1998
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Spring 98 Monthly trips to U.K. for showcase and demo-ing second L.P. Spend St. Patrick’s weekend playing in Paris, France.
April 98 in Belfast on the day Good Friday Agreement is reached as nominees in best Irish single category of Heineken Hot Press awards. –‘A Life Less Ordinary’ by Ash wins.
August 98 record second L.P. in just eleven days at Xeric studios just before it closes for good.
Nov 98 ‘I Can’t Breath in Outer Space’ – the first single from the new L.P. is released in U.K. & Ireland. Bob Geldof describes The Hitchers as ‘…the best Irish band in the last twenty years…’.