Back In The USA

So here we go again. After cancelling the Dublin show a while back and 3 days off at home, it was time to go back out for the last pre Christmas run of shows. At 4am on the day i was leaving for Atlanta i got a call to say that Brandons voice was still acting up and we had to postpone the show, so it was off to San Francisco for 3 days off and waiting to see if his voice would recover in time. So after a couple days in my favourite city in the world spent walking around, shopping and eating at one of my favourite resturaunts The Stinking Rose (Its an all Garlic resturaunt....MMMMMM!!! Garlicy!!!)

It was time to do some shows again,
First up was the Not-so-silent-night gig in San Francisco with Modest Mouse and The Raconteurs.
You could hear Brandon was getting tired towards the end but he sounded good most of the way through.
I also found it really strange to be seeing Christmas Trees and fake snow under a clear blue sky and nice temperature...Im not saying i couldnt get used to it though!!!
So on towards LA for the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas with Foo Fighters, Evanesence, Panic! At The Disco, Angels And Airwaves and Beck. Foo Fighters were great and played an acoustic and electric sets. Beck brought his puppets and The guys played "A Great Big Sled" for the first time in America.
Outside the backstage area, KROQ had photoshopped some images of all the bands in Christmassy type poses. Here is the one of the guys.
Also today the gig was next door to Universal Studios Theme Park
I managed to blag my way in next door and have a look around and go on a couple of free attractions.
Before heading back to do our show and watch Beck and Foo Fighters, who made use of the revolving stage that was used to get bands on and off quickly to play acoustic and spin around while Dave was playing solo to start the electric show.

Oh by the way, if youve ever wondered what i would look like as a South Park character, app this is it!!