Fly By Nite were actively involved with over 111 acts throughout the year, ranging from one truck tours to multiple truck tours visiting all areas of Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Finland, North Africa, Switzerland, Romania, Turkey and Malta.
Ladies on tour in 2011
Throughout the year Fly By Nite looked after the ladies out on tour.
Lady Gaga - FBN provided trucks for her performances at The Radio One Big Weekend in Carlisle, MTV Awards in Belfast, X Factor in London and Children in Need Rocks show at the MEN Arena in Manchester.
Rihanna - FBN were appointed as the trucking supplier for the Europe shows of The Loud Tour. The tour began in Belfast on the 24th September, travelling to 32 cities with the trucks arriving back at FBN HQ on the 23rd December. Rihanna set the record as the first female solo artist to perform 10 shows at Londons O2 Arena since it opened in 2007. We are proud to have helped Rihanna set this record.
Sade - After an absence from the touring circuit of 18 years Fly By Nite were privileged to take Sade out on her UK, European 11 truck tour which also involved shows in Moscow and St Petersburg.
Beyonce - FBN transported equipment for her headline performances at the Glastonbury, T in the Park and Oxygen Festivals along with some shows in Europe.
Dolly Parton - Dolly set out in August on an 8 truck arena tour of the UK, Scandinavia and Southern and Northern Ireland which concluded in September.
Adele - The popular singer who recently scooped 6 Grammy Awards toured with 2 FBN trucks across the UK.
Avril Lavinge - Returned to the UK for the first time since 2008 to perform gigs in September. The 2 tour trucks also headed out to shows in Europe.
Tori Amos - Started in September with one 26t rigid truck for shows in Helsinki, St Petersburg and Moscow before moving into two artics for the UK, European and Scandinavian run ending in Dublin in early November.
Alison Kruas - Headed out on a one truck tour playing shows in Birmingham, Gateshead, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, ending with four nights in London during November.
Paloma Faith - Performed at Harrogate followed by Latitude Festival and Bestival.
Jessie J - Started the year with a 26t truck on a UK and Southern Ireland run taking in 7 shows, continuing into the Summer with appearances at Glastonbury, Big Chill and The Vs in Stafford and Chelmsford before embarking on a 3 truck tour of the UK to finish off the year October into November.
Amy Winehouse - Fly By Nite are proud to have worked with Amy for many years and transported equipment to what proved to be her last ever performance in Belgrade. RIP Amy.
KT Tunstall - A 1 truck tour which started out in February with three Southern Ireland shows in Galway, Cork and Dublin continuing on throughout the UK before heading out into mainland Europe for shows in finishing in late March. During the Summer months KT performed in Lucerne, at The V Festivals and The Harvest Festival in Chipping Norton completed a busy run.
Robyn - First show with this 1 truck tour was in Gothenburg followed by shows in Skanderborg, Bodo, Ibiza, Stavanger, Manchester, Bristol, Isle of Wight. Almost 8000 miles were covered on this run alone.
Lily Allen - FBN provided the trucking for Lily's most important date, her wedding!
Laura Marling - Cathedral Tour in November which visted 12 Cathedrals in cities across the UK.
NOT FORGETTING THE BANDS AND THE BOYS.........
In no particular order Fly By Nite worked with the following acts during 2011;
Foo Fighters, John Fogerty, Glasvegas, Sonic Youth, Chemical Brothers, James Blunt, The Pogues, 30 Seconds to Mars, Skunk Anansie, Pendulum, Bring Me the Horizon, Good Charlotte, Elbow, Feeder, David Gray, Chase & Status, Band Of Horses, Stomp, British Pink Floyd, White Lies, Madness, Ocean Colour Scene, Bright Eyes, Biffy Clyro, Beady Eye, All Time Low, Faithless, Interpol, The Stranglers, Mogwai, The Levellers, Bjorn Again, Plan B, Editors, Primal Scream, One Republic, Snow Patrol, The Streets, David Guetta, Killers, The Jolly Boys, Queens of The Stone Age, Kaiser Chiefs, James, Wiz Khalifa, Ray Lamontagne, The Prodigy, Flaming Lips, Swedish House Mafia, Erasure, Portishead, Michael Bolton, Death Cab for Cutie, X-Japan, The Strokes, Dream Theater, James Taylor, Big Audio Dynamite, James Morrison, Placebo, Noah and The Whale, The Kooks, Kids In Glass Houses, Wretch 32, The Naked and Famous, Example, DJ Fresh, M83, Alfie Boe, The Wiggles, The Charlatans, System Of A Down, Klaxons, Slipknot, My Chemical Romance, Mark Ronson, Nero, OK Go, Brandon Flowers, The Cranberries, 2 Many DJs, Robert Plant, Within Temptation, The Specials, Josh Groban, Bombay Bicycle Club, New Order, A Day To Remember, The Blackout, The Vaccines, Frank Turner, Proffesor Green, Plastikman and The Courteeners.
2011 Festivals - Fly By Nite were instrumental in delivering production equipment to all the major festival sites in the UK and Europe.
MTV Live - Batumi, Georgia - In July, 12 trucks departed on the journey from the UK to Batumi in South West Georgia, situated along the Black Sea coast line to ensure all the staging and production equipment arrived in time for the MTV Live event on the 2nd August.
5 of the trucks travelled from the FBN base in Redditch to load the staging from a specialist company in Naples, Southern Italy before heading off to take the ferry over to Greece and continue the length journey.
The remaining 7 trucks all loaded in the UK at various suppliers before heading off over the channel and into Europe.
Each truck covered over 5700 road miles, clearing borders in Turkey and Georgia ensuring it was a trip to be remembered for all concerned.
MTV EMA Awards, Belfast - In October Fly By Nite undertook the supply of production transport for the MTV Awards in Belfast.
27 trucks and trailers along with 5 rigid vehicles made the journey over the Irish sea to deliver the equipment which went on to make the show a truely memorable event.
Once the curtain came down all equipment was safely transported back from Ireland to the mainland and back to the suppliers.
Fly By Nite would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support in 2011 and we looking forward to carrying on into 2012 to make this a great year for everyone.
