GARBAGE UK TOUR–
At the start of September I jumped on a quick UK Honeyblood Tour supporting Garbage. I’ve been a fan of Garbage since I was a kid so it was a total honour to be able to share the stage with Shirley & the legend that is Butch Vig every night!
KT TUNSTALL – UK PROMO/TV/RADIO –
Right after that I began rehearsals with KT Tunstall in London for her mini UK Tour. It was an awesome line-up with Charlotte Hatherly on guitar, Hinako Omori on keys & Cheryl Pinero on Bass. We played 4 shows along with a Jo Whiley session on BBC Radio 2 & a live TV performance on Channel 4’s ‘Sunday Brunch’.
KT US TOUR –
The morning after Sunday Brunch I hopped on a flight to NYC to spend the next month & a half touring the US as a two piece with KT! First up we had a TV appearance live on Kelly & Ryan & were joined by ‘Jack white’s bassist’ Cat Popper.
GEAR –
After polishing off some more promo in NYC we flew to LA & had 2 days of rehearsals at Roland HQ where I got kitted out with my brand new dream kit – a DW Acrylic beast. I also got a whole load of tech from Roland to enable me to trigger a lot more than usual. Gotta make this 2 piece sound like a 5 piece! That involves an SPD-SX, a kick trigger, snare trigger and 2 KT-10 external pedals (one for each foot). On top of that I’m using a Boss DB-90 with a foot trigger for click to keep in time with those longer samples (& KT’s delays/loops) & a Roland RTmicS which works independently of the SPDSX. So all in all – I’m rocking a very hybrid set up for this tour! Not forgetting my amazing Sabian Cymbals which I brought with me from the UK.
HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ROLAND-US, SABIAN-UK & DW DRUMS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
KT’s 6 WEEK US TOUR –
After our 2 days of rehearsals at Roland HQ we jumped on the tour bus & set out on the US Tour;
16th Oct – Portland
17th Oct – Seattle
19th Oct – San Fran
21st Oct – Solana Beach
22nd Oct – LA
23rd Oct – Tucson AZ
26th Oct – Houston
27th Oct – Austin
28th Oct – Dallas
30th Oct – Kansas
1st Nov – Chicago
2nd Nov – Minneapolis
4th Nov – Milwaukee
6th Nov – Nashville
Unfortunately KT lost her hearing in one ear over the course of a few days. She was still able to play a couple of shows (Milwaukee & Nashville) using only one ear but due to the sudden loss of hearing her balance also went making it dangerous to play. The only option was to cancel the remaining dates & reschedule them for May:
6th May – Vancouver, Canada
8th May – Detroit
10th May – Cleveland
11th May – Washington DC
12th May – Buffalo
13th May – Toronto, Canada
17th May – Philadelphia
18th May – New York
19th May – Boston