I think it was going to be called Wrecking Ball (hence the artwork), maybe as a nod to Neil's song. Maybe the record company had a problem with that (like they had a problem with PJ's name being on the Mirror Ball cover) & they had to change it & come up with something random.
But what I think really happened was this: Someone (ed?) had handwritten that title somewhere, & someone else (let's say neil) saw it, couldn't quite read the writing, and said "Hahaha! I thought it said Merkin Ball". They had a big laugh about that, and Ed said "Fuck it. Let's just call it Merkin Ball anyway. That'll fuck with fans' heads for 14 years or so."
And here we are...
93: Slane
96: Cork, Dublin
00: Dublin
06: London, Dublin
07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
09: Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
11: San José
12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
I think it was going to be called Wrecking Ball (hence the artwork), maybe as a nod to Neil's song. Maybe the record company had a problem with that (like they had a problem with PJ's name being on the Mirror Ball cover) & they had to change it & come up with something random.
But what I think really happened was this: Someone (ed?) had handwritten that title somewhere, & someone else (let's say neil) saw it, couldn't quite read the writing, and said "Hahaha! I thought it said Merkin Ball". They had a big laugh about that, and Ed said "Fuck it. Let's just call it Merkin Ball anyway. That'll fuck with fans' heads for 14 years or so."
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I think it was going to be called Wrecking Ball (hence the artwork), maybe as a nod to Neil's song. Maybe the record company had a problem with that (like they had a problem with PJ's name being on the Mirror Ball cover) & they had to change it & come up with something random.
But what I think really happened was this: Someone (ed?) had handwritten that title somewhere, & someone else (let's say neil) saw it, couldn't quite read the writing, and said "Hahaha! I thought it said Merkin Ball". They had a big laugh about that, and Ed said "Fuck it. Let's just call it Merkin Ball anyway. That'll fuck with fans' heads for 14 years or so."
And here we are...
96: Cork, Dublin
00: Dublin
06: London, Dublin
07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
09: Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
11: San José
12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
ha. pretty good man!