A great man once said, “So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun.”

Well, we’d just like to take this chance to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and to thank everybody who has come to our shows, buy our cd’s, support us in any way and help us out over the last year. It has been a great year for Jaded Sun.

The year included our first ever tour of France during the Spring time, which was fantastic. Now, I’m not going to mention anything about recent sporting events because everywhere in France that we went, the support was amazing, the people were fantastic and always willing to lend a hand. (Sorry, couldn’t help myself!) I’m sure we will return to France in 2010. We also visited Holland during that tour – wonderful and crazy as always. The spring tour finished off in England and Wales with some very memorable shows.

During the summer we locked ourselves away in the Irish countryside for a few weeks concentrating on writing new material, and preparing for forthcoming tours, so we only performed a handful of gigs around Ireland. One highlight of the summer shows was an appearance at the Glasgowbury Music Festival in Draperstown, Northern Ireland.

In September we embarked on our first ever tour of Spain. Another amazing tour, more amazing people and the weather wasn’t too bad either. I hope that we can keep our promise, which so many people demanded, and return to Spain in the New Year. The icing on the cake for that tour was the gig in Pacific Rock, Cergy, France – truly unforgettable.

In October we visited India and in November we performed in Gran Canaria. Even though our unseasonal suntans have long gone, at these shows we got the best receptions we have ever received, and were treated so well, our appreciation is eternal and it will never be forgotten. I think I have spoken about these shows enough in my last tour blog. A few more Irish shows tied the year up in a nice, neat little package.

Now, I’m no Mystic Meg but for 2010 there will be a few certainties, such as, more bands from the 70′s and 80′s doing reunion tours. Another certainty would be Lineker and Hanson and co. with their “Spirit of ’66″ and “This could be our year” carry on during the World Cup whilst Giles and Dunphy n’all will still be saying “that should’ve been us there”. My predictions for 2010 would be – A stadium world tour for ABBA, a Netherlands v Spain final in South Africa, another grand slam for Irish Rugby in the 6 Nations, and Bono becoming the president of Ireland.

But, what will 2010 bring for Jaded Sun? A new 4-track EP? Most definitely. A live concert DVD? Almost certainly. A new album? Quite possibly. More tours. New places. New faces. The future looks bright. As always, we will keep you right up to date with everything that is happening at Jaded Sun HQ right here at jadedsun.com.

So, drink lots of Guinness and Baileys and Irish whiskey and eat lots of chocolate and have a fantastic Christmas and New Year. A gargantuan “Thank You” once again and we will see you soon. I’ll leave you with a few memories from throughout the year.

Keep Rockin’

Damo – JS

Jan ’09 – The Academy, Dublin, Ireland

Feb ’09 – The Diamond, Ballymena, Northern Ireland

Mar ’09 – The Rock A Go-Go, Valencienne, France

Apr ’09 – The Spot, Erica, Netherlands (with Douwe – a.k.a. ” The Legend”)

Apr ’09 – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wales

May ’09 – Baker Place, Limerick, Ireland

Jul ’09 – Glasgowbury Music Festival, Draperstown, Northern Ireland

Sep ’09 – Rocksound, Barcelona, Spain

Sep ’09 – Pacific Rock, Cergy, France

Oct ’09 – Synchronicity ’09, IIT Kanpur, India

Nov ’09 – Telde Rock Meeting, Gran Canaria, Spain

Dec ’09 – Twister Vick’s, Waterford, Ireland

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