Work is getting underway for Simon’s second album, with the first single due out in November 2010. Stay tuned for a new blog series and photos as we prepare for the studio over the upcoming weeks.

Softly Softly Catchee Monkey: an über-acoustic, inter-album EP, made for primates, by primates, has been released! Click here for more details.

In other news…More or Less, the third radio single from ALL or NOTHING in New Zealand, is scheduled to begin airing on NZ radio in March. Hiding So Long has made its Australian radio debut and is gathering momentum as the first Australian radio single from ALL or NOTHING.

After six months of airplay for Hiding So Long, the second single from ALL or NOTHING, Alive, has hit radio in New Zealand, making it into the NZ40 radio airplay chart. Hear Alive on More FM and Classic Hits, and catch Simon in NZ during December, when he arrives in NZ for appearances and shows.

Pssst! January, 2010 update: Mastering for Simon’s inter-album acoustic EP, Softly Softly Catchee Monkey, has been completed. Stay tuned for the EP’s release in February, and sample one of the EP’s songs, No Solid Ground, in the sidebar music player.

New Zealand radio network Classic Hits is sending two lucky winners to New York to see a Simon Spire show!

Check out the competition online here

Hear a couple of fun radio advertisements from the Classic Hits team here and here.

As well as hearing Hiding So Long on Classic Hits and More FM, you can catch Simon during the following appearances this New Zealand Music Month (May 2009):

• Juice TV Garage Sessions – May 15th and 16th
• Sunrise morning TV show (TV3) May 5th
• Classic Hits and More FM radio in-studio interviews
• Juice TV NZOWN May 15th
• C4 Select Live (TV), May 19th, 5:30pm live interview
• May 21st, CD Release Party, Auckland
• The Good Morning Show (TV1) May 28th
• Classic Hits Showcase, Auckland, May 28th
• June 5th, Full band show at the King’s Arms, Auckland

Simon has been selected as one of Channel One’s Top 20 Artists of the Year.

Hiding So Long has been added to More FM’s playlist! Hiding So Long is now playing throughout New Zealand on both Classic Hits and More FM radio networks, and on C4 and Juice music TV.

Hear Hiding So Long on the Edge radio network this week, airing throughout New Zealand (and still hear it on Classic Hits throughout NZ too!). Catch the Hiding So Long video on C4 Select, weekdays 4pm-6pm.

Please vote for the Hiding So Long video by texting s169 to 4440 from any cell phone in New Zealand! The more votes it receives, the more it plays!

Hiding So Long begins airing on radio in New Zealand with its feature on Classic Hits’ As Kiwi As.

Watch Simon hearing the song’s radio release here.

Simon is featured on Channel One Networks, airing in schools across the country. Also, be sure to check out the Simon Spire feature on the Channel One website.