what a week... hate to start off with an 'unfortunately' but unfortunately we have had to pull the gigs in slovakia, amsterdam and germany due to internal combustion of various organs. we are dreadfully sorry as we HATE to cancel anything gigs-wise, specially at this late stage - but colm especially needs to be sitting still for a little while to be fighting fit for future engagements. he is ok but needs some rest - them bloomin lungs arent doing as theyre told again... we shall have them under control though and ready to rock as soon as humanly possible...

on a fortunate note - i will have the live cd 'breadcrumb trail' in my hands imminently and if you want one this is the score. please send cheques or postal orders made payable to 'the frames' at The Frames, Po.box 8905, Dublin 6, Ireland. when we receive your chq we will send out the goods... they are to be 15 euros for all countries european - that will include p&p and 16 euros for the rest of the world to include p&p also. we will obviously be as speedy as possible with your orders - but this is a kind of new venture for us doing it just through the site - so please bear with us...

the cd features some live recrodings of the frames, made in a club called the staré pekárne in brno, czech rep + 2 bonus tracks of glen solo recorded elsewhere. the tracklisting is as follows : lay me down, what happens, rent day, fitzcarraldo, giving me wings, ohio riverboat song, santa maria, mighty sword, red chord, new partner - + look back now and star star. as it is a bona fide release in cz and slovakia we are making it available to the rest of the world via the website. i will also be putting some in road records when they come in which should be towards the end of next week - but ill put up a post on the site as to when exactly so dave and julie in road dont get harrassed too much... there will be enough to go round - fret not.

big THANK YOU to marek (and family) in valmez for making this cd happen so beautifully AND for all the work put into the recent tour in your homelands. also same big THANKS to joe streibl in austria for some tremendous gigs and experiences... to the austrian police for being soooooo cool... to miro in slovakia and jens and cristel and family for introducing us in the first place to such an amazing part of the world... nice one too that all you frames folk came to see us from ireland/england... hope you get home safely... specially you berny...

other stuff -
Independent Records come up trumps again with the release of Kicking Against… on 5th July 2002.
Kicking Against is a 12-track celebratory collection of Ireland’s most innovative and interesting artists – from David Kitt, The Last Post and The Frames to Warlords of Pez, Creative Controle and The Redneck Manifesto. The enhanced CD includes 2, by now classic videos from Warlords of Pez and Creative Controle and a bunch of versions which are exclusive to the release (The Frames, David Kitt and Richie from The Redneck Manifesto’s new side-project, Jape have all contributed tracks, or versions of tracks, which have never been made available before).
http://www.independentrecs.com
there is a previously unreleased version of tomorrows too long - just glen and a guitar - recorded in chicago with steve albini on this album should anyone be interested... dont say i didnt tell ya so.

for those that are asking bout the dvd - we REALLY are getting there...of course i will tell you when they are finished for sure and they will be available in the shops too and on the site for all outside of ireland. our guestimate at the moment is a sept/oct release...

http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/1774097.html
www.ripitup.com.au
http://pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=the+frames


dates
july
13th - 6.30-7.30 main stage witnness, dublin
15/16/17/18 glens filling in for donal dinneen again on his 'here comes the night' show
27 galway arts festival -big top with the dirty 3/cornershop/gorkies zygotic mynci http://www.galwayartsfestival.ie
august we are going studio wise in france.
7th august - lorient festival with the waterboys
sept
we will be in america from the 4th sept to the 5th oct. as the dates come in ill whack em up on the board or put them in a newsletter - here are the first few confirmed shows....support will be from waxwings out of detroit and nad navallis on selected shows. more details as they happen.
9/5/02 Venue Beachland Ballroom Cleavland
9/7/02 Venue Knitting Factory New York
9/8/02 Venue Middle East down, Boston
9/27/02 Venue Blackbird Portland
october
from america we will be travelling to australia where we will do some pr and shows. down under we hope to be travelling and playing with the lovely mr paddy casey - so should be good fun all round with a few bacardi breezers had on the road..... here is the tentative schedule for those that are asking - i will confirm these dates and venues as and when i can as soon as possible....all really looking foward to this leg and seeing a new place... theres a great vibe coming from australia right now - thanks to all the people that have sent really positive and encouraging mails recently since hearing lay me down on triplejjj - nice one...
october
Thurs 17 BRISBANE
Fri 18 SYDNEY
Sat 19 CANBERRA
Thurs 24 MELBOURNE
Fri 25 ADELAIDE
Sat 26 PERTH
then its back to nyc and new jersey for cmj over halloween w/e and hopefully a show in new jersey before going back home to dublin.

thats pretty much all im saying now cause im busy. sorry again for any trouble caused by the cancellation of shows... see ya soon and take care and safe travels... cx
www.theframes.ie