Shinedown , @ UEA, Norwich, 4-11-12
Category: Gigs
Lacuna Coil, Koko, London, 28-10-12
Terrorvision , Romans, @ Rock City, Nottingham ,26-10-12
Halestorm, Heavens Basement , Zico Chain, @ Magazzini Generali, Milano , Italy 7-10-12
Well, i shoulda seen their gig in Zurich, but they cancelled it. So had a wasted day there.Did go check out the venue though lol
In Milan i met the lovely Silvia. I’ve known her for some time via Guano Apes. She was an excellent host. We went into the city with her house mates Budino & Christiana. Did some sight seeing etc 🙂 
Eventually we went to the gig venue. There were already a few queued up. Opposite there was a stall with bootleg t-shirts. I saw Detroit checking them out. 
Thing is, that sort of stuff is rife in Italy & you cannot really do anything about it because of the people involved ( I remember a story from Skunk Anansie where they said they tried to do something, only for the seller to show them a gun !)
Another night of good rockin was had & afterwards we hung around to chat with the bands. Was kinda funny when i mentioned Yardbirds to Sid 🙂 A strange thing was that there was what looked like an ice cream van parked outside & yet it was selling beers ! So we had drinks 🙂 .We got some nice photos…
Halestorm, Heavens Basement , Zico chain, @ Nouveau Casino, Paris, France 5-10-12
Went to this one with Benoit. We did the typical tourist stuff like going up the Eiffel Tower etc.
A very small gig room, but decent enough show. I think Lzzy was sick tonight. Afterwards, we met up with Anne & Marta for drinks… it’s always nice seeing the girls….then they went one way whilst we went the other 
Tracer , @ Rescue rooms, Nottingham 3-10-12
Halestorm , Heavens Basement , Zico Chain, @ Islington Academy, London , 28-9-12
Halestorm , Heavens Basement , Zico Chain, @ The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland 23-9-12
Had the VIP meet n greet for this one. What a wise choice it was, as it was the busiest M&G of the tour with about 50 peeps! Without that, there would have been no way to get on front row. The band were very cool & talkative. Could already tell they are really down to earth friendly people. I managed to get Kristina on the first row also 😉 This was just a fantastic gig & the best one of the UK dates for me. Halestorm Rock !
The official lyric video of “Here’s To Us” included many concert photos. The first audience shot is actually from this very Glasgow show. I’m on front row (wearing Jagermeister top with orange stripes on arms) with Kristina next to me 🙂
Halestorm , Heavens Basement , Zico Chain, @ Rescue rooms, Nottingham 22-9-12
I feel so lucky to have seen Halestorm play this little venue. Remember folks, “You snooze & you lose”…so many peeps i know wanted tix for this,but, they were way too slow . This was a killer gig & as i just knew it was gonna be special, i filmed most of it 😉
Skunk Anansie, @ village underground, Shoreditch, London 5-9-12
This was the album launch gig, in a tiny venue. I met up with Rob & off we went for a pint. Along the way, we bumped into Cass who was doing some shopping, so had a wee chat 🙂 There were also some other Skunk regulars here such as Alex, Wendy, Theo etc. This was also the first time i met the lovely Sammy 🙂 There was quite a good turn out with the queue snaking around the place. Personally, i didn’t think the actual venue was all that brilliant, but, it didn’t really matter that much to me, as i was on the front row 😉 They started the show with “Tear The Place Up” . Took about 5 songs before we got the old classic ” Twisted (Every day hurts)”. That got the crowd well & truly bouncing around.
We then got the live debut of a brand new song, “This Is Not A Game”
The main set finished with the perfection that is “Charlie”…still my fave ever Skunk track. They slowed things down with an encore including “Hedonism” & then it was again balls out rocking with Skankheads.
A great night for sure. Would have been nice to hang around afterwards, but as i had work the next day & a 2 hour plus drive home, off i went.