Hello and welcome to “On The Road With Tony Bramwell”:

This year we’ve been paying more attention to all of the news and updates about shows, events, and appearances and we’ve been reporting on these different events and sharing photos with you as well.

Earlier this year,  at the pinnacle of a nasty and bitter cold English winter, I was fortunate to escape the deep freeze by joining the folks of “The Beatles Tribute Cruise” which sailed from Miami, Florida and ended up in Haiti. I was honored one night and I was able to treat everyone with a first time look at all of the promotional films and videos that I made for The Beatles. We also got to see “The Beatles at Shea Stadium” and I got the chance to tell all of the little secrets about that show.  To top it off, I got to celebrate my birthday on the high seas. What a wonderful experience this was, that I am anxiously looking forward to the next one.

I must confess that when I returned to England I was the bloke with the sunburn in March. Soon after retuning, I was packing my bags for a week long Beatlesfest in Moville, Ireland. In a word, it was a sensational week and I immediately penciled that in for next year.

A few weeks later I found myself back in Moville for the first “Dylanfest.” That too turned out to be an amazing weekend as well. And a special thank you goes out to the musicians that played songs from Bob’s catalog other than “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “Tambourine Man.”

Later August came to a close with the annual Beatles Week in Liverpool. Another great time spent seeing old friends and signing autographs for those who bought me book. Many Thanks!

After it was all over, I thought “well that's Liverpool done for another year!” and as I was leaving, the streets were blocked by 250,000 Beatles fans bringing the city to total gridlock. It was bloody great.

So for all of you keeping up with current events…

After another two hour train ride up to London I found myself in a whirlwind filming frenzy for several days for a handful of upcoming DVD’s and TV shows.

I’ll give you a little hint about these projects. One of course is celebrating Apple’s 40th year anniversary. Another for the failed Decca audition, we’ll never let them forget about that one now, will we?.

All in all, there are more milestones, more gallstones and not a sign of a single Rolling Stone anywhere! It seems more than ever I am up to my neck in features of the 40th since “The MopTops” imploded.

It’s already been 10 years already since dear Hari died.

I’ve also been called upon to cut a couple of radio shows on Keith Moon and Jimi Hendrix. Remember I produced a few shows for Jimi back in the mid-1960s, when he was just starting out.

In my spare time, and yes I do get the occasional few moments in between projects that I call spare time. Anyway, I have been very busy putting some last minute touches to my upcoming new, latest, most recent and up to date book’o’mine which is called “Musical Mystery Tours.” However the publisher is very slow and not sure of a release date, maybe next spring!

Also, one more thing before I drink my last glass of warm milk and whiskey, I agreed be a judge in “The Irish Songwriting and Talent Contest” this November - Erin Go Braghless! (they promise it to a “titillating” experience). Hmmm.

So it seems like a donkey’s year that I’ve been organizing a BeatleFest in Wales for June 2012.  Looking further up the road, there will be another “Beatles-Fest in Ireland. We are expecting to have about 100,000 attendees, a little more than Shea Stadium.

WHEW! Am I done?

Oh yes, lets not forget, I will be on The Beatles Tribute Cruise with my good friend Woody in February of 2012.

Maybe I’ll see some of you there, but I know you definitely won't be on the slow cruise from Dubai to Mombai and back at Christmas!