DAY1 FARNBOROUGH (TUMBLEDOWN DICK)

The usual first tour day hassles - getting gear loaded, finalizing laminates
and making sure we leave on time! Tonight we played the Tumbledown Dick at Farnborough - this is a new venue for us and we have never played here before. Tonight's gig is not our show so we are supporting FONY but I bet now they wish they were supporting us. There were about 140 in the house for our show and about 10 for FONY. This was a warm up gig and in 'footy' terms I'd say we had a 1-0 victory tonight - played well, won the game but the sizzling performances are yet to come.

It was good to see and hear kids talking about THE RIVER and the signing
session we are doing at ROCKBOX (Camberly) in May. We look forward to seeing them all again. Onwards to BRADFORD RIO which is not traditionally one of our happy hunting grounds - tonight will be INTERESTING!

APRIL 16th BRADFORD RIO

The ‘Rio’ is not normally a good gig for us and last time we were here it was almost empty ! But things have, and are changing quickly.
We had over 110 into tonight and it was great to play to new BREED fans in Bradford. Plenty of moshing and we played really well tonight – the tour has now officially started !!! - A 2-0 victory in front of a passionate audience. Tomorrow we head South again to Redhill for a mini festival gig with 8 bands playing as part of the UK takeover. Should be very interesting.

APRIL 17th REHILL HARLEQUIN

There were about 275-300 for the show tonight and some under ages who couldn’t get in. It was heaving and again we had a great gig. We’re playing to new fans who all seem to know La Ultima Hora and The River as a given. Interesting times. A massive 4-0 victory tonight with Danny and Pedro scoring a couple each !! This is how to spend a Sunday – sod the roast !

APRIL 18th TUNBRIDGE WELLS FORUM

A heaving, hot, sweaty pit of a place is the forum. But hey we’re here and we rocked. Another 130 + all moshing, going mad and living the BREED experience – we’re starting to think that something might even happen with this single now – which is out tomorrow !! Get yourselves down to the stores and buy, buy, buy !! Expect our label to be in contact this week with some more free logo downloads.
A solid 3-1 win tonight – promotion beckons !

APRIL 19th LEICESTER CHARLOTTE

“The River” was released today and we managed to pop into a few stores along the way to Leicester – good to see our CD actually racked out in HMV and Virgin. Feels like the real thing and we are pumped for tonight. Leicester is not a place we normally expect a crowd and certainly not on a Monday nite – but as is par for this tour there is another 130 + in for tonight’s show and they loved it. A stomping 3-0 victory – expecting an early sales chart position tomorrow morning from the label – no chance of sleep tonight !

APRIL 20th BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY 2

I SCREAMED this morning – Alberts called to tell us that THE RIVER is a new entry at number 37 in the UK chart – as of today we are the 37th best selling record in the UK - You guys rock – THANKS TO YOU ALL !!!!!! - now let’s keep it in there. This is only the beginning.
We called into Swordfish records in Birmingham today and there were about 20 fans waiting for us to sign CD’s – unbelievable to find real hard core kids with some of our earliest recordings from eons ago waiting to have them signed ! On wards to the gig and we are on a high – it feels like something is happening, something we have waited on for so long, something we want to grasp and embrace.
BREED 77 have arrived at the end of this long journey and we are here to fucking stay !! Needless to say the gig rocked and we are pumped with a heightened expectation. Here’s hoping you guys can keep us in that top 40 this week ! A resounding 5-0 and we all scored tonight !

Onwards to Peterborough.......