“It’s right by Queens Gardens. I went and read my book by the park and did some journalling. I loved that park as well.”
Peters corrected herself with a clarification, the bubble tea was fantastic however visiting one of Brisbane’s many waterfalls was the highlight.
“My friend is from Brisbane and he’s been showing me around,” she said.
“I went to a waterfall. I sort of drove 20 minutes and sort of had to hike through the forest and it was crazy. It was lovely.”
Peters said loved the cocktails at Death and Taxes, a bar in Brisbane’s CBD, which she described as iconic.
“The name was like duh, and duh, and it was kind of iconic. I thought I would remember … but turns out I didn’t,” Peters said, in an attempt to remember the name of the bar.
Peters first Australian show was in Byron Bay last week, with Peters sharing a sweet anecdote about her time in New South Wales.
“I went to a T-shirt making shop right next to the venue and we used that to make Ed’s T-shirts for his birthday (February 17) that say ‘I am Ed Sheeran’ and ‘World’s Best Boss’,” she said.
Spending what she described as every waking moment at Suncorp Stadium, Peters said she attempted to go to the gym every morning to gossip and exercise with friends.
Tina Hizon, a musician in Peters band, performs during Sheeran’s song Galway Girl.
Peters said she makes sure to never miss any of Hizon’s performances.
“Sometimes we stay to the end and just essentially go to an Ed Sheeran concert,” she said.
“It’s been so nice, everyone here in Brisbane is so friendly, if people stop you on the street they’re super polite.
“I would love to come back to Australia this time next year, or whenever I can possibly do it.
“I love the fans, the crowds and the shows have been just amazing.
“I’m really so grateful that people have shown up, I’m so far away from home and there’s a full room of people that came to watch my performance.
“I really do want to solidify a presence over here and want to come back as often as I can. I love it.
“I’m excited for this new era. I’m excited to come back.”
With a new album coming out in just a few months, Peters is excited for her “new era” of music.
“It’s a sort of development and evolution of my first album,” she said.
“I think it’s a really wonderful, harmonious collection, it’s really the story of the last year of my life condensed down into fifteen songs and really factually accurate in the chronicling of my experience essentially.
“My music really is universal and welcomes everybody. There’s truly nobody that should feel like this isn’t a community they shouldn’t feel part of.”
Peters said she draws artistic inspiration from Missy Higgins, Natalie Imbruglia and Melbourne artist, Gretta Ray, which Peters described as her “musical sister”.
Before her sold out performance on Tuesday night, Peters said she got some gifts from the massive line fans outside the venue.
“They started making little voodoo dolls. In my Body Better video there was lots of voodoo dolls, I got one and there was more outside. I also got a sweater vest as well. I get great presents,” she said.
Peters’ second album The Good Witch releases on June 16
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