Baby, When The Lights Go Out...

No, im not admitting to being a fan of the "where are they now boyband" 5, its a reference to our show in salt lake city at the Great Salt Air. Half way through the 2nd song, we had a power issue when we tripped the fuse on a 400amp power service so we finished out the song with only 1/3 of the lights working and had to switch off all the power to change out the fuses so "Smile" was performed lit only by Brandon holding a flashlight. Luckily we managed to get it all working and had everything back up and running by the next song and everything got back to normal. Here is the view from outside the venue at sunset.

Tonight was the night that Dave chose to debut his new "navaho" style jacket, here he is modelling it just before going to stage alongside an old friend of the band, Wyatt Boswell.

Salt lake city is a very dull city, it is very picturesque city but with it being a Mormon dominated town its not exactly party central so a pretty relaxed night was apent walking around the city followed by some dinner at PF Changs (luv me that orange peel chicken) Here is a picture of a very deceptive looking building, from the front its very flat looking

But from the side it shows its true size though


Oh by the way check out the robe that was in my room for my day off.....Nice!!


So onwards and upwards to Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel "Theatre Under The Stars" for the last show with our friends Loius XiV and our last show of the current US Tour.

After a full day loading in 6 trucks of equipment in 110 degree heat it was time to do the big homecoming show. The show went pretty well, ive never been a fan of outdoor shows really as you've no control over the smoke levels on stage and the wind blows the backdrop and sound around but i guess im just being too picky. We also had some pyro in the show during "Sams Town" and the reprise of "When You Were Young", anyone who was at the show and enjoyed it...you aint seen nothing yet!

So there you have it, after 38 shows in 22 US states and 4 Canadian Provinces and over 48,000 miles in 8 weeks, the US tour is over until September. After the show it was on to the bar at the Hard Rock, a "few" drinks later i realised it was daylight again and it was time for a quick bit of breakfast before packing up my bags and heading to the airport and a very bumpy flight to Los Angeles and a 3 hour layover and then a 10 hour flight to Dublin. So here i am at home for a week before we pick up again for our festival run starting in Madrid next week.

EDIT!!! After our show in Sacramento i saw something i havent seen for a long time. As you may or may not know there are a lot of traditions and superstitions in theatre. One of the oldest and least observed ones these days is atill alive and while in Sacramento. There has always been stories of ghosts haunting old theatres the oworld over. The theory is that if you leave a light on at all times that will stop the ghosts from inhabiting the stage. To do this a single light on a stick is place downstage centre and left switched on all night while the rest of the theatre is left in darkness.


There is a bit of useless trivia for you..or an F.F.!! (Fun Fact)