Well well, here we are again - let’s hear it for Jack Wills Freshers Tour 2009 waaaa! We are very happy to be taking part in this exciting venture for the second time as it’s sure to be bigger and better and all that. No Millsy this time though, we miss you Millsy…

I’ve got to be honest and say that at the start of the day, it wasn’t looking good. I got woken by a morose text from Jay ‘Doomsday’ Marsh at six in the morning saying that he hadn’t slept all night, feels really
ill, can’t swallow and may have to cancel the Nottingham show, along with Christmas. This immediately
reminded me of a glorious article I had read on how Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age deals with illness AND unruly fans at the same time.

Mother, don’t read this. Please.

http://www.nme.com/news/nme/37399

Still, to be fair to Jay, he wasn’t looking his usual best…

We hit the road and got to Nottingham eventually.

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Bluu wasn’t a classic gig venue but after several complaints from the neighbours during sound-check, we eventually got underway and all the bands managed to put on a great show. Particularly impressive were I Only Date Models. Nice hoods and nice broody sounds. Everyone had their party pants on and everyone was happy. Good night all in all.

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Off to Leeds now - we;ll be hitting Mr Ben’s in Leeds tonight!

Ed TBF x

PS. Do check out the Jack Wills video diaries as well. Search for JW unsigned on Google.

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Hey folks,

By 7:00am Rob had already knocked back four shots of whiskey to help with his fear of flying, or at least that was his excuse. It’s a little odd asking the stewardess for an apple juice and a blueberry muffin for me, oh and a single malt on the rocks for my nervous friend here…yes, for his breakfast.

Anyway, we’ve now arrived back in Switzerland for a four day stint of gigs and good times after a brief return home to the UK, except for Jay, who had stayed in Switzerland to spend some quality time with his girlfriend. By all accounts they had a lovely couple of days being shown around by Laura, Dan’s girlfriend, climbing mountains and visiting museums and such, but by his own admission he was probably driving poor Laura mad with his Kulturschwamm intensity. He can’t even swear anymore without asking for the German translation…

Speaking of undeserved hospitality, we were being treated (again) last week to a beautiful brunch and I couldn’t help but notice the brand name on a jar of gherkins. Charles Christ. What followed was a (probably far too long) conversation speculating on how tough life must have been for poor Charles, living in the shadow of his more famous and, let’s face it, successful older brother. The saddest part is that although Charles dedicated his life to gherkins, as gherkins go, they weren’t even that good. Yes, Charles’ story is one of constant under-achievement, jealousy and… revenge??

Well, we’re off to Fribourg tonight for a show at Paddy Reilly’s. Twas a good one last time round so we’re very much looking forward to blowing ‘em away once again. I hear we’re being plugged all day by Radio Fribourg so let’s hope that reaps some results! Sadly, Amelle (see previous blogs) can’t join us this time, which to be honest we’re all pretty gutted about. Oh Amelle…la belle de La Rochelle…

Rock!

Ed x