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Heading out	13 May 2009
Hi , thank you all who came to the acoustic show the other night. It was a fantastic contrasting vibe to the electric show and a great turn out (sold out) considering we had played the HiFi club just a day or so before. It was very gratifying indeed. We were backed to the wall time wise, but once again our crew pulled off a production turn around and the show was well recieved. We celebrated a little afterwards; it was nice on that basis to have a real day off today. Jeff headed to the country and I bought dresses for my beautiful daughter! Normal Rock and Roll service will be restored very soon, fear not... I would also like to mention yet again the great support for this tour from Maton guitars, Tama drums, Musiclink, Rode ,Remo, LP, African drumming Melbourne and of course Zildjian cymbals who have been with me for a long time! Thank you all , mines a shiraz.....!! Tomorrows show is in Byron Bay and the set will be different from last nights. Jeff has a very, very old Afghani instrument called a "Rabak" or "Rabad". It's stunning and he hopes to have it working by tomorrow (its over 300 years old!). It was really great for me to play songs like Requiem, Winter Solstice etc as its been 7-8 months since we did a full acoustic show together... lots more of those this month. Our album seems to be gathering momentum very quickly. We have new singles planned and videos aswell. People have been inquiring as regards new matierial, so just to let you know, we have a couple of cool songs already in the bag and intend to write/record more when we return from our European sojourn. I hope to see you all over the next 6 months, in the meantime , Ahoy Australia ..WPX

by Nina F. @ 15 May 2009 08:33 pm

Hi Wayne, I have just received the The Armada CD (ordered it from Montreal, Canada). Does the band have any plans to tour North America? I have been a long time fan of Jeff Martin and cannot tell you how much I would like to see The Armada in concert. It is truly a great CD. Please keep us posted of any new concert dates especially in Montreal!!!

by Willa @ 14 May 2009 04:19 pm

Thanks for the blog, Wayne. I find it very interesting but it only whets my appetite to see you live. I had to miss the recent show at the Calgary Stampede Cassino and I'm hungry for some shows. Any chance we'll see the Armada on our shores this summer?

by Chris M @ 14 May 2009 06:58 am

Thanks very much for the regular updates Wayne, they are always very entertaining to read. Had a great time at the Sydney gig at the weekend. Very interesting version of Save Me. Looking forward to the acoustic gig and the most definitely any potential second album!

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