Jukebox The Ghost.. on tour ...

We are almost 3 weeks in to this amazing tour. We just had some days off where we saw Lisbon and one day off driving through the mountains in southern France. All the remaining shows are in France apart from one in Luxembourg and and one in Switzerland.


JTG live in action!


We struggled finding bottle recycling!


Night off in Lisbon. We found a jazz cafe and Ben joined in but the house piano had not been tuned for some centuries and sounded... not quite right!


There are some small roads and steps that lead up to the castle ruin in Lisbon and local artists took pictures of people who used to live in these streets and were part of their culture. To keep their memory alive.


View from the castle grounds...


Ben being Ben!


More live action from Jukebox the Ghost! We are very lucky on this tour that Mike, the sound engineer, is mixing these guys SO well. They are sounding great and winning over new fans every night!

Jukebox the Ghost on stage in Mannheim, Germany.

Jukebox the Ghost

Month long tour with Jukebox the Ghost from the US! 3-piece band with Drums, guitar and piano/keys. Great catchy songs that I am just starting to get to know!!!


supporting James Blunt for all these shows apart from one.

WED 05/10/11 Hamburg, Germany
THU 06/10/11 Rostock, Germany
FRI 07/10/11 Kiel, Germany
SAT 08/10/11 Halle/Westfallen,Germany
SUN 09/10/11 Mannheim, Germany
MON 10/10/11 Dusseldorf, Germany
TUE 11/10/11 Basel, Switzerland
WED 12/10/11 Strasbourg, France
THU 13/10/11 Travel Day
FRI 14/10/11 Pau, France
SAT 15/10/11 Travel Day
SUN 16/10/11 Lisbon, Portugal
MON 17/10/11 Travel Day
TUE 18/10/11 DAY OFF
WED 19/10/11 Marseille, France
THU 20/10/11 Grenoble, France
FRI 21/10/11 Clermont-Ferrand, France
SAT 22/10/11 Bordeaux, France
SUN 23/10/11 TRAVEL / DAY OFF
MON 24/10/11 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
TUE 25/10/11 TRAVEL / DAY OFF
WED 26/10/11 Lille, France
THU 27/10/11 Nantes, France
FRI 28/10/11 Paris, France
SAT 29/10/11 Dijon, France
SUN 30/10/11 Travel / Day Off
MON 31/10/11 Geneva, Switzerland

Sunn 0)))

I spent a week selling merchandise for Sunn o))). It was really loud and really great!


The show in Torino, Italy, was in an old prison. Not much had changed apart from some paint.


Death-row!!


Prison cells were used as backstage rooms. bad vibes all around!


One smoke machine was placed in the stairs leading down to death-row chambers.


Italians hanging out....


More smoke was needed in Switzerland. Along with 130 DB!

Sebadoh remembers Bakesale and Harmacy

Sebadoh.

Jason. Lou. Bob. We finished another great sebadoh tour a short while ago. Bob D’Amico now plays drums… great musician and superb to travel with! Played some fun shows. Zurich and Edinburgh were my personal favorites. Mainly because of the sound I think…. the soundguy in Zurich really got it!

We were supposed to be at Pukkelpop but due to the tragic events there we played a “pukkelpop tribute” show in Ghent at an inner city beach instead. That was a fun day and the people organizing it did a great job. Thanks!

After Ghent was supposed to be a day off but Sebadoh were asked to play a benefit show in Brighton to support people who were affected by the burning down of the records/cd warehouse in London during the London riots. Mega thanks to Shaun who organized the gig, fed us and let us stay at his house!! (and thanks for the records!).

This tour was in support of the re-issue of Bakesale and Harmacy. I cannot wait for another re-issue tour… OR any other reason that will bring Sebadoh and Jens back on the road in Europe. Come on guys… just make something up. Say we are re-issuing the t-shirts from the last tour or something!

Till then….

CLICK on the pictures for a slightly enlarged version. yes...



At Vera in Groningen, NL. Definitely one of the best venues in Europe! for all the reasons I have probably mentioned a million times before.



more vera.



Sebadoh took the train to ST Malo for a festival and flew to Oslo after that to play another festival. so Jens and I had 2 days at a hotel 20 minutes outside frankfurt. Jens found Deicide 1st LP original mint. I found Bolt Thrower 'In Battle there is no Law' also mint original. All this one a street with a cafe with great eggs! Quality.


Jens drinks coffee in the garden at a hotel somewhere between Austria and Holland.


Ghent, Belgium! Lou found it hard to push his pedals without shoes. So one was enough.


Ghent backstage


Ghent gig happening!


taking pictures against the light made me go all arty. Mmm... feel that art degree in full working force! ha.


more of the same...


and again....



So. There we were. Hanging out drinking a beer outside the hamburg hotel and SWOOSH... from the sky comes Lou's trousers. Sailing from his window and on to the street. Very surprising to say the least.



Brighton show. at Coalition.




London show at Electric Ballroom.

Thanks guys!!

Ryan Bingham June / July tour...

Hey. This is just to catch up on summer touring. In June / July I was out with Ryan Bingham again. Martin was along on this tour which was great. Good times all around! Pictures in mixed order as usual....


beach gig in italy. Soundcheck with shorts!


Martin and I in munich bar!


I tried to help Martin with a sig for the merch area. Its the most question.


Leaving munich.


It was hot in italy and Liam had to improvise with summerwear.


Martin and Liam celebrate the tourist train!


Soundcheck.


Show time!




The hardons were in hamburg same day we were. I went over for 5 minutes to say hello!


Gothenburg.


Beers and pool in Cafe The MInds, amsterdam.

See you on the next tour...

Sufjan Stevens tour. Part 2

The Sufjan Stevens tour ended and I was home on July 1st. A really really great tour! I do hope to see those guys again. We had some nice days in Barcelona... 2 shows and some time off. Kate came to visit for those days and we had some really nice time by the beach and at the shows. The highlite was seeing Low at Primavera. And the parties at the hotel!

Below are some pictures from the last couple of weeks....



Our bus broke down a few times. We had to jump on the band bus... very tight!


David opened every show, Beautiful songs! David.... if you read this... you rule!


Ferarra, Italy. Lovely old theater.


Italy, Done! Crowd was loving it, again.


Barcelona crowd!


It was soo great having Kate come down to Barcelona. Great memories!




Kate and I hanging out. We spent a whole afternoon on the beach... a nice change from berlin city concrete :)


David asleep in Portugal.


I was so hungry and they tasted so good but this is not enough food to feed a full sized swede!




James in the thick of it


We do love confetti. yep!