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This year’s summer festivals are upon us. My first UK festival gig is Friday 5th June, 9.30pm at Glastonwick in Sussex, where somewhat dangerously they’re offering 65 different cask ales from independent breweries. Also in June I’m doing Lexapalooza (first Hoodrats gig of 2009) and Bramfield.

Check the Gigs page for up-to-date listings.

Can’t wait. I’ve also handed in the LSD ep to my manager and Xtra Mile, so I’m just waiting to see if they think it’s sane enough to release and if any promoters are prepared to book a live show for it. Will get into recording the next ‘proper’ album during summer.

Chris plays an evening solo set at Attila The Stockbroker’s long-running intimate festival in Shoreham-on-Sea.

Great news, my back catalogue of albums released by Snowstorm Records through the early 2000s (London Is Sinking, 9 Red Songs, The 253 and Panic Attack At Sainsbury’s) has popped up on iTunes UK, so you can buy them as downloads. Go spend and I’ll sit here hoping they hit Spotify too.

I’ve just rejiggled Myspace adding two new songs. Open & Shut will probably open the next album and Acid Piano Improvisation #8 does what it says on the tin – should be released on something soon.

I’m also doing my first ever improvised piano set, on Tue 21 July at The Wilmington in London. The evening also sees MJ Hibbett debuting his new Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Dinosaur Planet’. Buy tickets HERE and see Gigs for details.

By the way, here’s my face on some perforated blotter.

Chris T-T and the Hoodrats show up early for this year’s Lexapalooza festival, to be held in the Gaff venue on the Holloway Road, That London. Should be a blast. We’re on first to leave room to get up to the Bramfield Festival in Herts, for early evening. Busy day.

Details soon.

Chris plays a full-length evening solo set in the acoustic tent at Bramfield this year, making his third annual appearance at the Hertfordshire village festival.

If you’re interested, you can buy tickets for my first ever improvised piano concert. Details on the Facebook page. Also, I’m pleased to announce I’ll rejoin Jim Bob’s ‘Goffam’ tour for five shows in autumn – this time playing piano. I’ve even made the video for Jim’s new single ‘Our Heroes’ from footage of the first run, which you can see soon. I have a new Morning Star column online now and here’s a nice vid of me playing ‘Ankles’ and feeling sad in southern California earlier this year:

Thankyou if you were at Lexapalooza or Bramfield Festivals, lovely crowds. Busy week.