Great to see so many people at the gig last week. It was a top night (and at £1.30 a pint a very drunken one!) and celeb guests included Jake from My Life Story, Jonny from Republica, Smithy from Cheapglue, Miles from the Wonderstuff and others. Sorry that we had to cancel the fan's meet-up, the lead up to the gig was quite chaotic for me (exams, work etc) and I apologise to all those interested for not finalising it. It will happen when the band tour though. Thanks very much to those fans who did find me for a chat, hope you got to meet everyone you wanted to meet. More pics of the night can be found at www.pluginbenny.co.uk.

29th May

This is it then... the return really is happening. it's been a long road but everyone behind the scenes is supercharged and ready to go. Just looking round the updates to the site should let you know that it really is all systems go, and the next issue of the fanzine will truly be special. Many thanks to Joe Munns @ Eagle for making it all possible, to Louis for going out of his way to help me get this right, to Diane @ Rise for holding all our plans together, Tommo and Dave for the usual, and Andy for aiding the design of the 'zine through my exam period. Hope to see you all down the pub on the 14th. Oh and pop in this Weds (30th) for a chat if you are free!

3rd May

Met up with the guys on Monday to do a behind the scenes piece on the Anything Could Happen video. The feature will go in issue 8, although I also did an interview which will go in issue 7. Everyone is buzzing and the video is a great idea... more on that sometime soon. One thing I can now confirm is that the chords for Catherine's Wheel and Anything Could Happen, officially checked by Louis, will appear in issue 7 of the fanzine, as will the lyrics to Brilliant Fake and Three Ring Circus. The rest of the lyrics will of course continue to appear on this site, and today it's the turn of Underneath A Distant Moon.

22nd April

Things are deifintely moving on the Rialto front... at the moment everything is going like a whirlwind. Apologies to those people who have written to me asking about ordering details for the fanzine, we're in a transitional period at the moment which is why I haven't been able to give any info. We've just set up a PO Box address for Rialto Towers and once that's done and dusted I should have more news; the Ordering section of the site will reappear then. Saw Joe Munns again on Friday and saw the guys at Rise on Thursday, everyone is buzzing at the moment. Pete and Julian are also playing in a band called The General Store by the way, and ex-keyboardist Toby is recording some solo stuff - check out www.tobytime.co.uk for more info. The band will be playing an album launch date in London soon - probably in June - and myself and Carys, who runs the Skyscraper site, are going to try and organise a fans' meet up for drinks beforehand, so if you'd be interested then give us a shout over email - benny@rialtotowers.co.uk. Would be good to meet as many fellow fans as possible!

current fave 5...

5. Catherine's Wheel
4. Shatterproof
3. Drive
2. Summer's Over
1. Anything Could Happen

4th April 2001

So here we are, (but not) alone again... It's great to see the band ready to come back. The guys are about to start work filming the vid to Anything Could Happen and have had some great scripts... can't wait to see the finished version. It also looks likely there'll be around three or four dates to coincide with the album release, and then a tour later in the year. I've been working closely with Eagle's Marketing director, Joe Munns, who is an excellent guy and has loads of ideas for the fanzine. Rest assured you'll hear more soon. Pleased to say that Louis has given us clearance on the new lyrics so up til the release of the album we'll be putting the lyics to a couple of tracks up each week, starting this week with B-sides Failing in Love (up now) and Remote Control (later in the week).