SATURDAY 19th JANUARY - KATE LAWLER (Big Brother Winner)/DIRTWERKZ/PURE
Hed Kandi Style Vibes.
As well as finding fame as a Big Brother and reality TV star, Kate is also a pretty damn good
DJ! 
Pure in the Star Bar.
Price: £5 b4 11pm / £7 After.

10pm - 3am

Ever wanted to know more about Kate than just her appearing in Big Brother?. Kate has written a short biography that tells you a little more about herself.  

Kate was born in May 1980, just on the outskirts of London. She is a twin and was born just 1 minute before her sister Karen. Kate also has an older sister and a younger brother.

Throughout her school years she excelled in Languages, Sports and Drama (her favourite subject). Kate enjoyed being part of 3 school productions and considered Drama School after completing her A-Levels in 1998. Her ambition to earn a good wage and buy a home of her own led her to work in IT Support instead.

“I began as an office junior in 98. Within a year I was a secretary for an IT Recruitment Company, and by the year 2000 I was contracting for an Investment Bank in the city working as IT Support!”

My school friend had decks in his bedroom at the time, and I loved going round to play with his music. He gave me a few lessons and I told him I wanted to be a DJ but after only a few weeks practice it wasn’t meant to be. Kate packed her suitcases and decided to go and live in Tokyo Japan with her boyfriend who moved there to work. Their new life was shortlived after the September 11 attacks had a massive impact on her boyfriends company. They were moved back to London & Kate returned to her IT Support job.

It was Kates sister Karen who would be the reason Kate became the first female to win reality tv show Big Brother in 2002. “My sister is a tv addict & watches every soap & reality show. She asked me to print her an application form for the 3rd series of BB and when i told her it was 25 pages long she said ‘Oh forget it, I cant be ar*ed’. So one day I was reading through the form and decided to apply myself.”

Kate sent her application form to Big Brother at the very last minute and her sister cried when she found out Kate was to be a housemate in the 3rd series. “I told Karen 2 days before Big Brother started that I was going to be a housemate. She was aware that I got quite far in the audition process, but never dreamed her sister would be appearing on her favourite tv show! It was quite ironic, as Karen was the BB fan and had to explain to me what the show involved! Nobody is more proud of me than my twin and I love her dearly for pursuading me to take the path I did.”

Kate vowed to be the first girl winner and put her £70,000 winnings towards her own home. On July 26th 2002, she was announced the winner of Big Brother 3. With over 3 million votes and 9.4 million viewers, Kates life was about to change quite dramatically.....

Kate made a best selling fitness dvd shortly after winning Big Brother, to lose the 18lb she had put on in the 9 weeks she spent living in the house. It sold thousands of copies and is one of her proudest achievements. “As a big fan of boxing, I decided to release a boxercise workout to help others get in shape as well as myself. I think Britain is slowly becoming a lazy nation and I was thrilled people bought my DVD to motivate themselves in getting fit.”

Since 2002 Kate presented Channel 4’s daily Breakfast show ‘RI:SE’ with Iain Lee. She has co-presented FIVE’s ‘Party In The Park’, ‘The Brit Awards’ with Foxy for Capital FM, and enjoyed success hosting a top weekly show also on Capital FM - ‘Hit Music Sunday’ with Andi Peters. Kate has also presented for Celebrity Extra on Living TV, reported on FIVEs ‘Boxing Academy’ and was recently a strong contender in ITV’s ‘Celebrity Wrestling’. Over the summer 2005, Kate wrote a popular weekly column for New! Magazine, covering topics like Big Brother 6, to fashion music and gossip.

DJing has always been at the back of Kates mind, since the days of playing vinyl at her friends house and she has never been happier to finally do what she always dreamt of doing.

“I have always been into music and for 2 years, made cassettes for all my mates at school. I would sit at home every sunday and make tapes of my favourite house and garage songs. The amount of tapes I still own with “Kates House Mix” is ridiculous, but I cant throw them away!

Music was also the only thing I really missed when I was in Big Brother. I didn’t care about TV, my mobile phone, food or drink. All I wanted was my cd collection. Being a really keen clubber since the days when I’d use my elder sisters driving licence for fake I.D, I guess I really got the bug to DJ after going to Ibiza in 2004.

It was my 4th time to the island and I went with my boyfriend at the time, his friends and my friends. We only stayed for a week and hit the clubs nearly every night. After hearing the likes of Erick Morillo play at Pacha, I’d be sitting in a quiet bar the following night just itching to be back in the clubs, buzzing off the DJ’s, dancing my socks off and making new friends! On my return to England I vowed to save up, buy some decks and be DJing within a year. When Celebrity Wrestling finished filming in early 2005, my journey began.

Locking myself away for 6 months I originally thought would be hell. But looking back, It was such good fun learning how to DJ and I cant wait to learn lots more. I know I have a long way to go before I really fulfill the ultimate dream, but I am having the most fun finally playing out. Big thank you to GN, RO, NN, SH, SM and ST (You know who you are). Your continuing advice, support and faith in me are so very much appreciated......