Sometimes the Chillibrains are worked so hard that we forget about important events but luckily we have some eagle-eyed fans to point this out to us!  We must apologise to the lovely people in Fehraltorf Switzerland for missing them out of the last blog. We’d travelled to Switzerland on Saturday 1st of August for the 9th Annual Fehraltorf Highland Games.  With Pipe Bands Contests, Dancing and Heavy Events such as Caber Tossing and Axe-throwing it was like a taste of home away from home, except it was sunny and warm!  It was our debut in the country but it was clear that many people were very happy to see us there.  We also learned an important fact here which is that Switzerland has it’s own kind of electricity plug sockets! A wee bit of panic for us when we first discovered this but Super Kev soon got it sorted.

There was a great atmosphere around the games through the day and we drew in quite a crowd just for the soundcheck!  That was nothing compared with later that night though as the eager Swiss crowd filled the tent and gave us a tremendous welcome to the country.  We are delighted to be able to say that we will be returning next year for the 10th Anniversary, we can’t wait! We must make a special mention to a new friend and fan of the band who we met in Switzerland, Conny Koenig, who acted as our interpreter and tour guide for out time in Switzerland.  As well as looking after us on the day of our gig Conny also very kindly took us on a wee tour around Zurich the day after, although we’d taken some of the Scottish weather with us and spent most of the day trying to find shelter from the rain! Recently we’ve been out getting some new photos taken for promotional purposes so here’s a wee sneaky peek at us hanging out in the cold north of Scotland.



As I finish typing this we’re sitting in our hotel in a chilly Serbia, where we’re performing to help Chivas and Ballantines Whisky celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Ballantine.  On the plane across Willie happened to bump into Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, who says he’s a big fan of the band and loves watching us on Youtube, a wee bit of Willie magic later and we’re all on the guest list to go and see them perform tonight here in Belgrade! Take care Chilli fans and we’ll see you soon!
Chillipipers x x

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