Blue Moons and seven-foot transvestites…

WEDNESDAY 29 JULY, 8.30pm (Business Class Cabin, British Airways Flight 183, Heathrow): The last time we toured to America, we flew Business Class. It turned out that Tony had a "contact" who was able to pull some strings for us at British Airways (I didn't ask exactly what this meant - Tony has East End gangster blood in his family and I generally find it's best not to enquire about his methods) and we had our tickets upgraded. Sadly, this time round, on account of the flight being absolutely packed, ...

LYs album hits #3 spot on US radio station

Lightyears album London, England has risen to #3 in the Top Ten chart on US radio station WPRB Princeton.  The LYs are hot-on-the-heels of another British artist, Jarvis Cocker, who is currently occupying the number one spot with his recent solo offering, Further Complications.  Click here to see the Top Ten in full. WPRB DJ John Tobias began playing our latest album after seeing us ...

“London, England” sells out on US tour

We had such an overwhelming response from American fans during our recent Stateside tour that hard copies of our latest album, London, England, have now completely sold out. The album is still available on iTunes priced £7.90. Click here to buy your copy. Watch this space for a re-pressing of the album for those of you who prefer the old school format! We released London, England in January 2009. It features many of our most popular tracks including "This House Will Burn", "Emily" and "Sleepless". The latter two tracks ...

The Myth Of The Great British Summertime

Today's blog doesn't really have anything to do with music. In fact, I'm slightly ashamed to admit that it's no more than a rant on what is effectively the lowest common denominator of talking points in this country - the weather. Whilst on tour in the USA last week (where we were subjected to some pretty varied weather conditions) I found myself explaining to a number of Americans that whilst for them rain is merely "a bit of a bummer", for us it is practically a way of life. That's accepted. And so I was somewhat taken ...

LYs to be reviewed on Princeton radio

Our latest album "London, England" is being reviewed tomorrow evening (Thursday 6 August) on Princeton radio station WPRB. Presenter John Tobias saw us play in Burlington, New Jersey, during our last tour and will be playing tracks from the album on his show tomorrow night before putting the CD on daily rotation for the coming weeks. John's show airs 6pm-8pm EST (11pm-1am BST). WPRB's broadcast range stretches from the outskirts of New York through Philadelphia PA and into Wilmington, Delaware. Local listeners can pick it up on 103.3FM whilst fans around the globe ...

New York Post on The Lightyears

We're back from our US Tour 2009 and gee whizz did we have ourselves a swell old time! The gigs were fantastic, the crowds were our biggest yet in the States and, most importantly, George managed to avoid eating himself to death on Philly Cheesesteaks. We've also been blogged about by the New York Post, which is rather exciting. Click here to read their piece on us (scroll down the page - it's underneath Blink 182 and above Green Day ;-). We ...