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Well, since Moose left so many hints that I should write something (in the inevitable knowledge that Hugh never will) I thought I’d tell you about our upcoming support slots. Moose and I (as Gecko 2) have just been asked to support Cibelle (www.cibelle.net) in the Voodoo Rooms this Sunday evening (we’re on at 8.30 for half an . . . → Read More: Support Mania Yes, it’s that time of year again, the time when the ragged fingernails of wind rip the flesh from your face, the ice-needles of rain fly sideways and everyone in the South of England gets stuck in their cars for five days because a snowflake’s been sighted by a taxi driver in Sevenoaks (called Alf). It is, . . . → Read More: European Tour 2008 Just wanted to say a quick ‘Thank You’ to all who attended the gig in the Jazz Bar last night. It was nice to wheel out some of the more mellow tunes! I got shivers up and down my spine when we played The Truth and that hasn’t happened for a while – I . . . → Read More: Jazz Bar Thanks Wow, can’t believe it’s been so long since the last post. My only excuse is that I was in Cuba on a research trip. My findings are that Mojitos make you want to sleep a lot on the caribbean beaches, the Tres is impossible to buy unless you are prepared to bribe someone, and . . . → Read More: Shameful neglect As moose pointed out, the rest of that first evening may be summarised under the general heading: ‘Beer’. It’s amazing what euphoria can do. By the time we realised we were actually on board (and had come to terms with the disappointment of not being able to drive to Dover and then back up . . . → Read More: Episode 2: even more tyred – running on empty Friday 13th (yes, I know, we should have guessed) July: We had to be in Hull for 7.30pm so the guys came round to make the last pick up – me and Kate – at about 2pm. I was still tying up some loose ends so we didn’t get away until 2.25pm. My . . . → Read More: The European Tour – Episode 1: ‘Tyred and emotional’ Sat. July 14th, Amsterdam, The Waterhole; www.waterhole.nl Sun. July 15th, Noyelles sur Mer (Northern France); Relais de la Baie; http://darbyshire.free.fr/various/cafe.html Mon. July 16th, Paris, Fleche D’Or; www.flechedor.fr Thurs. July 26th, Paris, Fleche D’Or; www.flechedor.fr Fri. July 27th, Paris, L’Olympic; www.olympicsimart.blogspot.com Sun. july 29th, Huy (Belgium), Ca Jazz a Huy festival, Barabas; www.pays-de-huy.be/index1.html We are actively . . . → Read More: The definitive tour dates… until the next post So this weekend we all got wet. Hugh was in Glastonbury (haven’t heard from him yet so he may still be stuck there with his gold lycra catsuit (I’m not kidding)) and me and Moose up at the Outsider attending KT Tunstall’s great gig.  Thanks to KT for the tix and the party and thanks to everyone for . . . → Read More: A wet weekend The Roy Ayers support was fantastic. What a totally cool man! He came and had a chat with us before the gig just to say ‘Hi’ and wish us luck. He played up a storm and we had another chance to speak to him when we headed backstage afterwards. I was in the middle of complimenting him on . . . → Read More: Oh yeah, and another thing… So much happening right now and I’m so confused by the fact that Hugh has actually been on the blog so all I can think to do is tell you about the upcoming tour. We have five dates so far: It kicks off in The Waterhole, Amsterdam on Saturday 14th July La Fleche D’Or Paris, Tuesday . . . → Read More: The European Tour |
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