We would like to send a belated thanks to all of our new friends in the UK for coming out last month to witness the decimation that is Tragedy.  Most of all, however, we would like to thank ourselves for being so absolutely and astoundingly awesome.  We had a fabulous time touring the UK with Electric Six, plus ripping our own headlining shows throughout England, Scotland and Wales.  And those of you who experienced the ferocity of our power had an even fabulouser time, whether you were aware of it or not.  

Aside from a few shows now booked, we shall be taking a little break to rejuvenate ourselves and work on ever more powerful and devastating material.  We shall return when it suits us, which will be soon.

Regards,

Tragedy

On Monday, December 1, 2008, at 9:55 am Eastern Standard Time, Tragedy embarked for the United Kingdom on Delta Flight 162 from JFK International Airport, and arrived at Heathrow International Airport in London City at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time.

This was the commencement of what was to become our amazing, staggering, formidable, totally awesome, great, completely mind-blowing and totally amazing, glitter-speckled tour of the United Kingdom. Except for Oxford City. That show was rough (although it still featured lots of glitter).

We were slated to support British UK legends The Wildhearts for six shows, followed by a show with Electric Six in London City. And that we did -- we completely supported both The Wildhearts and Electric Six.

Tragedy's Barry Glibb also doubled as guitar tech for Ginger of The Wildhearts, earning a few extra pounds in currency, whilst losing a few in body weight (8 lbs. to be exact). In fact, the bodies of most of the members of Tragedy underwent significant transition during this trip, as a nasty cold virus gripped us one by one. Not to mention, Tragedy's Olivia Netwon-Chong developed a nasty cyst, and our friend Tommy Rockstar, who came along as road manager, was overcome by Hand AIDS (a form of AIDS that attacks only the hands).

The first show, in Sheffield City, was packed like a sardine can when we hit the stage. We managed to absolutely demolish the people of Sheffield City, and even made a few new fans by the end of our set.

The next stop was Glasgow City, Scotland. We were driven there by our British driver and new bestest friend Paul, who introduced us to the concept of "crucifixion." Not the Jesus kind, but the kind typically involving three band members and a merch girl.

Anyway, we altogether decimated the Glaswegians whether they were aware of it or not. Has anyone ever noticed that the Scots are utterly incomprehensible? Suffice it to say, we could not tell whether the phonetic noises arising from the crowd during our set were heckles or shouts of enthusiasm.

Oxford City was next, where we were met with indifference. Anything is better than that. At the very least, a "get of the stage!" or "you suck fags!" would have been nice.

The next stop was Manchester City, which was one of the highlights of the tour. A Tragedy deputation attended the Manchester United football game (soccer for you Americans), and the gig that night was tremendous. The unsuspecting crowd was utterly decimated, especially the fat guy who was dancing around with his shirt off.

Next stop, Wolverhampton City. Another really good show, followed by a really good after-party, which then led to a local casino and only god knows what else.

We had the next day off, so where else should we have gone than -- STONEHENGE!!







The final stop on The Wildhearts tour was The Kentishtown Forum in London City. As was typical of the tour, it took a few songs for the crowd to feel less confused than rocked, but once the ice was broken, the people of London City were annihilated (it did help that Ginger and CJ of The Wildhearts came out to rip guitar solos with us on the final song of our set, that song being Tragedy).

There was also a glitter war that night between Tragedy and The Wildhearts. There is likely still glitter covering everything at Kentishtown Forum, including the balcony. If you find yourself there anytime soon, please report back to us on the status of the glitter.

Anyway, there was another after party that nite which was attended by Blaze Bailey, the singer who replaced Bruce Dickinson in Maiden (he was wearing a Blaze Bailey t-shirt no less).

The next day, we filmed stuff around London City for our upcoming and mind-blowing video for Jive Talkin'. We were joined by our fellow Tri-State Areans The Wau Wau Sisters, and that nite we went to check out their show in London City, which was amazing and we were absolutely decimated.



Finally, we closed the tour with a show at London City's Shephard's Bush Empire with Electric Six. Needless to say, the crowd was stupefied, and a whole bunch of people (well, one) were escorted out for crowd surfing. We were also joined on stage by The White Wolf, The Colonel, and Percussion World of Electric Six for the ripping finale of Stayin' Alive.

The tour was an incredible experience for all of us, as well as all of those we came in contact with. We'd like to thank Ginger and The Wildhearts, Gavin, Paul, Tommy, Electric Six, Jack from EC1 and Jon Wing of Academy Events for being so awesome to us!!

Here are some more amazing photographs in no particular order of this fantastic voyage.

Wildhearts:



Electric Six:



Arriving in Sheffield City:



Candi gets ready:



Olivia Netwon-Chong and Mo'Royce got dolled up too:



The Angel of Mercy prepares Mo'Royce and Gibbous for decimation. That red-eye is real.



Guitar techage:



Hand HIVS:



Scotland:





Gibbous Waning finally purchases his first cell phone ever:



The game:





Ginger also brought his adorable son Taylor down for his first rock show ever:





Olivia and her much needed nap:



Tradegy crucified:







That's Duncan above -- he's CJ's (Wildhearts) guitar tech.

Duncan also played the role of our abused intern Lance in Wolverhampton:



And Gavin, the owner of Round Records (our label), brought his lovely daughter Olivia to the Wolverhampton show -- like Taylor, it was her first rock show too!







And we were joined on the tour by Robin's mother (and therefore Barry and Mo'Royce's mother) Estelle:





The Forum in London City:



Freeze! I am the glitter police!



Barry n' Tommy Rockstar:



Mo'Royce look-a-like:



Mo'Royce and Duncan:



Barely, Gibbous, Candi and Barry with Scott Sorry of The Wildhearts:



Shepard's Bush Empire while empty:



Important warning:



Finally some good hospitality!



Here's the crowd receiving us at Shep's Bush:



Here's our driver Paul suiting up to play the role of Lance:



Us rocking Shep's Bush:



Here's The Colonel of Electric Six rocking with us:



Tragedy hangs w/ Percussion World at the after-party:



We spent one last night at a super funky hotel called The Pavilion, which made Mo'Royce quite randy:



And finally voyaged home, via air:



And even more random photos:



































Three Brothers in Sport: