No time this morning will do a big blog update tomorrow with details of the vegas gig etc.
Got a 6 hour drive now to the final gig at the riverside. Later!
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Hard Rock Hotel
Hotel Pool
Hotel pool
View from my bedroom window!Well were here in Vegas, my first time here, it's amazing, venue is all setup and we have sound checked. We have just eaten in the hotel staff canteen which was fine, there appear to be some women working for the hotel that don't understand how to dress, they have both skirts and knickers on but inspite of that you can still see most of both buttocks. Corse i'm not interested and haven't even looked once.
Walked into a wall earlier!
Anyway were off for a drink or 3, then some roulette, then showtime at 23:00
Walked into a wall earlier!
Anyway were off for a drink or 3, then some roulette, then showtime at 23:00
Sat 4th 11:30 AM
I'm glad big Ron was with us at this one, he kep't turning round and grinning at me and saying " why ain't no one invading my side?"
We got up at 08:00, it had snowed in the night and there was snow everywhere. Pete and I got a shuttle bus 1.5 hours to Reno airport and then flew to LA on a little prop plane, what a result getting the little plane, it flew low across the mountains, the views were incredible, on arrival at LA we hiried a car which took frikkin' ages to do and then drove 1.5 hours to Palmdale.
The palmdale venue was in effect a 500 capacity youth club, with a bloody great (and really good) PA system installed.
Pete and I sat around with not too much to do till the tour bus and trailer turned up, we then loaded in and sound checked. After 4 support bands it was 23:00 and time for the Adicts.
This was the wildest gig yet, they were literally swinging off the chandeliers, I thought some was gonna get hurt/electrocuted. Security battled continuously aroung monkey but it was OK, the kids were great really.
The stage setup was good, nice powerfull sidefills and I could here everything better than usual, Pete is using a Bognor amp and cab at the moment it's awesome as it must be said is Pete's guitaring! The whole band played great I thought, I guess they feed of the audiences and play better, I can understand that. The place was rammed and the toilets provided were nothing like sufficient, when we were breaking down at the end of the night we could here the venue staff trying to clean them, they were laughing and running out gagging, "Oh, no, I don't beleive it! I heard one of them say. None of this bothered us of course, we already had our own toilet in a local hedge!
The palmdale venue was in effect a 500 capacity youth club, with a bloody great (and really good) PA system installed.
Pete and I sat around with not too much to do till the tour bus and trailer turned up, we then loaded in and sound checked. After 4 support bands it was 23:00 and time for the Adicts.
This was the wildest gig yet, they were literally swinging off the chandeliers, I thought some was gonna get hurt/electrocuted. Security battled continuously aroung monkey but it was OK, the kids were great really.
The stage setup was good, nice powerfull sidefills and I could here everything better than usual, Pete is using a Bognor amp and cab at the moment it's awesome as it must be said is Pete's guitaring! The whole band played great I thought, I guess they feed of the audiences and play better, I can understand that. The place was rammed and the toilets provided were nothing like sufficient, when we were breaking down at the end of the night we could here the venue staff trying to clean them, they were laughing and running out gagging, "Oh, no, I don't beleive it! I heard one of them say. None of this bothered us of course, we already had our own toilet in a local hedge!
We left the venue and drove into the night, most of us cat napping, dunno what time we eventually stopped at 04:20 and checked into a days inn. I have just got up it's Midday, we have a couple of hours left to drive to Vegas and tonight we are staying in the hard rock hotel, so should be a great day today.
Friday, 3 April 2009
Lake Tahoe Gig Cancelled!
We got up this morning and all assembled at the bus for the drive from Reno to Lake Tahoe, everyone's in good spirits and apart from Pete we are mostly in good health now. We drove for about 2 hours across the mountains, the scenery was simply breath taking, beautiful valleys and snow topped mountains, you gotta see it to understand what a fantastic part of the world this is!
arrived at the hotelo MontBleu and all got settled in our rooms before meeting for lunch in the restuarant. After lunck we chilled and at 17:45 headed off to the venue in the bus.
On arrival at the venue it was immeidiately apparent that it wasn't a suitable place to stage an Adicts gig, we asked them to go and get some wood and stuff and modify the stage a little but they coyuldn't so the promoter had no choice but pull out of the gig on the grounds that the stage was dangerous, it was a shame the band were gutted but there was no choice.
I was glad that decision was made, it was gonna be a security nightmare.
so we reloaded the van and headed back to the hotel.
We all met in Hoggy's room and attacked the rider before going downstairs into the casino, for a good 3 hours the Adicts crew had it's own roullette table.
It was great fun and some of us actually won money includiung me!
We all felt really sorry for Beth the promoter who up till this point had doing a great job.
Beth, it will all work out in the end mate and thanks for looking after us!
arrived at the hotelo MontBleu and all got settled in our rooms before meeting for lunch in the restuarant. After lunck we chilled and at 17:45 headed off to the venue in the bus.
On arrival at the venue it was immeidiately apparent that it wasn't a suitable place to stage an Adicts gig, we asked them to go and get some wood and stuff and modify the stage a little but they coyuldn't so the promoter had no choice but pull out of the gig on the grounds that the stage was dangerous, it was a shame the band were gutted but there was no choice.
I was glad that decision was made, it was gonna be a security nightmare.
so we reloaded the van and headed back to the hotel.
We all met in Hoggy's room and attacked the rider before going downstairs into the casino, for a good 3 hours the Adicts crew had it's own roullette table.
It was great fun and some of us actually won money includiung me!
We all felt really sorry for Beth the promoter who up till this point had doing a great job.
Beth, it will all work out in the end mate and thanks for looking after us!
Thursday, 2 April 2009
03:23 Thursday Reno
Collapsed stage
HotelHad the most fantastic meal last night, slept like a log then we left LAX at 13:00 and flew to Reno, (Reno is the poor mans Las Vegas)
Hotel is very flash, it's also a casino, it's got pools Jacuzzi's etc. incredible view from my 14th floor room!
Anyway we went to the venue (Vixen's) at about 17:00 and sound checked, band went on at 23:00. Good sell out show though the audience was the wildest yet, half way through the gig a young lady in the audience decided to lift her top up and make everyone smile, a little later the centre of the stage collapsed which made the rest of the show tricky!
Monkey Brazilian TV interview
after the second Brazil show Monk did the following interview in the dressing room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ3mKo6frps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_EjudwzWA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ3mKo6frps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_EjudwzWA
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