BILLY MORRISON has issued the following blog:

"The 4th Of July. And I'm an English guy living in America. So today, my hilarious friends send me text messages saying... 'hahaha, we kicked your ass', call me up using terrible fake English accents and generally do the whole 'this is the day we beat you' thing. Which is actually completely inaccurate, but whatever. (They actually just voted on the whole independance thing on 4th July) - I am honored to live in America and embrace all things, including a day filled with barbeque burgers, pool parties and cheap electronics at Best Buy! The fireworks are always kick-ass, the traffic is minimal and no one works. What's not to like? So Happy 4th July to all.

Rehearsed yesterday for the upcoming shows with Ginger. And had the best time. I have never actually played WILDHEARTS songs for real (amp, drumkit, loud) and always just strummed along at home, or sang along in the shower (you get my point!). But yesterday we ran through 15 songs and it was the best. 'TV Tan', 'Sick Of Drugs', 'Vanilla Radio'... I can't wait to do these gigs. If you are a fan (like me) then you need to come to these shows. July 16th at The Viper Room and July 17th at The El Rey. Woohoo!! OK - enough blogging already. There's food to eat, video games to play and flags to wave. Peace."