18th August 2010 – No ID, no Idea….

AW blog Wednesday 18th August 2010

2 shows in now on the 6 date Ozzfest US tour and Tinley Park in Chicago last night was superb. A great show and amazing crowd. Great view from the back from this fans camera phone footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XiPTHSPBM8

Only slight downer from last nights show is that I left my wallet in a case in the dressing room at Tinley park, which is in a truck on it’s way on a 600 mile journey to Pittsburg. This wouldn’t normally be an issue, but as we have our own plane for this tour, and my passport is having a visa put in it in New York, the news that my driving license was in my wallet was less than well received.
Trains are all sold out to Pittsburg and most of the day so far has been spent at the British Consulate here in Chicago trying to get some sort of replacement ID. This will hopefully mean I can still get on the plane tomorrow morning from Chicago. Failing that …. any fans fancy giving me a lift to Pittsburg from Chicago?

Some great HD footage here from this fan
Paranoid (with me on guitar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pl9lwytVQg&feature=channel

And some TV footage from the Jimmy Kimmel show in Los Angeles last week where we play on of the songs I co wrote from the album “Scream”.

Great news on the Headspace progress, Damian is going into the studio next week to record vocals for the debut album. Finally things seem to be getting towards finishing the album. It’ll be worth the wait….

AW

Ad’s Birthday week blog March 2010

Welcome back to the blog from Headspace HQ here in the sleepy village of Akeley in Buckinghamshire. Pete’s still shredding his way round the States with One Eskimo and is scheduled to return for a week at the end of March which will be good to catch up. Lee is just coming to the end of a run with It Bites and Rich has been busy in his studio recording drums on a couple of album sessions. In the meantime, I’ve been recording some keyboards on the album and this coming week will see the start of the drum recording with Rich down in London, which I think is a big city down south somewhere. Living in the country, I don’t get into the city much….

Damian is also paying a brief visit for a couple of days this week to visit a few studios to decide on where the vocals are to be recorded. He’s also working with me on a track for a film which we need to have finished by the end of the week.

Been a busy ‘family’ week with my brood celebrating my 36th birthday probably more enthusiastically than me. The best ‘day out’ find for quite some time is Wendover Woods, just outside the village of Aston Clinton in Aylesbury Vale which has a great cafe several miles into the woods and fantastic scenery and walks through the woods. Great for kids and dogs, and I also think we may have had the first BBQ of the season.

In Ozzy news, the album is nearly mixed and we’re still waiting for a release date, although I suspect it will be in June time ready for the start of the world tour in July. Kevin Churko the producer (who we are hoping to have mix the Headspace album) is already working on the new album for the band “In this moment” who are managed by Blasko, Ozzy’s bass player. I’m really looking forward to getting back out with the guys and although there’s been some personnel changes since the last one, I’m certain it will be a great tour. Look out for some UK dates to be announced soon. Who knows, maybe we can showcase the Headspace album if we can sneak on the bill!!

More news and videos soon. Check out www,youtube.com/headspacetheband for the latest video diaries from us lot.