Live at iTunes Festival '09, is a live EP by the Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 trio, General Fiasco

General Fiasco

General Fiasco are an indie rock group from Bellaghy, Northern Ireland. Since their formation in 2007, they have toured with Fighting With Wire, The Wombats, One Night Only, The Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy, Jet and Kids In Glass Houses...

. It is their first EP and was recorded during their performance at the iTunes Festival

ITunes Festival

The iTunes Festival is an annual music festival and concert series which is held in London at The Roundhouse art centre and sponsored by Apple Inc. It was first held in 2007...

 at The Roundhouse

The Roundhouse

The Roundhouse is a Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England, which has been converted into a performing arts and concert venue. It was originally built in 1847 as a roundhouse , a circular building containing a railway turntable, but was only used for railway...

 in London

London

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 in 2009.

Reviews

The EP received very good reviews with NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

calling them "one of the top 10 big hopes for the future."

Tracklisting

The live EP additionally contained a digital booklet

Digital booklet

Digital booklets are the digital equivalent of liner notes that often accompany digital music purchases. They are most commonly distributed in Portable Document Format. One well-known distributor of digital booklets with digital purchases is the iTunes Store; the first instance of this on the...

, which could only be downloaded with the purchase of the entire album.

Omitted Tracks

Even though 5 songs from their performance are on the EP, 8 songs were performed on the night it was recorded; "Dancing With Girls", "We Are The Foolish", and "Ever So Shy" were not included on the EP.

Personnel

• Owen Strathern - Lead vocals and bass guitar
• Enda Strathern - Guitar and backing vocals
• Stephen Leakcock - Drums