I'm LOVING the Academy Live tour. I was in Newcastle on Monday and played solo, met some great people and won some new listeners over!! Great to play some of the new songs from the EP. Brilliant city. We got some pictures of the Angel of The North (not a surprise considering my love of Angels!!!). I'll post a few up here soon!

The Liverpool show last night was amazing - such a good audience and a great atmosphere!!! The new T-SHIRTS were onsale for the first time and it was lovely to see them being worn in the crowd. And the new 'Acoustic EP' made it's debut on the merchadise stall too with a great response! I had the audience singing on 'Does It Matter?' and that was a VERY special moment for me. I dedicated it to my Grandad who passed away recently and I know he'd have been smiling at everyone singing that song to him!!

I've never had a better Tuesday night in my life!! haha.

Thank you so much to everyone who was there and I'll see you next time.

Birmingham tonight. Can't wait. Another great city - BRING IT ON.

Stephen

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The first night of the Academy Tour Starts tonight in Newcastle.

I've never played Newcastle before and am VERY excited!!!

It's a great city and I'm told amazing for music lovers. I grew up watching Auf Whedersein Pet videos at home and keep getting quotes from it popping into my head for some reason!! haha

I'm on at 7:30pm, playing solo and will so will be kicking the tour off.

I'm with the band every other night of the tour - it's going to be a good week.

Stephen

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Here's a link to an interview I did with Liverpool University website in the build up to the Academy Live tour:

http://www.liverpoolstudentmedia.com/stephen-langstaff-interview-september-2009

I was in a bar in Liverpool last Friday night and requested a song from the DJ. He came back over to me ten minutes later and said "I saw you at the Echo Arena a few weeks ago, have you got any CD's?". Luckily I did (someone out on the night had asked me to bring a couple of albums) and over the next couple of hours I danced and watched others dance to 'Saw The Angels', 'Opposite Walls' and 'Let's See Your Armour'.

I've finished some new songs recently. Very happy with them.

It's funny where and when you end up writing sometimes. I was just about to go out to a party and I sat at the top of the stairs with my guitar 30 mins before I left. All of a sudden the finished version of a song I've been working on for a few weeks came together and that was that! I took my guitar with me to the party and played it to everyone towards the end (early hours of the morning) in the garden :)

Stephen

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I want to say congratulations to Steven, the drummer in the band, and his girlfriend Jane who have just had a beautiful baby girl. I'm really happy for you. Welcome to the world Eleanor Mary! Here's to the future! :)

Last weekend I played the Greenblet festival for the first time - fantastic. Everyone so friendly and the audience so warm and up for a good time! Great to get down to that part of the UK and give them a taste of my music. I also had my first taste of Spanish 'Churros' from a food stand after the gig - sort of like vertical doughnuts which you spinkle in cinnamon and then dip into hot chocolate sauce! Amazing.

Then there was the Matthew St Festival in Liverpool and 2 gigs over the Sunday and Monday - both raucous!

Playing festivals feel a bit like turning up at someone's party and playing. 

Sad to see the end of the summer and the end of festival season - but I'm a lover of Autumn and I can't wait for the leaves to start dropping now!

See you soon

Stephen

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