Well, Where the bloody hell have you been....

Oops!! Just realised how long its been since ive updated this auld thing. Im currently in Dubin getting ready to fly to Atlanta tomorrow. Its been a long couple of weeks but as they say " A picture speaks a Thousand Words"...that`ll save me a whole lot of typing thankfully!!
Beautiful Copenhagen

Strange Street Dancers



Well i guess some religious groups would see it that way....Reeperbahn, Hamburg

Check out this video from The Xtra club in Zurich, Switzerland where the club had a bubble machine over the dancefloor. I decided to use it and not tell the band. Brandon was laughing so hard he could barely sing the song.

I`ve no idea what this is...but i like it!!

The Fat Lady never sings here....She`s always a little confused (Brussels, Belgium)

This is one of the many beautiful buildings in Brussels, we spent 2 days off here while the band hightailed it to London for a TV shoot and to record the forthcoming christmas single "A Great Big Sled" for Bonos Product Red Campaign. All the crew were dressed up as elves for the video except for me as unfort i didnt get to be in it as there was no need for a lighting guy in the studio so i had to stay on in Brussels instead. Oh well...maybe next time eh!!

I dont know where they meet but im signing up!!

Yes that is a real bar of Toblerone!! Just for posterity and comparison, lets see it next to a can of Coke.

And yes that is a full size can. Never thought i would have to eat chocolate with a steak knife




SO with our European adventure over, we headed back into the UK. Bunch of gigs around the country. Most of which were relatively uneventful.
We played at the not so world famous Hull Ice "Arena".
Which i think must have the lowest roof of any arena ive ever done. Check out the lifesize version of mousetrap over FOH


Another day of fun was had at Nottinghams Rock City club, which is a major pain in the ass to get a couple of trucks worth of gear in and out of but always a great show.
Went rummaging and found some costumes. Check out our truck driver as a Teletubby


And this guy.....



Well who else did you think it was?!!!


So after that it was off to London for 3 nights at Brixton Academy.


All 3 Brixton shows went really well, we filmed the last night of it for an MSN broadcast at some point. Who knows when though. Unfort it was a bridge too far for Brandons vocal cords as midway thru load in in Dublin at about midday we got the news that the show was cancelled due to Brandons Bronchitis. Such a shame as i was really looking forward to ding this show at what is a venue where i used to be on the crew and where i basically started out but im sure thats not as bad as the disapointment of the 8,000 people who had lined up in the rain months earlier to buy tickets. i know the band were absolutely gutted to have to cancel this show as Ireland means a lot to them and thay count Oxegen and the Olympia as some of theyre favourite ever shows, as well as it would have been the biggest headline show in Europe yet. But what can you do eh!! The chance you take with Live entertainment i guess. Hopefully they will find a way to make up for this unfortunate event but i know they dont cancel shows on a whim. in the 2 years i`ve known them they have only cancelled 4 shows. none of which were avoidable and all were made up for so im sure this will all get sorted out soon enough.
So there you have it. Off to America now for 2 weks of radio station shows and some gigs in Mexico which i cant wait for.
Speak to you soon