So, where was I?
The last blog instalment was the day of our show in The Alley, Gramsbergen on Saturday the 4th. Gig went great, and it was made all the better with the arrival of an Irish contingent of Debs, Emma and Julie-Ann to join in on the festivities. Back home to Erica afterwards and Hans in The Spot knows how to stage an after show party! Luckily we didn’t have to travel very far the next day for our gig (down the stairs to be exact!). Previous gigs in The Spot have always been memorable and this was no different. Great crowd again and fantastic reception. The handy thing was that we didn’t even have to pack up our gear because we were staying upstairs, but, to make sure it was safe, we had to be the last people out of the bar. It’s a hard life alright!
Hung around Holland for a few days and left for England early Wednesday morning for our gig in London. We arrived at The Cuban Bar in Camden in plenty of time, very unusual place, especially for a Jaded Sun gig. It was one of those “put the head down and get on with it” gigs. Won’t elaborate too much about it. The next day, we were in The Cuckoo Club in Westminster. This gig was the other end of the spectrum compared to the evening before. A very swanky, posh place but at least because it was an invite only show, we knew that the crowd would be on our side. So, that gig went fine. Off to Birmingham the next day for a gig in the Sound Bar. Lovely venue. There were a few bands on that evening but each were of the indie/alternative/mod orientation, all great bands in their own right but we stuck out like a sore thumb. I think we relish the underdog status because it was one of the most enjoyable gigs of the tour and we got a great reception here too. Drove to Cardiff early the next morning. The city was buzzing because there was a Heineken Cup Rugby match between Cardiff Blues and Toulouse on next door in the Millennium Stadium (Cardiff won, much to Thomas, our French sound engineer’s displeasure). We were all really looking forward to this show because we knew there’d be a good few people at it and also because it was our last gig of the tour, so we wanted to go out with a bang. The gig turned out to be one of the best shows of the tour with everyone in the venue really getting into the gig. I had to bite my tongue a number of times throughout the show to stop myself mentioning Ireland’s last gasp victory over the Welsh 3 weeks ago in the 6 Nations Rugby tournament but something had to give before the end, the crowd all took it in good spirits though.
Hopefully we’ll have some of our own pictures of the tour up on our sites soon enough but, already there are loads of pictures and videos of our gigs floating about the internet on various sites if you fancy searching for them. A big thank you to everybody who made the effort to turn up to our shows, promote our shows, listen to our music, upload pictures and videos on the net and for all the support and kind words over the past few weeks. The Jaded Sun train doesn’t stop rolling though, with 3 gigs in Northern Ireland this coming weekend. If there’s a gig close to you, please come along.
We’re on the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin now so this blog will have been written a good few hours before it’s on the net but I don’t think anything interesting will have happened between now and then.
Thanks again and keep posted to
www.myspace.com/jadedsun for more news as it happens.
Keep Rockin’!
Damo – JS
p.s. - If you’re wondering what Blogalero means, John just started to add “alero” onto the end of every word, probably out of sheer boredom so then everyone started to do it. It’s one of those “had to be there” type of things and probably doesn’t seem funny now but it seemed funny at the time, especially in Holland ...... for some reason!
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check out our new ep filthyfunkydirtyhoney
ah tanx lads love yeas all xxxxxxxxxx
hey lads ye playing anywhere between the 13th and the 23rd of july ???
Hey Guys,
Off to INDIA...well impressed ! go Simon.lol
lucky I got all 3 CD's autographed before you get to famous and forget us all back home.
Mite I suggest you take plenty of Immodium with you & I'll
Catch ya next week at the Diamond
love for today. JB
glad to see you guys are comin back to d'town!
check us out lads
well done on the album
Only half Daecent Irish band goin these days
Whats the story on a Dublin gig?!
new photos are up lads let me know what ones u like
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Unreal gig in bakers last night. . .cheers!
excellent gig in limerick last night - early start to the weekend
us in dresden
oh come on no dublin gigs
hey guys its cian (pauls kid) ehh the band just did a session in salt recording studio, and we have put the song on our band page
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take a listen
hey there you lucky bastards livin it up hope the touring is going well best of luck from ireland
Just looking at your tour dates and I cant see any in Scotland at all. Whats up with that??!!
cn unes n da cellar on saturday nite, brilliant show
ps john, YA OWE ME A FIVER FOR TAKN UR ALBUM! lol
Oh finally found you, great GREAT band! Saw yous in the button factory and yas were just AMAZING!!!
Do more gigs in Dublin so I can go hahaha
xxx