On Thursday we walked into the legendary Maida Vale studios in London to do a “live” recording of four songs for the Radio1 show called “The Lock Up Sessions”. It was a really cool experience being that just about every big band in the world has done sessions there (Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Bowie, Joy Division, U2, Coldplay, etc…). We recorded three songs for the radio show: “Let It Burn”, “Veteran” and “My Judgement Day” and one song for the website “Slowdown”. We will be posting all of the info when the show is going to air and stream online. Thanks to our great engineer Miti, who has been recording and producing bands at the BBC studios for over 30 years, for making the session so memorable.

Six shows in the UK and a special BBC recording is what we have planned during this stay in the England. The UK shows started in Sheffield on Saturday with punk legends GBH and Subhumans. The same lineup played Sunday in London as well at the club called Mean Fiddler (pics from the right are from the London show) for the second day of the City Invasion Tour. After London we headed up for a great gig in a small packed club in Peterborough. Last night was Newcastle, thanks to all of the Scotsmen(and women) who made the drive from Scotland down to the show. Tonite is Bournemouth at the Opera House. More UK updates coming soon.

Friday we were in Belgium at the amazing four day long Dour Festival. The fest is a big mix of all kinds of music. Luckily that day we teamed up with Soulfly, Flogging Molly, Kill Your Idols and a few more heavy bands that brought in a lot of Ignite fans to the fest. It was one of the best festival shows of the tour for sure. We played Dour in 2001 on an open air stage during the pouring rain and although it was a good show 5 years ago the great weather that we got on Friday helped make this day even more memorable.