Hi everyone,
So, I'm slowly getting back to normal after the chaotic 2/3 weeks prior to the Convention at the De Montfort University in. Leicester and then the actual day on 21st May. Busy , busy. To anyone who was there, yeah, I did get just a little pissed - I put it down to nervous energy, stress, strain, relief that everything had gone off without too many hitches, not eating anything and then, I guess, most of all drinking too many pints of lager too bloody quickly! Anyway, even though I may be a little biased, I think a bloody good day was had by all there and thank you all for being there and making it successful. Of course, a big thank you to the Band for making it all possible and to Jeremy and Duncan Yarnall, Phil Reed and Christian Wilson for "supporting" Big Country - from the applause, I guess you all thought they certainly did more than OK. As mentioned above, the day went off without too many hitches - a short panic ensued when it was discovered that, thanks to a "dodgy roadie", Stuart, Bruce and Tony had NO GUITAR STRINGS! But even that little problem was gotten over! Apart from that, I'm sorry for the owner of the Fiat Punto who had his car broken into - I hope there wasn't too much damage to the car or very much nicked. Apologies to Drew Dudgeon and others who wanted to play for us but, as explained, it was always time permitting and, it didn't! I hope you weren't too disappointed. Next time? As for the people who have phoned me SINCE the Convention asking for tickets, well, what can I say?
For anyone who was unable to make the Convention - you missed a good day but, unfortunately, unlike the Dunfermline Convention, we did not have the time to organise equipment/film crew or the necessary permissions to video it this time - you'll have to make do with what fans have to say and any photos we can reproduce in future Newsletters .
So, what's occurring? Release of the single, "I'm Not Ashamed" has been and gone - largely unnoticed by our National Radio, again, but I believe that the Regional stations have been giving it the air time it deserves. Release of the album, "Why The Long Face", is days away as I type this and will have passed by the time you get this in your sweaty mits but I hope that that achieves better success in the charts. The single had several release dates scheduled - first of all there was a problem with production, then the biker crashed and ruined the tape, then the record company had stock-taking so, eventually 30th May saw the single, officially , in the shops . Yeah, in reply to the letters and phone calls I received - someone at BMG cocked up and didn't realise the release date had altered and therefore some copies got out early! This, obviously , did not help the sales in the first week following the official release (probably losing 15 to 20 chart places) and lead to both CDs being available on 30th May instead of
