May 2013
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Tour diary / April 2013 (13)
Thursday the 9th of May 2013 Super warm day, rode a cable car a little ways out of town to the big park to walk the dunes and watch the birds. There was a good looking roller coaster park there, but it was 30€ and we only had a few hours and what with everything I could’t justify it. Shame. The cable car would have to be sufficient for now.
Fee and I were playing in the basement cellar...
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14/05/13 Wilhelma, Tübingen, DE
YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS THE ROYAL CANAL LOVER O LOVER THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM PORTUGAL WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN’T WHEN I WAS AWAY YOU BELONG TO ME, YOU DO
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12/05/13 Cultura a Casa, Mallorca, ES
THE ROYAL CANAL
SUIT OF STONES
YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS
LOVER O LOVER
PURE BLACK COAL
HERE
SONG FOR A COALMAN
BARBARA ALLEN
WHEN I WAS AWAY
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
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10/05/13 Secret show, Madrid, ES
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL LOVER O LOVER I DO WRONG WHEN I WAS AWAY THE BURNING OF TWO
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09/05/13 La Central de Callao, Madrid, ES
THE ROYAL CANAL YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS LOVER O LOVER BOYS, I AM WORRIED PORTUGAL WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN’T WHEN I WAS AWAY MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
YOU BELONG TO ME, YOU DO
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Tour diary / April 2013 (12)
Wednesday the 1st of May 2013 Fee went out in the morning to film a music video or something I don’t know. I went to find her but she wasn’t where she said she would be so I walked about on my own and met her later. Great long trek to the river but more sunburn, obviously.
Andre at Bodyspace had organised the show at Maus Habitos - a big space with a couple of rooms high up...
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Tour diary / April 2013 (11)
Saturday the 27th of April 2013 The boys from ZOOM pick us up at the sparse concrete bus station of Braga and we chat all the way to Barcelos where we’ll be playing that evening. There’s a festival in town and the lovely looking place is full with floats on trucks, students every which way, a big old flea market with a fair amount of plastic crap and all that jazz. We arrive at the...
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02/05/13 Bartô do Chapitô, Lisbon, PT
THE ROYAL CANAL
YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS
LOVER O LOVER
I DO WRONG
PORTUGAL
WHEN I WAS AWAY
YOU BELONG TO ME, YOU DO
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
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01/05/13 Maus Hábitos, Porto, Pt
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS LOVER O LOVER HERE I DO WRONG THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM PORTUGAL SONG FOR A COALMAN WHEN I WAS AWAY THE BURNING OF TWO
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Tour diary / April 2013 (10)
Thursday the 25th of April 2013 We all hop in the car and, after picking up the forgotten guitar from Oviedo, cruise along the coastal road for a couple of hours on the way to Lugo. A little ways there we drop off and stop at Cudillero for to eat some fish and whatever else they have going down. A really pretty little fishing town, kind of overrun by restaurants every which way putting out...
April 2013
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Tour diary / April 2013 (9)
Tuesday the 23rd of April 2013 The concert isn’t until later so Fee and I take a walk up the hills near the house. We get to Santa María del Naranco, the first of a couple of pre-Roman buildings that are somehow strangely restored and locked up, keep walking and eventually take a break near enough to the top. Guys on cycles zip down the hill past us, one other actually falls off trying to do...
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27/04/13 Nobre Da Câmara Mun, Barcelos, PT
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS LOVER O LOVER THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM WHEN I WAS AWAY THE BURNING OF TWO
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Tour diary / April 2013 (8)
Sunday the 21st of April 2013 A lovely sunny morning for a bus ride through the mountains to Leòn - amazing scenery every which way. At one point a startling bush fire next to the road, mill pond turquoise lakes, rock shelves.
Leòn is an old city in places, roman walls remain and the centre dominated by the cathedral. We’ve time to walk about and explore a little, hunt for postcards,...
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26/04/13 Bar Labranza, Bueu, ES
ANNABEL
BOYS, I AM WORRIED
YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS
THE ROYAL CANAL
LOVER O LOVER
I DO WRONG
THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM
WHEN I WAS AWAY
DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE
AND I DON’T KNOW WHY
SONG FOR A COALMAN
WINTER (SONG BY THE DIAMOND FAMILY ARCHIVE)
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
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WatchSweet little video of ‘Portugal’ from the lovely concert in León last weekend.
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25/04/13 Sala Velvet Underground, Lugo, ES
THE ROYAL CANAL YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS LOVER O LOVER THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM WHEN I WAS AWAY
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24/04/13 Toma 3, Gijón, ES
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS LOVER O LOVER HERE I KNOW WHAT I MAKE ISN’T FINE WHEN I WAS AWAY SUIT OF STONES
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Tour diary / April 2013 (7)
Thursday the 18th of April 2013 Train ride to Zaragosa and straight on a tram to ride down to La Sala - a sweet gallery where we’ll play an acoustic show in the space. A cool crowd of friendly people and loads of fun to sing out in there, have a great time of it. Fee plays all the hits and charms and wins - aces.
(Photo by Susana Blasco - Instagram)
After the show we ran to a...
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La Caja Negra, Oviedo, ES
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL LOVER O LOVER BAD ROADS AHEAD I DO WRONG WHEN I WAS AWAY SONG FOR A COALMAN THE BURNING OF TWO
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
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21/04/13 Bar Belmondo, León, ES
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL THE SEVERN AND THE FORTH LOVER O LOVER I DO WRONG PORTUGAL WHEN I WAS AWAY MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
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Tour diary / April 2013 (6)
Tuesday the 16th of April 2013 We have a couple of days to spend in Valencia so we walk miles and miles around the city. Get pretty lost but we put the miles on the clock and it’s most needed. Later that afternoon we head to La Mutante, a gallery space near the Botanical gardens. Big empty white room to sing in and nice sounding acoustics in there but pretty much stays a big empty room most...
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Tour diary / April 2013 (5)
Monday the 15th of April 2013 Wake and walk to find breakfast in the central market of Alicante, afterwards I hike in the heat up to the castle and get pretty lost on the way down. Some view though, and the sea looked inviting enough for a dip. Plan for the afternoon.
I’m clearly not a beach bum but I do like a swim so we head down and splash / float about for half an hour and then try...
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20/04/13 El Reino Ecobar, Cabezón De La Sal, ES
THE SHOT
LOVER O LOVER
THE ROYAL CANAL
BOYS, I AM WORRIED
WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN’T
WHEN I WAS AWAY
RED BARN, BLACK BARN, TREE
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19/04/13 The Quiet Corner, Areatza, ES
ANNABEL
LOVER O LOVER
I DO WRONG
THE ROYAL CANAL
WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN’T
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
WHEN I WAS AWAY
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18/04/13 La Sala, Zaragosa, ES
ANNABEL
LOVER O LOVER
THE ROYAL CANAL
I DO WRONG
WHEN I WAS AWAY
MAKE A DEAD ONE OF IT
SONG FOR FEE
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Tour diary / April 2013 (4)
Sunday the 14th of April 2013 Woke in a garage with a big cat. Met the others for a lovely little breakfast of pancakes and many sweet things and then walked up the hill to the old town to see the Hanging Houses and whatever else was up there. An Eiffel designed bridge stretched high and narrow above the valley and I’m super scared of heights but it’s good for me to try this out from...
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Tour diary / April 2013 (3)
Saturday the 13th of April 2013 Fee and I woke at 5am after 3 hours sleep and Aaron walked in for coffee after staying out all night drinking. American spirit, right there. We had some emergency breakfast of sausage and cheese and big hugs all round and then a really very casual taxi ride to the bus station. Of course upon arriving we realised we were at the wrong bus station, so we turned tail...
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16/04/13 La Mutante, Valencia, ES
ANNABEL THE ROYAL CANAL THE SHOT LOVER O LOVER WHEN I WAS AWAY WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN’T
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Tour diary / April 2013 (2)
Thursday the 11th of April 2013 Flaky, early start to a long day. Up at 7 and down to the station where I said goodbye to Johny and rode the train to Zürich airport. Made it in plenty of time and then a couple of hours and a bad, expensive plane sandwich breakfast on the flight to Barcelona.
(Zürich airport)
(Barcelona airport)
Landed and an age to find my guitar but it’s...
