Hi folks. What a fun couple weeks we’ve had. We headed out to Scotland 2 weeks ago for some shows with Shields Up and Joey Terrifying. We had a really excellent time. On the way to the first gig in Dundee, we had a slight issue with the van in that the exhaust fell off just outside of Edinburgh. After being initially stunned, it turned out we were able to continue on our exhausting (groan) journey. The van managed to hold out for the whole weekend, despite sounding like a wartime aircraft. We don’t call her Thunder Road for nothin’.

After 3 great shows, we headed home with Andy Duncan at the wheel. I got a call from Greg (who was staying in Edinburgh for the film festival) who said Shields Up’s van had broken down just outside of Glasgow on the last night. Pretty ridiculous. I think we managed to make it home before them. Three shows, three bands, and two bust up LDV Convoys.

Despite these problems we had a great time. Long over due thanks to Shields Up for being amazing guys, helping us out, giving us a place to crash and lending us their guitar amps. Fucking awesome. And to Joey T, who were really great guys, its a shame they’re breaking up. They are a great band to see live. More shows with Shields Up coming up in September. I can’t wait.

After having a gig cancelled due to a stabbing in Lincoln (I know – fucked up!) we headed down to Cambridge on Sunday for the sole purpose of playing the Walk the Plank All Dayer with Above Them and lots of other amazing bands. It was a really good time. Well worth the drive. Thanks so much to Raph for sorting that out. Everyone played great and we were really pleased to be a part of it, meet new people and catch up with old friends. It was especially encouraging to be so well recieved.

Next show is going to be with the Smoking Hearts, Glass Avalanche and The Disaster March in Newcastle. 28th July. Here’s a flyer.

Oh yeah, I gave the website a bit of an overhaul too. I think its looking a bit better now. There’s some cool new features and pages, so check them out. We’re going to be working on a new song this week, hopefully to go on a split. We’ll be recording it this month. Exciting times.

This weekend we will be travelling to Scotland to play 3 dates with our friends Shields Up and Joey Terrifying. Never before have we performed in those northern realms, so naturally we are pretty excited about this. We couldn’t ask for better company either. As I alluded to in the previous post, we managed to break 2 guitar heads on tour. Not the best of luck, considering we had these shows arranged pretty much as soon as we got home. I think we’ll manage. We’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.

The dates are as follows:

Friday 18th June – Kage Nightclub, Dundee – w/ Joey Terrifying & Shields Up, Sunset Squad

Saturday 19th June – Bannermans, Edinburgh – w/ Kings of Delmar, Joey Terrifying, Billy Liar, Shields Up

Sunday 20th June – 13th Note, Glasgow – w/ Joey Terrifying & Shields Up

Its Joey Terrifying’s last Scottish dates, so hopefully we can make it a fun send of. They’re coming to England for a final date too, so I hear.

Hello. As you may know, we recently completed our second annual tour of Germany with our amazing friends A Hurricane’s Revenge. I really have to say thank you to everyone that helped us out on the tour. We are really greatful. The people we meet and the friends we are reunited with really make the whole process worthwhile. We had some really cool shows and great experiences, and 1 or 2 more questionable experiences while we were over there. If anyone wants to repair our dodgy equipment for free, get in touch! I’ve uploaded 1 million photos from the trip to the photos page. Check them out here.

But seriously folks, I had an amazing time. It’s a very tiring, draining experience, but to be constantly stimulated by new environments and to be able to play your songs to completely different people every night is great. Sincere thanks go to Johannes, Tom, Flo, Martin, Somaeh and her sisters. Without you, the trip would have been impossible. We have more European dates planned this year with our friends Beasts. We’ll be travelling to Belgium for 5 dates with them in August. Exciting.

Our split 7 inch is available to purchase in our online store right now. A free high quality download is provided with every purchase. It looks and sounds great, make our day and pick one up. For north-east folks, the record is currently available in Beatdown Records, Newcastle and will soon be available in Hot Rats, Sunderland. We also have new shirts available, as I mentioned below. They’re now available online too.

Last year we met some really cool people called Shields Up. Next week we are heading to Scotland with them and Joey Terrifying to play 3 dates. These are the first Scottish dates we will have ever played and we are really looking forward to it. We’ll be in Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Full listings are on the gigs page, as usual. Hope to see you there!

Hi everyone. We’re here in Germany. A few shows in and things are going very well… so well infact, that we’ve only had to call the AA once, and have only broken one guitar head! That’s the Broken Few curse for you. Anyway, despite these minor set backs we have had a good time so far. Its great to see our friends, A Hurricane’s Revenge. Here’s a few out of focus photos that Chris took.

I’m really looking forward to the next couple shows. We had some great times at those venues last year. We’re playing with some cool German Bands this year. Tom Mess played with us last night in Freiburg. It was cool to see him again.

We got to see our finished 7 inch records. They look awesome. A lot better than I expected actually. We’ll be bringing some back to England with us. Here’s a snap I got of ‘em. I’ll try to blog more when I get time, and put some of my photos up. Wish us luck folks. Once more, into the abyss.

Hi guys, we’re off to Germany today, but I have just enough time to release an image of our new shirts, designed by Drew Millward! They are fantastic, Little Michael (Evil Band Merch) has done an amazing job printing them. We are very happy. Full tour dates are up on the gigs page. The first date is Stuttgart. We are playing a secret show on 27th. I’m assured its going to be amazing, but even I don’t know where it is yet. Oh well. Hope to see you there!

When we return from Germany we’ll have our split 7 inchs. Follow us on twitter – @brokenfew for updates on the road.

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