So back to work after the break with a show in Atlantic City before heading up North for our first show in Canada this year in Montreal, as you can see from the picture above i still have my desk mascot travelling with me, he's sat there for every show on this tour.
The show in Montreal was great with an exceptionally loud crowd as there always is there, especially when Brandon carried his "Canadiens" shirt back onstage for the encore. Next day it was off to Toronto and a show at the Air Canada Centre, the home of the Maple Leafs hockey and Toronto Raptors basketball teams. We were also given a Raptors shirt to commemorate the show.
After that it was off to Detroit for a day off and some more baseball as the Tigers took on the Mariners. A walk along the riverfront where you can still see Canada on the other side of the river,
and a stop by the monument remembering the Detroit-Windsor underground railway which was used in the 60's for people to escape the racial bigotry which existed then.
Next day was the show at the Fox Theatre which is one of the most spectacular venues i've ever been in.
Next up was a show at the brand new Sears Centre in Chicago, its a decent venue but is the middle of nowhere pretty much. Not much around except a motorway and a Target!!!
Next day saw a show in Kansas City on an outdoor stage in a car park, i dont think any of us really believed quite how bad it would be but i think we realised when we saw the stage when we turned up.
I guess it was a work in progress, as was the power which kept going all day and we finally got some stable power an hour before the band went on stage.
Onwards to St Louis for the annual Pointfest Festival with performances from The Killers, Red Romance, Papa Roach, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Bullet for My Valentine and Wolfmother.
And now you find me in Des Moines, Iowa for a day off before a show here tomorrow. Not much to do here as im sure you can guess from this picture of downtown at 4pm today.
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