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As we enter the last quarter of 2009 I thought it was about time we updated our news page.
Well what a busy year its been. We made the decision last year to invest heavily in 22 new euro 5 trucks this year and a further 24 new trucks next year. We took delivery of the first eight in March and a further six in August, raising the size of our fleet to 62 trucks and another eight still to be delivered. All the new trucks are low ride / mega cube Daff 105 super space cabs with the greenest available emissions rating of euro 5. Due to the ever increasing restrictions on older vehicles not been able to enter most European cities next year and the Dutch placing an out right ban on HGVs over eight years of age, we are more than confident we have managed to stay ahead of the impending legislation along with doing the best we can environmentally.
As for bands touring this year we have been fortunate to have toured with over fifty six different acts starting off with a mammoth tour for Chris Brown, leading on to The Killers been out at the same time as Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, James Blunt, Block Party, Franz Ferdinand The Prodigy and Fall Out Boy to mention but a few. Then came the start of the festival season which always keeps our logistics team on their toes. With more and more bands wanting to fit in as many festivals as possible it seems double and triple drives become the normal scenario at this time of year. Now we are moving towards the start of the Christmas tour season Eddie Izzard has gone on tour with seven artics all logoed with a picture of the man himself and his name emblazoned down both sides and rear of the trailers, a great sight to be seen. Some of the tours we are trucking at the moment include Bocelli, Massive Attack, Skunk Anansi, Will Young, The Prodigy and The Specials, and joining them next month will be Snow Patrol, James Morrison, Ian Brown , White Lies, Basment Jax and David Gray. It looks like theres no early finish for the Christmas break either, with Eddie Izzard performing his end of tour show in Oslo on December 21st the trucks will be double driven back to the UK to enable tipping on Christmas Eve along with 2many DJs after there Paris show on the 23rd and Stomp will be returning from Bordeaux.
Once again we would like to thank all our clients for the continued support so far this year
News update 2008
Firstly, welcome back! It's been a busy year since the last update - we'll be trying to keep the news section updated a bit more regularly, so keep checking back.
We’ve come to the end of another busy summer festival period, and once again Fly By Nite has had a strong presence at all the major events, with a diverse range of artists including The Killers (headlining Reading and Leeds), Amy Winehouse, Biffy Clyro, Chemical Brothers, Tenacious D, The Fratellis, The Feeling, Supergrass, The Raconteurs and The Hoosiers. In spite of some less-than-glorious weather, all the events went smoothly, although many of the trucks needed a good hose-down on their return!
We are on tour across Europe at present with Robyn, who is special guest to Madonna on what is doubtless one of the most talked-about tours of 2008. Stomp also continues its unstoppable world tour. Recently, we've also seen extensive runs from Dolly Parton, Portishead, Editors, Prodigy, The Twang, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Julio Iglesias, The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Queens of the Stone Age, James Taylor and Pendulum as well as UK stadium shows by the Foo Fighters. Following on from our work for the Led Zeppelin re-union last December, we were also pleased to welcome back the illustrious Robert Plant for his tour with Alison Krauss in support of their acclaimed 'Raising Sand' album.
Right now we are gearing up for a busy end to the year, with big tours coming up for the likes of James Blunt, Feeder, Charlatans, Fall Out Boy, OMD and Level 42 amongst many others. Pendulum and Goldfrapp are also heading back out shortly. We're also pleased to welcome more up-and-coming acts like Foals, The Automatic and The Ting-Tings to our extended family of established artists.
As usual, we would like to thank all of our friends and clients for their continued support so far this year.
With big releases and tours in the pipeline over the next few months for The Killers, Keane, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand and many others, it looks like 2008 will be going out with a bang!
September 2008 Conference Update
The summer event schedule has had no let-up, with Fly By Nite supporting our clients at shows and conferences across the UK and Europe. One of the more spectacular events we were involved in took place at this year's Motor Show in London, when we provided logistical support to a mammoth stunt centrepiece involving a car being dropped over 100 feet from a crane-mounted flying saucer, landing and driving away!
We have just returned from the 3-month long dynamic Nissan GTR launch roadshow at dealerships across the continent, which has taken in over 60 cities and has been a runaway success for Nissan.
At present we are involved in a number of medical conferences in Turkey, as well as various other events of all sizes in (amongst other places) Athens, Lisbon, Rome, Gdansk, Barcelona, Stockholm, Hanover and even the 'magic kingdom' itself, Disneyland Europe, as well as at venues across London.
We were honoured once again at this year's TPI Awards, which, naturally, we were very pleased with; we feel this reflects the dedication and hard work that the FBN team invest in making sure our clients' goals are achieved and their expectations are exceeded. We look forward to working with you all again in the near future.
Latest 2008 News
Welcome to our newly revamped web site. Please take time to view our warehousing facilities, these may be of interest to you, also check out our Vehicle specifications page.
The Year started well and we have already been involved in some very interesting projects.
In early January we sent a number of trucks out to Malta to service a Very large medical conference, we were also fortunate enough to be involved in some large events (multiple Vehicles) in Monte Carlo, Barcelona (two separate events) Montreaux and a second event in Monaco.
Also working on smaller events in Prague, Munich, Amsterdam, Madrid, Davos ,Munich &Vienna.
Events with Jaguar have kept us particularly busy early January onwards, Trucks set of for Malaga in Between Christmas and the new year, dropping early January, and are now (27th February) on their way back down to collect this coming Sunday.
We also currently have Vehicles in both Istanbul and Moscow on jaguar events.
Conferences and parties have kept us very busy in and around London, especially our 25t trucks at venues such as The Grosvenor, The Dorchester , Billingsgate, QE2, Wembley and the Royal Gardens (our accounts department being kept particularly busy dealing with the multiple parking tickets received, even at those events that had been granted parking dispensation)
February ends with our having Five Artics in Cannes working a large conference.
February ends with our having Five Artics in Cannes working a large conference.
There is no let up in March, if anything it will be busier. We will update this news page at regular intervals.
Latest 2007 News
Following on from a busy summer we went straight in to a busy touring schedule September through to Christmas.
Firstly can we begin by once again thanking all of our clients and friends for their wonderful and hugely appreciated confidence and support.
Four long running tours were coming to an end - Snow Patrol's worldwide tour culminated with an outdoor show at Ward Park in Northern Ireland. Likewise Faithless ended their current world tour with a run beginning in Brixton - London, ending with a huge indoor show in Arnhem.
The Fratellis also concluded with a Scottish arena tour and Razorlight played their last European shows of the current year.
Erasure set out on a European / U-K tour, Athlete began a comprehensive U-K tour as did The Editors, The Enemy, Ian Brown & The Twang along with Reverend & The makers.
Billy Connolly had begun a two month U-K tour & David Sylvian and Dream Theatre had set out on lengthy European tours.
Chemical Brothers continued on their worldwide tour visiting Moscow – St Petersburg – Kiev – Budapest & London late September into October. Then headed back out to Europe in mid November culminating with a U-K arena tour in December.
The European tour proved eventful for all of the wrong reason – The tour was overnighting from Bratislava to Bologna 26th/27th November (the trucks were all being double driven) when the gear box on one of the trucks 'blew up' an hour from the Austrian / Italian border at around 6am. A huge team effort ensued throughout the office, and through sourcing a replacement low ride Vehicle and two fresh drivers the trailer arrived in Bologna late pm (we had earlier swapped trailers to ensure that Production arrived and loaded in to the venue early afternoon) and the show was up and running less than an hour later. The show was universally acclaimed as being one of the best of the tour.
Early October saw Rufus Wainwright head out on a two month European tour – Amy Winehouse headed off to Europe followed by an extensive U-K tour, both Ray Lamontagne and Ladysmith Black Mombazo both began U-K theatre tours as did Bowling for soup/Bloodhound Gang.
Late October saw no let up at all as both The Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance embarked on month long European / U-K tours - The Kaiser Chiefs and Bloc Party also set out on month long European tours, before both of them returning to the U-K in December for U-K arena tours.
Early November saw Marilyn Mansun set out on a two month European tour - beginning in St Petersburg on the 10th of November and ending In Tallinn on the 22nd of December. The beginning of the tour proved interesting, whilst the production trucks headed down to Lisbon for a load in on the 18th November the backline truck left Moscow after a show on the 14th November, met with a smaller Vehicle on the Russian / Latvian border to transfer some of the backline which then double drove to Montpellier for a show on the 17th, arriving at 11am on show day.
Comedian Bill Bailey set out on a month long U-K arena tour on the 3rd November, closely followed by Rihanna who began a European / U-K arena tour on the 10th of November.
We were also working in November with Alex is on Fire - Sia - Thunder - Unkle - The Klaxons - Mary Black - Foreigner - Biffy Clyro - Queens of The Stone Age - Thin Lizzy & Black Rebel Motorcycle club.
Tours beginning and concluding in December were The Pogues and Ocean Colour Scene - We also began our annual Christmas / New Years arena tour with the CBeebies.