“Lise - a very good question! Twin Peaks aka 'A' has yet to come up with the goods.
Tour HQ is most displeased. ”by Ria/Tour HQ on curiouser and curiouser...
“Blackpool still recovering from GREAT night with Jont, Garfield, Dave and the local gang. Was all quite special. Big thanks for coming and sharing your inspiring journey with us - we all now big fans and the CD is being played regularly throughout the borough (probably the nation!). Hope you all enjoyed the Big One x”by Jayne on Unlit live from Blackpool
“The Mini Jont doll is lovely and the mini guitar is perfect.
What an honor to have a doll handmade.
Is anyone out there going to make a mini van to go with it and a model map of the UK
Keep it safe. ”by Eloise O'Hare on mini Jont arrives at Tour HQ
Tour HQ is very aware that many of you have been asking about the final HUGE Unlit to round off the tour on October 4th. We wanted to confirm to you all - wonderful performers and hosts alike - that this will not be happening now.
In its place we will be providing a final fabulous episode to enjoy, featuring the best of the Unlit tour.
We're sorry if this has caused any disappointment but we want to reassure you that Unlit lives on in all its glory. We will continue to provide videos, photos and a retrospective look back from Jont and Dave themselves on this very blog.
So keep coming to visit us right here, because we're not going anywhere!
Stop press! We have an update on the mysterious incident of Jont's errant hat.
After the post announcing the hat competition, we received an anonymous tip off in the comments section from someone moonlighting as 'Twin Peaks'. They alleged the disappearance of Jont's hat was the result of someone's light fingered ways... but who the hat burglar was remained a mystery.
Tour HQ sent a tentative message to our enigmatic emailer, requesting a geographical location for the hat. Twenty four hours passed. Nails were anxiously bitten; emails were checked every three minutes, but nothing. We nearly gave up hope...
And then, this:
"I am VERY sorry to tell you that the hat has now been kidnapped and there WILL be a ransom..."
We were straight on the case. (Apparently there was even a ripple through MI5 but that is as yet unverified). More emails were sent and this time we demanded a photo of the hat next to a copy of the day's paper, so we could prove the date.
Just as we were considering changing our name from Tour HQ to Espionage Central, we received the following email, revealing the identity of our hat captor as 'A'...
"I have it on good authority that the hat is likely to be traded in fairly shortly for a genuine 1960's velvet mirrored shirt, from Kashmir, which might well fit suit Jont to a T.
good luck Ria!
a x"
A trade off, goods from Kashmir and a kiss from 'A'.
What an amazing weekend and well done to Jont, Dave and Garfield for making it through the last month!
It's been an amazing Unlit Tour. Some great stories, lots of fantastic music and a whole bunch of wonderful people who all made it happen.
A big thank you to all the people who hosted the Unlits, to those who fed, watered and entertained the guys along the way, and of course to the people working behind the scenes. Stars, all of you!
This isn't the last you've heard of Tour HQ though... over the next week we'll have the last photos and videos to show you, a retrospective look at the tour and hopefully some fun musical surprises for you too.
By the power of live video streaming, we present to you magical nuggets of musical goodness from the Birmingham and Bristol Unlit gigs.
Tonight (or Friday for those of you tuning in late) is the Brummie gig, which you can watch as it happens and then replay until your heart is content all day tomorrow... but only until the Bristol gig kicks off on Saturday night, because the music from the Midlands will then be replaced by the West Country's finest acoustic sounds.
Stay tuned and from Tour HQ, have a wonderful weekend!
