So to recap the last week or so.
After the shows in Mexico we headed for New York for the Z100 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden. This time around we played the Arena instead of the Theatre like last time. The Garden has always been one of those venues that i always wanted to be part of a show at and although we only played 5 songs it still felt like a landmark achievement. Hopefully we will play a full show there sometime but who knows eh!!
Also tonight i had a brief encounter in a corridor backstage with 'The Boss", Bruce Springsteen, seems like a very nice guy!! Unfort i missed a chance to meet Jon Bon Jovi who was in the bands dressing room before the show, oh well..maybe next time.
After the show it was off to see The Lemonheads at Irving Plaza perform a good 2 hour set where they seemed to be having more fun than i've seen em have in a long time. They even played theyre version of "Mrs Robinson" which i've never seen them do before...albeit with an audience member singing it. The guy they picked was that drunk and intent on being a Rockstar that he managed to forget the words and fall backwards off the stage. After this show i headed to the Annex on The Lower East Side for the NME USA launch with a late night show from my good buddies in We Are Scientists. After a little walk around NYC and its new Christmas look such as Ice Skating under the tree at Rockerfeller Center
It was off to Philadelpha for a rescheduled date at the Electric Factory. This was a make up for the show we cancelled in October.
After a couple hours sleep we were off to Atlanta for the last show of this run. Upon arriving in Baggage Claim we were bemused by the large red ants climbing around the ceiling over our carousel, nowhere else just over our one. Bizzarro!!
When we got to the hotel we discovered we had huge corner suites each. My hotel room was bigger than the downstairs of my house. Crazy!! After a few drinks and dinner at FAT MATTS RIB SHACK we tried to hit a few bars but there was nowhere open at 11pm on a Sun night so i headed back and started to get into the Christmas Spirit with an Egg Nog and a viewing of the classic Home Alone. Of course it isnt Christmas until you watch Santa Claus The Movie with Dudley Moore as an Elf, a longtime tradition of seeing it every year has lasted since i remember it coming out in 1985. A new classic has emerged in BAD SANTA with Billy Bob Thornton though. Show day in Atlanta came along and we discovered we couldnt hang any of our set due to it being a radio show so we decided to go all out Christmassy and spend a couple thousand Dollars on Christmas Trees and decorations for a one off stage look. 
It was Merry Christmas' all round as we headed to airport for our various flights home and after 15 hours from Atlanta to Dublin via Newark, i looked out the window to see the sunrise over Dublin,Its good to be home.........................For Now!!
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