They were two of the noblest Hobbits in the Shire. Famous Jambers was a noted player of the pianostrimbles. Patch Thomasina was a great scribe and archivist. But when they got together they became arch mischief-makers.

They were the finest "frolic & romp" Hobbit band in the whole of Middle-Earth.

#TheWaterboys two nights ago in Maastricht. Photo by Christophe Dehousse

#TheWaterboys two nights ago in Maastricht. Photo by Christophe Dehousse

#TheWaterboys two nights ago in Maastricht. Photo by Christophe Dehousse

#TheWaterboys two nights ago in Maastricht. Photo by Christophe Dehousse

#TheWaterboys will play a #RockAndRoll show in ALICANTE at El Muelle Live on Sat 6 December. Tickets are available at: www.vivaticket.es/ticket/the-w...

Help if you can!

#TheWaterboys live in Stockholm last week. Photo: Kent Alqvist.

#TheWaterboys Australia & New Zealand, May 2026!

#TheWaterboys live in Stockholm last week. Photo: Kent Alqvist.

Just posted to #TheWaterboys Patreon: THANKYOU FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGAIN soundcheck workout, 15 minutes of Sly-tastic funk. To subscribe or check us out free for a week, click here: www.patreon.com/posts/thanky...

Please help Maisa if you can

#TheWaterboys in Murcia, Spain, 29 Nov. Txickets: salamamba.compralaentrada.com/eventos/1512...

BRUSSELS HERE WE COME! Tickets: ticketmaster.be/event/200246...

And why shouldn't people dance and kiss in record shops? Indeed they should, and in my dreams they do. These are again created with midjourney. Click each image for full size.

Record shops like the ones I visit in my dreams, created with the help of midjourney. Instruction: "interior of counter-cultural record store in Soho, London, 1970 frequented by rocker girls and hippies". Click each image for full-size.

#TheWaterboys in Murcia, Spain, 29 Nov. Txickets: salamamba.compralaentrada.com/eventos/1512...

Happy to report that Greenpeace and the mighty RAINBOW WARRIOR are still on the case www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

BRUSSELS HERE WE COME! Tickets: ticketmaster.be/event/200246...

I like this guy

Dream-space made using midjourney: VINYL LIBRARY

A spin around Is Was, the current exhibition by Dean Kelly at the Kenny Gallery, Galway. Runs only until 18 Nov, so don't miss it! More info/links in bio, or visit thekennygallery.ie #deankelly #iswas #art #painting #photography #exhibition #galway

Dream space created with midjourney

And why shouldn't people dance and kiss in record shops? Indeed they should, and in my dreams they do. These are again created with midjourney. Click each image for full size.

Record shops like the ones I visit in my dreams, created with the help of midjourney. Instruction: "interior of counter-cultural record store in Soho, London, 1970 frequented by rocker girls and hippies". Click each image for full-size.

Please help Amira if you can. Donations, yes - link in her tweet below - reposts welcome too. Even likes - so she knows the world is watching and cares. Despite the "ceasefire" which isn't really a ceasefire at all, aid is not getting in, people are desperate.

Nov 8 and I heard Xmas music in a shop for the first time this year. The culprit was Donnybrook Fair in Dundrum, Dublin where some satanic apparatchik has decided to bludgeon staff and customers alike with this shite for two months.

Went to the disco on Sunday and copped off with Kevin.

I visit places like this in my sleep-dreams. Image created from my dream description using midjourney. Click image for full size.

Thankyou Mr Sinding-Larsen for this review of our Stockholm show two nights ago. Click image for full text.

Love the Dirty Three

Thankyou Mr Sinding-Larsen for this review of our Stockholm show two nights ago. Click image for full text.

Thankyou Rachael! www.musicconnection.com/the-best-gig...

Glad to be of service 😀👍

New #TheWaterboys album, a companion piece to this year's Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, comes out Dec 5. Title is RIPS FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR. Contains strange, genius, funny, psychedelic, retro and delightfully weird tracks. You'll love it. Pre-order/save here: linktr.ee/RipsFromTheC...

#TheWaterboys in Oslo, performing "Michelle" from Life, Death And Dennis Hopper with øyvind and Hogne of Sugarfoot. Backdrop shows Michelle Phillips, 1970. Photo by Dag Johansen.

New #TheWaterboys album, a companion piece to this year's Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, comes out Dec 5. Title is RIPS FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR. Contains strange, genius, funny, psychedelic, retro and delightfully weird tracks. You'll love it. Pre-order/save here: linktr.ee/RipsFromTheC...

Tomorrow night Stockholm, at Göta Lejon: SUGARFOOT 7.15pm. THE WATERBOYS 8.15pm. C U there.

2026 SALT & TAR FESTIVAL, LIVERPOOL #TheWaterboys will play at 2026's Salt & Tar Festival in LIVERPOOL on Fri 14 August. Pre-sale begins Thurs 6 November at 10am here: www.eventim.co.uk/event/the-wa... General ticket sale begins Fri 7th Nov at 10am here: www.livenation.co.uk/the-waterboy...

Bezos is helping fund Trump's oligarch's ballroom. We should all be boycotting Amazon. Please buy your Waterboys records elsewhere.

I know a place…San Francisco - come on, I'll take you there Let me lead the way to a FREE event Wednesday November 5th at City Lights I’m hosting the 70th anniversary of Ginsberg’s HOWL - the birth of literary freedom Alright, ah, do it, do it, come on, now

Next week at City Lights books

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Woah! Have a great one, man!

Dig this Japanese shop selling strange old guitars reverb.com/shop/bridge-...

Some Emily Dickinson street art seen in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Anthony Hopkins, via David Marchese: "It’s the remote that paid off for me, because I had to change my whole psychology to not be that rambunctious rugby player coming on the stage, bumping into people, being ferocious. Gradually I learned pull back." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/m...