Nina Hynes and band were  in dire straits early this week as their tour-van down in the middle of the night. Abandoned on the roadside in Germany without the funds to repair their van and a ferry to catch in just a few hours, Nina and Fabien issued an SOS via MySpace, begging for any possible help from fans. 

“We are stuck in Leverkussen near Köln in Germany .. our van full of our gear has absolutely died in the middle of the night and we don’t have money to rent one..the engine is dead and seems totally unfixable.
Our boat was scheduled today from Cherbourg to Rosslare but now we won’t make this one.. the next one is the 1st which would mean we would make the first gig of the tour on the 2nd in Waterford in time..if we manage to get a rental van and are able to change our boat booking..we really need HELP..I can send out SOS messages on myspace and on people’s message boards ..maybe even contact Newstalk/Phantom/Today FM/Irish radio…
we would need to rent the van until Nov 19th when we would make it back to Germany..”

A kind benefactor chipped in €1000 to aid the struggling marrieds. Here’s me thinking the Musician’s Benevolent Fund was strictly limited to rehab therapy…

In roughly twenty hours time I will stand before my beloveds….THE NATIONAL.

*OH*

Weird…I have an extra ticket and just didn’t invite anyone. I don’t mind giving it to someone but they’ve gotta be as big a fan as I. Which creates something of a quandary as most of my friends who like them are going.  However, I’m feeling pretty guilty pro- and con-ing which mates are more deserving to cross this rubicon of Ohian rorch.

I’m going to see The National play one of the Ambo’s final shows…I’m going to see The National…The National…National…. 

Knocked these together for a mate but it’s poss they’d come in handy for others so…

A list of music contacts.

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