Emmerdale star ditches Dales for Nashville as they prepare for headline music tour
EXCLUSIVE: Emmerdale star Twinnie-Lee Moore is a Yorkshire girl at heart - but she's living it up in the States.
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One Emmerdale star has ditched the Yorkshire Dales for Nashville – and she's heading off on a headline tour.
Twinnie-Lee Moore played fight ring organiser Jade in the ITV soap, but her main love is country music. With two albums and six EPs under her belt, she's preparing to take the industry by storm with her "bold" new releases.
She sat down exclusively with Express.co.uk to discuss her upcoming tour and the huge culture shock between the UK and the States.
Twinnie explained: "The most difficult thing... obviously you’re only a day away from anybody, but I just found the distance between my family and the time difference, that was hard. I miss the food [at home]. I miss a Sunday roast or fish and chips. [I miss] the people, like northern people. I can’t explain it!
"Someone was at my show yesterday and he went, ‘Are you northern? Are you Yorkshire?’ and I said yeah, he said, ‘God you’re a special breed of people, you are!’ He was from London and he’d moved up there."
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Twinnie's a Yorkshire lass at heart. She added: "You can’t really explain Yorkshire people. They’re very up front and direct. You’re kind of scared of them because you don’t know what they’re gonna come out with, but also you love them because you feel very protected by them as well."
It hasn't been easy carving out a name for herself in the industry.
"I didn’t come from a really rich family that knew the music industry, it was never like that. I’m just a Yorkshire girl who has tried and worked my a*** off.
"This is not a career for me, it’s a lifestyle. I would do music even if I didn’t get paid. You search for opportunities and in the beginning you don’t get paid, you’re doing everything for exposure.
"The music industry has changed so much, but we’ve only got one life and I’m going to constantly keep going for it. Persistence beats resistance and regret hurts way more than failure."
As for her new album? "It’s Happy Hour this time. It’s a different concept to Blue Hour. It’s the evolution of Twinnie – we’ve seen me depressed, now we’re going to see me happy, wild and positive. I want this record to bring people a lot of joy and make them dance.
"In my last album there were a lot of necessary sad songs because I went through a lot, but they add a lot more depth to that album. This one is fun, it’s empowering, it’s catchy and bold. It definitely crosses the line between country and pop."
It's still "surreal" for the actress to see her name in lights. She confessed: "My favourite thing [about touring] is the fans, how amazing they are. I still get blown away by the fact that people pay their hard earned money to come and see me.
"When I walk out and they’re screaming my name… it feels so surreal. It’s like being played on the radio, I don’t think I’ll ever get over it."
