We’re in the Charts!
Hi everyone,
As I’m writing this, I’m in our tour bus traveling from Manchester to Derby. My band, The Hedrons is on our very first headline tour in the UK, and we’re all having a ball. We’ve been on the road for nearly three weeks now and have only got five gigs to go. We don’t want to go home; we just want to keep gigging!! The tour has been really good. We’ve been playing in all the UK’s major cities. I love going to a different venue every night, not knowing what to expect and wondering what the audience will be like. Everywhere we’ve gone, the audience have been so receptive to our music; it’s been a real buzz. We’ve been out promoting our first ever single, ‘Be My Friend’ which was released this week on 7in vinyl and digital download … you can check it out at measuredrecords.com and thehedrons.com.
On our travels we have met some great local bands and played in some great venues, especially the venue Moles in Bath. Moles was like a cave, with lots of little rooms and bars. We really didn’t know what to expect, but this turned out to be one of the best gigs on the tour so far.
Before we went on tour, we played at the Download Festival in Donnington, England. Guns n Roses and Metallica headlined this festival, so we were very pleased to be asked to perform at it. Our set at the Snickers Bowl stage went down a storm, and we loved every minute of it. After the our gig, we headed back stage, and Soup, our drummer, ended up jamming with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, in the warm up area!!! He was just warming up and Soup jumped on the kit and joined in. Afterwards, when she spoke to him and introduced herself, he knew who the Hedrons were, and said that he had heard our album, and was looking forward to hear us play when we supported them in London in July!!! We had been booked to support Alice in Chains at the Astoria in London the following month, so it was great to meet Jerry before the gig. He had in fact been sent a copy of our album, as had the rest of the band, and once they heard it, they asked us to do the support for them in London!!!
We also attended the Kerrang 25th Anniversay party in London. Kerrang is a huge weekly rock magazine in the UK (kerrang.com). I could have written a who’s who list; we met Jac Combes and Will Smith’s wife!
The Alice in Chains support at the Astoria in London was unbelievable. It sold out the day the tickets went on sale, so when we went onstage it was full – 2000 people!!!!! We went on and played a stormer of a gig, it has got to be in our top ten of favourite gigs we have ever played!!!!!!!
Next we were out on the road with a band called Towers of London (towersoflondon.com). We were the support band for their two-week tour in the UK. It was such a laugh; they use more eyeliner and hair products than we do!!!! They sound and look a bit like the Sex Pistols. They’re all a bit wild, but we sure gave them some competition!!!
Before going on our own tour, we played at T in the Park (tinthepark.com), which is Scotland’s answer to Glastonbury. 60,000 people every day descend upon Kinross in Scotland for a feast of great live music. This year The Who and Red Hot Chilli Peppers headlined the festival, with bands like the Editors, Feeder, The Strokes, Artic Monkeys, Pretty Girls Make Graves, and We are Scientists, among others played. We played at the T Break stage, which is for new talent and we went down a storm. We actually got an encore of three songs, which is unheard of!!!!!!! We met Drew Barrymore at the backstage toilets… how glamourous! She was with her fellow from The Strokes. You can view a little bit of this performance on the youtube.com website that a fan uploaded.
We then headed to Guilfest in Guilford to perform. This was our last festival appearance of the summer… boohoo. I love festivals, and the atmosphere is priceless … oh well until next summer …
When we finish our tour, we’re heading back into the studio to record some new songs, and we have a second single on the way on 9th October called ‘I Need You’– so look out for it!!!
Better go and try and get a sleep on this bus before we arrive at the venue. We’re currently driving round country roads, and it’s making our drummer Soup feel sick … nothing to do with the beers she had last night then??????
When I get home, I’ll be back out and about in Glasgow watching some bands and hanging out. Bye for now!!
Cheers,
Tippi X
Ps. Our first single, ‘Be My Friend’, reached no. 19 in the UK Independent charts!!!!! Yipee!!!!!
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