matthew here,

writing you from a library in wetherby. two shows down, nottingham the first night we got here, last night we played in newcastle at the other rooms. its been good fun with the maccabees, but this am we woke up to a sad call.

turns out hugo, the maccbees guitarist has an absess in his throat, so tonights show, tomorrow nights show, and maybe the one after that are off. he went to the hospital early this Am and to our knowledge hes still there now. we've been waiting for calls most the day today to figure out what we'll do with ourselves. We're in a town called Wetherby, directly between newcastle and sheffield (where the show tomorrow night was supposed to be) the boys are to my right reading books, james broughel is scrolling through "a short story of iraq" while david and james L read books that i cant see the cover of. ive been taking photos like a psycho and i would love to post them, but i havnt had the chance. if i can get my camera hooked up to this computer i can post some from today. But be sure, many more will follow.

Nigel Banks, our driver slash tour manager has been amazing, and a great laugh, we'll have some headshots up soon so you can see his pretty face. we'd be lost without him.

guess thats all i can report for now, looks like we get to go be tourists and walk around this town. id rather play shows, but you take what you can get.

Hopefully Hugo will pull out of it and we'll get back on with the tour asap. our love goes out to him and we hope he'll feel better soon, the chosen tour must go on!

much love,
matthew