Claymore at The National Celtic Festival, Port Arlington June 2007
Without a doubt, the best one ever!
This year’s festival was a blast and I think everyone who attended would agree. We all had a great time, the shows were great , the sound was great and the light show in the Celtic Club tent at the," Grand Hotel", was unbelievable ! We have had so many emails from people who enjoyed the shows you would not believe.
The one low point of the weekend was when William was arrested by the local police and let off in handcuffs !
Claymore in Jakarta, Indonesia June 2007
Well, after a long flight we finally arrived in Jakarta and straight into some controversy! With some frantic phone calls from band member partners to find out if we were all ok?
We then found out that just as we had arrived, there had been a riot at the Australian embassy and all Australians were advised to return home. We thought about it for a few minutes and then decided to carry on with our original plans and play for the good people of Jakarta. After all, music is the language of love.
We had a ball, all the people we met and played for, were fantastic .
Claymore in the studio Jan 2007
Well we are hard at work as I write this in the studio working on our new CD
It's sounding great and we are very pleased with its progress
We can’t wait to get it released and to hear what you guys think of it!
Some of the guy's with our Producer Robert Iurato
CLAYMORE AT THE AWAKENINGS FESTIVAL - HORSHAM VIC - 2006
The Awakenings festival is very close to our hearts, Its a festival ran for people with special needs and for the last four years we have had the privilege of being involved, A great time is had by all and this year was no exception !
Just look at the smiles and excitement on the audience's faces ...a picture is worth a thousand words!
Photo by Paul Fitzgibbons
CLAYMORE AT FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE - 31st July / 8th August, 2006
This was by far the biggest most successful festival we have done!
The band and support crew were on fire and we played to close to 700,000 people over the course of the festival.
We met many old and new friends along the way and had the time of our lives.
Stay tuned for a more up to date report very soon.
Check out Robert Iuratos blog of our tour here !
Lorient 2006 Grand-Soiree Australie
Photo - Damien Lewis
CLAYMORE AT THE NATIONAL CELTIC FESTIVAL - 9TH / 12TH JUNE, 2006
What a festival!
It had been a couple of weeks since we played and we were like caged animals, let loose! The crowds were great and we made a lot of new friends and met quite a few regulars over the course of the weekend. A big thank you to all involved with the festival and we look forward to the next time we are in beautiful Port Arlington.
Craig and Andre leting loose
pic by Damien Lewis
CLAYMORE AT THE QUIETMAN - 20th May, 2006
The gig last night was huge ! We had a great crowd who realy got into it and the room went off. It will be our last gig at the Quietman till the end of June, with festival's taking most of our time till then and the world cup being on the big screen TV Go AUSTRALIA !!!!!
William
Well we had a blast at the Koroit Irish festival Yesterday, Thanks to all involved in a great little community festival! The band loved it and the crowd went wild, which is what it's all about.
William
EXTRACT FROM KOROIT IRISH FESTIVAL NEWS - Maurice Moylan reports
"Somewhere around midnight in the Shebeen Bar, where schooners of Guinness and Kilkenny are disappearing down a thousand throats at alarming speed, a piper is doing things to a bagpipe that no highlander ever imagined, a drummer is beating a rhythm that would burst a heart if it ever tried to keep pace, and a party of Scottish dancers is whirling and leaping, feet seeming never to quite touch the ground.
“Claymore,” someone shouts in my ear. “It’s the drunks’ band.” It is, of course, completely unfair. Claymore is certainly a Celtic band, and the Celts have been known to enjoy a wee drop of medicinal liquor with a tune on a warm evening – but these musicians could get a temperance meeting up and partying.
The whole village of Port Fairy is reverberating to the pulse and wail of pipes and drums and guitars and mandolins and voices amplified to the heavens. It will be like this for three days and nights. "