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[Shaki]

Originally Posted by shmeet the beat

well, seems you boys have been busy eh?! there's been more yapping on here than a dozen old wifies at a coffee morning! at least their banter would be better!!

we )indian red lopez) had a fucking magic tour! call it whatever you want, but 7 gigs in 7 days in 4 countries, sounds like a tour to me, mon @ drummonds, tues @ tunnels, wed @ moorings, nae a fucking tour!!!

we loved it, every gig was better than the last one and by the time we got to france and rotterdam the crowds were bouncing! even chanting in france, i think they thought we were some sort of football casuals firm!!?? made heaps of friends and sold plenty cd's and introduced lots of folk to our band.

as for the driving, piece of piss! big 8 seater splitter van, even had a dvd player!
even the 19hour journey home(rotterdam to peterheed in a day) wasn't too bad!

we had no help at all with this, we just got off our arses and did it! we used cash saved from playing gigs and raised from our clubnight to pay for everything, i would recommend this to every band serious about what they are doing. fuck, if you want, we would gladly give you all our contacts and just go for it! don't worry about some randoms having a go at you for making the effort to achieve something either! they should maybe stop playing warcraft for a few hours, go outside and get a fucking life!

Sounds awesome fun, good work.

We're going on tour this weekend:

Saturday: Lincoln
Monday: Aberdeen

There were more but they got cancelled. It's now called the Lincoln Tour 2009.

None of the 4 if us can drive so it's us and a mate in a Corsa there and back. It's what dreams are made of really......

[stuartmaxwell]

errr, I wasn't griping anywhere.

blown out of proportion.

p.s. I don't play world of warcraft and you are not the only Aberdeen band ever to have gone on tour

[Teabags]

I don't play warcraft, and have been on about 6 european tours.

[kingofdeon]

Well done lads. bet it was a great time! hope something comes up for you guys soon..you deserve it for the effort you put in...

hope to see ya soon.

[shmeet the beat]

ha ha!

nae worries, funny shit!

seriously though, everyone up here should take a look at what the fence collective are doing down in fife! they have the right idea. there is not necessarily any more talent down there than in other areas, but they work together and because of that people sit up and take notice in what they are doing.

just a wee thought ken..............................

[Old Gold]

I can't imagine King Creosote being quite so passive aggressive on fife-music.com.

Just a wee condescending thought... keeeeen.

[RockAustin]

I heard great things about your Lille show.

Interesting thought in your previous post Shmeet... best way for that to happen is just go out and do it I think. You'd need to have like minded groups involved working together for it to be successful and efficient.

[Carrots Gladstone]

Well done dudes, don't take the blind bit of notice what the doubters on this site say.

The only "local" bands that are allowed to go on tour, and call it a tour and get any credit for it are The X-Certs and Copy Haho. Yes, their tours are far more extensive than what IRL have just done, but it's only the second time IRL have jumped in the van and driven around the country for a week or two. This time next year, if they keep the momentum going, they'll be touring the length and breadth of the UK and beyond.

[stuartmaxwell]

Originally Posted by Carrots Gladstone

The only "local" bands that are allowed to go on tour, and call it a tour and get any credit for it are The X-Certs and Copy Haho.

jesus. let it lie.

[shmeet the beat]

ha ha ha ha!