The Wishing Well Band

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Thanks so much to all the wonderful people who supported us in getting to Europe and to all the enthusiastic people who came to our shows in the UK and Europe.

Special thanks to the over 1600 people who bought our CD during our 70 day, 11,000 klms, 9 country tour.

You paid for our petrol and accommodation, our beer (I means food) and a new recording that we will release at the end of 2009 and solidified our confidence both as performers and in our music.

We were overwhelmed by the success of our first international tour and could never have done it without you!

England

After 5 movies, sitting in one position for 27 hours and eating pretend sausages and fake eggs we cheerily arrived in London.  After a few days of getting over jetlag and picking up CDs, drums and bass cab we headed to York for our first gig.  Thanks to all the lovely people who came along to see us play and welcomed us so wholeheartedly.  The next day we did a street performance in front of a beautiful fountain surrounded by amazing medieval architecture.

Scotland

We then made our way up to Scotland and played great gigs in Aberdour, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow.  Thanks so much to all the unbelievably hospitable Scots who jammed and smiled along with us and tried to convince us that haggis was yummy.  A trip to Scotland wouldn’t be complete without a trip to the hospital would it?  Well we didn’t think so either and since Jai and Sez were sick we decided to make our first hospital pit stop.  But the show must go on so chasing antibiotics with rum and coke made for a bit of adventure and got them better in the end too.

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Some photos found on Facebook posted by a Bremen fan.

Busking in Bremen

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Meeting The Wishing Well in Vienna

At The Tunnel Vienna

I heard about the Larkans in Australia from my Dad and had seen a couple of Errol’s comments on Facebook. Dad had briefly told me about your family – and how your one son is Herrin and my name is Kerrin. (I am still rather confused about how we are related but think it is nice to have made contact again.)

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So we are on the road in Denmark now.

The weather is perfect blue and really warm. The last two gigs have been awesome.

Tuesday at Sendesaal in Bremen we played in an amazing concert hall that is used mostly for classical and piano performances. The room is built from beautiful wood and designed for amazing acoustics. About 80 people came to the show and and were all a very focused and listening audience. We played really well and the people who run the place are great.

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Sarah Busuttil

Update by phone from Jai in Oxford.

Sarah the incandescent lead violinist currently on tour with The Wishing Well has been diagnosed with the Chicken Pox!

She has flu like symptoms and is receiving some sort of anti viral treatment. Prognosis at this stage is unknown.

Sending wishes for a speedy recovery and hoping no-one else in the band catches it.

If you want to send Sarah a get well soon message please do so by posting a comment on this blog.

Photos and impressions by Ian Gough who works in Dublin and lives in Virginia Cavan.

Well it was truly GREAT!!

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Tigh Neachtain Pub Galway

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The Wishing Well embark on their maiden European Tour from the 4th of June to the 9th of August. 70 Days. 11 Countries. 10, 000 Klms, 1000’s of new friends. 100 varieties of beer. Infinite violin solos. 4 hours of sleep.