Monday 7th December 2009 off home

Flying home. We all left on different flights leaving Pete in Frankfurt sound asleep suppose he needs it.
Monk flew back to LA via San Fransisco and got stuck there, Hog, Kid, Scruff, Shahen and me flew back to Heathrow and Sid the Manager took us all home (Except shahen who dissapeared into London).

We averaged 3.5 hours sleep per night for the last week + whatever time you slept on the bus (in my case zero) We are absolutely shot!
I can't remeber being so tired but we had great fun.

Sunday 6th December 2009 frankfurt

Breakfast was a pain as we walked into the restaurant for it there was not a seat to be had & everyone was pissed off with us for the noise we made so what we did was make more noise. Rain rain & More rain.
We were supposed to leave on time but the blitherers Kid Hoggy Monkey were late for breakies & Mutti was being a wingy git ahh it was all good once we dragged our arses out & into the van. Off we go in the van & the bar was open once again!

Nice venue Nice staff, Good Sound system. Soundcheck was easy & everyone happy.
The show was the best of the tour & the crowd were reserved until halfway through the show then the Adicts let them have it giving them some new songs & some old. Monkey was on form tonight (about time) Pete played his heart out & Kid Rocked in time for a change. Shahen kept falling over which was funny & Scruff had to blow it by mentioning through a microphone Hendrix and getting me to do some Barking, Pete wasn't imprssed but we thought it was funny as fuck!
They Played Calling Calling in the Encore which delighted many fans as they never play it, it's agreat track and the first time I have seen it done live. They have also being playing youth with scruff singing it, again a brilliant song.
it was great night & a great way to finish the Life goes on 2009 leg of the tour
We are all Knackered & could sleep for a week but the saga will carry on. Because the Adicts will be back next year giving it all they got & bringing you all more & more & more.

Saturday 5th December 2009 Stuttgart

Rough is how we all feel. Breakfast was another experience Stuffy nonses frowning upon rock n rollers well fuck me.

we don’t exactly dress for breakfast & Mutti wearing a bathing suite doesn’t go down too well either. He was complaining all fucking day, Pete Upset him & he stormed off having a girly tantrum. Whe asked later what was it about he actually admitted Pete was right giving Pete more ammo to taunt him, but Pete didn’t, getting worried about Pete Now its not like Pete to be quiet.
Only half of us got up for the breakfast & off we went to Stutgart
A Rich City with a certain attitude slightly different to the rest of Germany. Nothing new I suppose we have seen it all.

The lepers did a good gig & we did The Biz as usual Throwing in a couple of goodies to thwart each other from getting stale even Kid got to sing May Whitehouse.

Friday 4th December 2009 Leipzig

Pissing down all day long, Everyone has a cold. Pete is struggling with muliple ailments & is up top asleep, unusual for him, saying that he has been no problem on this stint of gigs he is usually fired up & having a go at everyone, He is mellow & doing what he needs to do.
Scruff was complaining again about the sound, little does he realize is it is his job to communicate with the monitor mixer for his mix, but saying that he & Shahen have been working on this shite doggy track in the hotel called Hendrix, it’s a dance techno load of shite & they are obsessed with it, it's actually quite funny, they sampled Mutti into it too!

?…Scruff went into one & has never stopped rattling on about his new dog which is a sausage dog named Hendrix. We all think he has Mel’s Syndrome. Good Ol’ Mel. Bless his heart.

Arriving at the gig-hotel just a 5 minute walk away, we are all on the same floor for the first time, that spells trouble for anyone else who is on that floor & it was.
Soundcheck was a breeze & the catering was lovely. We played table football & had the room to accommodate plenty of people.
We bumped into a bunch of fans who are staying in the same hotel as us they were really excited.
The cute lepers played a great gig & sounded great.
Hoggy and me sorted out the stage in good time & were good to go ahead of schedule which made less stress to make any mistakes.
The Adicts hit the stage to a full house & they loved it, There’s not much the Adicts can do wrong on stage when they are on fire like this. The end of the night went smooth too, we had time to enjoy the disco a bit & hang out with some old friends & fans. We had to say Goodbye to the Cute Leppers as this was their last gig with us on the tour. You can guarantee we will be playing together again in the Future. We Loved them.
Back at the hotel Scruff & Shahen went into their little world with Mutti tonight recording his voice for what reasons we do not know. The rest of us had a good drink & made a lot of noise.
The fans who stayed in the hotel were a bunch of nice house wives & were hammered. It was an enjoyable evening.

Thursday 3rd December 2009 Berlin

It was nice to get to a show early & set up. Outside the venue was a Christmas fair & the scenery was nice all families enjoying the event.
I had to rush off to the local Music store & get a special cable for Pete’s wireless hoping they had it & to my surprise they did. So I was happy.
The Cute Leppers are joining up with us on the tour tonight, they are a good band & have a good future ahead of them. We were in for a treat. When we got to the venue they were already soundchecking & we just enjoyed listening to them.
All was hectic as usual getting set up, things don’t wanna work & Kid moaning like a old woman, it seems to be his thing these days moan moan fucking moan, he claims he can’t sleep in the van. But every time I look over he is asleep. Maybe if he went to bed to sleep instead of drinking all night long then he wouldn’t moan so much.
Berlin is a Big City & a beautiful one at that. Mutti Bastard tour manager is becoming a bit of a Bastard himself, maybe he needs sleep too. His comments are rather bland which does not go down well first thing in the morning with some of us.
The gig was spot on The Adicts ripped & put in a good shift. Shahen seems to be tired & makes a few bum notes, especially in places that really doesn’t need ‘em. Monkey tends to forget the words of the same songs each night, Mental blocks & Pete he sometimes just flies off into another song trying to keep everyone on their toes
Good gig by everyone. great crowd. Driving back to the hotel we went past the largest piece of surviving wall but Mutti didn't wanna stop for pics.

Tour routing

Mel

Hi Mel, we hope your feeling better mate

Love and Peace from all on the Adicts tour bus.

Any old excuse to dodge the tour mate!

xx