If You've Seen One Manchester, You've Seen Them All, Right?
We got back to Vermont from our ten-week, 13,000-mile Further West Tour just as it turned April. We've been home barely long enough to ensure that the leaves were coming in properly and now this:our first annual 2010 Wrong Side of the Road Tour of the UK, which starts, like, now. It will go on for nine weeks, capped by a show in the Netherlands, just to make things continental.

We were kind of upset about having to jump the pond so soon after getting home, but when we thought about it at three in the morning, Vermont really has lots in common with the UK. Here's why we might not even realize we've left New England for Old:

• Both places get the BBC News Hour on the radio.
• Vermont, England and Scotland all have seven letters except for Scotland.
• Chester, VT has a Scottish Pub. Scotland, we hear, also has at least one such pub.
• Both places boast acoustically perfect Halls, London has the Royal Albert, Vermont has Rebecca.
• Both places are known for their cheddars.
• Maple syrup has a rich golden color and so does Lyle's Golden Syrup.
• There's the United Kingdom and Vermont has a Northeast Kingdom. Both kingdoms feature cows.

Calendar for May and Early June.
Please check our online calendar for changes, because with this many shows, we might end up at the wrong one. Please note that all the venues below are located in the UK unless we are horribly mistaken.

Tuesday, May 4th, 8:20 p.m. GMT | 3:20 p.m. EDT
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 95.7-FM | 96.0-FM
Evening Entertainment w/ Sue Marchant
+44 (0) 0845 30 50 007

Listen live or later at the BBC Cambridgeshire
website.

Wednesday, May 5th, 8:00 p.m.
Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club
@ the Old White Horse
Station Rd.
Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 5BS
+44 (0) 1767 683 583

Thursday, May 6th, 8:00 p.m.
Blue Coconut Club
@ the Blakewood
Blackgate Lane
Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 1DD
+44 (0) 7771 966 435

Saturday, May 8th, 8:30 p.m.
Acoustic Routes
CB2 Basement, 5-7 Norfolk St.
Cambridge CB1 2LD
+44 (0) 7971 299 659

Sunday, May 9th, 4:00 p.m.
Come Down and Meet the Folks
@ the Stag's Head
55 Orsman Rd.
London, N1 5RA

Tuesday, May 11th, 7:30 p.m. GMT | 2:30 p.m. EDT
BBC Radio Nottingham 103.8FM | 95.5FM
Mick Smith's Country Programme
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire

Listen live or later at the BBC Nottingham website.

Wednesday, May 12th, 8:00 p.m.
Cup of Tea Folk
@ Lee Rosy's Tea
17 Broad St.
Nottingham NG1 3AJ
+44 (0) 7858 389 685

Sunday, May 16th, 8:00 p.m.
Forest Folk Club
@ The Miners Arms
Forest of Dean
Whitecroft, Gloucestershire GL15 4PE
+44 (0) 1594 562 483

Tuesday, May 18th, 8:30 p.m.
Live Acoustic at the Doghouse
@ the Greyhound Inn
69 Nottingham Rd.
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 1ES

Wednesday, May 19th, 8:30 p.m.
Travellers Rest
24 Derby Rd.
Draycott, Derby DE72 3NJ
+44(0) 1332 872 332

Saturday, May 22nd, 8:00 p.m.
House Concert
Beverley, East Yorkshire

For an invitation, please send an email to molescroftlee@yahoo.com.

Monday, May 24th, 2010
Private Engagement
Beverley, East Yorkshire

Tuesday, May 25th, 8:00 p.m.
Live Acoustic
@ the South Causey Inn
Beamishburn Rd.
Stanley, Durham DH9 0LS

Friday, May 28th, 8:30 p.m.
Stonehaven Folk Club
@ the Heugh Hotel
Westfield Rd.
Stonehaven, Kincardineshire AB39 2EE
+44 (0) 1569 767 666

Saturday, May 29th, 10:30 p.m. GMT | 5:30 p.m. EDT
Mearns FM
Lights Out Late Show w/ Nigel Griffiths
Stonehaven 105.7, Laurencekirk 106.2, Inverbervie 107.3.
+44 (0) 7871 052 107

Tuesday, June 1st, 8:00 p.m.
Leith Folk Club
@ The Village
South Fort St.
Edinburgh EH6 4DN
+44 (0) 7502 024 852
Price: £8

Wednesday, June 2nd, 8:00 p.m.
Dunfermline Folk Club
@ the Thistle Tavern
Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline KY12 9EG
Gifford Lind (Chairman): +44 (0) 1383 729 673

Friday, June 4th, 8:00 p.m.
Rolling Hills Folk Club
@ The George & Abbotsford Hotel
High St.
Melrose, Roxburghshire TD6 9PB
+44 (0) 01896 822 308

Saturday, June 5th, 4:00 p.m.
Tyne Bar
The Tyne-Yard Dog All Dayer
Mailing St.
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE6 1LP
+44 (0) 1912 652 550

Festivities will run from 4 to 11 pm and Hungrytown will go on last.

Watching spring blossom outside while you're leg-ironed to your office? Visit hungrytown.net or MySpace.com/hungrytown and watch those shackles melt away with your legs still in them.