For people outside Germany, the magazine's only available in stores in Germany or via some mailorders, but their myspace page is in the 'top friends' section of our myspace page, should you want to ask them about getting a copy in a foreign country.

From both of us, we very much hope that you have a peaceful and joyous time during the holidays, whether you're religious or not, and that the New Year brings with it prosperity and success in all your endeavours.

The setlist at both shows will be different.

Tickets are either available from the links below or you can get discount price tickets at the merch stall at the Islington Academy show.

We've added a 2nd London show as the show at the Academy is a few tickets from being sold out. See our other blog post with information.

So far, all the shows have had huge audiences, particularly in Germany and Austria where we've seen the largest audiences we've ever had. Most of the shows were sold out; Erfurt, Krefeld, both Frankfurt shows, Berlin, Dresden, Magedburg and Dortmund, and Vienna.

Tonight is our German Finale show in Hamburg. We can't wait.

Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland and Greece - see you soon!

At the Croatian border, the Customs officials refused us entry, when coming in from Slovenia. In their opinion, our musical equipment was not our personal equipment (yes it is, who else should it belong to?) and thus we would need special export documentation or pay a large amount of money. Staff at the border were being very tough with cars coming through, that morning, and we suspect it was a question of being there at the wrong time. We have been told by all the promoters we know in both countries that, something like this happens very rarely with bands coming into Croatia or Serbia. The only suggestion from Croatian Customs was that we drive around Croatia and enter Serbia through Hungary, a distance of 800km. This would not have guaranteed entry nor would it have solved the problem of getting back through Croatia. Had we driven around, we wouldn't have made it in time for the Belgrade show anyway and there was a risk that it would affect all the following days. We waited in Slovenia while the promoter in Zagreb and our Tour Manager worked all day trying to find a solution to get us through. Unfortunately, this didn't work out, though the Zagreb promoter deserves a medal for the long hours he spent at the border, as well as on the phone, trying to make it happen.

We have spoken with both promoters about rescheduling the shows and are working on suitable dates.

Again, our sincerest apologies to anyone affected.

regards,

Ronan and Mark