News (2006)

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8.10.06 THE HITCHERS Dolans Warehouse, Thursday 28th December 2006
Christmas Is confirmed!!! The Hitchers return to their favourite venue on December 28th to deliver their 6th gig since splitting up. But  ...that's very confusing. Either way ...the gig's on!!!!

6.10.06 Niall talks business
Niall Quinn will be guest speaker and presenter  at Killmallock Pastoral Center next Saturday afternoon where he'll speak to County Limericks aspiring young rockers. In a workshop taking
place in conjunction with Limerick Youth Service Center Niall will deliver two modules -the first dealing with song-writing and arranging and the second dealing with the recording process,
live performance, media and PR. Anyone interested in learning more about how NOT to sell a million records should look at www.limerickyouthservice.com for further details

28.8.06 Killed It With My Bare Hands (1997) and She'll Be Sorry (1995) videos on YouTube

Directed by Mark Long, the video for KIWMBH starred a 1:48 scale Airfix model of a WW2 Boulton Paul Defiant. (Though if you look even half closely you'll see a 1:22 scale Hawker Hurricane doing all it's "body double" shots.) It was shot in the streets, fields and suburbs of Limerick in late 1996. The video was shown on several Music TV shows including No Disco in Ireland and, most famously, Alternative Nation on MTV. Click a pic to have a look.

Hoss and Andy get plane silly ...sorry ...I'll fcuk off now.

Directed by Mark Long, filmed between Limerick and Ballyvaughan on the west coast on a freezing cold day in early December 1994. The video features the lovely Fiona, the not so lovely Niall and the downright dastardly recent recruit Eric. Played, and indeed requested, repeatedly on No Disco in Ireland throughout 1995. Click a pic to have a look. Many thanks to Mark Long who directed both vids for making them available on YouTube.

The SPLASH Scene. (You'll see it better in the video) Take a chilly December day, add some black ice and a speeding micra that has to pass within three feet of you through an icy puddle ,,,

18.8.06 THE HITCHERS on telly.

1997 appearance on Kenny Live (Irish Saturday night Chat  show) now uploaded to thehitchersonmyspace Click a pic to have a look

"Kiss me you fool!!!!"

18.7.06 THE HITCHERS IN CLASSIC (2FM Fanning) SESSION (1997) - STARTS TUES 18TH:

Dan Hegarty will be playing The Hitchers 1997 Fanning Session on his RTE 2FM show this week. Dan’s on from midnight to 2am tonight, tomorrow and Thursday and you can stream the show through the 2fm site http://www.rte.ie/2fm/danhegarty/ The session featured new studio versions of 'You Can Only Love Someone', 'At The Seaside' and 'U Can Du' from the Fun & Games LP as well as the first studio recording of 'Human Skull'. Left:We Are The Road Crew!!!! Camden Falcon, London -April 1997: (Standing) Alan Jacques, Niall Quinn, Paul Healy (Paul, who used front well renowned Limerick band The Groove, drove and roadied for The Hitchers), Andy Gallagher. (Seated) Hoss Carnage and Eric Fitzgerald

16.4.06 The Hitchers -Paypal has arrived at www.thehitchers.eu
Ah So you thought we were all talk and no action? The revolution has begun. You can now order stuff from
the 'Buy Something or Get Out' page using good ol' paypal.

12.4.06 www.thehitchers.eu
As part of a major overhaul of the hitchers home on the www that'll be happening over the next while we've
got a tidy new address www.thehitchers.eu
The site will soon be moving to a proper professional server (no disrespect geoshittys but yeer yoke sucks ass)
where you'll be free to indulge all things The Hitchers without the banner ads, the pop-ups or any other shite.
We'll be adding much more archive stuff ...sounds, visuals, clips ...the lot.
So please bear with us as we try and sort the whole mess out. Thanks.

10.4.06 The Hitchers -come on over to Myspace.
Say hi to The Hitchers on Myspace