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"Like making love on the back of a unicorn, whilst travelin through space & time, eating skittles..."

NEW VIDEO FOR YOUNGBLOOD (LET IT OUT) LIVE NOW!!56 dni temu
 
MySpace are exclusively premiering our NEW video for Youngblood (Let It Out)!!

Head to http://uk.myspace.com

OR

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...

to check it out NOW!

And pass the link on to all of your friends!!!!!
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WE'RE SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY!286 dni temu
 
You can catch us with Fall Out Boy at the following dates!!!

Thu 5 Manchester MEN
Fri 6 London 02 Arena
Sat 7 Cardiff International Arena
Sun 8 Brighton The Brighton Centre

Hope to see you there!!
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THE TOUR IS GO!!405 dni temu
 
the tour kicked off last night in Edinburgh and by all accounts it was a darn fine bit of a shindig!!!

If you dont have tickets yet, then there are still some left! Dates as as follows:

Thu 16th Oct - Glasgow QMU
Fri 17th Oct - Manchester, Club Academy/Academy 2
Sat 18th Oct - Leeds Cockpit
Mon 20th Oct - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Tue 21st Oct - Nottingham Rescue Rooms/Rock City
Wed 22nd Oct - Sheffield Leadmill
Fri 24th Oct - London Astoria
Sat 25th Oct - Oxford Academy
Sun 26th Oct - Cardiff University Solus
Mon 27th Oct - Southampton University
Wed 29th Oct - Northampton Roadmenders

And lets not forget you can MEET the guys when they do not one, not two but THREE signings (in assiociation with http://www.atticusclothing.com)!!! You can catch the guys at the following stores at the following times on the following days:

Friday 17th October
EXIT, Manchester
3.00-4.00pm

Saturday 18th October
EXIT, Leeds
2.00-3.00pm

Monday 27th October
UNDERGROUND FASHION, Southampton
4.30-5.30pm

FUN TIMES!!
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NEW VIDEO FOR FISTICUFFS TO PREMIER ON KERRANG.COM420 dni temu
 
The new video for single FISTICUFFS will be premiering TONIGHT (01/10) on www.kerrang.com!

It wont hit TV screens until Friday (03/10) so this will be your FIRST EVER chance to get a glimpse of the new video! MAKE SURE YOU HEAD OVER AND CHECK IT OUT!!!!

Aaaaaand as the premier is online, if you were were one of the lucky lucky people who were selected to be in the crowd for the video, you will be able to watch it over and over again to see if you can see yourself! WOO!

The single will be out on the 3rd November and will be available as a digital single only. It will come with a brand new version re-mixed by Sam Wire. You'll be able to pick it up on all the usual 'platforms' (ooh er) such as iTunes, 7Digital n' all them.

And don't foget the tour kicks off later this month. Still some tickets left. Dates as follows:
Wed 15th Oct - Edinburgh Liquid Room
Thu 16th Oct - Glasgow QMU
Fri 17th Oct - Manchester, Club Academy/Academy 2
Sat 18th Oct - Leeds Cockpit
Mon 20th Oct - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Tue 21th Oct - Nottingham Rescue Rooms/Rock City
Wed 22nd Oct - Sheffield Leadmill
Fri 24th Oct - London Astoria
Sat 25th Oct - Oxford Academy
Sun 26th Oct - Cardiff University Solus
Mon 27th Oct - Southampton University
Wed 29th Oct - Northampton Roadmenders
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come join in the video449 dni temu
 
calling all local talent (and travelling international talent)

we're filming a video for 'FISTICUFFS', THIS SATURDAY! that's september the 6th to those with calendars. it's being filmed at a secret location in our native south wales. there's no big production or big concept. there'll be no exchanging of numbers, girls in my bed, time travelling, precarious 1980s genital exposure or fancy dress parties. phil will still be dressed as george michael, but that has nothing to do with anything except his own personal style and preference and i urge you to accept and love it. it's just going to be us kicking off. you kicking off. general kicking of the 'off' variety.

the venue is small so the number of people allowed in will be limited. thus, our cunning record label have brainstormed and, with SAS like organisation and foresight, they've orchestrated the following 2 point plan. read slowly, it's a toughie.

STEP 1:
compose email to rrguest@roadrunnerrecords.co.uk.
STEP 2:
include your full name, age and myspace address in the email and click 'send'

pheeeew. now wipe your brow, marine. mission objective complete. you'll receive the location and further details in the response email along with a new identity and a victoria cross for services to us.

please don't apply if you can't get to wales or have no intention of going. you'll only prevent some budding star of stage and screen from getting their foot on the ladder and having the best saturday afternoon since roy walker's catchphrase was cancelled. it's good, but it's not right.

ok. are we all good with this plan?

the basic premise is that we'll be running through the song to a backing track (as per video) a few times and you'll be required to run around relentlessly until you bleed or die. after the formality of miming and backing tracks are done (provided you're still alive), we'll play a bit of a live set and have some fun. yay. fun! all we ask is that you're free between 11am and 5pm on the day. c'est simple.

this is our diy, sweatbox video, friends. we're relying on YOU. we don't need people to stand and look pretty and cool and collected. we need you to look desparate, confused and hysterical and have a visibly good time as if you were all the girl katy perry kissed and liked.

it's pretty easy. see you saturday!

aled xxx

ps. the reason it's in wales is because we're welsh. we live here. we've never had the chance to film a video here before now.
pps. by secret location...i mean 'major city' with accessible train station 2 minute walk from secret location ;)
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MAY 19- one more sleep552 dni temu
 
this is probably, like, my tenth tour. i still don't feel like i'm a seasoned and accomplished suitcase packer. i've packed 22 tshirts to cater for all eventualities (namely, my innate drink spilling sensibilites - i just can't keep things in the cups). i have 5 pairs of jeans, of which i will probably wear, at most, 2. despite knowing this potential space saving factoid, i will not unpack 3 pairs. no siree. i'm a glutton for choice. i have 20 pairs of socks. 18 of which are white, which most people seem to think is a faux pas, but if its goot enough for MJJ, it's good enough for me and it's certainly good enough for you. i have 12 pairs of pants. now, this is a dilemma. i'm away for 18 days, so you do the smelly crotched math. what this means, is that at some point, american apparel will be making a good 50 english bones off of this ill-prepared traveller. add to the mix 4 pairs of shoes, 2 towels, some pyjama bottoms (out of respect for our american guests), some random toiletries and you've got a pretty loaded red suitcase and a pretty solid and unecessary idea of what little grasp i have of reality. there are still the unchartered depths of overcoats and winterwear to consider, in the event of any brisk changes in the ol' temeperature. so many variables, people. so many.

this tour will be our first time on a tour bus. those behemoth, motherfuckers that sleep like 1600 people. it'll be a bit like noah's ark but with less civilized animals, less couples and, tragically, less beard. in fact, it'll just be a whole lot of man and a whole lot of bewheeled metal. nevertheless, it's going to be a riot. i'm actually schoolboy excited. we're leaving at 12am wednesday morning, so i feel a bit like i should be going on a french exchange trip with school to meet my penfriend, claude deschamps... except that we're going to middlesborough and i don't know anyone there.

usually these blogs serve some constructive and higher purpose that relates, in some way, to you helping us to achieve something or me informing you of some golden little nugget of shinfo. this one's different. i just feel like talking because i've had like a case of diet coke and i'm climbing the walls in anticipation of tour.

earlier today we worked on a new set intro. we figured that our black or white intro had expired - for the time being, at least - and that it was high time for a new, more cinematic entree to our delicious main course. it's a goody. trust. we also slung together a playlist or two to keep y'all and y'us entertained between bands at the shows. expect a lot of mid 90's gospel, r'n'b, hip hop and house. feel free to contribute ideas toward songs you'd like to hear at our shows and we'll read and ignore them accordingly.

actually, i found a reason to post this. our singles out today. give me what i want, i mean. you know the one. go and buy it or something. hell, buy a few and make a mobile for your baby sisters crib or fob it off as a set of coasters and a belated birthday present for your mother. also, save your breath - our brethren from newport and it's surrounding trenches - have just put up 3 new tracks of exceptional quality and pop-punk savvy. go enhance your life a little and jam them into your head. i managed to maneuver my way onto the 3rd song. no prizes if you spot me, unfortunately. knowledge is reward enough, i think. but yeah. killer tunes. www.myspace.com/saveyourbreathband.

in preparation for tour, i've taken on the mantle of the sober, designated driver. consequently, i've been finding alternative ways to spend my evenings and days. it's actually shocking how much you can do in a day if you're not pre-occupying yourself with the perils of beer gardens. i tidied my room and found some cds in a bit of my car that i didn't know existed. 3 years of mysterious disappearances solved. i managed to catch a fair few films at the picturehouse. namely, iron man, charlie bartlett and smart people. all turtley coolio iglesias.

i have more use for this blog yet... a few of you have been curious about the HMV instore. well, frankly, so am i. but here are some facts i've coerced:

- it starts at 4.30pm.
- it is FREE. no need for wristbands. no binding, obligatory purchase clause.
- we'll be playing a few songs full band and then signing albums and whatever you fancy. we've signed apples in the past. be creative. ice cream?

equally, so as not to deprive the rest of the country of our awkward and stuttery company, we'll be hanging about before and after shows if you want to come and say 'holla' and chill with some exceptionally cool gentlemen. i think some shows have designated meet and greets, even. that's good news for all, huh? hang time is good. hang time is goooood. it probably won't be as good as the high school basketball tv show of the same name, though. i can't compete with the tubby, loveable rogue that was theodore 'teddy' brodis, or the feat of genetic engineering that was julie connor, femme-baller extraordinaire.

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see.

anyway. i hope y'alls exams are passing without any depressing incident. if you need any help revising the romanian infrastructure, joel is your friendly and cooperative native. if you ever feel like revision is just getting too much for you, type 'ticketmaster' into google, then 'kids in glass houses' in their respective search slot, you will see that we've been kind enough to hold a succession of seminars and lectures on all manner of helpful, exam related subjects. it costs like £8, but it's probably worth it. for your future's sake.

i'm off to listen to naughty by nature, cause i'm down with o.p.p. yeah, you know me.

have a pleasant day.

aled xxx
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MAY 17 gladiator cop552 dni temu
 


sauntered on over to a pretty fucking tropical london on sunday to see glassjaw for the second time that weekend. it was off the chain, my friends. off. the. chain. i met a lot of you folks too, which was nice. spent the latter part of it wondering what quadrant of space jared leto's wardrobe came from and wearilessly bashing some ellen page detractors. she is not a one trick pony, man, and her accent is fucking fine. the blackout were pretty stellar, what with the fire lighting bondage demons from space and stuff. honestly, i had a proud younger brother moment watching them. they were the macaulay culkin my doting, starry-eyed kieran. also, saw jack white in the lobby of the hotel looking like he'd borrowed j-lo's ass for the weekend.

anyway, i'm not here to review give it a name festival or study the build of white stripes, i'm here to rally some love.

give me what i want has been added to the radio 1 B list, which is kind of a ridiculously big deal and a bit of a shock. we're now as famous as nelly. batter uuuup. i digress, please drop those dj's some mad texts when you hear me singing' give me what i want' incessantly like some sick, spoilt, shitbag of a child.

i'm pretty excited at the moment. the single is out on monday. the album is out a week later and we go on tour wednesday. finally, my year can officially begin.

incidentally, as joel mentioned, our album is now streaming over at nme.com. there's a whole process you have to go through. it's pretty stock and you should know how to register for any site in the world by now. you don't need anyone's credit card because it's not porn, but it's probably about as satisfying for your ears as it is for... you get me. we've had some insanely nice feedback from you and we're all really touched. even iain, our resident aj was flattered. it's pretty awesome that everyone has a different favourite song. it was kinda the desired effect, so i'm stoked.

i whiled away my evening watching films with bad titles - purely to see how bad they were. the highlight was probably 'gladiator cop'. it's a story of reincarnation, revenge and really good fucking hair. like samson good. check it out. it's got swords and was evidently sponsored by heinz. the cleanest, straightest blood splatter you've ever seen in your life. after that we tried to watch double whammy.it sucked. we settled to tremors 4, which was an odd prequel to the unexpected tremors franchise, and set in the wild west of 1889. it was oddly populated with chinese and red indian cowboys which seems slightly inappropriate and brought about a few questions about the historical accuracy of the piece. alas, what it lacked in authenticity it made up for in knee slappers and clinical, harrowing, film-making prowess. seriously, if you want to see just what can be done with a camera, 14 dollars and a bunch of styrofoam worms with teeth, this is the very puppy for you. then we watched the lion king with a glass of milk and went home as confused, emotional wrecks.

apparently our faithful legions of street teamers and word spreaders are laying waste to some of the UK's fine cities tomorrow. do go help them if you're at a loss for something to do or just want to go out and meet like minded individuals. kind of like speed dating but a bit more productive for us. you may meet your future wife and what a story to tell the grand-yous. to all of you who are on that mission, thank you so much. we totally appreciate your efforts to make us bono big and we'll repay you one day with mad favours*.

i don't know how much it's been mentioned on the ol' bulletin boards, but we're playing a full electrically charged set at HMV in cardiff on the day the album comes out. that's may 26th for those of you without filofaxes or time knowledge. it kicks off at the school friendly hour of 4.30pm and you could probably be home in time for revision later that night... if you cram. we'll be playing some new songs and signing the record or anything you put in front of us. unless it's other people's cd's because that's just weird.

do i have other news? do i? natalie portman got a boyfriend. devendra banhart, i can no longer enjoy your twee stylings. damn you.

look, i don't have anything else to say but i'm bored and feel like rambling. has anyone been watching the apprentice? i think raef bjayou is the messiah. the man is impeccable.

i give up. i'm going to bed. i'll see you all on the road. go spread the word about the tour and the album to all and sundry.

smooches
aled xxx
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we're don in stans cellar580 dni temu
 
htd r u?

that's a new abreev. learn it, love it, claim it as your own. thought i'd get my blog on because i have an empty social calendar and i've watched every single one of the 9 million dvds i've bought on this lengthy sabatical.

here's something that's been bugging me. when you sign out of myspace, your screen is invaded by this faux web cam conversation with this giggling muppet of a girl. now, if i were making an advert trying to encourage people to sign up to yet another futile dating website, i'm not sure a video of a girl loling at a computer (while she sits indoors on a sunny day) would be high on my concept list. how did the marketing department come up with that? "so basically, we just need you to laugh and flash your lobes, then get off your seat and put your shoe on." it doesn't inspire much confidence in the clientelle of this website that she was so creamy compared to the rest of the crop, that she became the face of their campaign. i'm not sold. she was obviously the match of some ear fetishist with a penchant for running shoes. what's more, her tv is entirely positioned inconveniently. if she sleeps at that end of the bed she will be both deaf and blind by the time she finishes her p.e. degree (i'm basing this assumption on her limber webcam show). if she sleeps at the other end, she can't see. i remain entirely unconvinced by that websites ability to find me a soul mate. try again.

we played with simple plan on friday in the astoria and i must say, it was absolutely fucking splendid to play a show again. none of this stripped down, unplugged, alanis morrissette-in-a-kaftan shit. thanks to everyone who came to see us. we saw a lot of familiar faces and it was reassuring to know we haven't bored you just yet. the prospect of tour is keeping me going through these quiet days. that and cinammon grahams, anyway.

today, we got playlisted by radio1 for daytime play. this is kind of a big deal. what it means, in leymans terms, is that we now have a fair chance of dethroning whitney houston as queen of the singles chart. it's well overdue, and no amount of toothless x factor auditionees singing it will convince me that it's a good song. so next week on, if you hear us on radio1, you be sure to text that disc jockey and tell them just how much you want them to keep playing that song.

what else? i've been busy designing all new merch for the next tour. all new. so if you want any of those old palm tree shirts or whatever, get them now. they ain't coming back, lovers. we'll be expanding our merch inventory this tour... shirts. girl shirts. hoodies. tote bags. badges. stickers. limited screen printed posters. maybe more. condoms. pregnancy tests. life preserves. sweater vests. onesies. fur handcuffs. trousers with optical illusion pleats. it's a no holds barred, merchparty. some of that was lies.

we recorded a new track the other week. it's called satan's cellar. it's pretty kick ass and it's soundtracking this mini-summer quite nicely. i'm not sure when we'll put it out for your ears, but maybe it'll surface on a single over the summer. we shall see. some friends of ours in party shank (www.myspace.com/partyshank) are also working on a remix of 'give me what i want', which i'm buzzed about hearing. it's all good.

we have a few awesome shows to annouce in the coming weeks. we're super excited for these babies... keep your eyes peeled.

according to kerrang tv's daily playlist, we're bigger than most bands in the world which is awesome news. we're bigger than a michael jackson and fall out boy conglomerate, even. siiickness.

that's about all the new news i have. glassjaw are playing cardiff. come and get your crowd participation on with us.

recently i laid down some vocals on my friends track, which might appear online soon. their called hemme fatale and their pretty fucking awesome, so go check it out. the song's called 'lucifer', i do believe. it's pretty killer, as are all their other songs - visit www.myspace.com/hemmefatale. while you're on the new south wales music express, stop off at www.myspace.com/themuscleclub. they're fucking beautiful and their songs are awesome.

i'm spent like winehouse in colombia.

peace out
xxx
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