{"id":1600,"date":"2025-02-15T16:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2025-02-15T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:02:30","slug":"courtney-hadwin-kicks-off-2025-with-a-fresh-live-version-of-monsters-and-its-pure-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Courtney Hadwin kicks off 2025 with a fresh live version of *Monsters*\u2014and it\u2019s pure gold!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just a handful of releases to her name, Yorkshire rock \u2018n\u2019 soul artist Courtney Hadwin has already made a big impact with over a million followers at TikTok, YouTube and Facebook as well as collabs with artists as varied as Sam Fender and Bruce Springsteen\u2019s E Street Band mainstay Steven Van Zandt. Now building towards the release of her eagerly anticipated debut album later this year with the first taste of it coming next month, Courtney Hadwin has shared a reminder of her talents with a live version of the fan favourite Monsters, filmed at Metropolis Studios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch her performance below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courtney Hadwin -  MONSTERS (Live At Metropolis Studios)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rCZSJR0OCyY?feature=oembed\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"790\" data-origheight=\"444\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"a5VVOx2i\"><\/div>\n<p>Monsters made a big international impact upon release, going Top 20 on the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart and reaching #1 on various iTunes\u2019 charts in both Australia and Sweden, while the official video has exceeded a million views. Captured at one of London\u2019s most storied studios with her full live band, this live version sees Hadwin pushing the song\u2019s emotional impact to fever pitch with a thunderous, world class vocal and future rock star attitude.<\/p>\n<p>She says: \u201cMonsters means so much to me. I wrote it at a time where songwriting was the only way I could express myself when I was struggling with a lot personally. To then be able to record it live where a lot of my inspirations in music had performed live was just amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28112 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/courtney-hadwin-new-live-version-monsters-new-song.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/courtney-hadwin-new-live-version-monsters-new-song.jpg 813w, https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/courtney-hadwin-new-live-version-monsters-new-song-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/courtney-hadwin-new-live-version-monsters-new-song-768x415.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She now has a wealth of big stage experience to her name with further collaborators including The Struts, Will.I.Am, Pixie Lott and Danny Jones. She has also completed a run of Las Vegas shows and performed at New York\u2019s prestigious Carnegie Hall to honour legendary music executive Clive Davis on a bill that included the likes of Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana and Art Garfunkel.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, Courtney went back to her roots to explore a wide-ranging blend of rock, soul, funk and pop sounds as she started to release her own original music. Her main collaborator has been Kevin Bowe (Etta James, The Replacements) with John Fields (P!nk, All Time Low) another notable co-writer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/212665772_editorial-use-only-no-merchandising-in-us-exclusive-rates-apply-mandatory-credit-ph1-e1529239842988.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" alt=\"Who originally sung Courtney Hadwin's AGT song Hard To Handle? | Metro News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That authenticity reflects her background. Long before she burst onto our TV screens, Courtney would play regularly around the north-east of England. She paid her dues with often sparsely attended performances at working men\u2019s clubs, but also played to her first big crowds at local festivals. Now, however, it\u2019s time for Courtney Hadwin to take everything she has learned so far and cement her place as the UK\u2019s next rising rock star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just a handful of releases to her name, Yorkshire rock \u2018n\u2019 soul artist Courtney Hadwin has already made a big impact with over a&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/story15.com\/?p=1600\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Courtney Hadwin kicks off 2025 with a fresh live version of *Monsters*\u2014and it\u2019s pure gold!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Courtney Hadwin kicks off 2025 with a fresh live version of *Monsters*\u2014and it\u2019s pure gold! 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