As you can probably imagine working in a pub takes up a lot of time during December so I have, admittedly, been a bit lax with posting. In an attempt to rectify this though I thought I’d share with you something to get you completely and utterly in the festive spirit. Nottingham five-piece Dog Is Dead have produced a cover of The Waitresses’ Christmas Wrapping which you can not only to listen to below but also download for free (think of it as an early present) by heading over here. If, like me, you’re a fan of the original you’ll love this male vocal version and also wonder why it doesn’t enjoy as much appreciation at this time of year as other songs seem to (as in the only Christmas songs I’ve heard on the radio so far are Last Christmas, Shakin’ Stevens and Mariah Carey repeatedly). If, however, you’re not a fan of the song itself you can at least revel in the fact that there are few instruments that sound as festive as the saxophone.
The band have also announced the following tour dates for 2012:
February 18 – Norwich Arts Centre
February 19 – Oxford Academy 2
February 20 – Birmingham Academy 3
February 21 – Bristol Thekla
February 23 – Leicester Academy 2
February 24 – Stoke Sugarmill
February 25 – Hull Fruit
February 26 – Leeds Cockpit
February 27 – Newcastle Riverside
February 29 – Aberdeen Café Drummonds
March 1 – Inverness Hootenanays
March 2 – Ullapool The Arch
March 3 – Stornoway The Woodlands Centre
March 4 – Aviemore Old Bridge Inn
March 6 – Glasgow King Tuts
March 7 – Edinburgh Electric Circus
March 8 – Belfast Auntie Annies
March 9 – Dublin Academy 2
March 10 – Lancaster Library
March 11 – Sheffield Plug
March 13 – Manchester Deaf Institute
March 14 – Brighton Komedia
March 16 – Southampton Joiners
March 17 – Cardiff Arts Institute
