Pablo Tato

So this is 44… despite all the grey hair and the cracking joints I still see myself like in the second photo, a moody teen playing power chords on a nylon string guitar. Happy Birthday to me, I guess!

Everybody loves a bit of B-roll! 1. Blowing kisses to @jonluton 2. Hobbiton visit with @sophieellisbextor and @richardjonesface My inner LOTR nerd was in heaven 3. Vinyl hunting in Christchurch 4. Beautiful padel club in the Melbourne docks 5. A room with a view 6. Melbourne skyscrapers 7. Hector’s Delhi 10/10 beef sandwich 8. Quick dip in Cogee beach with @richardjonesface no sharks were spotted 9. The smoothie club 10. Longest bench in the world in Launceston, Tasmania 11 and 12. Cataract Gorge 13, 14, 15. Discovering Brisbane. 16. The Tivoli in Brisbane is a heavy club 17. Lift pics 18. Team dinner in Perth 19. More padel in roasting Perth 20. @joshbeanz parkouring at sunset

15 days, 12 flights, 7 shows, 4 or 5 different time zones, 5 crew, 5 band members, 1 kitchen disco queen. What an incredible tour in New Zealand and Australia, such amazing shows and so many unforgettable memories. (Many of these amazing pics by @jonluton )

And here’s a musical recap of little recordings I had on my phone, all taken this year: 1. Learning the increible guitar solo from Cake’s I Will Survive, using my favourite @neuraldsp plugin, the @tonekingamps 2. Sight reading some pieces between students, this is by Fernando Sor if I remember correctly 3. TV Dinner, my favourite song from @sam_fender masterful People Watching album 4. Exploring sounds on my brand new Quad Cortex by @neuraldsp , Owner of a Lonely Heart by @yesofficial is parallel fifths heaven 5. More sight reading of classical pieces, don’t remember the name or the composer of this one, but I thought it sounds lovely 6. First day trying the incredible and inspirational device that is @tonewoodamp 2 and my fingers went straight away to No Quarter by @ledzeppelin 7. Been playing Hollow Knight: Silksong for the past month and Christopher Larkin’s soundtrack isn’t short of being a masterpiece: dark and haunting just as the videogame. 8. Is There Anybody Out There? by @pinkfloyd one of the first classical pieces I learned when I was a kid. Playing it on my adored @kremona_guitars Fiesta guitar.

2025 you’ve been good to me ❤️ 1. Only way to turn 43 with elegance: consuming two stacks of pancakes 2. Touring the UK with my sequins jacket 3. Take your child to work: Adri stealing @sophieellisbextor moves in Oxford 4. Bucket list dream gig: sold out Royal Albert Hall 5. Weekend trip to Whitstable, Dani and Adri playing Karate Kid at sunset: core memory unlocked 6. Made friends with Sonora the hawk at a Falconry Centre in Galway 7. Summer festival season was incredible this year. @jonluton taking the best snaps, here at Kendal Calling 8. Laziest and best Summer holidays ever 9. Margaritas in the jacuzzi probably too early in the day: @virchstagram and I living our best life 10. Family in a sea of salt in Alicante 11. BBC Radio 2 in the Park Festival 12. My best and dumbest friend 13. Laughing like children celebrating 15 years married in Lake Como 14. I am not ashamed to admit this year I’ve become absolutely obsessed with padel, sorry to those close to me for talking about it non-stop 24/7 15. Floating sauna in the fjord of Oslo, the pain was real, the joy was indescribable 16. I love playing guitar 17. Dia de Muertos in Mexico City 18. Another year working and touring with my best friends, how lucky am I. 19. Molly wishes you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Food and friends and food and padel and food and saunas and food and fun and good times in Europe all around 1. Happy team having Schnitzel in Berlin 2. Games night in the suburbs of Paris 3. Best waffle in Brussels 4. Mussels feast for one 5. Padelers in Nijmegen 6. Laundry emergency measures 7. White russians night 8. Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg 9. Three amigos outside the tour bus 10. Padel never rests 11. Tommi’s burger joint in Copenhagen 12. Jackson aka Captain Schnitzel 13. Floating sauna 14. Freezing fjord 15. Anyone hot? 16. Clean teeth are happy teeth 17. This was an even one 18. Queen of the band’s favourite backstage game: ball and cup 19. Goofy soundcheck 20. Mountains of pierogi for Rhys’ birthday in Warsaw

Incredible three weeks touring Europe with Sophie and the gang. Amazing shows, amazing audiences, amazing team, amazing memories. Borrowing some great pictures from @czyzewsky @kasiarynphoto @franznaumann_ @picsfromgigs @xavr92 @pavanation @joshbeanz @sophieellisbextor @richardjonesface

15 years 💍 What a journey it’s been @virchstagram Can’t wait for the next 15… te quiero ❤️

Always grateful for another incredible year strumming loud chords and making silly faces with @sophieellisbextor and the best band and crew ever. Making a living playing the most fun music with friends is such a privilege. I’m ready now for some holiday time with the family, craving some Spanish sun, sea and food! ☀️🦐 Photo by @jonluton , rocking out in front of 30k+ souls in Kendal Calling last night 🤘🏻

Still landing from the most amazing tour ever with @sophieellisbextor and the greatest band and crew. Over three weeks making noise in some of the most stunning venues in the UK, with an epic final show in a sold out Royal Albert Hall. I certainly am the luckiest guy to call this my job… (Most pics are my own, @jonluton @joshbeanz and @realedphillips , apologies for those I can’t remember where I took them from to tag!)

HUGE thanks to @ptato for making this happen 🤩 a superb evening in the presence of the incomparably wonderful and equally glittery Queen of Disco @sophieellisbextor at @royalnottingham - she well and truly bought the disco 🪩 incase anyone was in any doubt 😁 songs with more groove than we ever thought possible, comments about hating cheese, and conversations about scary films - the evening provided all of that and so much more. Thank you once again to all involved ❤️ until next time! - Huge thanks to @wait_for_something_wild_ for the lovely photos 📸 #gig #gigs #tour #disco #sophieellisbextor #g7thcapo #performance3capo #adaptiveradiustechnology

Just in case you were having a cheerful Wednesday, here’s my attempt to ruin it and make you feel sad and depressed. Because why would you play happy music anyway? Sight reading this beautiful piece called Nightfall by @panteleimon_michaeloudis The combination of my @kremona_guitars FiestaF65CW and my @tonewoodamp is a match made in heaven. 😇