The German run has come to an end – last night in Berlin was pretty crazy, but a great time. Today I’m heading for Poland for the first time in my life and I have to say I’m pretty excited. Full report here soon.

Two short things today. First of all, my good buddy Jon Snodgrass (with whom I made a record in two days) plays in the magnificent Drag The River. They’re going to be hitting Europe and the UK shortly for some shows and I said I’d pass the information on because they fucking rule. The dates:

• 07.10.10 D Gießen – AK 44
• 08.10.10 D Aachen – Musikbunker
• 09.10.10 D Münster – Gleis 22
• 10.10.10 D Cologne – Underground
• 11.10.10 B Ghent – Decadance
• 12.10.10 UK Brighton – Prince Albert
• 13.10.10 UK Bristol – The Croft
• 14.10.10 UK Leicester – Academy 3
• 15.10.10 UK Glasgow – The 13th Note
• 16.10.10 UK Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
• 17.10.10 UK London – Windmill Brixton
• 19.10.10 D Hamburg – Logo
• 20.10.10 D Hannover – Mephisto
• 21.10.10 D Kiel – Roter Salon @ Pumpe
• 22.10.10 D Leipzig – Conne Island
• 23.10.10 D Zwiesel – Jugendcafé
• 24.10.10 AT Vienna – B72
• 25.10.10 H Budapest – Könyvtar Klub
• 26.10.10 SLO Ljubljana – Metelkova
• 30.10.10 ESP Alsasua – Squad
• 31.10.10 ESP Madrid – Sala la Pequeña Betty
• 01.11.10 ESP Valencia – Loco Club
• 02.11.10 ESP Barcelona – Sala Rocksound
• 03.11.10 F Toulouse – El Camino
• 04.11.10 F Besancon – La Cour des Miracles
• 05.11.10 D Trier – Exhaus
• 06.11.10 CH Basel – Kaserne
• 07.11.10 D Munich – 59 to 1
• 08.11.10 D Berlin – Lovelite
• 10.11.10 D Bad Hersfeld – Zigeunerkeller
• 11.11.10 D Schwalmstedt – Bunker
• 12.11.10 D Dresden – AZ Conni
• 13.11.10 CZ Prague – Akropolis
• 14.11.10 D Wiesbaden – Schlachthof

Jon and Chad put on a great show and are all-round swell guys, so check it out. Speaking of swell guys, I finally got round to editing together some of the tour diary footage from the Flogging Molly USA tour back in the spring. Here’s part one. Enjoy.