Back In The USA

So after a 9 hour flight to Chicago, a 3 hour delay and a 2 hour flight i finally made it to Denver in advance of our production rehearsals at the Buell Theatre.
We also played a warm up show in Boulder, Colorado at the 600 capacity Fox Theatre.


This can be quite a challenge when you have a truck of gear that is 3 times the floor space of the stage you are playing on.


I think we did pretty damn well to make it all fit considering our normal set up is 56' x 38' and we squeezed it onto a 25' x 18' stage, this was probably the smallest show i've ever done with these guys and the crowd lapped up every second.



Next day it was back to Red Rocks to make up the show we had to postpone when Brandon lost his voice there after 2 songs in May. This time there was no such problems and the band played a great show to make up for the cancellation.


Next day it was off to Council Bluffs, Iowa and then on to Cleveland, Ohio. After that it was off to Colombus, Ohio for an eventful day. We were playing an outdoor show at the LC Pavillion and of course we were outdoors so that could mean only one thing.....rain!!

We thought the worst had passed when the regular afternoon shower had passed and then we were home free....or so we thought. Midway through Louis XiV set the rain was so heavy and the lightning had gotten so close that we had to abandon the show due to safety concerns over people on stage being electrocuted from standing in 2 inch puddles of water and lots of electrical equipment. Luckily, the rain passed and we could resume the show without fear of death. The crowd were great and deserve great praise for braving it through the storms. After that it was off to Toronto for the worst organised V festival ive ever seen with Smashing Pumpkins and now after a 12 hour drive and another border crossing i am sitting in a hotel lobby in Louisville, Kentucky waiting on my room to be made available so i can check in. Give me my room dammit!!!