• Music
  • 08 Apr 04

The Jimmy Cake and The Walls go East

The Jimmy Cake and The Walls go East
Danielle Brigham
Danielle Brigham

Hot Press joins The Walls and The Jimmy Cake on their diplomatic mission to welcome the new EU neighbours of the East [includes photo gallery and live audio tracks]

Part of the Union: The Walls and The Jimmy Cake do their bit for European unity by bringing their music – and an insatiable appetite for the craic – to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Our reporter Danielle Brigham survives to tell the tale.

Click here for a full photo gallery from tour snappers Mike Casey, Steve Wall and Danielle Brigham

PLUS! Live audio recordings from their Bratislava gig, complete with clinking glasses and Slovak-style cheers.

The Walls vs. The Jimmy Cake present...

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