We Heart Japan
19 March 2011
JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN CANCELLED
11 March 2011
I’m very sorry to hear the terrible news from Japan today. Our thoughts are with the Japanese people at this time.
Due to the earthquakes and Tsunami in Japan the shows in Osaka, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei in March have been cancelled. I hope to reschedule these shows in the near future. We will provide more information as soon as possible.
EUROPA
7 March 2011
Hey Europa, thanks for a great tour. Special thanks to Italy who waited for 7 years for a visit, to People Place in Amsterdam for being the most attractive venue, Barcelona and Berlin for the wildest audiences and everyone who came to all of these shows. Also to Foley who was a trooper doing support and sound!!!
Looking forward to Japan, South Korea aaaaand Taiwan starting on the 12th…
BUT FIRST there is the large matter of Clay’s 5th birthday on the 10th.
SONGWRITERS CIRCLE
3 March 2011
Tomorrow night if you are in the UK, I’ll be appearing on BBC4 on a show called Songwriters Circle. It’s a show produced by the makers of Later WIth Jools Holland and I have to say, was probably the best TV show I have ever been on… The concept is simple. Take 3 songwriters, sit them on a stage with their guitars and have them all play their songs to an audience. The singers take the place of the presenters and chat to eachother about how their songs came about. The one I was involved in was especially cool because Ron Sexsmith and Graham Gouldman of 10cc fame were my songwriting buddies. The blend of songs was perfect. we all had a very sweet admiration for one anothers work. Check it out tomorrow or on the iplayer.
FLY IN THE OINTMENT single
12 February 2011
‘Fly In The Ointment’ is released on Monday 20th February and will be available digitally from iTunes.
Rehearse Rehearse Rehearse
26 January 2011
I did rehearse today. I did, I did. And it was sparse but good. We await our bassist. We await our strings. But the good news was, Claes Travis Key Meister was in the room along with Jack Pollitt on drums. Oh and while running upstairs to get something, I bumped into The Kaiser Chiefs. They were all looking catwalk hot. They mentioned Liam and his Beady Eye were in… “Where?” said i… “There!” said they pointing to a big door… “Wow cool” and I about turned and they said “What…are you just going to walk in? That’s ballsy.” and I was all “It’s Liam!!” and of course… It was Liam. He looked fab. His hair in a sort of jazz age/mod bangs arrangement. Green parka on. Spotted my very cool Camper shoes immediately and was wanting details. Gem and Andy were there too and a blast from the Brit Pop past Matt Jones who played keyboards for Ultrasound along with much ampage and sehr cool equipment. My rehearsal space by comparison was bare. The strip lighting adding a coldness which made me sigh a little inside. But then I turned the strip lights off and it got alot better. Then we played a Bottomlesss set… bassless but not baseless. It was quite cool. Like playing on a red ash football pitch before the green grass of bass and strings arrive.
