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After our amazing Mexico City adventure of 17 gigs in 15 days, we then played ten shows in Japan. We are now back in London and ready to come to a bar near you with the return of the NOW Hustle.
After our amazing Mexico City adventure of 17 gigs in 15 days in November, we then played at Harringay’s Jam In A Jar’s New Year’s Eve show before heading off to Tokyo through January and February. There we played ten shows, opened up a whole bunch of venues to play next time we are there, and made contact with a few promoters.
The highlight of it all came on Friday February 6 when we were special guests on a six band punk rock bill at the prestigious venue Rokudemonai – this essentially translates as, ‘Ain’t nothin’ but…rock.’
Maja speaks fluent Japanese which really carried us through Tokyo, while Mark speaks Spanish, so he took the lead in Mexico. Not least during our 45 minute feature radio interview and live session appearance on Mexico’s national Reactor where we were interviewed by the wonderful celebrity interviewer Maria Letona. We also headlined a six band heavy metal bill at the prestigious Pata Negra the heart of Mexico City.
Now back in London, we’ve decided to recommence our epic Now Hustle, the concept we invented and with which we twice toured Europe and played around Ireland, often managing multiple shows a day. Our record is five in one day. So yeah. We’re going to be travelling around London, and maybe even around the UK, and just turning up at bars and asking to play there and then for two or three songs, then out into the street and looking for the next one. With a few other things to wrap up first, we’ll probably be starting to hit the road and doing this sometime in July.
While we are here, we should mention that our Mexico manager is Richard from Los Ekis. We are very privileged to be working with such an amazing person.
For any show dates or to see where the NOW Hustle has taken us, go to: https://thediaries.band/gigs/
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Who Are We?
We are Maja from Sweden and Mark from London
We play explosive and hugely catchy acoustic rockpop with a punk attitude and an 80s vibe.
We write songs and tour and write about our experiences in The Diaries.
And here is our debut book, Music, Love and Impossibilities. You can order it from us from our store.
Taking place in early 2021 and told with day to day diary entries, at times the book reads like a suspense thriller as it covers our wildly eventful first three months together.
All of our subsequent adventures have been written in the same style as the story continues to this day making this the first in a proposed series. There is already enough for a further two or three books and counting.
What follows next is our move to rural Ireland, two European tours, extensive playing around Ireland, and the move to London. Then a Mexican tour managed by Richard from Los Ekis, during 2025. We have played well over a hundred shows and, among other things, are planning to tour Japan during 2026 with Maja being fluent in Japanese.
Music
I Like You (Better When You’re Naked)
How You Rock’n’Roll
Rock’n’Roll Tree
Insanity
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