Tuesday 23 June 2009

This week

We kick on with our album promotion this evening (Tuesday) with a gig in Basingstoke at The Haymarket Theatre. None of us really know the score with this one, so it’s certainly going to be a case of turn up and see….

Basingstoke is one of those places that if you love ring roads and roundabouts, you’ll have a field day. You can always see the town to either your left or right – but can never actually reach it. In the early 90’s it was billed as a ‘whole new shopping experience’, or so the cheesy radio jingle said. I’m not actually sure if anybody actually found it to discover if they were telling the truth.

Either way – we’re looking forward to it. With no rehearsal last week we’re very keen to get back in the swing of things, especially with the Big Day Out festival coming up on Saturday. We played a mid afternoon slot last year – to probably our biggest crowd of the year. We’re on similar time this year – on a bill where the acoustic acts seem to be on first before the ‘louder’ bands take over. We’ve got no issue with that – the weather is looking like its going to be good, and so we’ll take advantage of the chilled out vibe.

So – if you can make either of these gigs – they are both free and will both be entertaining in one form or another. After Saturday, we’re in Farnham next Friday before a stint as London’s resident acoustic roots band with 4 London slots in a row. Well, if we’re going to crack the place, may as well have a damn good go!

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