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Taxi picked kid scruff and me up at 06:00ish and we got to heathrow at bout 08:00 and hit the bar. Glad Dave wasn’t here as the London pride was off! he'd have whinged like fuck!
Flew out at 11:15 uneventful.
Arrived Zurich and two Russians approached us, one with a Geordie accent, it was Monk and Peter dressed for the weather.
1.5 hours to bern and we were greeted by a dome venue. Usual hanging around and sound check I had to do everything as Dave wasn’t here, it was simple dunno what he does really!
After dinner I assumed my position on the merch, as soon as the door opened I was innundated with people keen to part with their not so hard earned swiss francs.
After a 2 hour stint I proceeded to the plush dressing room area.
Showtime was at 00:15 and a sweaty capacity crowd created a great atmosphere.
As it was the first gig of the tour I thought it would be dodgy but ended up being a great show.
The folks in Switzerland were very nice & there was a great atmosphere as the place filled up very quickly, The Gig was sold out as usual but always nice to start on a positive.
An old woman (about Daves age) made an appearance on the stage and scruff got bullied into singing youth and did a fantastic job of it!
By the way it’s rumoured that Scruffs other band (lovejunk) are set for a comeback gig on 14th March 2017 (at the steamboat)
So after an excellent first show we headed back to the hotel at 03:45, we couldn’t open our hotel room door but the manager appeared and did it for us and said keep the noise down.
Quick beer and sleep, 7 hour drive tomorrow to Paris, Bastard dave’s coming in on a train from Narwich (Bacon county) so full strength squad tomorrow and the first training session.
