News & Updates
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1/17/2012 Well well well it's a birthday blog
Well well well well well.... I am writing this on the eve of my 40th Birthday. The last day of my 30s. How odd. To commemorate the moment, here are some Birthday Thoughts From My Brain: This time 10 years ago I was not anyone's Dad. The theme...
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10/28/2011 Twilight Song Premiere!
Hello World. Check out the Breaking Dawn Soundtrack streaming premiere and listen to our song “Cold” on the Twilight Facebook page, on Saturday at 7:30am PT (10:30am ET) https://www.facebook.com/twilight?sk=app_282169268473926
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9/27/2011 Twilight Blog
Dear The World, It's been a long time, I know. I have no particularly interesting excuse. I have not been in rehab or prison or a kibbutz or a monastary. I have not joined INXS. I have not become a man living in a woman's body or...
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11/13/2010 mr A Lung will be performing
Hello again. It's only me. On December 11th i, mr A Lung will be performing along with a fine assortment of artists as part of the Rockdrive 2010 initiative which aims to raise money for and awareness of our struggling school system. My 6 yr...
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10/19/2010 Hello Everybody In the World!
How's things? Did you get that sorted out? Is it? Oh well... So. I'd like to talk to you about Ladies. Not in general - much as I love Ladies with their Big Eyes and suprisingly Strong Arms - but Specific Ladies who I've been working and...
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7/7/2010 New News and New Blog!
It's like this: I went off to LA and made a new album called Magnetic North. Next week I am coming back home for the Summer and by an Extraordinary Co-incidence Magnetic North is being released in the UK the week that I return. How Do These Things...
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6/16/2010 Magnetic North Album Receives Excellent Reviews
The praise for Aqualung's "Magnetic North" album continues. Here are what some of the critics are saying: “….brooding Brit Matt Hales (a.k.a. Aqualung) sounds newly energized on tracks like Fingertip.” 3 out of 4 Stars - People “…the album is...
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6/16/2010 Aqualung's "Magnetic North" Album Met with Raving Reviews
The praise for Aqualung's "Magnetic North" album continues. Here are what some of the critics are saying; “….brooding Brit Matt Hales (a.k.a. Aqualung) sounds newly energized on tracks like Fingertip.” 3 out of 4 Stars - People “…the album is...
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4/29/2010 Did You Miss Aqualung on The Tonight Show? Check out the video!
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4/21/2010 Magnetic North Out!
Dear everyone/everything, So the new album is out, released, available, released! (weak cheer). C'mon - you can do better than that! Brand New Album full of beautiful, sad, funny, unusual, usual heavy and light and dark and sumptuous...
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4/20/2010 Magnetic North Out Today!
Magnetic North is in stores and online today! Be sure to pick up your copy today. If you've purchased any pre-release singles from iTunes you can get Magnetic North for a low price when COMPLETE YOUR ALBUM! What are you waiting for? Enjoy!
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4/16/2010 Strange and Beautiful rising . . .
Well well well... Ever since I realised that you could decide what music the piano played and thus discovered the deep deep joy that comes from creating a new piece of music, I had a little hope/dream. My little hope/ dream was that oneday I...
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3/30/2010 Hello! Hello!
I'd firstly like to apologise for the intrusion. I know you're busy with the big day coming up and you've still not shaken that other thing. From before. So forgive me. I shall be brief. Semi-brief. Brief-ish. ...
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3/2/2010 New Single Out Now!
Fingertip, the brand new song from the upcoming album Magnetic North is now available at iTunes! Get your fingers on your copy of Fingertip today!
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2/17/2010 Well well well . . .
Today I would appear to be invisible to birds. After I dropped my son off at school I went for a stroll up in the hills where it is quiet. I was enjoying listening to the birds and their mad singing when a hummingbird hovered over and stopped right...
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1/4/2010 Happy? New?
Happy? New? My dear Earth-friends, The other day i decided to just leave my extraordinary bedhead hair exactly as it was when I got out of bed. So I went out into the world looking like Einstein's unkempt younger brother and feeling simultaneously...
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9/29/2009 A trillion apologies...
A trillion apologies... Hello big/small world. It’s been a while I know… Sorry, I’ve been busy moving myself and my family from London UK to Los Angeles USA which turns out to be a rather stressful thing to do. Still here we are now. Insightful...
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6/11/2009 Aqualung Competition Time!
Hello, my dear, dear children. Uncle Matt here. you know - the funny man who sings all those sad songs and then tells peculiar stories.... so. now. then. Soon i am going to have a very strange few days. On Thursday i am going to write some songs with...
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6/16/2010 Aqualung's "Magnetic North" Album Met with Raving Reviews
The praise for Aqualung's "Magnetic North" album continues. Here are what some of the critics are saying; “….brooding Brit Matt Hales (a.k.a. Aqualung) sounds newly energized on tracks like Fingertip.” 3 out of 4 Stars - People “…the album is...
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5/11/2009 Hello my fellow humans.
Hello my fellow humans. I am writing this from my space-pod orbiting the earth at a distance of 3 metres. how small you all look from up here. like ants. oh. those are ants.... anyway, soon I'll be earthbound once more. I will walk amongst the...
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5/2/2009 UK Tour Tickets Now Available!
Tickets are now available for Aqualung's upcoming UK tour! Jun 18th - Bristol Jun 19th - Manchester Jun 20th - Edinburgh Jun 22nd - Nottingham Jun 23rd - Birmingham Jun 24th - Cardiff Jun 25th - Portsmouth Jun 28th - London
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4/21/2009 Noises and Sounds
Huzzo, Noises and Sounds. Some people can make a convincing trumpet sound with their mouths. Some people can do a giant whistle. Russell Smith from school could belch on request and my son discovered tonight that if he sat on his rubber ducky when the...
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4/3/2009 VH1 News Covers Matt Hales from SXSW!
VH1 recently caught up with Matt at SXSW to chat about his time there. Watch their news roundup from the festival at VH1 online.
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2/9/2009 Music beginning with the letter B
Lehho. Hope all is well. Happy New and Many Happy to Me. And Her. I am now Amazingly Old. Where's all the wisdom I was promised? Ho hum.... This morning I've been listening to music beginning with the letter B. B is a good one - I've had Bach, Berio and...
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12/24/2008 creatures of the night, creatures of the day
creatures of the night, creatures of the day - which one are you? i used to be a NightStalker - all giant eyes and fingertips with sticky pads to help me stick onto trees. nowadays i'm very much a DayDweller - soft fur, wet nose, off-putting scent and the...
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12/23/2008 creatures of the night, creatures of the day
creatures of the night, creatures of the day - which one are you? i used to be a NightStalker - all giant eyes and fingertips with sticky pads to help me stick onto trees. nowadays i'm very much a DayDweller - soft fur, wet nose, off-putting scent and the...
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12/23/2008 creatures of the night, creatures of the day
creatures of the night, creatures of the day - which one are you? i used to be a NightStalker - all giant eyes and fingertips with sticky pads to help me stick onto trees. nowadays i'm very much a DayDweller - soft fur, wet nose,...
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11/28/2008 Aqualung Shop
Hi Folks! While we are waiting for the new shop to be created at aqualung.net, if anybody has any questions regarding current or outstanding orders, please e-mail katie@firstcolumn.co.uk for assistance. Thanks!
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11/18/2008 Ringtones For Your Phone!
NEW Aqualung Ringtones for your phone! For 7 Keys text "aqualung7a" to 30303 For Arrivals text "aqualung7j" to 30303 For Can't Get You Out Of My Mind text "aqualung7c" to 30303 For On My Knees text "aqualung7f" to 30303 For Mr Universe text...
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9/17/2008 Hello Men and Women
yesterday, i went to the US embassy in london and i wrote this on a small piece of paper: "I'm just writing this in order to do something with my hands whilst i wait at the US embassy to have my visa interview. It's boring. I wish I'd brought a book....
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8/22/2008 I Write Songs And Sing Them At People
Hello again. It’s me, Matt. I write songs and sing them at people – I did that one, you know… and that other one. How have you been? Really? Ouch. If you’re at all like me, your head is mostly full of pointless rubbish. In my case several...
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7/22/2008 Don't You Just Hate It?
Don't you just hate it when people leave out of date blogs posted on their front pages for months at an end? It's like going round someone's house in April and finding cobwebbed Christmas decorations and ancient-old-man's-balls-balloons dangling...
