The last couple of gigs for Ultravox this year , so also a goodbye to all of my good friends from the crew and the band . I hear plans are already emerging for next year , so hopefully we’ll continue this reunion tour sometime in 2010 .

5 weeks after the last tour we’re making a one off appearance on june 13th at the Isle of Wight Festival in the UK . We’re having 2 rehearsing days in London prior to this to fresh up a bit , reprogram the shorter setlist , make some corrections after the evaluation of the last tour , etc .... Everybody is in a good mood , we’re all glad to see each other again , so this is gonna be a great start of the festival season .

I’m really thrilled about this tour . As a child from the eighties , I’ve always liked Ultravox , and now I got asked to join the reunion tour as a backline tech . I’ll be responsible for all the keyboards apart from Billy’s (who’s got his own tech) , the electronic drum triggers and most of the computers on stage , all running logic or mainstage . A few weeks back I spent a few days in London programming stuff for the rehearsals , and the guys are really cool to work with . What more do you want ? We’ll be doing 17 shows in the UK and Ireland , starting april 10th in Edinburgh and ending may 3rd in Belfast . It’s going to be a great tour !

update : I’ve also made the clouds used on the LED screens for the opening song Astrodyne . Have a look at them here (right click and download)

3 days of programming for the upcoming Ultravox reunion tour in april . I’ll be working with drummer Warren and bassist Chris to get the Rhythm section going . Back in the days it was all analog beatboxes and synths connected with cv and gate . The challenge now is to recreate it all using software only . I already found some samples from their favorite durmmachines and I have a pretty good idea how to put it all together . I’m really looking forward to this ...