Happy Belated New Year!

Wednesday Feb 01st, 2006

Firstly we are all very sorry for not updating the news section of the website. It’s been a crazy time for everyone.

Well, where do we start? 2006 has arrived. HAPPY NEW YEAR Merc fans!

We thought it would be good to catch up on some of the highlights of 2005. We toured the UK and performed at Reading and Leeds Festival which were both incredible. Watching Queens of the Stone Age and the Killers from side of stage was nuts. We also played our first international club dates around London. Our last show at the Marquee went off with the place packed out which was a great vibe.

We continued to tour OZ with the release of WTWIF and ran into heaps of new Merc fans along the way. In early November we headed down to Melbourne to perform a live set for Live at the Chapel. Wow! That was an incredible experience. Live at the Chapel is set in an old church with massive candles on either side of the stage. It was sooooo hot in the venue but we had a blast. Thanks to all the Merc fans who turned up on the night to support us.

After hanging out with our respective families over Christmas we all headed down to Geelong for NYE. The venue was packed with thousands of people and we could not have asked for a better way to bring in 2006.

So what’s in stall for 2006? Well, we just did a massive gig at the front of Parliament House in Canberra in front of 30,000 people for Australia day. What a crowd. We also got to meet you guys at the Merch signing. Thanks for coming over and saying G’Day.

We are now focused on recording new demos for our next album but also realised how much we miss playing live so we are doing some one off shows for Merc fans (ALL AGES) across this big brown land. We are also heading across to NZ for a promo tour later this month and then we head back over again in March for Edgfest. Check out the gigs page for more info.

Sorry we have to go as it’s late and we have to get back to recording!

See you at a gig soon! The Merc