So, here we go re-capping on weeks 1 & 2 of the tour. After a couple of days at rehearsals with Guns N Roses playing away in the next room (I have to admit it did give me a weird feeling seeing those cases in the hallway of what is now a shell of a formerly great band) It was off to Santa Barbera for the first show day. It was a very bizarre load in into what basically amounts to a basketball court but what can ya do when your local stage hands are a bunch of students who show up wearing flip flops to unload 6 trucks of equipment before having to dissapear every 45 mins because they have to go to class. We had the entire girls volleyball team pushing set carts at one point. Wasnt much fun at all really.
After another show at San Franciscos Bill Graham Auditorium it was on to the big LA show at the Staples Center which is the home of the LA Lakers basketball team.
It was one of the best shows ive ever been a part of in LA, which is normally one of the worst audiences around, they certainly seemed up for it tonight, all 16,000 of them.
After that it was off to San Diego and a day of many Anchorman quotes "Go F*@k Yourself, San Diego".
Another day, another show as we rolled through Phoenix, Arizona and managed to catch up with some old friends from Kanye West tours.
After a nice 15 drive to Austin, Texas and some good barbecue food for dinner it was on wards to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the X-Fest Radio festival which also featured Howling Bells, Jet, AFI and Papa Roach. I snapped this pic of Jacoby Shaddix from Papa Roach onstage, i think its pretty good. For someonoe i had imagined as being very moody and unapproachable, he is one of the nicest people you could meet.
Onwards to Frisco, Texas just outside of Dallas for the next radio show at the Pizza Hut Park, home of FC Dallas Soccer team.
For the size of the bill it was a an exceptionally badly run festival. Also on the bill were My Chemical Romance, AFI, Jet, Papa Roach, Bowling For Soup, Placebo, Howling Bells.
As well as sets from my good friends the Kaiser Chiefs complete with Ricky being his usual crazy climbing self,
As well as a great set from the always fantastic Muse, who had to halt theyre set midway through to allow the front barrier to be fixed after it had broken. Not too sure about Doms spiderman outfit though.
So after another long drive from Dallas to Tampa (19 hours), here i am in the production office on show day at the Tampa Sun Dome Arena after a day off watching Movies (Blades Of Glory - Its good but I still want to slap Jon Heder every time i see his dopey looking face....but hey i hear he says the same about me right?? ) and going to see Tampa Devil Rays beat the Baltimore Orieles 6-4 at Baseball.
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