US Tour Wrap up

So, after the show in the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, it was time for a 2 day drive to Florida. The first 16 hour drive went reasonably quickly before a 10 hour stop in Austin, Texas for dinner and a few drinks on the riverwalk before drive part 2 started. After another 12 hour drive we were stopping in pensacola, Florida for another 10 hour stop. Not a whole lot to do in Pensacola apparently but luckily there was an arena across the street from the hotel so a few of us piled over to see the Walking With Dinosaurs show. Its a little cheesy at times but its worth a look. Especially if you are bringing children. After that stop was over it was back onto the bus for the last leg of the drive to orlando for the show at the UCF Arena. Luckily we were playing the new room and the one we played on SAMS TOWN a few years back. UCF is a huge campus so it was out with the folding bikes and off for a cycle around the area. Next up was a show at the Sundome in Tampa, a venue we have now played on each album so far before pushing onwards to the final show in Miami at the American Airlines Arena. As we have been having quite a few cookouts on this tour we decided it would rude not to have a massive one for everyone on the last day. We even had Brandon helping out with the cooking. The boy makes some good chicken marinade i can tell ya



As it was the last night of the US tour as well as the last show with our friends from CHAIRLIFT, the guys decided to have a bit of fun and play a cover of "Under The Milkyway" by The Church




With the show and now the US tour over we're done with shows for a while right? Nope!!! Off to the Delano hotel on Miami's South Beach for a performance at the after show party. here's a video of the guys doing "Girls Just Wanna have Fun" and "Mr Brightside-the Remix".




So that is def the end of the US tour and with a month off coming up we all go our seperate ways, one person who won't be re-joining the tour however is our long time monitor engineer Clarke La Plante who has decided a change is as good as a rest and is heading off on tour with our friends EDITORS and we wish him all the best for his future with them.

Next morning it was off to Miami airport where it was a fantastic 34 degrees Celsius at 10.45am and after 2 flights, 2 car crashes, a severely delayed flight and a lost bag i arrived back in Dublin where it was a slightly chillier 4 degrees C.

Oh well, time to break out the winter jacket i guess!!!!!