the band began touring again, playing dates in Tokyo, Japan New York, USA and eventually onto a conventional UK tour circuit. The band announced a full UK tour soon after, scheduled from 13 May 2010 in Paris, France through Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Neuhausen ob Eck and Berlin in Germany, Oslo in Norway, Aarhus in Denmark, Vienna in Austria, Zurich in Switzerland, Brussels in Belgium and ending at Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel on 20 June 2010. Parts of this tour were rescheduled, however the majority of dates were completely canceled, with the band citing personal reasons for this decision which they did not take lightly. After originally being rumored to be playing a number of dates with The Automatic, it was instead announced that Ash and We Are Scientists would be playing a number of co-headline shows in Australia. Personnel Over the course of the A–Z Series Tim Wheeler took on much of the production work himself, assisted by Cladius Mittendorfer who worked with the band on previous albums "Meltdown" and "Twilight of the Innocence" as a studio engineer and later a producer, and Ash members Mark Hamilton and Rick McMurray. Musically the band collaborated with few others; a saxophone player–Daniel Rouleau on "Do You Feel It?" a B-side released on A–Z Volume 1, Pete Moses, James Levy and Eric Feigenbaum who provided backing vocals on "Return of White Rabbit" and "Ichiban", and later Emma-Lee Moss of Emmy The Great on an acoustic studio re-recording of single "D"–"Tracers". Ash Tim Wheeler – Vocals, guitar, piano and programming Mark Hamilton – Bass, synthesizer, backing vocals on "Ichiban" and "Return of White Rabbit" Rick McMurray – Drums and percussion Production Tim Wheeler – Producer, additional engineer Cladius Mittendorfer – Co-producer, engineer, mixing Mark Hamilton – Co-producer Rick McMurray – Co-producer Brain Thorn – Piano assistant Kabir Hermon – Piano assistant Mike Marsh – Mastering Additional musicians Eric Feigenbaum – backing vocals on "Return of White Rabbit" and "Ichiban" James Levy – backing vocals on "Return of White Rabbit" Pete Moses – backing vocals on "Ichiban" Daniel Rouleau – saxophone on "Do You Feel It?" Emma-Lee Moss – guitar, vocals on "Tracers" (acoustic) Art Nico Jones – A–Z Volume 1 photography Post 98 – A–Z Volume 1 design and layout Modo Production Ltd – A–Z Volume 1 design and layout Steve Timmis – web development and