The Sights, The Sounds, The Smells

I'm currently in Oxford rrokes University on the Biffy Clyro tour, and all is well. We're one date in, and I must say this is an ace tour to be a part of. Everyone on the tour is friendly, we're all pretty well-travelled road warriors, and we all ROCK (haha). Seriously, this tour is SO 2004. Good times.

A couple of things for you. First of all, if anyone uses or understands Bebo (I don't) then they can find a brand spanking new fan page here. Go befriend it, or whatever it is you pesky kids are up to these days.

Also, we're putting together a DVD for me at the moment. It's going to feature a number of little films, a bunch of live footage, and all the vids I've done thusfar, plus maybe a few new ones. This is where you come in. If you have the time and the inclination, have a stab at making a video for any song of mine. Ideally it'd be nice to get one for every song. Have a sense of humour, go lo-fi, try not to use copyrighted images, and have fun with it. We'll be including the best ones on the DVD. Get to your Windows Movie Maker / iMovie / whatever and get to work! More on this plan later...

Lexapalooza

So the tour is finished and I'm back in Winchester for a 24 hour pit-stop before hitting the road again, for a few solo shows (including Brighton's Great Escape) and then of course the Biffy tour. Massive, massive thanks to Blah Blah Blah, Captain Black, Jay Jay Pistolet and Beans on Toast for upping my game, thanks to Ben, Nigel, Tarrant and Mark for making the tour happen, and to everyone who came down and rocked out. Much appreciated.

On a slightly more serious note, June 16th this year sees the 2nd annual Lexapalooza Festival. It's a breast cancer charity day organized by / for my friend Lexy, and it needs your help. Basically, if you're a band who can play, a punter who can go, a volunteer who can help out, or if you simply can pass word about this on to everyone you know, it'd be much appreciated. The good stuff is here: http://www.myspace.com/lexapaloozafestival

Thanks.

Mon the Biffy

In a lovely closing to a frankly cracking week, I can let you all know now that I am opening the English part of the Biffy Clyro tour later this month. Yourcodenameis:Milo are on the bill as well, making it the best tour ever (officially). I'll be playing solo, for those who want to know. See you all there.

Reading and Leeds

Yes mate, it's finally in, I'm confirmed for the Carling Stage for Reading (Friday 24th) and Leeds (Saturday 25th) Festivals this year. More info on exact stage times and all that kind of thing as soon as possible. I'm very pleased about this, it's going to wrap up the summer nicely.

In other news, there are a whole host of other festivals I'm doing but one worth checking out is the Two Thosand Trees festival near Cheltenham. Go have a look. There are others being confirmed all the time, check the gigs page.

Also, for those who are interested, Nigel Powell, my loverly drummer, has a solo project called The Sad Song Co, which has been ruling my stereo of late. Go check it out, the man has two kick arse albums to his name and both are well worth picking up.

See you in the summer.