Photos: Blanca del Amo

The feeling you get when you're on your way to the UK to play a few shows is one of the most thrilling we've felt yet, and those are the kind of emotions that keep us going.
So, here we are at Terminal 4 in Barajas Airport, ready to spread a little of our rock'n'roll loving in the islands where "almost" everything began !!! We've been praying to the Gods in all deities that the airline people won't make us check our guitars in !!! Oh please, please, please !!!

La sensación de ir camino a UK para dar unos cuantos conciertos, es una de las
cosas que mas nos ponen las pilas y que mas nos motivan para seguir adelante.
Así, que aquí estamos todos llegando a la T4 en Barajas dispuestos a repartir nuestro rock sobre la isla donde "casi" todo empezó. Por favor, que no nos hagan facturar las guitarras...!!! Argh!





This is the train which takes you to the plane, and it's pretty clear where David's nuts have migrated to inside his body at the mere thought of having to get on the plane (he's been worked up about it all week !!! Poor thing !!!)

Y aquí, en el tren que te lleva al avión donde David, nuestro batería, teme subirse desde 1 semana antes... de hecho aquí se ve claramente, donde tiene sus atributos justo antes de subirse al aparato volador.





Blanca, our fantastic and most beloved personal photographer, who also happens to be my lovely sister. Thanks to her you'll be able to look at all these cool pics which illustrate the amazing times we had in the UK. Thanks sis, we are soooo grateful !!! Plus the laughs we had with her are priceless !!! We love you. This was taken on the layover in London on our way to Manchester !!!

Blanca, nuestra fantástica fotógrafa de ruta, y mi maravillosa hermana, gracias a ella, vas a poder ser testigo de todo este resumen fotográfico... gracias hermanica, te lo debemos...! Y que risas nos hemos echado con la Blanqui! Te queremos.
Aquí estamos haciendo escala en Londres, de camino a Manchester.





Here we are with Guy Lovelady, our good friend in Manchester and the Master of ceremonies who organised the whole tour !!! Seeing as we new that what he loves most is his sweet daughter, Ella, music and football, we bought him an official Real Madrid t-shirt signed by all the players in the team !!! He was absolutely gabberflasted, of course !!! ;-)

Aquí estamos con Guy, nuestro amigo en Manchester, y quien organizo el tour,
como lo que mas le gusta en este mundo es, su hija, la música y el fútbol, le llevamos hasta Manchester, una camiseta oficial del Real Madrid, firmada por todos los jugadores del actual equipo...se quedo flipao, of course! ;-)











Yeah !!! We're finally in Manchester !!! And its night time !!! This us goofing around !!! Manchester is amazingly beautiful.

Ya estamos en Machester!!! Y es de noche!!! Yeeeeepa! Aquí estamos haciendo el gamba...








The next morning, and seeing as we had two days off before our first gig in Birmingham, a part of the band decided to visit the ITV Granada tv studios where our song, "Space Between Bodies" has been played on the runner ups of the football league.

Al día siguiente, como tenemos 2 días de descanso antes del primer concierto en Birmingham, una parte del grupo fuimos a visitar las instalaciones de la televisión inglesa, ITV Granada, donde han estado poniendo nuestra canción, para calentar los goles de su fútbol... jaja!





To buy vinyls in Manchester is almost a compulsory thing to do !!!

Comprar vinilos en Manchester, es una obligación moral.





Walking through Manchester's shopping area of town. David is once again "out of this world" as he so often is !!! hahahaha

Paseando por el centro de Manchester, nos hicimos una fotito... así somos.. je je.. David como siempre
"desconectado del mundo".





Drinking a few pints near the river. David is about to receive a "del Amo" pat !!! Band stuff !!!

Tomándonos unas pintas cerca del río. David esta punto de recibir un "del Amo"...en fin.. cosas de grupo..





Day 2: Having breakfast at the all original Koffee Pot, neat our hotel, where many up and coming bands have played acoustic shows. The View have a promo pic taken at this very same spot...the owner has just recognised us. We were going to have played an acoustic set ourselves, but our schedule was too tight, so we're definitely coming back to play it soon !!!

Día 2, desayunando cerca del hotel, es un sitio muy original llamado Koffee Pot, donde muchos grupos hacen acústicos, antes de tocar por la noche en sala. El grupo "The View" valor en alza en UK, se hicieron
en este bar su foto promocional... aquí, nos acaba de reconocer el dueño.





Another picture with Guy, what a top man !!! We adore him !!!

Otra foto con Guy, que buen tipo!





Two Pretty Ladies !!! Spanish flavour's in the air !!!

Las 2 chicas guapas del viaje!!! Que vivan las españolas!





Acting the tourist isn't a bad idea every now and then, plus being one in Manchester is ace, cause its such a beautiful city with so much going on !!! Here we are at the Cathedral.
Our first show is quickly approaching and we just can't wait ... Birmingham here we come !!!

Hacer un poco el turista tampoco viene mal, ademas Manchester es muy chulo. Esta es su catedral.
Se acerca la noche del primer concierto en Birmingham... y ya no podemos esperar mas!!! !!!






On the night of our first show, the Kings of Leon were playing next door, at the Academy (we were playing a the Academy Club), but even so, dear friends, people still came to our show !!! It's amazing how in the UK people go watch bands they don't know, and are so interested in finding new music and bands !!! Its sooooo cool !!!

La noche del 1er concierto, tocan los Kings of Leon en la sala contigua, y aun así, queridos amigos...
hay gente viéndonos!!! Esto es UK...y esto pasa. La gente, va a los conciertos a conocer grupos...les
gusta descubrir grupos nuevos, que raros son, no? ;-) Como molan!





And this is us rocking to the heart beat of Birmingham !!! We had a ball !!!
Y aqui estamos, rockeando en el Club Carling Academy de Birmingham! Recibieron su racion...de rock! jeje





After the show, sweaty t-shirt included, we put our gear outside the venue and waited for our van to come pick us up !!! Unfortunately one of our bags was stolen with 400 euros worth of equipment in it inside the venue that night. But, I guess that just comes along with life on the road !!! We must continue our tour though, so we just try to salvage the loss by having a great time on the rest of the gigs !!!
Next, Manchester Academy 3, a cool venue where the likes of Maximo Park, The Rakes and Spinto Band have played ... here we go !!!

Depues de tocar, camiseta sudada, y el equipo en la puerta del garito... un clasico!
Esa noche, nos robaron una bolsa con unos 400 euros en equipo y cosas...en fin! A seguir el tour!
Al dia siguiente nos espera el Manchester Academy 3, una sala cojonuda donde han tocado todos los grupos molones de UK y USA, desde Maximo Park y The Rakes a Spinto Band... here we go!!!





The next day at the sound check. Guys, if you ever play in the UK you cannot be late for the sound check, not even 10 minutes, cause they won't let you do it. We were late against our will, but it just works differently than in Spain, so this is the moronic face you're left with when they tell you you're not sound checking !!! You can cut the tension with a knife ... hahahha !!!

Al día siguiente, en la prueba de sonido en el Academy 3. Chicos, si vais a UK a tocar, NO lleguéis ni 10 min. tarde a probar sonido, en esta foto podéis ver la cara de gilipollas que se te queda, cuando te dicen que no vas a probar sonido. Se palpa la tension... jaja! Como son los guiris, se estiran menos que el portero de un futbolín.





But, we had a plan !!! Here, in our backstage area, we decided that if we had all of our stuff (guitars, pedals, drum equipment, etc...) all ready next to the stage 10 mins before our change over time, then we could quickly get our things on stage in

5 mins and at least get a decent line check (which means you make sure it all works) and get the great Manchunians to listen and watch one of our best shows ever !!!

Pero atención, teníamos un plan. Aquí, en el camerino, decidimos, que si teníamos todo lo nuestro, guitarras, pedales, hierros de la batería, en fin, todo preparado justo al lado del escenario 10 minutos antes de que acabara el grupo anterior, y lo subíamos a toda velocidad, solo necesitaríamos 5 min. sobre el escenario para chequear lineas (probar que todo suena) para hacer que estos Manchesterianos, recordaran el sabor de la gloria!





Acting like idiots before going onstage is the best medicine against the butterflies you get in your stomach when not everything has gone as planned and you're not sure if it will all turn out ok !!!

Hacer el idiota justo unos minutos antes de subir al escenario, siempre ayuda...jaja








But what a show we played !!! All our fears vanished in a quarter of a second and we had an amazing time and played our souls out !!! Who needs to sound check when you've got your sound and songs down to the nitty gritty !!! The stage was perfect, we could hear ourselves perfectly, and the people watching us were absolutely incredible !!! We've still got some of the comments they left us after the show on our comments pages telling us how much they loved our show !!! We send them all our love and thanks !!! Even the sound man came over after our set and told us he had loved it. Perhaps next time he'll let us sound check !!! LOL ;-)

Vaya conciertaco que dimos! ¿Quien necesita probar, cuando se viene bien ensayao?! jeje
El escenario era perfecto, nos oímos genial y la gente respondió increíble... todavía debe de haber muchos comentarios en paginas anteriores de nuestro perfil de gente que flipó con el concierto.
Luego, vino el técnico de la sala, a felicitarnos por el concierto. Y a decir, que hacia muucho tiempo que no pasaba un grupo sonando así por ese escenario. En fin... a ver si a la próxima nos deja probar...




















Here we are on a double decker bus on our way back to our hotel after playing in Manchester at the Academy 3 !!! What an amazing feeling when you've played a great show !!! Manchester was all ours that night...look at our beaming faces !!! ;-)

Aquí en el bus de 2 pisos, de vuelta al centro de Manchester después de tocar en el Academy 3. Que sensación mas guapa se te queda después de dar un buen bolo. Manchester fue nuestra esa noche... mira que caritas. ;-)





Next day Lua and got up mega early (after having gone to bed at the wee hours of the morning), and went to get some promo done at ALL FM Manchester Radio. The great Mog interviewed us, which was great in itself, and we played a few songs on acoustic guitars !!! The initial plan was to have gone to Caroline Rennie's Wednesday show, but unfortunately she broke her ankle and so she had to cancel. We send her all our love and we hope she gets better soon !!! Mog was the coolest, though, and we had a real good laugh. All Fm is a great radio station cause they help out in the Manchunian community with all kinds of things as well as playing all kinds of music from all over the world !!!

Al día siguiente, Lúa y yo, fuimos a una entrevista en la radio, era en ALL FM Radio, de Manchester,
nos entrevisto el que fue bajista de Simply Red. Hicimos un acústico muy vacilón en este estudio.
Un tipo encantador en una radio ademas, muy solidaria con muchísimas causas allí en Uk. Buen rollo!








Today...Liverpool !!! On our way to the city which gave birth to the "Fab Four" our whole tour completely made sense to us !!! And driving into the city with a slight drizzle, listening to "Blackbird" makes the experience all the more special. This is the city where it all changed, where music became what it is today. We can still feel the goose bumps !!!

Seguimos de tour, hoy... a Liverpool !!! Camino hacia la ciudad de los "Fab 4" todo cobra sentido, nos entra una sensación de estar yendo hacia una ciudad, donde todo cambio. Yo personalmente, cuando entrábamos en Liverpool, me puse en mi iPod "Blackbird" y oír a los Beatles mientras llovía sobre las calles de esa maravillosa ciudad, me recordó porque estamos aquí. Todavía se me ponen los pelos de punta cuando me acuerdo.





We've finally arrived at the Barfly in Liverpool, another great venue where we have to give it all !!!
Here we are before we got off the van, and guess what...we didn't get to sound check here either...hahahha... and this time it wasn't our fault !!! But I guess we just don't need to anyway !!!

Ya hemos llegado al Barfly de Liverpool, otra sala mítica donde tenemos que darlo todo!
Aquí en la furgo antes de bajar el equipo, otro clásico...
por cierto... tampoco nos dejaron probar sonido (y esta vez llegamos puntuales)... jaja... no hizo falta!








This was our last show of our tour, Liverpool was our last stop. It was a very special night for us, we knew we were heading back home in a few days and we wanted to make the most of this experience while it lasted. There were some real good moments during this show. People seemed to really like it !!! This is Lua belching it out as usual !!!

Este era nuestro ultimo concierto, y aquí en Liverpool acababa el tour.
Fue una noche especial, sabíamos que en un par de días volveríamos a casa y quisimos disfrutar de la experiencia mientras ocurría. Hubo momento muy buenos durante este concierto. A la gente le pareció genial! Lúa, como en el resto de los conciertos dejo bien claro, que muy pocos pueden cantar como ella.
La gente alucinaba escuchando su voz.














Another tourist shot before going back to Spain...

Otra foto de turista antes de volver a Spain...





We continue to act like total idiots in this wonderful island...
Next day we would head out to London to spend our last day in the UK there, shopping and what not !!! It has been an amazing experience and we have lived it so intensely it seemed we had been there for a month instead of a week !!! The Uk is now a part of our battlefield and we will be back in the autumn to play some more shows !!!

We love you UK !!!

Seguimos haciendo el mongol, aquí en la pérfida Albión...
Al día siguiente nos iríamos a Londres a pasar nuestro ultimo día en UK. Ha sido maravilloso, hemos
aprendido en una semana como si lleváramos 1 mes en Inglaterra. Por supuesto que a partir de ahora
Inglaterra forma parte de nuestro campo de batalla. Volveremos mas pronto de lo que pensamos...!!!
WE LOVE UK!