For the second time in three years at the annual Tour Link conference in Palm Springs, California, the Top Dog Awards ceremony that recognises the very best of the best in the touring community as voted on by their peers.

2019 Fly By Nite are proud to be selected as the International Transport Company of the year.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who voted for Fly by Nite.

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2017 sees Fly by Nite in partnership with Volvo, providing an FH14 460 tractor unit and driver in the form of sponsorship to Mcams Yamaha.

2017 burst into life in early January, and the following list of bands/artists have each seen Fly by Nite vehicles roll out of the door for various shows/tours:

The 1975

Charlatans

Amy MacDonald

Drake

UB40

A Day To Remember

TAPFS (The Australian Pink Floyd Show)

Flaming Lips

Dream Theater

Simply Red

Skunk Anansie

Madness

James Morrison

Bastille

Kaiser Chiefs

Sigala

Kylie Minogue

Tom Odell

Royal Blood

OCS

The Head & The Heart

Editors

London Contemporary Orchestra

X-Factor

Brit Floyd

Porter Robinson

Bloc Party

Dusky

Pet Shop Boys

Lindsey Stirling

Gorillaz

Emeli Sande

Basement Jaxx

Bryson Tiller

Tyga

Wilco

One Republic

Spoon

Calum Scott

Olly Murs

Stranglers

You Me At Six

James Arthur

Glass Animals

Rag N Bone Man

All Time Low

Blossoms

London Grammar

Matoma

Marti Pellow

Underworld

Anderson Rabin & Wakeman

Chase & Status

Prodigy

Goldfrapp

Thunder

Arctic Monkeys

Sigur Ros

Steve Hackett

Billy Ocean

Gorillaz chose to make their live return after nearly seven years in an abandoned printing press plant by the River Thames in London

Taking the stage just after 9pm, a brooding electronic instrumental welcomed the 11-piece band to the stage. “Thank you for coming at short notice” frontman Albarn says to the ecstatic crowd, before letting them know that they’re playing ‘Humanz’ in its entirety and that they’ve brought some of its star-studded lineup along as well.

Fly by Nite used 6 flat floor mega trucks and trailers to transport all the gear form the suppliers to site.

Fly by Nite have supplied a total of 44 flat floor mega trailers for the current UK - European Tour.

The run started with rehearsals at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam in in January 2017, before the trucks hit the road taking in a total of 17 Cities across the UK & Europe, encompassing Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and France, over 69 days.

The run ends with the last show in Amsterdam on the 28^th March.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Fly by Nite employee, colleague and friend, Tony Collinge.

Tony, 70, passed away on Saturday after a short illness.

Throughout his 14 years at FBN, Tony worked for many years with STOMP, whilst also trucking the likes of Cheek by Jowl, Frank Turner, and most recently with Archive in 2016.

He will be sadly missed by all at FBN.

RIP Tony.

Each year at the annual Tour Link conference in Palm Springs, California, the Top Dog Awards ceremony recognises the very best of the best in the touring community as voted on by their peers.

This year Fly By Nite were proud to be selected as the International Transport Company of the year, 2017.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who voted for Fly by Nite.

Fly By Nite have teamed up with Volvo Dynafleet to equip all of our current fleet with vehicle tracking. The state-of-the-art software will show the vehicle's position in real time along with the driver's current hours and data on how the vehicle is being driven. 

We will be able to supply Production Managers with access to this information for vehicles on their specific tours to assist them with load in and load out timings. 

We expect to complete fitment by January 2017. 

For more information please contact Richard Brown, Transport Manager.

Fly by Nite have taken delivery of a new 26T to our ever-expanding fleet, adding a Mercedes-Benz Actros 2530 (pictured left). This now takes the FBN rigid fleet total to twenty-one 26T, four 12T, and four 7.5T trucks.

The new addition will head out on it's debut FBN tour with long standing FBN client, English singer-songwriter James Morrison. The first leg of the tour takes in 13 cities across the UK & Ireland, over 21 days in March 2016, before heading across the water to Europe, visiting 14 cities including Brussels, Cologne, Amsterdam and Milan in April 2016.

Watch this space for regular updates...

Fly by Nite are delighted to have been named Favourite Trucking Company at the TPi Awards Ceremony held at Battersea Evolution on Monday 22nd February 2016.

FBN were nominated for the award along with serveral competitors but Fly By Nite were declared the winners decided by votes from personnel within the entertainment industy. The glizty event presented by comedian and actor Russell Kane was attended by 8 members of the FBN staff. The award was collected by three members of the team Colin Eyre, Paul Walker and Richard Brown (pictured left with event host Russell Kane and sponsor Adam 'Bullet' Bettley).

Well done to everyone at Fly by Nite on this fantastic acheivement!

Fly by Nite have taken delivery of a 65-plate Mercedes-Benz Actros 1848 Gigaspace for the month of February, which will see it go on tour with American pop-punk band All Time Low. Together with four further FBN artics, it sets off on a 6-date tour of the UK & Ireland, taking in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Dublin.

Watch this space for regular updates...

14 Fly by Nite trucks hit the road yesterday, Monday 25th January 2016, for various customers in the Conference and Exhibition sector. Heading out to destinations all over Europe; Budapest, Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam, as well as several UK cities.

FBN have also despatched one 26T to the Swiss mountain town of Davos, for the annual winter meeting of the World Economic Forum, where 2,500 of the world's top business and political leaders are invited to come together and discuss the most pressing issues facing the world of today.

It's not all Rock and Roll at FBN, as we continue to thrive in the corporate and exhibition industries by giving these clients the same excellent service as our music and entertainment friends.

Check out http://www.flybynitestudios.co.uk/ for updates on the progress of Fly by Nite Rehearsal Studios, including Timelapse cameras of the build. Coming soon!!

Please contact Studio Manager Scottie Sanderson on 01527 520720 or scottie@fbnstudios.co.uk for more information.

During the Winter months November through to January, Fly by Nite delivered and collected over 36 different pantomime sets and stages to various theatres throughout the UK, from the Lakes School in Windermere to the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple.

Fly by Nite are proud to continue its services to the pantomime and theatre world, and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support in the music, entertainment, corporate and exhibition industries also.

During the 2015 season Fly by Nite supplied 2 dedicated low ride artics to the English Touring Opera (ETO) for the spring and autumn tours.

The Spring tour saw performances of The Siege of Calais – The Wild Man Of the West Indies and La Boheme

The Siege of Calais was last performed by the English Touring opera in 2013 tells the tale of the citizens of Calais and the sacrifices made by the citizens while under siege.

The Wild Man Of the West Indies is even more of a rarity; this is the first company to stage it in Britain in modern times.

La Boheme, one of Puccini’s masterpieces, was lasted performed 10 years ago by the ETO.

All three shows played on various dates in 18 different towns over the period March – May 2015.

Visiting 8 English towns between October and November 2015, ETO's Autumn Tour comprised three French operas from the late 19^th century; Pellas et Melisande – Werther – The Tales Of Hoffmann, all containing beautiful arrangements for small orchestras or chamber groups.

Photo Credit: englishtouringopera.org.uk

Fly by Nite are delighted to welcome Kevin Hart, and roll out four trucks (three artics for production and a 26T for catering) for the UK leg of the award-winning American comedian's International What Now? World Tour 2016.

Comprising four shows in Birmingham, Manchester and London, the UK leg of What Now? begins an extensive international tour that will also make stops in Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa.

After releasing her third studio album Delirium in November 2015, long-standing client Ellie Goulding hits the road with 10 FBN artics in January, February and March with a colossal 31-date European tour commencing in Hamburg on 21st January, culminating in a double-header at London's O2 Arena at the end of March.

Fly by Nite welcome back American heavy metal band Slipknot for a 19-show European Tour, encompassing 18 different cities in 11 different countries. Beginning at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on 18th January, ten artics are deployed for the latest tour, finishing at the SSE Arena in Belfast on 15th February.

The latest creation from Nitro Circus Live takes 15 FBN artics on it's 15-date European Tour in January and February, with 17-time X Games medalist Travis Pastrana leading his elite team of athletes once again. New tricks, contraptions and performances, combined with record-breaking feats, are sure to astound the 13 European cities it will be visiting, including Manchester, Glasgow and London.

Other long-standing clients to utilise FBN trucks in January are British rock band The Kooks, who take one artic for their re-scheduled UK Tour dates, encompassing York, Nottingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Norwich, Folkestone and Southampton, and The Australian Pink Floyd Show who employs two artics for their 11-date tour of France, before returning in March 2016 for their Swiss, Austrian and German shows.

Justin Hawkins-fronted The Darkness return for a 17-date European Tour, taking one FBN 12T truck, beginning in Barcelona on 14th January, ending the intense 22-day tour at the Voorhuit Ballroom in Ghent, Belgium on 4th February.

March and April 2015 - Fly by Nite provided a 26t rigid truck for promo shows to launch British rock band Mumford & Sons' third studio album Wilder Mind. Following its release on May 4th 2015, Wilder Mind charted at number 1 in seven countries in its first week, topping both the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200.

June through to August saw the band using 6 x Mega flat floor artics for the summer festival run throughout Europe, encompassing Italy, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, concluding with Leeds and Reading.

September saw two artics deployed for the rebranded Apple Music Festival at the Roundhouse, London for the penultimate show on 27th September.

2015 ended with a 10-truck UK and Ireland Arena tour during November and December taking in 10 cities playing 14 shows, finishing at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 14th December.

Fly by Nite are proud to have supplied a total of 37 trucks for Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour 2015, encompassing the UK & Europe.

35 Flat floor megas and 2 x 26t rigids made the trip

Starting by meeting the Air Freight at 3 different Airports Koln, Frankfurt and Luxembourg along with trucks loading suppliers in the UK before all heading to Koln for rehearsals.

The trucks visited a total of 13 countries taking in 16 different cites, beginning with the Lanxess Arena in Koln on 4th November, ending at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 21^st December. 

Fly By Nite provided the trucking for the MTV EMA 2015 Awards held at the Mediolanum Forum in Assago on the outskirts of Milan during the month of October.

A total of 24 trucks were used to pull together all the collections in the UK and then to transport all the gear down to Assago.

During the period on site Fly By Nite provided 2 x transport coordinators to work with the production office on site to ensure all the trucks arriving not just the production trucks but all band and general supply trucks  were unloaded at the right time at the right location before being sent to the parking area, we also provided security for the UK catering company on site.

After the show ended our on site transport coordinators controlled the flow of trucks once again to ensure the right truck was at the right place for loading at the right time to ensure a smooth flow of trucks for the load out.

After front man Dave Grohl broke his leg whilst on stage in Gothenburg earlier this year, the Foo Fighters were forced to cancel their Wembley, Glastonbury and Edinburgh gigs in June 2015.

They celebrated their return in style with FBN, and 17 artics were deployed at the start of September 2015 for two shows at the Milton Keynes Bowl and one at Edinburgh's Murrayfield.

Following up where they left off in June, Royal Blood, utilising one FBN 26T truck, supported the Amercian rock band for the trio of open-air performances after being handpicked by Grohl after their Glastonbury performance in June 2014.

Fly by Nite had an extremely large presence at Worthy Farm this year, with 42 trucks covering no fewer than 19 bands and artists, as well as additional PA, lights, video, rigging and catering.

The bands and artists that FBN covered were:

Kanye West

Pharrell Williams

Chemical Brothers

Bastille

Charli XCX

Ben Howard

George Ezra

Enter Shikari

Mary J Blige

Franz Ferdinand

Rudimental

The Libertines

Belle & Sebastian

Charlatans

Sigma

Vaccines

Years and Years

Leftfield

Jamie T

Along with these we deployed 7 x lighting, 3 x video, 2 x PA, 1 x rigging, and 2 x catering artics across the 3-day weekend, making Glastonbury 2015 one of the biggest weekends of the year so far.

Fly by Nite's fleet strength has increased by a further six DAF XF 105 Euro 6 tractor units giving even more availability to the Music, Conference and Exhibition industry. FBN are proud of the fact that we dedicate our fleet to your requirements 100%. Just another statement of our commitment to your needs.

DAF XF 105 Euro 6

The Euro 6 trucks meet all the current European Environment requirements making them amongst the leading trucks available working to reduce our carbon footprint in order to meet the stringent Euro 6 emission requirements. DAF is using a combination of exhaust gas after-treatment technologies.

British pop band The Vamps hit the road on their inaugural tour with Fly by Nite, also their very first arena tour, encompassing 11 cities across UK & Ireland. 7 artics are utilised for the 13-date tour, beginning at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow on 17th April, with further shows in Belfast, Dublin, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Newcastle, Nottingham, and Cardiff, finishing at the Genting Arena in Birmingham on 8th May.

Set to release their first studio album in twelve years on 27th April, FBN are delighted to welcome English rock band Blur, as they take a 26T truck on a run through Europe, visiting Paris, Berlin and Milan, promoting The Magic Whip, which, according to lead singer Damon Albarn, was conceived in five days in Hong Kong after their cancelled tour of Japan in 2013.

Also on their first outing with FBN, English drum and bass duo Sigma hit the road with a 26T truck for a short run of dates in April, with shows in Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton and London.

Longstanding FBN client Texas begins a 15-date UK tour with one FBN artic, before heading to the continent in May with a 12T truck for a further 9 shows in France, Germany and Denmark. Kylie Minogue takes one 26T truck for a corporate show in Malmo, Morrissey utilises one artic for a run to Spain in April and May, with shows in Barcelona and the SOS Festival in Murcia, whilst Metronomy are also featuring at the SOS Festival with a 12T truck.

Watch this space for further FBN updates...

Fly by Nite have added 2 new DAF XF 105 Euro 6 26t trucks to the fleet!

The Euro 6 trucks meet all the current European Environment requirements making them amongst the leading trucks available working to reduce our carbon foot print. In order to meet the stringent Euro 6 emission requirements, DAF is using a combination of exhaust gas after-treatment technologies.

We are now running a total fleet of twenty 26t trucks dedicated to the music, conference and exhibition industry.

As we are constantly moving forward with our equipment, we have also taken delivery of 16 Mega Flat floor trailers from Cartwright trailers.   

Ben Howard comes out of production rehearsals heading for Liverpool for his first show using 5 x Mega Flat floor trucks, System of A Down go into production rehearsals in London before shows in Germany - France - Belgium - Holland and Russia with 3 Mega Flat floor trucks on this run along with a 26T truck carrying the merchandise.

Rudimental take 1 x Mega Flat floor truck to arrive in Mayrhofen in Austria for the annual Snowboming festival. Also at Snowbombing were Basement Jaxx who utilised a 26T truck for their journey.

Prodigy hit the road with 1 x Mega Flat floor artic and a 26T truck heading for a short run taking in shows in Amsterdam – Berlin – Hannover – Paris - Lyon – Strasbourg – Lille, taking their 6^th No.1 album The Day Is My Enemy on the road.

We are also delighted to welcome new friends Ronan Keating and Anastacia both hitting the road in April with FBN using 7.5T trucks on their runs. Pentatonix head out of the UK on a 34-day European tour taking in 19 different cities along the way using 2 x Mega Flat floor trucks. UB40 featuring Ali – Astro – Mickey take their show on the road heading for 8 towns in the UK using 2 x Mega Flat floor artics for these shows. Also keeping Paul Simon and Sting and the crew fed, we are supply 1 x 26T truck to carry the catering equipment for their UK shows. 

Watch this space for further FBN updates...

Following their debut feature film in June 2014 which reached number 1 in UK and Ireland Box offices, Mrs. Brown's Boys heads out on the road again with four Fly by Nite artics. It has been an incredible 12 months for the Award Winning Serial Comedy written by and starring Brendan O'Carroll, with accolades including two National Television Awards, TV Choice Awards, a Scottish BAFTA and a TV BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy. The first 18 shows of 'HOW NOW MRS BROWN COW' span March and April, with a further 60 performances scheduled in June, July, November and December.

Justin & Friends return for a brand new Circus-Themed Arena Tour, as CBeebies Live! 2015 takes to the road in March and April. The live show will be touring nine cities across the UK including London, Glasgow and Cardiff as 'Mr Tumble's Circus' heads out with four FBN artics.

Following the release of their fifth studio album Colours, British R&B group Blue embark on a 16-date UK tour, beginning in Portsmouth on 21st March, with one FBN artic.

English group The Vaccines head out on a 10-date UK tour with one FBN artic, preceding the release of their third album English Graffiti in May 2015, which lead singer Justin Young claims to be 'genre defining', whilst ska band Madness utilise a 7.5T truck for shows at the Emirates Stadium and London Palladium.

The FBN fleet have been kept consistently busy with corporate work throughout the UK and Europe with three artics and a 7.5T truck deployed to Cascais, Portugal, with further artics heading out to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Dubrovnik, Berlin and Brussels.

Watch this space for further FBN updates...

Fly by Nite are delighted to welcome new and existing clients from across the pond.

FBN artics hit the road with American bands Train and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers; the former utilising two trucks for their UK Tour, whilst Chic, the disco and R&B band founded by guitarist Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards, head out on a 6-date UK tour with one FBN artic.

American post-hardcore bands Pierce The Veil and Sleeping With Sirens head out with a 26T truck on a co-headline 18-date European and UK tour as the second leg of their huge world tour kicks off in Antwerp on 20th March, finishing with back-to-back shows at The Forum in London in April.

Following the release of new album No Cities to Love in January 2015, American rock trio Sleater-Kinney also hit the road with a 26T truck, with gigs scheduled in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and Antwerp, before hitting the UK & Ireland shores with further shows in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin.

Watch this space for further FBN updates...

Fly by Nite are delighted to welcome English pop punk supergroup McBusted, and to be providing 9 artics for their 7-week, 22-date UK & Ireland tour. Formed in 2013 of members from McFly and Busted, McBusted sold out their debut 34-date 2014 tour, have been supporting One Direction in Australia and Europe in 2015, and now head out on tour again, performing new material as well as their biggest hits.

English hard rock band Thunder utilise 3 artics and a 26T for their March run of dates comprising Leeds, Birmingham and London, whilst a 26T truck heads out on a European tour with American pop punk band All Time Low. Further rigid trucks are employed as Canadian composer and musician Caribou hits the road with a 12T truck and American Nu Metal band Papa Roach utilise a 7.5T truck to transport equipment to their first show at Le Trianon in Paris on 7th March.

Back in February, FBN had a visit from Prodigy front man and motorcycle enthusiast Keith Flint, and his Team Traction Control head down to Spain for their pre-season testing in March with the team race trailer which is provided and transported to each event by FBN as part of the sponsorship deal. Testing is carried out at both the Cartagena and Guadix race circuits before the 2015 season kicks off at Donington in April.

FBN are also pleased to welcome the English Touring Opera, as they present three separate operas throughout the Spring; La boheme, The Siege of Calais and The Wild man of the West Indies tour the UK with two artics.

An FBN artic heads out to Moscow, transporting the UK and Belgian gear for 30 Seconds to Mars, as they begin their 14-date Russian Tour, before concluding with shows in Minsk, Kiev and Gdansk.

Scottish alternative rock band Jesus And Mary Chain utilised an 18T truck for their 8-date UK tour at the back end of February.

March sees a whole host of conferences and events taking place around Europe; artics have been deployed on jobs to Monteux and Berlin, whilst the rigid fleet have been kept exceptionally busy on corporate jobs to Hamburg, Marbella, Cannes, Geneva, Oslo and Bonn.

Watch this space for further FBN updates...

Fly by Nite are delighted to be working with English singer-songwriter Sam Smith, providing the four-time Grammy award, and two-time Brit Award winner with 4 artics on his 14-date European and UK tour, beginning at the Forest National in Brussels on Sunday 1st March. The 'In His Lonely Hour Tour' follows his stunning debut album of the same name which has gone platinum in the UK selling over 1.9 million copies worldwide.

British rock duo Royal Blood also head out on their inaugural FBN tour with one artic and one 26T for their 15-date UK tour, reverting to a 26T truck for the band's biggest European tour to date, visiting Holland, France, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany. The band, composed of bassist/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher are due to support Foo Fighters on select dates during their 2015 UK & USA tours.

We are also extremely pleased to welcome prolific American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, and to be providing him with an artic for his 15-date UK and European tour through February and March, whilst all-female Norwegian band Katzenjammer utilise an artic on their 4-week European tour, finishing in Leuven on 24th March.

There is no respite for the FBN rigid fleet as new client Jason Aldean, a vital figure of the 'Country to Country 2015' line up, heads out to Europe with a 26T truck.

Several existing FBN clients go back out on tour at the end of February also. 3 artics head out with American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, whilst two artics are despatched with alternative rock band Placebo. Five-time Grammy award winner James Taylor is out on his 28-date European tour with one FBN artic, long-standing FBN client UB40 utilise one artic for their Danish, French, Swiss and Italian tour dates, British electronic group Underworld heads out with two FBN artics, whilst Morrissey employs one artic for his European & UK tour spanning March.

26T trucks are being deployed on UK tours for both English rock band The Stranglers, and indie rock band The Charlatans, whilst 12T trucks hit the road with The Levellers on their 11-date UK acoustic tour, and electronic music group Metronomy.

A total of six FBN trucks have been despatched down to Barcelona for the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2015, an annual conference event where mobile leaders gather, collaborate and conduct new business opportunities, including an exhibition with more than 1800 companies displaying cutting edge products and technologies that define the future of mobile.

Watch this space for further FBN updates...

Among those taking part on a star studded evening at The O2 in London – Performing / receiving awards and presenting were Fly by Nite clients Madonna – Sam Smith – Foo Fighters – Pharrell Williams - Royal Blood – Charli XCX – George Ezra and Mr Lionel Richie.

Congratulations and many thanks to all for their valued support.

February 2015 continues to see one of the busiest starts to a calendar year for FBN.

English singer-songwriter Charli XCX (left) heads out to Europe with a 26T truck, where she is supporting Katy Perry on her 'Prismatic' tour, covering dates in Spain, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Austria, Belgium and Holland.

Dublin-based Irish rock band Kodaline head out with a 7.5T truck on their 16-date UK and European tour, whilst Archive, a musical group based in London, are utilising a 26T truck on a two-month European tour, ending in Warsaw on 30th March.

FBN have also despatched a 26T on a new innovative project called Inside Out of Mind, a 25-date UK Theatre tour, which is a new play depicting life on a dementia ward based on research from a team of ethnographers from the University of Nottingham.

English Britpop band Ocean Colour Scene head out with a 12T truck on their 9-date UK tour, first show in Leeds on 12th February.

FBN are supplying trucks into rehearsals for English electronic music group The Prodigy and singer-songwriter FKA Twigs, and coupled with artic trucks being deployed to Brixton Academy for the annual NME Awards show on 18th February, February 2015 shows no sign of slowing down.

Watch this space for further FBN updates.

Continuing on where January left off, February 2015 has seen a very busy start for the FBN fleet.

The all-female Irish musical ensemble that is Celtic Woman headed out to Dusseldorf on the first day of February to commence their 14-date European Tour with one FBN artic, whilst American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz begins his UK & European Tour with 3 artics, first show in Plymouth on 4th February.

English art rock band 10cc commence their 16-date UK Tour at The Hexagon in Reading on 5th February, utilising one FBN artic.

With rehearsals beginning the first week of February, and the main 24-date UK Tour kicking off on 13th February in Belfast, the X Factor 2015 Live Tour will see eight of the contestants performing classic songs and viewers' favourites from the hit TV series. The tour has been one of the most successful annual arena tours in the UK for the past ten years, and heads out with 9 FBN artics.

Enter Shikari headed back out to Europe on 1st February for a 21-date European and UK Tour with one FBN 26T, whilst Gorgon City, the English electronic music production duo from North London, head out with a rigid 12T commencing a 7-date UK Tour, first show in Glasgow on 5th February.

12 artics and a rigid 26T were deployed to the ACC Liverpool for supermarket giants Morrisons 'Kick Off' suppliers' conference on 10th February, whilst further 26T trucks head out on conference jobs to Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

Watch this space for further FBN updates.

January 2015 has seen one of the busiest starts to a calendar year in recent times for FBN. This is largely due to having 18 artics out on Queen & Adam Lambert's UK & European tour, 11 out with American heavy metal band Slipknot, whilst also dispatching 12 artics down in Milan for Cisco Live 2015, which is a technical training, networking and education conference, held annually across Europe.

January 2015 has also seen FBN have 3 artics out with The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS), 2 out with percussion group STOMP, 4 on the annual TNA Wrestling UK tour, with further artics out with X-Factor 2014 winner Sam Bailey, American rock band Interpol, and the all-female musical ensemble Celtic Woman.

American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie heads out on 30th January with 8 FBN artics for his 32-date European & UK Tour, finishing at the O2 in London on 31st March 2015.

The last week in January has also seen the commencement of The Kaiser Chiefs' UK Tour with a further 4 artics and a 26T, whilst British rock band The Kooks' European Tour heads out with one FBN artic.

A fleet of eight 7.5T trucks were utilised for the load out of the Shard after its Christmas & New Year light displays. Designed by London-based art collective Jason Bruges Studio, the shows involved over 350 separate lights, plus smoke machines, with varying displays each night from 19th December through until New Year.

Coupled with artics being deployed on 25 post-Christmas pantomime load outs, on conference jobs to Rome, Cascais, and Amsterdam, 26T trucks out on conference jobs to Prague (Hospira MMS Event 2015), Stockholm, Nice and Madrid, and rigid trucks out on runs with Enter Shikari, Belle & Sebastian, Ellie Goulding, Kodaline, The Vaccines, Above & Beyond, and Mogwai, 2015 has started with a bang!

Watch this space throughout the year for monthly FBN updates.

Fly by Nite hit the road with 181 different Bands & Performers in 2014

Listed below in no particular order are the acts we have been privileged and proud to have worked with during this period. From multi-truck and trailer tours down to single truck tours.

Pharrell Williams - The Eagles – Foo Fighters -  Lady Gaga – Biffy Clyro - Queen & Adam Lambert – Kylie Minogue - Prodigy – London Philharmonic Orchestra - Megadeth – Blink 182 – James Taylor – Mumford and Sons – Dwight Yoakam - Calvin Harris - Ellie Goulding - Peter Gabriel - Dream Theater  - Atoms For Peace - Joe Bonamassa – Avicii – 30 Seconds To Mars- Chris Rea – James – Prince - Killers – Manic Street Preachers – Tony Iommi – Robert Plant – James Arthur - Morrissey – Billy Connolly – Lindsey Stirling – Duke Demont – Level 42 - The 1975 – James Blunt – Keane – Travis – Snow Patrol – Editors – Foals - London Grammar – Frank Turner – Tom Odell – Gavin Degraw – Stranglers - Panic At The Disco – Arcade Fire – Flaming Lips – Julie Andrews – Gordon City - Queens Of The Stone Age – National – Ocean Colour Scene – Ben Howard - Deftones – Billy Idol – Human League – Placebo – Wilkinson – Nero – Texas - Pearl Jam – Eels – Wiz Khalifa - The Australian Pink Floyd Show – Birdy - Pet Shop Boys – Brit Floyd – Earth Wind and Fire – Slipknot – Royal Blood - Erasure – James – The Levellers – Damon Albarn – Gordon City - Franz Ferdinand – Bonobo – Cirque Du Soleil – David Gray – One Republic - Bombay Bicycle Club – Stomp – Newton Faulkner – Beady Eye – Kaiser Chiefs - St Vincent – Jake Bugg – All Time Low – Jamie Cullum – Fall Out Boy - UB40 - Andrea Bocelli – Imelda May – John Grant – Professor Green – Smashing Pumpkins - Rudimental – Bastille – Disclosure – Il Divo – Goldfrapp - Example – Metronomy – Rebecca  Ferguson – Kodaline – Interpol – Tori Amos - Chase & Status – Broken Bells – Tinie Tempah – Eliza Doolittle – Basement Jaxx - Asking Alexandria – The Specials – The Knife – Jamie T – Lamb – Rise Against - CBeebies – Steve Hackett – Lykke Li – Rick Wakeman – Black Keys - Ben Harper – New Kids On The Block – Lisa Stansfield – Lily Allen – Morcheeba - Jack White – Dolly Parton – Snoop Dogg – Icona Pop – James Blake – Netsky - Rodrigo y Gabriela – Nas – Portishead - Iggy Azalea – Wet Wet Wet – Charlatans - Underworld – John Newman – Two Door Cinema Club – The Kooks – New Order - Marilyn Manson – DJ Fresh – Janelle Monae – Janes Addiction – Jason Mraz - Vampire Weekend – Enter Shikari – Azealia Banks – The Libertines – Phoenix - Massive Attack – Florence and The Machine – Angus & Julia – Belle & Sebastian - Temples – Circa Waves – Once In A Life Time - Alesso – Axwell /\ Ingrosso - Jason Derulo – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Hardwell – Michael Bolton - John Mayer - Darius Rucker – Eric Church - Dizzee Rascal – The Ballet Boyz – Wizz Kid - Lorde - Lady Smith Black Mambazo – Sub Focus – Bloody Beetroots - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Many thanks to all the Tour Managers, Production Managers and crews we have worked with to make 2014 yet another memorable year at Fly by Nite.

Festival season was no let up for our trucks working at all the major UK and European Festival sites once again in 2014 starting in May going until September. Radio One Weekend, V Festival, Glastonbury, Leeds and Reading, Latitude, Global Gathering, T in The Park, Car Fest, Love Box, Fusion, Wireless, Download, Clapham Calling and many more in the UK. In Europe we had trucks at Roskilde, Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park, Hurricane, North Side, South Side, Bravalla, Benicassim, to name but a few. Trucks covered thousands of miles ensuring Lighting – PA - Set – Video and Staging arrived at all major venues for all our various customers along with all the Band trucks to ensure the complete show.

Conference, Sporting Events and Exhibition work involved Fly by Nite trucks travelling all over Europe, Africa, Scandinavia and Russia to ensure our customer's events went off without a hitch. Working with major companies from the world of Telecommunications, Motor Car Manufacturers, The Ryder Cup, White goods product launches, Multinational Supermarket conferences and product launches, Commonwealth Games, Toy Manufacturers, International Real Estate Show, Ultimate Fight Club, Technology training networking and education conferences, IT Conferences, various company AGM’s, Sky Boxing Events, Food Manufacturers, Food Distribution, Fashion and Beauty Products, Banking Road show, DIY, Home Improvement and many more diverse companies.

Also on the road for the 2014 season was Team Traction Control’s Racing Trailer. Owner Keith Flint from the Prodigy used Fly by Nite to transport his British Supersport's Motorcycle Racing Team to races in the UK, Europe and to the World Famous Isle Of Man TT using a custom built and prepared race trailer. 

Fly by Nite were proud to be the trucking company of choice for the 20th anniversary MTV EMA Awards 2014 held at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow using a total of 21 trucks to ensure the arrival and collection of equipment required for the show to run smoothly.

Pantomime movements made for a very busy December to see the year out carrying shows all over the UK – Aladdin, Jack & The Beanstalk, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Puss In Boots, Dick Whittington and many more.

Fly by Nite would like to thank all its customers for their continued support in 2014.

FBN have again in 2013 continued to expand and upgrade the fleet of vehicles with the purchase of 16 new trucks and 12 new mega cube trailers.

6 brand new DAF XF105 tractor units arrived in March along with 2 new DAF XF105 26t vehicles. A further 6 XF105 units followed in May with another 2 XF105 26t trucks currently being built and due to arrive at the FBN Complex in September. This has brought the current vehicle count to 90, all of which have a minimum of Euro 4 omissions rating meaning FBN have one of the biggest and most enviornmentally friendly fleets in the business.

The trailer fleet has also been boosted with the addition of 6 brand new Montracon Flat Floor Mega trailers in April with another 6 to follow in September ensuring that FBN can always meet demand from the vast client base. 3 of the new trailers were sent straight into the paintshop on delivery and were liveried ready to go out on Eddie Izzards Force Majeure UK and European Tour, these were accompanied by another 4 standard liveried trailers on the tour which ran from the begining of April until the middle of June.

Its been another busy year of festivals for FBN with the return to the calender of the most famous festival of them all and some new additions as well.

It is usually the case that BBC's Radio 1 Big Weekend kicks off the Festival season and this year was no different with the event this year held in Londonderry, Northern Ireland raising the festival curtain for the Summer. FBN had a strong presence in Londonderry taking over 2 artic loads of PA and 2 artic loads of SFX as well as the equipment for 14 of the bands performing across the entire weekend.

The following weekend saw FBN head down to Barcelona for the Sonisphere with one of the headline acts, american rock band Megadeth.

The first weekend of June marked the real kick off of festival season with the first of the major European festivals, Rock AM Ring and Rock Am Park Festivals held in Germany. The Rock AM Ring gig is held at the famous Nurburgring race track site and Rock AM Park is held in a park in Nuremburg city centre. FBN travelled to both sites with bill topping acts Killers, Prodigy, 30 Seconds to Mars as well as Phoenix and All Time Low.

The first weekend of June was also the date of the Caribana Festival in Crans Pres Celingy in Switzerland and FBN transported equipment to the festival for long running British rock groups Skunk Anansie and Kaiser Chiefs. Two more festivals were taking place on the first weekend of June back in the UK. FBN travelled to Rockness held on the site of the Loch Ness Lake, nr Inverness with well known acts Basement Jaxx, Example, Ellie Goulding, Plan B and The Vaccines. Both Plan B and Example were busy that weekend as they also played the Parklife Weekender at Heaton Park, Manchester. They were joined there by other FBN acts Dizzee Rascal, DJ Fresh, Disclosure, Wretch 32, Hot Natured and Iggy Azelea.

The 2nd weekend of June brought another of the most famous festivals of the calender and FBN transported the equipment to the Island for the both The Stone Roses who headlined on the Friday night and The Killers who headlined the Saturday night. There was also another festival in Barcelona on this weekend, this time the Sonar Festival which featured some more mellow music than the heavy rock Sonisphere Festival we had visited with Megadeth at the end of May. FBN travelled to Sonar with Pet Shop Boys, Two Door Cinema Club and Hot Natured.

The 2nd weekend of June also brought the 2nd Swiss Festival of the Summer. The Grrenfield Festival held in Interlaken. FBN acts Queens of the Stone Age and Prodigy were again high up the bill.Further Norh in Europe The Hultsfred Festival was taking place but not in Hultsfred, in its new home of Stockholm some 40 miles away. The location of the festival was moved to make it easier for festival goers to commute to as the Hultsfred site had posed problems of this nature in recent years. FBN trucked equipment to the festival for Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, Band Of Horse, Phoenix and Two Door Cinema Club.

Heavy rock festival Download took place at its usual home of Donnington Park just an hours drive from FBN HQ. FBN had a good presence at the festival transporting Friday nights headliners Slipknot who had 3 artics for their gear. Along with Queens of the Stone Ages who were secondly only to Iron Maiden on the Saturday night and 30 Seconds to Mars who warmed up the main stage for Sunday nights headliners Rammstein. FBN also transported equipment for Enter Shakiri and Mastodon who both permformed on the Saturday as well as taking in 6 artic loads of PA for the entire festival.

Across the water another major European festival was taking place. The Pinkpop festival in Holland. FBN transported equipment for headliners The Killers as well as Queens of the Stone Age, Ellie Goulding, Phoenix, The Vaccines and 30 Secoinds to Mars.

The final festival to report from that weekend was the Northside Festival in Aarhus, Denmark. Phoenix, Keane, The Knife, Ellie Goulding, Portishead, Band of Horses and Flaming Lips all used FBN trucks to get their equipment to the site for their performances.

Next up were the Hurricane and Southside Festivals in Germany which operate on a basis to the V Festivals and Reading & Leeds over here in that the same artist play each festival on different dates. Its always a challenging one for FBN as the festival sites are nearly 500 miles apart,. Hurricane held in Scheesel, near Hamburg in the North of Germany and Southside (not suprising is held in Southern Germany) in a place called Neuhausen Ob Eck which is close to the Swiss border. The festivals are amongst the biggest on the calander and as always FBN had a good presence at both, transporting in the equipment for Queens of The Stone Age, Portishead, Editors, Two Door Cinema Club, Of Monsters and Men and The Vaccines.

The following weekend saw the long awaited return of Glastonbury. The legendary festival returned from its year out with a bang with a star studded line up of some of the biggest names in the business. FBN were there in large numbers with Example, Of Monsters and Men, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines, Jake Bugg, Portishead and Foals. That same weekend FBN had 3 trucks heading out to Dessel in Belgium for Slipknot who were headling the Graspop Metal Meeting Festival.

Fly By Nite were delighted to be named Favourite Transport company at the TPI Awards Ceremony held at the Novotel London West on Monday 11th February 2013.

FBN were nominated for the award along with serveral competitors but Fly By Nite were declared the winners decided by votes from personel within the entertainment industy. The glizty event presented by Musician, Radio and TV star Lauren Laverne was attended by 10 members of the FBN staff. The award was collected by two members of the team Craig Eccleston and Matt Jackson (pictured left with event host Lauren Laverne).

Well done to everyone at Fly By Nite on this fantastic acheivement!

The first day of May saw an FBN Artic Mega load up for American rock band The Flaming Lips who performed at the SOS 4.8 Festival in Murcia, Spain. It was just this one show for the truck which returned to the UK afterwards, the band are set to go back out in early June so look out for news of their latest movements in next monts article.

Also setting of on the 1st May were The Vaccines. The hotly tipped British indie band kicked off a busy year of touring with a short run of UK dates. FBN provided an Artic and a 26t to transport their equipment to shows in Dundee, Bridlington, Blackpool and Brighton. The band are due back out in the summer on the festival circuit so stay tuned for further updates in the months ahead.

Fly by Nite were delighted to provide trucking to DJ Fresh for the first time. The English drum and bass producer and DJ booked an FBN 18t truck for his UK tour. The first show took place at Leeds Uni on the 7th May with the final date coming in Newport on the 18th May.

The British Pink Floyd show was out on the road again in May. The spin off band kicked off their tour with Irish shows in Dublin and Belfast before crossing back over to London. An FBN artic mega is out on the lengthy tour which runs until mid June.

Franz Ferdinand were another FBN client begining a busy year of touring with shows in Ireland. A 26t truck was supplied for the Irish shows in Galway, Limerick and Cork before upgrading to an artic and departing for Barcelona.

Hot Chip were back out on the road with FBN for the first time since the end of 2010. FBN transported the bands equipment to BBC Wood Lane for their performance on the Jools Holland Show. Hot Chip are yet another band who will be taking an FBN truck round the European festivals this summer.

Kaiser Chiefs began a busy year of touring in May using an FBN truck to transport equipment to rehearsals in London before taking an Artic Mega out to Lisbon for a one off show. The indie band from Leeds are due back out on the festival run in June starting with the Werchter rock festival in Belgium.

James Blunt also booked an FBN truck for a one of gig in the Iberia region, a private performance at a wedding at the Mariott Son Antem Golf Resort in Mallorca.

Fly by Nite were delighted to provide trucking for the first time to Miike Snow. The Swedish indie band headed out on a short festival run. It looks like they will be back out in August as well doing festivals.

Long standing FBN client Death Cab for Cutie were back out on the road in May setting off on a European run which is due to stretch until mid June. First stop for the American rock band was Paris with final show set for Porto.

FBN supplied a truck for Swedish female solo artist Robyn who was supporting Coldplay on their UK stadium tour.

FBN were also on tour with American actor Jack Blacks comedy rock band Tenacious D. An artic mega headed out into Europe for the first show in Koln. The tour is set to run into June with the band also appearing at the Rock Am Park and Rock Am Ring festivals in Germany as well as Download here in the UK.

Fly by Nite provided 2 x Artic Megas for Australian childrens music group The Wiggles tour of Ireland and the UK. The hugely popular group from Sydney began their tour with shows in Belfast, Castlebar, Kilarney and Dublin before crossing the water to begin the UK dates in Glasgow.

May was also the month preparations for the first festivals of the year were underway and 3 x FBN Artic Megas were hired to transport the audio equipment being supplied from the UK to the Rock Am Park Festival in Nuremburg, Germany. The Rock Am Festivals are usually the first major festivals on the calendar.

The end of May saw the begining of Blink 182s European tour. The tour which was orginally scheduled to take place in 2011 begins in Birmingham and 10 x FBN Artic Megas loaded into the NIA on the 31st May. The tour runs until late July and includes stops at some of Europes biggest festivals.

Another FBN truck departing on the final day of the month was a 26t heading out with Tinie Tempah. The truck headed out to Germany for Tinies performances at Rock Am Park and Rock Am Ring. The British star is set for a busy summer on the festival circuit so more news on his movements will follow in the months ahead.

One of the first tours to begin in April was BBC Cbeebies Live, Reach to the Stars, a children's entertainment show which was performed at arenas across the UK.

Cbeebies starts, Justin Fletcher, Postman Pat with Jess the Cat and the ZingZillas were joined by Cbeebies presenters Andy Day, Katy Ashworth and Andrew Agnew in this all action show that toured nine cities around the UK aimed at entertaining Children during the Easter Holiday.

The event combined big screen video footage with live performance, and a host of Cbeebies favourites including Squiglet and the starts of LazyTown joined in the fun, interacting with the audience.

In the show Robbie Rotten is determined to show that he is the biggest star on the Cbeebies!

His dastardly plan involved the capture of the other Cbeebies characthers and it was up to the audience to work with PC Plum and the rest of stars of Cbeebies to find out what happened and set them free.

The month also began early with new acts to FBN, Gorillaz Sound System an affiliated project of ex Blur front man Damon Albarn's long running virtual band Gorillaz. FBN transported GSS equipment to their gig in Crans Montana, Switzerland. The band are set for a busy Summer of touring throughout Europe.

Frank Turner was another musician using an FBN truck for the first time in April. Tge English folk/punk singer sonngwriter booked 2 x FBN artic megas for a one off gig at London's Wembley Arena.

FBN were also tasked with looking after trucking for Lauryn Hill. The former frontwoman of 90's hip hop band The Fugees embarked on a mini tour performing shows in Amsterdam, London and Paris.

Bombay Bicycle Club were back out on the road touring in April. The indie rock band from London booked 2 x FBN Artics for their UK tour which also featured a show in Dublin. BBC are another band that will be using FBN to provide trucking for their festival appearances this Summer.

Long standing FBN client Rufus Wainwright was back out on the road for the first time since 2010. He took an FBN 7.5t out on a European Promotional Tour which involved visits to London, Copenhagen, Berlin and Amsterdam. Rufus is due back out in May at the begining of the festival season.

Also heading out on a European Promo in April was rock god Jack White. The White Stripes, Raconteurs and Dead Weather front man set about promoting his solo work in Koln, Paris and London.

James Taylor was another solo artist heading out on tour with FBN in April. The American singer-songwriter kicks off his European tour with Scandinavian shows in Bergen, Copenhagen and Aarhus, followed by shows in Germany, Austria, Spain, France and Switzerland with the final show coming in Amsterdam on the 16th May.

Rising star Skrillex was back out on the road with FBn in April just over a month since his last venture. The dubstep star began his tour with UK shows in Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow before heading out to Europe for shows in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Paris. Skrillex is due back out again in early June as he debuts on the European festival circuit.

Long time FBN client Example continues his rise to prominence and FBN were delighted to provide the trucking for this first ever arena tour. 6 x Artic Megas began the tour with 3 days rehearsals in London before the first show in Cardiff on the 20th April. The tour is due to run until early May with the last show coming in Swindon on the 6th May.

Example was supported on the arena shows by British hip-hop solo artist Wretch 32 for whom FBN also supplied the trucking. An Artic Mega was provided for the Example support dates which will be immeadiately followed by Wretchs own headline tour of the UK in May.

Example and Wretch 32 were not the only hip hop artists on FBNs books in April. Fly By Nite also provided the trucking for the East Londoner Proffesor Green and Californian rapper TYGA.

Proffesor Green kicked off his UK and Ireland tour with shows in Cork and Dublin followed by Glasgow and Leicester with one FBN Artic Mega and a 2nd Artic was added for the next show in Plymouth for the remaining dates of the tour. The final date is due to come at Brixton in early May.

Meanwhile an FBN 26t truck collected equipment and set of out into Europe on the last day of April for TYGAs European tour. The first show is in Munich on the 3rd May.

FBN were delighted to provide the trucking for the European Arena Tour of US RnB star Drake (pictured). FBN provided 10 Artic Megas to transport equipment to the 20 shows throughout Europe and the UK on 'The Club Paradise Tour'.

The tour began with Production rehearsals and the first show at Dublin's O2 Arena 23-24th March, followed by back to back performances at London's O2 Arena. The tour trucks then headed to Sheffield, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow before crossing the Channel for the European dates which included gigs in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. It was then straight back to complete the tour in the UK with shows in Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, with the final date coming at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on 25th April.

'The Club Paradise Tour' was a huge success and marked Drake's first return to the UK since the release of his new album 'Take Care'.

Laura Marling was back out on the road in March playing a string of dates across the UK. The Hampshire born folk singer visited Cambridge, Birmingham, Bristol, Gateshead, Leeds, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Stoke, Nottingham and Southampton with FBN again appointed as trucking supplier.

One of the biggest selling artists of the year so far, Gotye hit the road with Fly By Nite for the first time in March. The singer who reached number 1 in the charts with the single 'Somebody that I used to know' kicked off his debut European tour with a gig in his native Belgium. The first show in Brussels was followed by performances in 3 Dutch cities, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Amsterdam and then 5 German dates in Berlin, Hamburg, Koln, Munich and Oberhausen. The tour was completed with 3 UK dates in London, Mancheste and Glasgow with a flying visit to Paris thrown in for good measure.

Another act hitting the road with FBN for the first time in March was drum and bass, dubstep, electro house producer and DJ, Feed Me. The UK star kicked off a busy year of touring with back to back shows at London's Brixton Academy.

Stomp continued their tour around the UK with shows in Northampton, Cambridge and York.

James Morrison crossed the channel for the European dates of his tour which involved stops at all major cities stretching from Scandinavia to Iberia. The final show coming in Porto on the 28th March before the truck headed back to the UK. FBN are due to roll back out with James in late May when he begins his Summer Festival run.

FBN were delighted to provide trucking for British rock band Enter Shakari's UK Tour. The band were familar with FBN trucks and drivers having supported long standing FBN client Prodigy on their Arena tour back in 2009. It was the first time FBN had worked directly with the band and the tour passed off as a great success. The band played at Academies across the country with their equipment being trasnported by 2 FBN Artic Megas.

Keane were back on the road with FBN for the first time since the end of 2010. The British indie rock band performed back to back gigs in Bexhill, East Sussex a stones throw away from Battle where the band formed back in 1997. The home comforts did not last for too long however as the FBN truck was soon packed up and heading for their next stop, Russia for shows in Moscow and St Petersburg.

FBN provided 6 x Artic Mega Cubes for the European and UK tour of Il Divo. The pop opera group kicked off their tour with a show in Stockholm, followed by a handful of dates in mainland Europe before heading back for shows in the UK and Ireland. The tour will also run back out to Europe with the final show coming in Lisbon at the end of April.

FBN were delighted to provide a truck for the first time to American Indie rock band The Shins. The band from New Mexico performed promotional shows in Paris, Berlin and Stockholm. The band are also set to tour the festival circuit with FBN in the Summer so stay tuned for further news in the coming months.

In a busy month of conference, corporate and exhibition bookings, Fly by Nite were for the first time asked to move the goal posts!

As documented in the press The National Football Museum relocated from its orginal home in Preston to Manchester in a bid to attract more visitors. This meant that all artefacts had to make the short journey down the M6 to their new home. FBN were given the very important task of transporting the goal posts made famous by Paul Gascoignes wonder goal against Scotland at Wembley in Euro 96 (pictured) when England last hosted a major tournament. Prior to its closure in 2000 the goal was voted by fans as the greatest ever scored at the orginal stadium.

Ironically, it was one of Fly by Nites Scottish drivers who was assigned the duty of carefully transporting the piece of English Football Memorabilia which brought back haunting memories of his countries 2-0 defeat and subsequent elimination from the tournament 16 years ago.

15 FBN artics loaded at various UK based suppliers and headed for the Manchester Central Convention Complex for a huge conference for supermarket giants Morrisons.

An artic was dispatched to Switzerland for dual conference events in Geneva and Zermatt.

Also venturing into Europe were 9 artics for a European Rally in Budapest, Hungary. The event held at the Sports Arena in the city was organised by one of the worlds leading health and beauty product manufactuers and distributors to develop staff product knowledge and sales techniques.

FBN again transported the lighting for London Fashion Week. The biannual event which takes place at Londons Somerset House is a regular in the FBN workbook and the load in always provides a challenge for the driver due to the very difficult access for HGVs. Thankfully FBN drivers are well drilled accessing tricky venues across Europe.

Fly by Nite provided the trucking for the BAFTA Awards Ceremony which took place in London on Sunday 12th February. The popular event which recognises the outstanding British performers in TV and Film involved 3 FBN artics.

The BAFTAs was not the only awards ceremony with which FBN were involved in February. Fly by Nite also provided the trucking for the Brit Awards after show party at Londons O2 Arena and the NME music awards at the Brixton Academy.

Fly by Nite transported equipment when global lifestyle brand Zumba Fitness descended on Londons Excel Centre for the first in a series of events planned for this year.

The three-day event saw 6000 of Zumbas certified instructors trained on the the lastest dance moves and how best to teach thier classes.

Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance-fitness programme introduced in 2001, with more than 12 million people attending weekly Zumba classes across more than 125 countries.

image courtessy of The Daily Star

One of the first music clients to venture out in February were American Rock band, Brand New.

The Long Island band, using an FBN truck for the first time, played eight shows across the UK. The dates began in Bristol at the O2 Academy on 8th February with the last headline performance coming at Cardiffs Great Hall.

One of the music industries biggest rising stars also booked FBN trucks for their debut UK & European tour. Skrillex (pictured left) who was nominated for five Grammy Awards began a run of 9 UK dates in Liverpool. The star performed back to back shows at Brixton Academy before heading out to Europe for 6 dates in Germany.

FBN again provided the transport for the annual NME Awards Tour. The tour gave the opportunity to the NME Award Nominees, Two Door Cinema Club, Metronomy, Tribes and Azealia Banks to perform in front of large crowds at venues across the UK. The 13 dates began in Glasgow and finished up at the Brixton Academy before the awards cememory took place at the same venue.

James Blunt held a one off homecoming celebration gig at Londons Shepherds Bush Empire to mark the end of his mamouth World Tour. FBN provided the trucking for the celebration show and all UK and European dates on the World Tour.

Florence And The Machine were gearing up for their UK and European Arena tour in March with FBN trucks loading into rehearsals in London towards the end of February. The band who released their second album Ceremonials in January begin the tour at Dublins O2 Arena on 2nd March. More to follow on this in Marchs news.

An FBN truck headed out to Europe on a lengthy European tour with Example. The tour which runs through to mid March sees the popular London born singer perform at some of Europes biggest cities from Southern Spain up to Northern Scandinavia. It looks set to be another busy year of touring for the star whos popularity continues to grow.

Also travelling across the channel for shows in Europe was Raphael Saadiq who was also using an FBN truck for the very first time. The Californian born singer/songwriter performed shows in Germany, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France, Holland and Belgium.

Snow Patrols huge arena tour also took FBN into Europe. The UK leg of the tour took place in January as featured in last months article, with February bringing the start of the European dates. All 9 tour trucks travelled across the water and the band performed their spectacular show at some of Europe biggest and most famous venues. The dates are due to run until mid March with the curtain coming down at the Zenith in Paris.

The Spaghetti Western Orchestra was another artist out touring with FBN during February. The quintet who orginates from Australia performed in Theatres and Town Halls throughout the UK and Ireland. The tour began in Brighton on the 7th February and is just past the half way mark with the final date coming in Bradford on the 18th March.

And finally, The Stranglers were back out touring again in February. Their first gig took place at the Glasgow Academy on the 26th Feb, the rock veterans then zig zag across the UK before ending the tour in Manchester on the 20th March.

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.

January

It has been a busy start to 2012 for FBN, just as everyone settled in on their return, 2 drivers were getting ready to return home. They had driven to and from St Moritz in Switzerland, transporting equipment for a huge private new years party. The trucks carried DJ equipment, lighting rigs and party effects for the event held at the 5 star Survetta House Hotel located within the world famous ski resort.

The drivers had to carefully negotiate snow covered mountain roads to reach the remote resort but they arrived safely at the venue in good time. The event was a huge success and was attended by some of the most famous and wealthy people from around the world. The drivers captured some fantastic shots of the trucks one of which can be seen on the right. (Please check out the photo gallery for the rest!).

A truck load of equipment was taken into the Excel Centre in London Docklands for The London Boatshow which took place between 6th and 15th January.

An FBN artic was dispatched to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in the West Midlands during the early hours of Friday 6th January to collect the malls Christmas displays and decorations ensuring that the centre was returned to its non-festive appearance before the arrival of the weekend shoppers.

Other overseas exploits during the month saw two artics dispatched to Istanbul and trucks also heading to Porto and The Algarve for large high spec events.

Stayed tuned throughout the year for monthly FBN updates!

The touring seemed to begin earlier than ever in 2012 with no fewer than 12 acts hitting the road in the opening month of the year!

One of first to head out was Stomp, the 2 trucks reloaded the set, props, lighting and sound rigs in the UK during the first week of January before heading out to Germany for shows in Berlin and Cologne. Its shaping up to be another busy year of touring for the hit show as its popularity shows no sign of waining.

Billy Connelly quickly followed with an FBN 25t carrying equipment for his lengthy UK tour which is set to run through until March.

Many of FBNs music clients were also back on the road early in 2012. Snow Patrol rolled out on their UK arena tour with 8 artics. The Australian Pink Floyd Show headed for Europe with 3 artics. Dream Theater kicked off their European dates with shows in Finland also involving 3 trucks. Other artists hitting the road in a busy January were All Time Low, Asking Alexandria, Alfie Boe, Panic at the Disco, James Morrison, Chris Rea, Kaiser Chiefs and Gavin Degraw.

The end of the festive break spells the end of Panto season and the FBN fleet travelled the length and breath of the country to load out from some of the UKs best known theatres. Whether it was Cinderella from Inverness or Jack and the Beanstalk from Guildford the trucks arrived on the evening of the final performance to re-collect the set and props and return them to stoarge for safe keeping.

Its sure to be another very busy year of touring for FBN so stayed tuned throughout for the latest news!