2010: A Fantastic Odyssey

Good evening to you all. 

What with Christmas eve tomorrow and our seasonal snow show over five days ago, it's nearly time for our first ever New Years Eve party. (Go to the gigs section for a flyer) 

It's being held in Streatham as, unbeknown to many, it's the first place every 54 years the sun will rise on New Years Day owing to a strange anomaly of our Old Sol .

Nevertheless, we'll be there playing a full blown set and you'll be there dancing your hobnails off until the Streatham sun rises over the South. 

Besides that, we'd like to let you know that the other night we signed a development deal with CMC which means you'd better jump on our bandwagon now or lock all your doors and swallow the key. 

If you are otherwise engaged when the giant escapement of time and space clicks into a new decade, come to our next performance at the o2 Academy Islington on the 20th of January. 

Details all on the gigs page, as per usual. 

Until then, we'll be kicking snow around, burning things in the fire and skimming rocks across the frozen Thames. 

Before my fingerless gloves unravel, have a very peaceful and merry Christmas, and we'll see you for a Happy New Year. 

Jaz Delorean

Stamp on the face of that Wintertime Blues

Ladies, Gentlemen;
It's been an interesting year. From starting out the year with a snowy scene in Notting Hill, to the madness of Bestival and Jersey Live, and some lunacy in abundance at 12 Bar in London, we'll be ending the year with a Christmas Extravaganza in Greenwich on the 18th of December.
This gig will be reminiscent of Tankus the Henge in 2007, where we threw so many colourful objects into the audience during our gigs, that we nearly had to re-mortgage our Park Lane property. It will be utter, joyful chaos, and attendees are encouraged to bring along things that explode and hats too.

It's at Barcave on Trafalgar Road. Details are on the Gigs section of the website.

Other events that have become milestones have been;

The band joining the social phenomenon that is 'twitter', but still failing to see the point.
Mason getting a mobile phone.
Jaz wrecking his accordion, appealing to the public for funds to buy a new one, and getting nothing.

And finally, we can reveal that our trip at the beginning of August to North Korea was a blinding success.
We played in Pyongyang, Konguk, Ponghwa and Rakwon. Obviously security is so tight that we couldn't advertise these gigs on the internet, but following an advertising campaign on their tram system, which regularly electrocutes it's passengers, we're pleased to announce that Smiling Makes The Day Go Quicker, has gone to number one in their charts.

See you all soon. Keep well.

TANKUS THE HENGE

Hard at work in the studio

Let's go downstairs and 'get some coffee'

mollusc.

Evenin' all.
Thanks for coming out and behaving like maniacs at Jersey Live and Bestival. We had a fantastic time and seeing all you ladies and gentlemen partaking in mega-conga lines and screaming your filthy heads off just made it all better.
After all, brilliant as Elbow are, should one want to dance, one goes to watch Tankus the Henge instead. Thanks!

Next gigs:
-24th September, The infamous 12 BAR CLUB, Denmark Street, London
-31st October, El Día de los Muertos* show, The Mitre, Greenwich High Road, London


(*Day of the dead, or Halloween)

Rats with hats

Rogues, rapscallions and rascals, thanks very much for coming out to the show last night. It's marvellous to see new faces all the time, especially as reconstructive surgery is so expensive. 

Tell your friends about the next shows, at the Judy in June festival on the 2oth of June, and in the Troubadour, London on the 10th of July.

 

New website

Good evening! 

You've probably just found our new website, thanks to Drew and the gang for creating it.

If you're reading this on the blog, go to www.tankusthehenge.com and have a look there.

This Thursday is the show in WATER RATS THEATRE, buy tickets here!

It's a big one, we're on at half past nine.

Hats, braces, slacks and springs. 

Jaz