Summer memories from home........

Once upon a time there was an Irish student band called “The Reckless Pedestrians” with Rea as singer and guitarist. The band went to Germany playing some small gigs in a pub, that was the first time Mike saw them.
In 1997 Rea decided to turn his back on his band and home town Tralee and decided to leave for Germany,
more precisely to Illmensee in Swabia, with only 50,00 DM money and a Demo-CD in his pocket. At the
same time Mike read an advertisment in the local newspaper, called “Stockacher Anzeiger”: Irish musician
looking for a band for album and tour”

“Must be the Irish singer of the Reckless Pedestrians”, Mike thought and called the given number in the
newspaper and….surprise *wink*, it was Rea he was talking to.

Mike and Rea met and got along right from the start. Mike knew Sebi, Sebi knew Uwe and Uwe brought
along Philipp. So the band Reamonn was born! Very simple, isn´t it? *wink*

In 1999 the 5 guys played in a small pub in Hamburg in front of 16 representatives of well known record companies. Reamonn convinced everybody with their music , so that at the end of that day, the band found themselves in the position of being able to choose their label. Their choice was Virgin Records….

In summer 2000 one song hit in big : “Supergirl”.

Something big started and life would never be the same for the band. Supergirl went rapidly to gold and
in 2000 it was the most played song on German radio. Followed by the debut album “Tuesday” and with songs
like “Josephine”, “Swim” and “Waiting there for you” Reamonn proved that they were no “one hit wonder”.

One year after the release of the debut album “Tuesday”, the second album “Dream No. 7” entered the
music charts. The album again was produced by Steve Lyon, who also worked with Paul McCartney,
Depeche Mode and The Cure. In the same year Reamonn also had a guest appearance in the German movie “Mondscheintarif”, in which they performed their song “Weep”.

2003 followed the third album “Beautiful Sky” and with this a very special tour through German pubs
introducing the new songs. Reamonn also went on tour with Xavier Naidoo and supported Robbie Williams
in Portugal, where the single “Star” was for 9 weeks in the airplay charts and brought the guys closer to
their first Gold Award in Portugal. In August 2003 the band won the “Eins Live Krone” for Best Band
National. The award is absolutely popular because the winners are voted by fans.

Further awards followed: Platinum for the debut album “Tuesday” and also Platinum and Gold for the
album “Beautiful sky”. Remarkable was the Beautiful Sky Tour in 2004. The band headlined stadiums
that held 20.000-30.00 fans, making them one of the few German bands who have managed to gain
international acclaim. In fact, experiencing Reamonn live is probably the best way to get to know the band.
With that in mind, the band released a live disc and dvd, Raise Your Hands, later in 2004.

In August 2005 the band took a break to head to LA . There they recorded their the new album with
producer Greg Fidelman (Red Hot Chilli Peppers). It was long time no hear (at least it seemed so long to
the fans *wink*). But finally the waiting has an end and the band is back with a fantastic album: “Wish”…