Thanks, Arthur, for the offer. I'm coming with the family and spending a few days so hiring a car. Will see you in Sandinos.

first day at work for a week, and I can't get in my office yet! Still waiting for my keys to be returned. Maybe it's a sign I should be in Ireland.

Wayne, hes obviously with the band so he wont get my message in time.Never mind, thanks anyway.

stote back on line send me an e mail ok

I agree with you Adrian. The new Killing Joke album is awesome and so powerful. Great to hear a band singing songs that are critical of the US invasion of Iraq too - no other atrists are doing this and they should be. I was at the Leeds gig on Sunday and it was so intense. I'm seeing them tomorrow again in London. Hate to say it on this site but KJ are still the greatest live band I've ever seen.

Thanks Arthur, I'm flying to Derry in a couple of hours. Hope to see everyone in Sandino's tomorrow night. I'll be the one carrying Wilke's wallet.

Cliff, what was that message about? Is Wayne now playing with The Undertones?! Alex, your Smirnoff is on ice as we speak!! See ya soon

alex youwill have to fight maureen for it.i think she can take you ok .ps forgot the ice

Oh no! Cliff's back. There will be no shutting him up now. Only joking Cliff - welcome back.

Steve - you said you'd never go! Should have given me a call - couldn't make Leicester but could have picked you up en route to Northampton. You could have helped me find the damn place then.

Vinny, I sent Nim an e-mail to see if he could give my banner to Wayne who'd agreed to bring it back to England so I could collect it.But Nim is obviously away with the band so possibly wont get the message 'til its to late.Apparently it's in his office in the Nerve Centre, can you help?

Wow what a week. Late making comment, but just too knackered to write. Someone once wrote about The Undertones that they could raise the dead. After The brilliant Garage gig (and the previous Sheffield and Northampton gigs), driving home at all hours,hard days at work, I arrived at Leicester truly zombified. You guessed it. How can you not get in the mosh pit. If ever I'm in a coma (and if you want to get me out- some might say leave him) play the tones (new as well as old songs). I am hoping that vinny's DVD will have a fitness section on it so I can prepare for the next lot! Pogo up, pogo down, head butt left, headbutt right and spit. Great to meet you all. Hope to see you again at the next that I can make. Fantastic gigs, with The Garage just brilliant. Off to listen to my c.d now.

Cliff, leave it with me. I am calling to Nerve Centre later on.

Good to have you back Cliff. I bet Doina's really pleased! I saw KJ once in early 80's and they were great, Jaz was one scary individual on stage. Really enjoying 'Get what you need', i want a few more listens before making commets but all I will say is 'Oh Please' is up there with their best tracks and the lyrics are hilarious. have a great time in Derry tomorrow all and remember to have something to eat before the gig. Off to Motorhead tonight so that'll be me deaf for the rest of the w/e.

Went to play the new CD player on my DVD last night expecting to watch the Thrill Me video. Forgot about it being an enhanced CD and not a DVD. CD sounded brilliant thru' my TV though. There were instruments and riffs being played that I never heard in four days of playing Get What You Need in my car.

No Arthur you are not the only one. It happened to me years ago :) Too much money in the hands of people with too small brains= professional football!

Sorry before Cliff and George go ballistic, not ALL footballers have too much money. Dont want to be accused of generalising! :0)

Good point Jackie. I dont want to contradict an Undertone but Mickey B apparently said that on this site we are either 'talking football or talking shite'. He obviously hasn't thought that one through. wish I was in Derry Wish I was in derry, na na na na

Live and Kicking in Derry, see if i can say the same after Wilke's cooking !!!

I'll be there in less than 24 hours!!

Arthur- thanks but bringing my 3 'ankle biters' with me and have hired a car too. Stote- we arrive Belfast from Stansted at 8:30am- if you see a possee that resembles (in actions not size) an episode of The Simpsons Go To See the Undertones- that'll be us :)

Good for you Cliff. I was worried I'd have to find another Albion fan to gloat to when West Ham go top. Could have taken me years...

Was back at the Garage on Wednesday to see Cinerama. Cinerama are great; some of the best songs about and possibly the most charismatic front man in any band in David Gedge. However, after seeing the Undertones on Monday, Cinerama really seemed quite ordinary. I sometimes think I just think the Undertones are great live, but it's only becasue I like them so much. I remember seeing Big Country live in 1983 soon after seeing the Undertones and it felt just the same then too, ordinary. What am I going on about here?

What's everyone's fav song on the new album? Mine has to be Oh Please. Not only is the tune just great, it's great live and its got 'different' lyrics to most Undertones songs, it also has probably the worse rhyme since ‘challenge and cabbage’, with ‘flesh and Welsh’. Worth it for that alone.

Went in the same pub/bar on Wednesday as some of us did before the gig on Monday. Playing on the jukebox when I walked in was TK.

Listening to the new album, I realised what it was most that made it sound like the Undertones, (other than great songs). It's the backing vocals that Mickey and Damian do; that more than anything makes the link for me between the old and the new. They haven't changed and they're instantly recognisable amongst the new tunes, Paul's vocals and the modern production.

Lee....Could'nt have made it to the Northampton gig...Wish I could have gone Now ....Of Course!!!!! Lindsay....Yes I know I said I would never go, I here by eat my words and look forward to the next gig. I went to see Killing Joke a couple of weeks ago in Wolverhampton for the first time since the Eighties, yes they were stunning, Jeremy, sorry! Jaz was full of pent up aggression. In some ways the Undertones set reminded me of the KJ set, earlier material favoured over later stuff mixed with new material. Their New LP has taken me a while to get into but I love it now, mainly due to jaz's strange vocals..

Cactus- sorry didn't have time to exchange HR stories- kids....school....work.... Brighton?

Anyone else installed the screen saver from the CD then been woken up by Thrill Me playing in the middle of the night!! ?.

...or even You Cant Say That :)

Not woken up Wayne but we were sitting chatting in the bedroom and it scared us to death!!(sounded great though).Fantastic programme on TV tonight, 'Grumpy old men'...so it ISN'T just me,yippeeee!

I know this might sound greedy with two CDs released in the last 5 weeks, but whatever happened to the new Peel session CD. I'm sure Santuary gave it number 179. Has anyone ever heard 'song number one' and 'romeo and juliet'.

Hi George - I heard just like Romeo and Juliet when it weas first broadcast on 'Kid' Jensen's Radio 1 show. Wayne; there's no way I could pick you up at 8.30 am so I'll see you in Sandino's. Cactus, I know where you are coming from. I'm a music fan, I'll listen to most things and why I love the Undertones is simple; they're the best I've ever seen and their records are fantastic. A lot of people don't believe that, perhaps its because the band have never really sold themselves that well but the fact is they are brilliant at what they do. I bought two other albums recently, Frank Black & the Catholics which has 4 outstanding tracks on it and Josh Rouse which has a couple. Both of these albums got 4 stars. Get What You Need is superior to both them - the more I listen to it, the better it gets. Its so diverse and tuneful: - absolute class.

Can I make a little confession. I'm just so happy that the album is brilliant; I was worried in case (whisper it) they'd lost it. I would never have said anything here but it was a concern. When I heard the tracks live etc, I was thinking well ok but...Now I've got the album, I've been blown away, it is that good. It certainly rates with their previous work and I'm so relieved. It's also great to see that God (J J O'Neill) has some serious competition from Michael Bradley whose songs are excellent. Fuck, I just love them and I'll fight to the death anyone who says different. As for Killing Joke doesn't their front man live right at the heart of things on the Gaza Strip or does he live in (er) New Zealand?

hello i `m pissed so stand by for alex

Wilke, where were you tonight?

I can hear UB40, Red Red Wine nancyboy

Great song..great wine, thanks to my private waiter tonight!

Funny, all I can hear is DONNY fecking OSMOND!! Anyone looking at these posts will think??**^^##