USA TOUR DIARY
October 2008 sees us jetting off to America for the second time this year. Our first visit was in March, when we spent 2 weeks on the East Coast visiting cities such as Boston, Baltimore, Buffalo and New York. This time we get to go round the whole of the USA as we are there for 6 weeks.
We start off in the East Coast where we visit Connecticut, Boston and New York again. It’s so cool to see our fan base growing in these states since we last visited in March. We spent the Halloween weekend playing with Big D and the Kids Table in Boston and then a gig with ska legends The Toasters and The Pietasters in New York City.
After The Toasters gig we fly off to LA to play a Mexican Halloween night in Hollywood with The Voodoo Glowskulls. A day off in Hollywood the next day meant that we could do the whole tourist thing, which is always fun! We visited Sunset Strip – The Rainbow Bar really is as cool as you’d imagine it to be with loads of pictures of members of Guns and Roses, Skid Row and Poison covering the walls! We stopped off for a bit of shopping at Melrose Avenue, checked out Hollywood Boulevard and even found time to have a quick drink with The Gaslight Anthem at the Side One Dummy offices.
We’re actually in America for Election Day and we felt very privileged to be there for such a momentous occasion. Wherever we had been, since we arrived, the atmosphere had been electric. Every motel, restaurant, TV programme or services we went to there were people talking about Obama – some good, some bad. It was good to see so many young people getting excited about politics, voting and trying to make a difference by having their say instead of being disinterested or being of the opinion that what they think doesn’t matter or won’t make any difference.
After a couple of gigs in California we head South to Arizona and Texas. The gigs so far have been pretty cool and exciting, as we’ve not known what to expect like we do in the UK. It’s been great to see how many people have heard of us and know our music. Sometimes I’m asked what I think about the Internet and how it works for Sonic Boom Six, I can only say that it works for us in promoting what we have to say by the reception we get when we visit places like America. We turn up to places like New Orleans and there’s 300 kids going mental and singing along to all our songs!
The rest of our trip includes visits to Las Vegas, Nashville, Miami and Atlanta where we receive great receptions. A month after leaving the East Coast we find our round trip brings us straight back there for the last leg of our tour. We spend our last few days touring with Pilfers and Bomb the Music Industry before we head back to the UK for 1 day off before we kick off our UK tour!
As much as we loved America and the gigs there it’s nice to be back! There’s a sense of security in the UK for us and it’s nice to visit places and see people that we know and to be able to use our own gear. In America we were limited to what we could play as the UK is a couple of years ahead with our releases but for this UK tour we went all out and played songs that we’ve never played live before and which span from when we started to now! We’d also just released our remix and rarities CD ‘Play On’ so it was nice to see fans getting something new this year and if that wasn’t enough, we also unveiled our new guitarist, Nick Horne. We were joined by our good friends Babar Luck and Mouthwash. December is always a fun time to play and we really got into the Christmas spirit this year, once the jetlag subsided! Some of the highlights of the tour were the London, Manchester and Nottingham dates.
If you would like to see more pictures from our trip, come add yourself as a friend on Facebook and view the link below!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Sonic-Boom-Six/19443552808?ref=ts
http://www.sonicboomsix.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/sonicboomsix
We start off in the East Coast where we visit Connecticut, Boston and New York again. It’s so cool to see our fan base growing in these states since we last visited in March. We spent the Halloween weekend playing with Big D and the Kids Table in Boston and then a gig with ska legends The Toasters and The Pietasters in New York City.
After The Toasters gig we fly off to LA to play a Mexican Halloween night in Hollywood with The Voodoo Glowskulls. A day off in Hollywood the next day meant that we could do the whole tourist thing, which is always fun! We visited Sunset Strip – The Rainbow Bar really is as cool as you’d imagine it to be with loads of pictures of members of Guns and Roses, Skid Row and Poison covering the walls! We stopped off for a bit of shopping at Melrose Avenue, checked out Hollywood Boulevard and even found time to have a quick drink with The Gaslight Anthem at the Side One Dummy offices.
We’re actually in America for Election Day and we felt very privileged to be there for such a momentous occasion. Wherever we had been, since we arrived, the atmosphere had been electric. Every motel, restaurant, TV programme or services we went to there were people talking about Obama – some good, some bad. It was good to see so many young people getting excited about politics, voting and trying to make a difference by having their say instead of being disinterested or being of the opinion that what they think doesn’t matter or won’t make any difference.
After a couple of gigs in California we head South to Arizona and Texas. The gigs so far have been pretty cool and exciting, as we’ve not known what to expect like we do in the UK. It’s been great to see how many people have heard of us and know our music. Sometimes I’m asked what I think about the Internet and how it works for Sonic Boom Six, I can only say that it works for us in promoting what we have to say by the reception we get when we visit places like America. We turn up to places like New Orleans and there’s 300 kids going mental and singing along to all our songs!
The rest of our trip includes visits to Las Vegas, Nashville, Miami and Atlanta where we receive great receptions. A month after leaving the East Coast we find our round trip brings us straight back there for the last leg of our tour. We spend our last few days touring with Pilfers and Bomb the Music Industry before we head back to the UK for 1 day off before we kick off our UK tour!
As much as we loved America and the gigs there it’s nice to be back! There’s a sense of security in the UK for us and it’s nice to visit places and see people that we know and to be able to use our own gear. In America we were limited to what we could play as the UK is a couple of years ahead with our releases but for this UK tour we went all out and played songs that we’ve never played live before and which span from when we started to now! We’d also just released our remix and rarities CD ‘Play On’ so it was nice to see fans getting something new this year and if that wasn’t enough, we also unveiled our new guitarist, Nick Horne. We were joined by our good friends Babar Luck and Mouthwash. December is always a fun time to play and we really got into the Christmas spirit this year, once the jetlag subsided! Some of the highlights of the tour were the London, Manchester and Nottingham dates.
If you would like to see more pictures from our trip, come add yourself as a friend on Facebook and view the link below!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Sonic-Boom-Six/19443552808?ref=ts
http://www.sonicboomsix.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/sonicboomsix