tour blog


nothing quite like a week of shows to get you smiling again. played the beautiful bush hall venue in london with the whole band on monday - there were nerves and speculations before the gig, we were trying out a few new things and it all came together nicely. the gig was being filmed as well, first time that´s happened , thought it might put me off but it felt like we were on stars in their eyes which was pretty cool. that was also the last gig in which we´re only going to play songs from the record, i´ve played them so much now. so it was really fitting to say goodbye to some old friends in such a beautiful place. next day at the abbey tavern in kentish town, we tried something different - Phil wasnt playing the whole kit, just a snare and a tambourine with brushes and doing his best Johnny Cash drums for me - and then just me on acoustic and alex playing cello. it somehow felt more at home with this smaller arrangement so we´ll give that a try when i get back. When do I get back? right now i´ve no idea. my head is a little frazzled right now. I flew in to frankfurt on wednesday to play three shows with Get Well Soon http://www.myspace.com/youwillgetwellsoon which has been one of the most enjoyable tours i´ve done. it´s pretty cool that our paths managed to cross and i got to know their music quite well in a short space of time. they were all super nice to me and i´ve had a blast. there were i think about 300 people at each , which does make for a welcomed change to dragging my mates down to the 12 bar club on a random tuesday night. it´s a pretty hard gig to play..and especially listen to when it´s just voice and acoustic..and harp. you have to give it all your attention and listen to the stories..there´s no drums to nod your head to and no interaction between musicians like when there´s a whole band pushing each other to their best..when it´s just a solo gig..that´s all there is so it´s not always easy to win people over - but all in all, the Germans dug goodtimes goodtimes! they lent me their ears and i gave them my best. another good thing about playing shows here..there always jeager in the rider. good shout boys! UK promoters..please, if you wouldnt mind, thanks!
So now i ´m cathing a train from Konstranz, Germany to Parma in Italy where I´ll play my first ever shows in my home country. to say i´m excited about this is somewhat of an understatement. parma tomorrow, then two shows in bologna and then two in Roma!
i´m using as much of my "waiting around time" at the gigs to write new tunes. so expect some new stuff from me really soon.

i took the photo on stage at the show in biberach two days ago. goodtimes ;)
alright, cant miss this train or i will be truly screwed .

fxx

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