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 Day 9 in the Big Brother House... 

   Posted: October 17, 2008    -    0 Comments   ||   Add A Comment  

Well, not quite. It's all about the bus.

So far this tour has been up there with the most pleasurable experiences of my life. From meeting a hugely-grinning Team Hannigan in Dublin airport to waking up this morning in Toronto, there has been a serious amount of good times and great memories, and I think I speak for us all when I say that we're not taking a second of it for granted!

Week one was crazy busy, with eight gigs in the first six days in I don't even know how many cities. We kicked off with two of our own shows last Tuesday (woah, that was a week ago?!) in Joe's Pub in New York, where we played back-to-back gigs to a lovely bunch of heads who seemed equally as happy as us to be there ... always a good thing to see smiley heads bopping along.

Next day we woke up in Scranton PA where we met Team Jason Mraz. We knew we were in a hugely lucky position to have been asked to open for Jason on this tour, but the second we met the band and crew it was clear that it was gonna be a bit more special than we'd expected. They are all legends, really hugely welcoming to a bunch of paddies on their first day at school! Its a very professional operation with an amazing crew who work around the clock (literally) to make it the show it is. Definitely very worthwhile seeing, and performed by some incredible musicians who clearly love and are very good at what they do.

Things to do before I die:
- play a gig at Radio City.
Tick!

We played, people listened, big smiles all around. As we walked off stage from what had been a completely blacked out auditorium (the only things we could see while performing were hundreds of blue glow sticks and red exit signs), Tomo stopped me and told me to turn around. My jaw hit the floor. The room was lit up as we left the stage, and now what we saw was a moving wall of thousands of tiny people cheering. I owe Tomo for making me turn around, because I will not be forgetting that image or experience in this lifetime.

That's not to take away from any other gig we've done here - the audiences we've played to everywhere have been unreal, and a massive thank you is due to every person that's come to see Jason but given us their attention too. It's so amazing to play to people that haven't heard the music before, but are listening and (we hope) enjoying it. We tend to get out into the crowd to see as much of Jason's gigs as possible each night, and have meet some really cool people in the audiences when we do. It's great to chat to people after the show as well, and it's pretty special to see people that, for the most part, didn't know we existed a couple of hours earlier, leave with a copy of Sea Sew they picked up at the merch stand.

Too much positivity for a blog? Sorry to disappoint kids, I have very little to be complaining about these days. Where I am, what I'm doing, the people I'm doing it with, it's all a bit surreal considering it was only this time last year Lisa started putting the band together.

It's been an incredible year, and I'm a very lucky Bunagh.

Bring. It. On.

Donagh x

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