Hi Folks

It’s been a while! Apologies for the silence. Truth be told, I forgot I had a website! Ooops!

Things have been pretty quiet on the music front. I guess I needed to take a little step back. The past 3 years have been pretty crazy, and its been nice doing normal stuff, like spending time with family and friends, decorating my flat, and hanging out with my pet bunny rabbit Pes. I’m also getting married in September, so there have been lots of things to organise for that!

Its been hard getting the energy together to keep going. The Music Industry is tough! I just want to write songs and play gigs, but unfortunately its not that simple, and sometimes it is hard to keep going.

After a little break though, I am ready.

The album is finished and we are just looking into how we are going to release it. We also hope to do some dates in the UK before the end of the year.

Thank you for the messages of support. Its what keeps me going with all of this.

I do feel bad though when people ask us to play shows near them. Unfortunately we have no budget for any form of touring right now. Hopefully that will change. I’m really trying to make that change.

I hope you’re all well.

I promise to try and keep this more up to date!

Lou

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Hello
Thank you again to everyone that’s made it down to my shows the past two weeks. Myself and the band had a ball!
I hope you are all enjoying the new E.P. Its been amazing hearing ‘Minutes, hours, days’ on the radio!

A little while ago I bought myself a Ukelele, called Marilyn. Maybe one day I’ll play it at a show, but for now, here’s a little video to show you how I’ve been progressing.
Thanks to Thane Shubly for making this.

I had meant to post sooner but its been a rather mad week!
Thank you to everyone that came down to the Glasgow ABC and Edinburgh Jazz bar shows last week. I’ve been rather unwell this week with laryngitis, but you all made loosing my voice very worthwhile.
The ‘Minutes, hours, days’ E.P. is now on sale through itunes, amazon, mflow and spotify.
This is a digital release only, there is no physical copies of the E.P.

Track listing –

1 – Minutes, hours, days
2- Zombie Love
3 – You
4 – Tap dance

Im excited and anxious to know what you think!

Lou
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Even though the ‘Minutes, hours, days’ E.P. is a digital release only, we have a few promotional copies to give away.
We want to see your videos, photographs and reviews of my Glasgow and Edinburgh shows this week.
After the shows, just post your videos, pictures, and reviews on my facebook page, and the best will win a copy of the E.P.

Gigs!

Glasgow – Sunday 3rd July – O2 ABC2
Edinburgh – Saturday 9th July – The Jazz Bar

Hi! It has been a busy few weeks, so I apologies for the last minuteness of this blog!

The ‘Minutes, hours, days’ E.P. is being released on Monday 4th July 2011. This is a digital release only (i.e. i-tunes, amazon downloads). There will be no physical CD to purchase.
As the album release is still a little while off, I wanted to get something new out there asap and this was the best way to do it.
It was a really hard deciding what song went on the E.P. but I have gone with these four tracks – ‘Minutes, hours, days’, ‘Zombie Love’, ‘You!’ and ‘Tap Dance’.

To celebrate the release there will be a headline show at the O2 ABC2 in Glasgow on Sunday 3rd July.
Tickets are £7 and they are available through the O2 ABC Boxoffice, www.ticketweb.co.uk and Ticket Scotland Glasgow.
Support comes from Jonathan Carr and Scott Beaton.

I will also be playing a very late night set at Edinburgh’s famous Jazz Bar on Saturday 9th July. I should be on stage around 12.30am!

It would be great to see some friendly faces there!

Lou
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Official video for Minutes, Hours, Days by Lou Hickey

Lou Hickey run’s Glasgow’s Race for life for Cancer Research

This is something very close to my heart, and I want to help in any way I can. So I have decided to run Glasgow’s race for life on Sunday 5th June with my sister and my niece.
I haven’t owned a pair of trainers since I was 16 (because I discovered high heels!), and I have asthma, so this race definitely poses a few challenges for me. But it is for such an incredible cause, and its a small part I can play in helping.
Any donation you can spare will be greatly appreciated.

Lou

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Donate at – http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/amandamaguire0808

Im delighted to be opening for Midge Ure at the O2 ABC on Tuesday 26th April. This a free event being run by the SNP to raise awareness of the up coming election.

Visit this link to register for tickets (only a few left!)

I’ll be playing with my full band and we’re going to be doing some new tracks we’re been in the studio recording this week.

Lou x

So we just finished up filming the video for ‘Minutes, hours, days’ with Shootback productions.
Its taken a little longer than planned, as we wanted to wait to get the perfect venue.
The first part of the video was shot at the O2 Academy in Glasgow. We all brought lots of bits and pieces to make the stage a little more homely. Gregg actually brought his side board!
I also had a rather nice little case/cover made for my keyboard by the wonderful Joe Warner, who does all the props for Club Noir.

The second part of the shoot was filmed at the Hippodrome in Bo’ness. What a gorgeous venue! It was love at first sight!
I think I had to sing the track about 30 times, but I’m sure the final outcome will be worth it.

The video is now in the editing stages, and as soon as it is ready, we will be making it available for you all to download first, a few weeks before it will go online.
This track will also be the first single from the album. Im planning to release it myself so we can get it out around May/June time, and there will be a b-side or two with it.

Again I can only apologise for the delay with the album. This is all out of my hands, but Im hoping the single will keep you sweet!

Love
Lou
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