Greetings, earthlings! I write from Maida Vale Studios, where we’ve just finished recording a session for Zane Lowe. Which leads me neatly to my first point: the session goes out on Tuesday 9th September 7-9pm on BBC Radio 1, and will be on “Listen Again” features for a while thereafter.

Second up, tour stuff: there’s yet more American shows being posted up, which is great – check again, I probably am coming to somewhere vaguely near you. Also, for punters in the UK, we’ve sold nearly half the tickets for the October run, so if you’re coming along and haven’t bought one yet, I’d get a ticket soon.

Finally, just some words about this weekend and the related causes. As many will know, it’s Lexapalooza on Saturday, Lex’s festival, which is now sold out. The money raised from the festival (and from the single, Long Live The Queen, out October 20th) will go to Breast Cancer Campaign. They’re a great organization, and if you want to get involved more than just buying the single or coming to the show, you should follow that there link. I can personally attest that what they do is very much needed, and awesome.