25th January Sydney Big Day Out
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | 2 Comments »Went down early to the Essential Stage where Kate Nash again called me up to sing A New England. It works much better this time with me on acoustic guitar, allowing her band to play the song their way rather ...
Episode 11: Don’t Try This At Home
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 3 Comments »Billy's relationship with Go! Discs is threatened as the independent label allows itself to be bought out, and by arguments between the label's founder, Andy MacDonald, and Billy's manager, Pete Jenner. Despite this, Go! Discs chucks a very large budget at ...
24th January Promo Day
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | 2 Comments »The notion of this festival being the Big Day Off has proved rather hollow for yours truly. Since I got to New Zealand, I’ve been doing loads of promo for the new album on those days when I’m not performing. ...
23rd January Sydney
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | No Comments »The Big Day Out takes the opportunity of the long weekend that marks the peak of the summer holidays here to hit the two biggest cities in the country, Sydney and Melbourne. Australia Day marks the anniversary of the arrival ...
23rd January Byron Bay
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | 3 Comments »Situated an hour or so south of Brisbane on the east coast of Australia, the locals refer to the Gold Coast as BrisVegas, a sun-baked mix of Blackpool, Surfers Paradise and the Strip. BDO goes there because at the height ...
18th January Auckland NZ
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | No Comments »The BDO tour kicks off in the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. All the dates take place in built environments, either sporting venues or agricultural showgrounds. This makes it a lot easier to get out of the fierce sunlight and ...
17th January Auckland NZ
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | 3 Comments »After a rejuvenating stop-over in Sydney, my body clock woke me up for the final leg of the trip, three hours across the Tasman into Auckland allowing me to make real progress with Bill Bryson’s ‘A Short History of Nearly ...
12th/13th/14th January Limbo
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Road Blog | No Comments »The Timor Sea goes on forever, or so it seems. Three hours into the third leg of a 30 hour flight that will see us touch down in Dubai, Bangkok and Sydney before arriving in our destination, Auckland, New Zealand. ...
