Well Hello sunny Donegal! I hope you are all well and enjoying this lovely weather we have had over the past few days.
I have been having a wonderful time over the past week. As I mentioned in last week’s column, my tour all over Ireland with Crystal Swing has commenced and we have had a ball since it started.
I have travelled up and down the country and clocked up a fair amount of mileage in my packed to the roof car.
The running joke on the tour is how I have to put my roof down every time I have to lift my case in and out of the car as the back seat is so small and my case is so big.
Arnold Schwarzenegger won’t have a look in very soon as my arm muscles increase in size every day with all the lifting and laying.
From the start of the tour we have performed to audiences all over the country and they have been fantastic. Selling out Cork Opera House was definitely one of my highlights so far.
The crowd were going mad from the minute Philip – the other support act- stepped on stage until Derek was performing the one and only ‘huckle buck’.
We also recorded the whole show in Cork which will be compiled into a dvd at the end of the tour. I’m really looking forward to seeing that.
When we moved further up the country to the Glencarn Hotel, Castleblaney I was looking forward to seeing some familiar faces in the audience and I wasn’t let down.
It was the first show my mum, dad and sister had seen of the tour and it was good to spend some time with them before and after the show.
As well as my family, we had Nathan Carter, Henry McMahon and Charlie Arkins amongst many others there to see the show.
It’s really nice to see other people who are in the music business coming out to support other acts and they were all very impressed with the show which was great to hear.
A lot of people are unsure of what to expect when they come to the show as they have only seen the videos on youtube, but I can guarantee that you will have a fantastic night.
The show as a whole is very lively and unpredictable from start to finish and after every show we have countless people telling us its well worth the money.
So if you haven’t already seen the show or you are in two minds whether to go, do not hesitate and get your tickets while you still can and I look forward to seeing you there.
As well as the tour, I have been kept busy with other things I have in the pipeline and I hope to achieve over the next few months.
My new single has been completed and will be in radio stations all over the country within the next week or two.
So if you call up and request to hear it on your local radio station I really hope you like it. But for now it’s back into the driving seat I go and on to our next destination.
I would like to wish my brother Joe a very happy birthday and I’m sorry I’m missing his party in Glasgow but I hope he has a fantastic night. Until next week be safe and take care.