31/08/2008 : The Return

Afternoon, you well? Good summer?

Although things appear to have been somewhat quiet in the world of HR, we have been beavering away behind the scenes.

'Quick... Sharp...' now belongs to us and we're looking to license it so that it might be in shops for more than a fortnight this time round! A Japanese release is in the works and will hopefully precede a tour of said country. Which would obviously be amazing.

News on a UK / Euro / etc release and accompanying dates when we have it.

Meanwhile, work is underway towards the album to follow 'Q... S...' which we shall hereafter refer to as 'the new album'. For that is what it will be. New.

Watch this space, as people tend to say at these moments. For there will be more news soon.

02/06/2008 : HR alive, play live.

Yeah, it HAS been a while. Yep. Hello. How the devil are you?

Hundred Reasons will be playing a couple of festivals on 'the continent' in a couple of weeks. Yes, really.

Firstly there is NOVA ROCK which takes place in Vienna, Austria. This means nothing to me... That's on Friday 13th June, HR on stage around 3pm.

Secondly, there is GREENFIELD in Interlaken, Switzerland. Which is on Saturday 14th June and HR will be on stage around 5pm.

Woo and indeed hoo. Muchos excitement at HRHQ - we shall see those of you who are there, then.

25/01/2008 : James MacVeigh, we salute you

No words needed, except thanks to Ben Price for the photo.

24/01/2008 : London + crowd surfing + hot pants = YES

London. Wow.

As we hit the road to Norwich, there is one thing on everyone's mind, an image burned into the retinas of all who witnessed it, something... unforgettable.

If you are the long-haired gent who crowd-surfed during 'Silver' last night wearing just HR hot pants (and perhaps socks) we want to hear from you. If you are he, send an identifying photo to info@hundredreasons.com - we will shower you in thank you gifts. If the photo is of you wearing the hot pants, so much the better...

London. We love you.

18/01/2008 : Reports From The Road

As anyone who's been to a show on the current tour will attest, Curtis Mead has been doing an exemplary job taking care of The Andy's business. Before last night's show in Wolverhampton, Curtis sent a report on how things are going:

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Wolverhampton. We're 6 nights into the tour gearing up in what is definitely the nicest backstage area i've yet to see in the UK, complete with WIFI, a huge lighted vanity mirror for Larry to practice stage faces in and an enormous jacuzzi hot tub. Everything I'd hoped for and more... here's a recap on the days prior.

With just three days of rehearsal under my belt with the boys, we set out for Exeter (Lemon Grove). I was quite impressed with the excitement and support from the crowd. Set the tour off on a warm note... From Autumn to Ashes are along with us and are also no strangers to a good time, which makes for enjoyable bus travel activities.



Cardiff (The Point): Friends of HR, The New 1920, opened up the show. Great live energy, definitely looking forward to hearing recordings of these guys. A top-off to this evening was the after party in town, complete with live reggae band and a packed bar. Killer times (and bus dance party to follow).

Plymouth was amazingly well received and definitely the hottest stage any of us had ever played. Drenched and happy.

Southampton University: Better known as "The Night I met The Andy." The drive from Southampton to Brighton was a fun one, started drinking at the Uni pub and finished at the beach in Brighton at 6:30am w/ the FATA fellows.



Slipped in a nap before the Concorde 2 show... nothing short of stellar crowd participation at this show. Luckily the day to follow is a day off, a bit of curry and a true rest you only get from a hotel room later... here we are, chin deep in the jacuzzi. Join me?

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The tour moves on to Manchester today. Hello to Abduls and Big Hands... except there's the small matter of an overnight drive to Glasgow. Again, a massive thank you to everyone who's come out, it means loads to us.

There's a bunch of new stuff on the HR site, including Larry's tour blog and a clutch of new tour photos in the Gallery.

15/01/2008 : New News

Ah, tour. Exactly where HR belong. Exeter, Cardiff, Plymouth and Southampton have all been great to us - thank you very much if you came along! Today we're in Brighton, beside the seaside. FATA and FOR are slaying the crowd every night and much fun is being had. It's been a pleasure having Mr. Mead on the road. The Andy came down to Southampton, having put his daughter to bed, and had that surreal experience of watching his own band from in front of the barrier. Check out his photos in the gallery (when he's put his daughter to bed).

On to more serious matters. Many things have been afoot behind the scenes in the past few weeks and being as they're now a bit clearer it's time for a news update...

Our label, V2, was recently bought by Universal and now exists in name alone. As such we no longer have a label. So for those of you who've been wondering where the new single / video is - we have no record label on which to release one!

Obviously this is a bit gutting for everyone involved in HR. We poured everything into Quick... Sharp... and we're massively proud of the results, but the new album ended up being in shops for less than a month before V2 was asset stripped, which is ever so slightly frustrating and, as long term supporters will recall, depressingly similar to when "Shatterproof..." was released in 2004. Lightning has struck, hard. Twice.

We're working to get the record "back" in the next few weeks, which will mean we will be able to return it to the shops on a new label.

The Euro-wide closure of the label is why the European dates have been postponed until the spring - we're hoping to reschedule them to coincide with a re-release of the record (and so that The Andy can
return to the road).

In related news, the London show has been moved to the Astoria 2. Unfortunately Hexes will not be performing on Wednesday 23 January.

When the band re-release the record (planned for May 2008) Hundred Reasons will, of course, be touring. But the big question is, where have the band NOT played enough? This tour isn't booked yet, so come on - this is as good a time as any to go to the May 08 Tour thread and add your town / venue as a suggestion!

03/01/2008 : Happy New Year!

While Larry and Andy Bews had it large in New York on the final leg of their world tour, The Andy outdid everyone by becoming a father (though credit should go to Mrs Gilmour, who patently did the hard work). Darcy was born on 28th December and she is absolutely gorgeous - well done you Gilmours!

While The Andy enjoys some quality time with his ladies, HR prepare to hit the road. It's just over a week to the first show in Exeter and rehearsals start next week with Mr Curtis Tyler Mead (pictured) standing in on bass. We are super-stoked about this tour and literally cannot wait.



Yes, it's going to snow today (allegedly) and everyone is supposedly recovering from the festive season. But do you really care? Or would you rather come and rock out? We think the latter, so grab a ticket and we'll see you at the front!

20/12/2007 : Happy Holidays

It's Christmas time and there's no need to be afraid... Merry Christmas to one and all, hope your's is a good one. 2007 has been good to us, loads of it being taken up with making 'Quick, Sharp' in Riga and the undoubted highlight that was the Enter Shikari tour.

Speaking of tours, January just got even better. We've added an extra band to all shows (aside Plymouth, where there isn't space) alongside From Autumn To Ashes and Flood Of Red. They're all bands we think are amazing, we're stoked to have them aboard and you, dear reader, are guaranteed an amazing line-up whichever shows you're coming to. Here's what's happening:

January
11th Exeter - THE COMPUTERS
12th Cardiff - THE NEW 1920
14th Southampton - FURTHEST DRIVE HOME
15th Brighton - THE XCERTS
17th Wolverhampton - TEMPLETON PEK
18th Manchester - THE MAPLE STATE
19th Glasgow - ORKO
20th Leeds - MILLOY
21st Newcastle - ITALIA NINETY
23rd London - HEXES
24th Norwich - THE LOYAL FEW

So, when your elderly auntie gives you Christmas cash, you know what to do with it. Tickets! Don't hang about.



Larry and Andy are spending the festive season swanning round Australia, New Zealand and the US of A. That's them up there, taking in Sydney. You'll find loads more pics in the Gallery. If any of you lucky Antipodean types spot our intrepid adventurers on their travels, grab them, take a photo, send it to us and we'll send you a signed copy of Quick The Word, Sharp The Action for your troubles.

Our other good news is that Andy 'The Andy' Gilmour and his lovely wife Dusana are expecting their first child in January. Needless to say, we're chuffed to bits for them. Being as the birth of your first child is a once in a lifetime event, The Andy's staying home in January and his bass duties will be covered by Mr Curtis Tyler Mead, who may be known to some of you as bass player for the legendary and now defunct Chamberlain.

Loads more stuff to come over the festive period, keep 'em peeled. In the meantime, peace and goodwill to all.

19/11/2007 : Special Guests

As you should already know, HUNDRED REASONS are touring in January. We're stoked to be able to tell you that the VERY SPECIAL guests (as exclusively revealed by he that is Daniel "I am slightly older" Carter on the Radio 1 Rock Show) are FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES.

06/11/2007 : Farewell Enter Shikari, Hello Xfm



Last night, Brixton Academy, was our last show with Enter Shikari. It's been genuinely awesome. Massive thanks to everyone from the ES camp, who have been so thoroughly great to all of us, and to everyone at the shows for such an amazing reception (and so many adds on MySpace!).

Today, HR will be doing a session for Music:Response on Xfm, which is on air between 7pm and 10pm. Check the Xfm site for details of how to listen where you are.

After that, the big news is of course the January headline tour which you obviously (hopefully) won't want to miss. Get your sticky mitts on tickets using the links to your right and start counting the days...