Blizzards hitchhike ride to galaxy of fame!

The Blizzards have been selected to write a song to mark the publication of the sequel to 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series, written by Irish author Eoin Colfer.The new book by the bestselling author of the 'Artemis Fowl' books for children, will be the sixth in the series and titled "And Another Thing", which will published internationally in October.Millions of readers across the world are familiar with the books by the late Douglas Adams. Now Irish author Eoin Colfer is writing the sequel, which will be the sixth book in the series.To celebrate the publication, platinum-selling Irish band The Blizzards have recorded a single inspired by Mr Colfer's book, which will also be released in October.With the release of the single 'And Another Thing' in Britain to coincide with the launch of the book, they stand a great chance of now taking the UK by storm.Penguin will publish the book in London on October 12, which will be the 30th anniversary of the first publication of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide'.According to Mr. Colfer, the books always had a strong musical element and he wanted to keep the musical affiliation going. Penguin then put the feels out to see if any contemporary acts were Hitchhiker's fans.It turned out that Niall Breslin was a huge fan of the books and when Colfer saw The Blizzards had pitched for the soundtrack, Colfer who is a huge fan looked no further."Quite a few were apparently interested, but when the list came back I read no further than the first name which was The Blizzards, one of Ireland's biggest bands."Within nanoseconds it seemed Niall Breslin - The Blizzard's singer/songwriter - and I were around a table being all esoteric about lyrics and stuff."Niall Breslin said this week that it was "an honour" for the band to be involved.The Blizzards already have a platinum-selling album, two Meteor awards for Best Live Act and an 'Ireland's Sexiest Male' award for Breslin under their belt.