Catch Episode 5 from Manchester now!

Once again Jont was joined by some fabulously talented musicians local to Manchester. The roll call of honour: Bad Marmalade, Ivan Campo, Louis Barrabas, Emmanuel Jal and last but by no means least, Artanker Convoy.

Hi! Tour HQ here, fresh from the weekend.

Last week we started the Musical Round-Up: compilation posts for all the great support acts that have played alongside Jont at the Unlits. Some of them are already up on our nifty gallery to the right too.

Part 1 of Musical Round-Up finished up with the bands from the Liverpool episode. After bringing you music from Merseyside, Jont, Dave and Garf headed inland to Manchester where they met up with Bad Marmalade, Ivan Campo, Louis Barabbas and Emmanuel Jal.

Leaving Manchester behind, the guys hit Newcastle for a mini gig with Kathryn Williams before moving onto Berwick-upon-Tweed and the infamous smallest gig in the world with Derek Meins. And let's not forget a jam with Arthur from Artanker Convoy on the bus.

Over the border into Scotland and Aberdeen was the next stopover. There Jont was joined by Right Hand Left, Indian Red Lopez, Rescue Party and The Little Kicks...

Which neatly takes us to last Friday night's gig in Cardross, which was hosted by Ali Moodie who also performed. Here there was a musical feast for the senses with A Wooden Box, The Martial Arts, The Streetlight Conspiracy, Rags and Feathers, Rodent Emporium, Sparrow and the Workshop and finally, artist Robin - Ali's stepbrother - provided some fantastic visuals.

Jont is back from France today so we'll be catching up with him later on for his take on Friday's gig. Stay tuned...

Morning from Tour HQ!

At each Unlit night and mini gig, Jont's performances have been complimented by some other very talented musicians. Some of you have requested MySpace information and while we have tried to include as many links throughout the Unlit blog as possible, it's no good to you if you have to trawl through a heap of posts before you get to the band you want.

So with that in mind, here is the first part of the official Tour HQ Musical Round-Up...

Jont and Dave's first stop mini gig was in Bristol with an impressive set from Slow. Onto Penzance Unlit, featuring the fantastic Hed Luv, I Say Marvin and The Sycamores.

A quick stop in Newquay brought you Proving Kate Wrong and then it was onto the Norwich Unlit, where there was something for everyone. Check out Ruby and Her Horses, The Loyal Few, The Lost Levels, The Middle Ones, Josh Weller, Sharon Lewis and The Galleons.

Dave and Jont then headed for Wales and the third Unlit in Abergavenny. There they were joined by Semaphore, The Wireless and the Grumpy Bush String Band. Afterwards, it was straight onto Liverpool for a fourth Unlit and a showcase of the talented Polly Mackey, The Mono LPs, Andy Ash and The Fall Of Kings.

That's it for now... Part 2 coming soon...