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Andros Island

We’ve had a few days rest on Andros Island.     This is the view from our villa     Andros city beach     Thanks to John Drake from Athens based surf band Dirty Fuse […]
2013 News

Newsletter: On tour

I’ll be leaving for Europe next week for a month’s tour with The Atlantics. We’ll be playing in Italy, Finland & Greece. Check my site for dates and locations. Once I get back I’ll be […]
2013 News

Final gig of the tour

Our final gig was located at a nice bar just metres from the sea.     There were two support bands, both playing in the instro surf style, Aqua Barons and Dirty Fuse.     […]
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Newsletter: Still on tour

The Atlantics tour of Europe has been fabulous. We’ve been through Italy and to a great festival in Finland. We’ve just arrived in Greece for the last two gigs of the tour. My tour blog […]
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Athens

We arrived in Athens and had a few days before the next gig.     It gave us a chance to rest and have a look around.     Our next gig was at Bat […]
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Goodbye to Italy

Our final gig in Italy was at Lido Fausto at the San Salvo Marina.     Another great location on the beach.     It’s summer holiday season in Italy with the nicer beaches being […]
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Caserta & Piento

From Rome we drove to Caserta.     To play at the Kingston Club.     The band was well received, even though the audience wasn’t familiar with surf music.     When we started […]
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Forte Prenestino in Rome

In Gubbio we visited some guitar makers to get Haydn’s bass fixed up.     Tony & his partner are both guitar builders.     We then travelled to Rome for our next gig. This […]
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Back in Italy

Monday 1st July was a huge travel day, an early morning flight from Helsinki to Frankfurt.     Then another flight to Milan where we met up with our italian tour driver, Matteo.     […]
2013 News

Helsinki

We arrived at The Apollo in Helsinki late Friday afternoon for a sound check. After soundcheck we had a meet and greet with some Finnish fans and signed some albums and posters. It was great […]
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