Hey y'all

You might wonder why TBF decided to go back to play Wigan for a second time. Good question. Was it because we have a massive northern following there? Well, no. Was it because we were getting paid handsomely? Not exactly.  But there must be a good passing trade at the venue, right? Well, not particularly, no.  We couldn’t think of many good reasons. After much discussion, Dan decided that the cheap Boddington’s was a good enough reason to drive six hours north. Easily pleased, them Swiss.

The Tudor House is, to be frank, not the kind of place where TBF’s brand of indie-pop good time party anthems (ya dig?) would usually be appreciated by the black clad northern make-up sporting warriors of the night. And so it proved, but thankfully there were enough regular folk who seemed to enjoy our work. Throw in a cover of Ace of Bass’s All That She Wants and everyone’s happy...right? Maybe.

We had the pleasure of being introduced to something called Life Metal by a Scouse band that were supporting us. Their name escapes me, but the singer claimed to be the eighth wonder of the world, and they certainly proved to be something else.

What was even more memorable, however, was the confirmation of my outlook on life that stereotypes exist for good reason – It’s because they tend to be true. All Scousers are car thieves? Yes and no. The video below certainly does show a group of Liverpudlians breaking into a very nice looking Audi, and it doesn’t matter that it was the guy’s own car he was breaking into in order to get to the keys he had accidentally locked in his boot – which, of course, rendered the smashing of the driver’s window totally and utterly pointless, other than it being hilarious.

We’re about to head further north to Edinburgh now. Our poor wee van’s been having a bit of trouble for the fy4huyw2....e3irst time (thanks for that contribution, Gabby, our three year old groupie) so I hope we get there eventually...

Ed x