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After what seemed like an ETERNITY for the UK Goo Fans, the guys finally announced a visit the UK in 2006. This was a short visit to promote the new album LET LOVE IN. The shows were small and low key, but with ALL of them selling in out in HOURS, the band soon arranged more shows and came back for a full tour, then returned again in 2007 for more shows and to play some of the major UK Festivals.....

2006 CD Promo Tour.....

GLASGOW - 28th May

Manchester Academy - 29th May
Bristol - 31st May
Birmingham - 1st June

Brixton Academy 3^rd June

Dublin - 5th JUNE

The very quickly added new Tour dates were:

September 2006

FRI 29 - Leeds University
SAT 30 - Manchester Apollo

October 2006

MON 2 - Glasgow Academy
TUES 3 - Aberdeen Music Hall
WED 4 - Newcastle Academy
FRI 6 - Cambridge Corn Exchange
SUN 8 - Southampton Guildhall
MON 9 - Nottingham Rock City
WED 11 - Liverpool University
THUR 12 - Cardiff University
FRI 13 - London Shepherds Bush Empire

Then, just as we were all suffering Post Goo Blues, MORE dates were announced for 2007 !!

July 7 - Oxegen Festival, County Kildare, Ireland
July 8 - T in the Park, Kinross, Scotland
July 10 - Sheffield, City Hall
July 11 - Manchester, Apollo
August 16 - London, Hammersmith Apollo
August 18 - V Festival, Staffordshire
August 19 - V Festival, Chelmsford

The Set List for the Full Tour was more or less this, with more songs added towards the end of Tour, following requests from fans.....

The setlist:
Stay with you
Slide
Feel the slience
Black balloon
Smash
Tucked away
Name
We'll be here when your gone
Iris
Broadway
Here is gone
January friend

Smash
Better days
Let love in
Become
Give a lil bit
Without you here

And the set list for the Festivals was...........

Stay with You
Slide
Feel the Silence
Blackballoon
Naked
Let Love In
Broadway
Iris

Here are some fans photos from the shows.......

MANCHESTER Sept 2006

Liverpool Uni October 2006

Manchester Apollo September 2006

Brixton Academy June 2006

Cardiff October 2006

Glasgow October 2006

Leeds September 2006

Hammersmith Apollo August 2007

Manchester Apollo Sept 2006

Some pictures from The V Festival Chelmsford 2007

The band got great reviews and the UK Fans certainly got their share of great Goo songs old and new !!

AND....at the end of 2006 The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris - was voted NUMBER TWO in the Virgin Radio ALL TIME TOP 500 SONGS Chart !!! As Virgin was voted the Most Listened To Radio Station in the UK, this shows just how much the UK loves GOO !!!

UK SUPPORT ACT FOR GOO GOO DOLLS UK TOUR

The Goo Goo Dolls were supported by a great band from LA..........The Tender Box.

I contacted the guys prior to the tour and their drummer Chuck kindly gave us this interview all about the band and the upcoming tour.

1) How long have you guys been together?

we've been playing since we were in high school, about ten years ago. but The Tender Box was formed about a year and a half ago.

2) Noticed you have been to the UK before. What was that for and how long ago?
we were in London for a week in July. we had five gigs scheduled during that trip, but we had an unfortunate incident with our guitarist and bass player, Ric and Steve. they didn't get past customs at Heathrow Airport due to work permit issues, or lack of. but Joey (singer) and i made it through, and we were able to pull it off at the gigs by playing acoustic sets.

despite of what happened, we managed to get ourselves on NME.com, NME Magazine, The Mirror, DListed.com, and other English sources all within that week. which is good publicity for when we go back.

3) What did you like/dislike about the UK?

the energy at the live shows there is amazing. people in London are really open minded when it comes to new music, they're hungry for it, and they show it. it's not like Los Angeles where it's un-cool to show that you like a new band, or even walk up to the front of the stage, unless everyone else likes them. the music scene there is alive and kicking all over the place, which is what we need and want. and the people are great as well. everyone was very sympathetic and understandable when we explained why only half the band was on stage.

one minor thing we can honestly say we weren't too happy about was the food. coming from Mexican backgrounds we like our food with spice. at times it was hard to find a good restaurant that could satisfy us, but The Marathon in Camden was the spot to go to at 3:00am for good food and drinks.

4) Read that you re influenced by lots of Britpop bands. (Depech Mode etc) What do you think of the more recent music scene in Britain......e.g. Coldplay, Keane, Snow Patrol, etc?
while in London we were fortunate enough to being introduced to The Rifles and Razorlight. these are bands that are just scratching the surface out here in the states. we're actually going to see Razorlight on August 30 at The Roxy in Hollywood. besides Coldplay, and Keane, we like bands that aren't so mainstream, like Kasabian, and Primal Scream. we've always been influenced by the Brit Pop scene more than American bands. that's just what we grew up listening to.

5) When did you find out you were supporting the Goos?

we found out last week August 9 through our manager that we were going to be in the UK a lot longer than expected. we're all very excited to go back, specially Steve, who's the only one who's never been. Ric had visited the UK before any of us had. it took a while for it to sink in, but now we're getting ready for it.

6) Where you Goo fans at all prior to this?

we like the work the Goo Goo Dolls have done. they're great songwriters and good live. i've actually seen them live before at a festival, a few years back. but we never really grew up listening to them. we were more into Oasis, Blur, The Verve, you know, bands like that.

7) The Goos hadnt been to the UK much.......until earlier this year. Now they are coming back Sept/Oct for a second visit in less than six months. Many fans have travelled to the USA to see them in the past. How do you feel about supporting a band with such an established and loyal following?

we're very excited and grateful to have the opportunity to support the Goo Goo Dolls. they're at a level that we would some day like to be. we hope to leave a great mark with them and the people going out to their shows. we couldn't of asked for a better opportunity at this point in our careers.

8) Have you met with the band yet?
we haven't met with the band yet, but we have seen Robby at parties at Swinghouse Studios, our recording grounds in Hollywood.

9) Is your album gonna be released here in the UK soon?
before the complete album is released we're releasing a UK single in September through So Sweet Records. it's for our track, "Mister Sister." we're still looking for a record deal in the UK, so we plan to break the ice with this single first. but we will have copies of our full length with us while on the road in the UK.

10) What you looking forward to most about your trip to the UK?

we're looking forward to leaving a huge impression on the people who get to see us, making new fans, meeting new people, and discovering new music. we hope to get inspired with this experience, but overall, we look forward to having a great time.

You can check them out on...http://www.myspace.com/tenderbox

Founded by a couple of really cool WNY Chicks, 4/21/05 and since joined by Gooberz & some really cool chicks from the UK!!!

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