Heading North!!

So after the fun that was Venice, it was off to Interlaken in Switzerland for the Greenfields festival. As you can see it was a pretty amazing drive on the way to the festival.


As we got closer to the site we saw all these weird shapes above us, turned out to be people hangilding


Also on the bill today were

Flogging Molly


The Hives


Queens Of The Stone Age


Also on the 2nd Stage were 2 of my favourite bands

The Lemonheads

&
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes


It was my first time to see the Gimme Gimmes and they were great fun. If you've never heard of them then check 'em out. They are essentially a covers band who play everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber to The Eagles in a punk rock style. They also feature various members of NOFX, Lagwagon, Foo Fighters and No Use For A Name.

Next it was off to Austria for the NovaRock festival alongside

Less Than Jake


Slayer


Oh i learned a painful lesson during changeover by the way.....Never trust a sound engineer to put his gear in the same place everyday.


Thats my shin after i ran to get a new battery for my radio and ran smack into our monitor guys speaker which was in a different place than normal. Doesnt look like much i know but it was actually pretty deep and i managed to freak out the Austrian lighting guy who was sitting next to me while i was standing up operating the show as he saw the blood running down my leg all through the show and he thought i was completely insane.

So after the show was the "Fun" part of the week. A 23 hour drive to London with a 9 hour stop in Cologne thrown in for good measure. After we left Austria on Sunday and arrived in London on Tuesday, i needed something to do. A few calls were made and we were off to see Ozzy Osbourne at Wembley Arena.

And while it was sometimes like watching your drunken Grandfather doing Karaoke, it was worth the trip to see a fully fledged "Rock God" in action.

So a couple of days off and rehearsals in London were to follow so the band can fine tune the extra bits we are doing at Glastonbury this weekend. I decided i would take in a bit of theatre while i was here.

First up was Avenue Q.


This is basically "The Muppets" for adults and it is hilarious. Its a little disturbing seeing "Muppets" doing some of things they do in this show but its definitely one to see. Some of the songs featured are "If you were Gay(But im not)", "Everyones a Little Bit Racist" and "The Internet is For Porn".

After that i decided to take another trip to a show tonight and see Blue Man Group


I have to admit i was sceptical at the beginning as im not a fan of "Art for Arts sake" But you should see this show if you can, it is fantastic, very funny and at times surreal. The finale is also fantastic fun.