USA/Canada Release!

Tomorrow you'll be able to purchase a copy of our album The Loudest Engine in USA/Canada!
We loved every minute of touring through the US last time we were there, so fingers crossed it wont be too long before we're crossing borders again!
XHB

HB TV.

There've been some cool video clips put together by some creative and clever fans, thought I'd post them here for all to see!


THE LOUDEST ENGINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hij9Se0gMWo

NIGHTINGALE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wffNPwRxtCU

ACROSS THE AVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=P3k9GCAotCU&feature=related

PEACE
XHB

LAND OF OZ!!!!

So, it's been a while since I've been able to update the tour diary, hard to believe, but not one single venue we've played in Oz has had wifi!?!?! 

Seems like a century ago you had to wander the back streets to try pick up a dodgy signal. 

Anyways, who cares for internet really, when you got the worlds greatest land at your feet.

Riding up and down this vast country, Melbourne to Adelaide and back to Sydney again....up to Byron Bay, then last night, our first time in a small town not far from Noosa Heads called Eumundi. A groovy place, with saloon style pubs, quaint book stores and cafes. The show was awesome, a few more than we'd expected and a really great vibe. I'll be back:)

Here are some snap shots from the rd, we've a few more shows left, tonight in Brisbane, then Freemantle and Perth! Hope tpo see ya then

XHB

Sweet endings.

Beautiful Elbow!

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Olah!

Another road trip entry.....

The drive today from Madrid to Barcelona was pretty special. 

After trying my best to catch up on lost sleep, I finally gave up and joined Glenn up the front, where we sat for a few quiet hours just taking in the desert landscape, abandoned buildings and in between, visited one helluva truck stop starring one weary, once beautiful waitress and 2 highway policemen drinking filtered coffee....was all feeling very David Lynch for a minute or two....

not a bad thing really...

Was cool to finally pull into Barcelona and check out the beautiful, old theater, Apolo, upon which we're supporting Elbow on our last show of the tour tonight :(

You couldn't hope or wish for a warmer bunch of lads, it's been an absolute pleasure!

Zurich to Madrid.

We played Zurich a couple nights ago, our only headline show of the Elbow tour. It was an absolute pleasure, everyone involved was super cool and the venue was sweet. 

Only issue was having to leave that night to begin the unimaginable drive to Madrid, which our heroic and esteemed drummer Glenn, somehow managed to pull off without as much as a hitch, well, apart from a £100 fine for holding his Iphone to close to his ear......!?!?!?

Today? Well, lucky ol me got to spend the day alone walking around Madrid, what a bustling, hustling, cracker of a town!

I got to see some magnificent things, libraries and incense filled churches, I then spent a few hours at the Museo Del Prado, found some new all time favourite paintings, some made me teary eyed, some made me smile, some made me cringe. But that's the beauty of aesthetic form isn't it.

Moments like this make you appreciate every moment of touring!

XHB

A Paris!

We never get enough time in Paris! 

All that we've experienced of the whimsical city is a well lived in bus, a crammed dressing room and just enough time to squeeze in a buttery pastry of some sort. However, last night I got my first flash tour of the city! What a beautiful time, we had a kikass dinner, ran drunkenly around Place de La Concorde , saw the Eiffel tower sparkling, walked through the Ritz Hotel at Place Vendome and stumbled back to the bus in the wee hours.

I look forward to more adventures in Paris....