hi y'all.

just a quick note to say that plans are going well for the ascension, when we leave this mortal humbling and bumbling to other folk.

we'll be stretching, dancing and prancing our merry tunes on the 22nd of september with our favourite northen irish rock smugglers 'fighting with wire' at the corporation in sheffield. its good to support them, as ever, we'll be hugging them and telling them "its not your fault" over and over again until they have a bit of a cry. we're really beginning to make a breakthough with them as a collective and soon, i reckon, they won't need our support at all. baby steps though, into the big bad world.

then in a flash it will be our day of reckoning, the 17th of october. a friday night in sheffield at the shakespeare. we're inviting everyone to come down, enjoy the show, drink the cool-aid, and join us as we board the mothership and disappear to alpha centauri for all eternity. but if i've learnt anything in life (and this particular lesson was gleamed from 'coccoon 2: the return') we may be back in a year or so to prove that it isn't only mac daddy and daddy mac that'll make ya jump.

for three years actionier has been my brilliant vice. the other guys are the fantastic oven in which i've shoved my half baked ideas and recently we've come alive as a real band with three magnificent songwriters and me, but in a world that seems less exciting to make music in. so we are going to have a rest away from your eyes and come back with something beautiful and profound (and hopefully full of fun, hey its important to have fun!).

show us the love, come see actionier play a couple more times before the air gets cold and the rain becomes the norm. the shows are listed above and on our gig dates and we know we're gonna be there. we will see you soon.

iain of the actionier
xxx

ps: and if you get bored whilst we remove ourselves from your stages for the year, you can always buy the album. coming soon.....