What's up? Sorry I missed your call, I was in the shower.
So it's been 9 days since L.T.H (ahem, that's what we in the biz are calling Light The Horizon. K, well maybe just me.) was taken out of our hands and sent into the world. Much like a parent sending their child off to his/her first day off school, we're excited to hear updates and stories of just how that first experience went. Good reviews/bad ones, favourite/least favourite songs, reactions to the new directions/the new guy, everything really. All of which we're trying to gleam from the poor internet connection in our hotel rooms. In mainland China.

As some of you may know, we left for a world tour October 1rst, just days after the album's release. It's an odd feeling for us to have released a piece of work that's so important to everyone involved, yet not be at home in Canada for it's first few days (there's an analogy here to a mother leaving her baby at home the first few days after it's born, but I'm trying to limit my 'new parent' smilies to one per post). But rest assured we're out here doing the good work: finishing China then on to Australia, India, The UK, US before we happily make our way back to tour our home turf in Canada!

Shanghai's been a blast, and we've been doing everything from visiting the oldest tea garden in the city to getting suits made for a song (you don't know nuttin' about the grey pinstripe trousers with silk black tuxedo stripe I had made, nor the to-his-specifications 'Members Only' jacket Eon dreamt up!), and I feel confident to say that everyone of us would visit this city again without a moment's hesitation (2 hour massages FTW).

Playing the Expo has been, for us, a huge honour. We've had two shows so far; the second being the best. I mean, it didn't hurt that we had a solid row of Canadians in the first few rows dancing and coercing the otherwise reserved Chinese audience into participating! Jay brought a little chinese boy onstage during one of the songs and after giving him the mic, the little man squeaked out a handful of words in Mandarin that made the audience roar with laughter. Still have no clue what he said though.

Most all countries are represented here, and you get this infectious sense of national pride after visiting the various pavilions. The Canadian offering is impressive, highlighting aspects of our culture, architecture and varied provinces by way of interactive and inventive multimedia displays. Tough to describe in words, so pics soon to follow.

But as they must all good things come to an end, and after playing tonight's gala we're off tomorrow morning to the airport for our 10 hour flight to Australia. As it's my first time there, I'll do my level best to give you my impressions of the people, places and shows. Ok, must go now as I haven't towelled off and fear I may be catching pneumonia.

P.S. I have ever so many witty and insightful things to say on Twitter. Mario Vargas Ilosa may have won the nobel prize for literature but... you know... when did he ever tweet abou-.... anyway. Screw that guy. Follow me, damn you! @fortydeuces