Lacuna Coil , Straight Line Stitch, Sheffield Corporation 4-11-11
Category: Gigs
Royal Republic, Rock City basement, Nottingham, 29-10-11
The Mission , The Wonder Stuff , Salvation, @ O2 Academy, Leeds 28-10-11
Royal Republic, Tracer, @ Sheffield Corporation 24-10-11
Guano Apes , Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany 10-10-11
This was meant to be a special gig for me as it was the 50th time i’d seen Guano Apes. Quite an achievement considering how few times they’ve played in the UK 😉 It was a big deal for me as i wouldn’t go see many bands that amount of times unless they are special. I thought GA were. As it was, i didn’t even get to meet the guys. So no celebratory drink with them. Thankfully, some of the friends i was with realised it was special for me & we drank a bottle of Jagermeister before the show. Thank you…you know who you are 😉
That’s me up in balcony filming the show. (Thanks Jasi for the photo)
Unfortunately the next run of GA dates i was gonna follow got cancelled & i lost £hundreds. Again, thankfully, my friends warned me they’d cancelled…literally about an hour before i was about to drive to Gatwick airport. Schedule should have been :
20-10-11 Drive to Gatwick
21-10-11 Gig in Munich
22-10-11 Overnight train to Rome
23-10-11 Gig in Rome
24-10-11 Fly Rome to Milan. Gig in Milan.
26-10-11 Fly Milan to Barcelona. Gig in Barcelona
27-10-11 Fly Barcelona to Madrid. Gig in Madrid.
28-10-11 Fly Madrid to lisbon.
29-10-11 Gig in Lisbon.
30-10-11 Lisbon to Porto. Gig in Porto.
31-10-11 Fly back to the UK.
I wasn’t the only one to lose money on this tour…..but i’m pretty sure it hurt me personally a lot more than others.
“Like the Murphys, i’m not bitter ” 😉
Guano Apes ,+ 22 @ Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany 9-10-11
Columbiahalle is one of my fave venues. A very nice size; not too big, not too small. I was looking forward to get a great film of this one as i had problems with my camera the last time here. For whatever reason, there was a delay in getting my pass & thus the prime positions had gone 🙁 The show was pretty good though 🙂
The Subways, @ Rescue rooms, Nottingham 21-9-11
Download Festival ,Def Leppard, The Darkness, Alter Bridge, Royal Republic, Thin Lizzy, Black Stone Cherry, Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Japanese Voyeurs, System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Skunk Anansie, Down,Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister, Cheap Trick, Mr Big, Dio Disciples, Clutch, Linkin Park, The Pretty Reckless, Castle Donington 10-6-11
Guano Apes , Royal Republic, VK, Brussels 23-5-11
After the previous nights nightmare in Amsterdam, i made sure all the security knew me & that i had permission to film the show. I wouldn’t normally shoot it all from in the pit, but, just felt i had to tonight. Yeah, it distorts & i cannot get the best angles as so close, but it was a great idea to film there. Not only that, the gig was fantastic ! Really enjoyed this one 🙂
P.S. I do like how they wrote ” T.V.” on the pass 🙂
This different video also includes me filming the show 😉 (Cheers to Christer for linking me this)
Guano Apes, Royal Republic , @ Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands 22-5-11
Wow ! A dream come true : Seeing my fave band in the Melkweg & being able to film the show. Unfortunately, it ended up being an absolute NIGHTMARE ! Due to a lack of communication, Melkwegs security were somehow not aware i was allowed to film. About 3 songs into the set, security downstairs start shining torches at me. Then i feel someone grab my leg from below ! (I was on balcony & it was pretty much directly below where the sound desk was) Security told me to shut down. Obviously, with all the volume etc, it wasn’t easy to try explain…especially to a total dickhead security guy ! Talk about shot down in flames. There was really no need for this to happen. On previous tours, i’d always get an AAA laminate-no one messes with those-but for whatever reason, i just got the stickies this tour. Yes, a recipe for disaster if there ever was one.
A great show, but i just couldn’t get into it after the B.S.
P.S. The security didn’t totally “win”. Me being me, i still carried on running audio of the full show with my mic in plain view !
P.P.S. Royal Republic totally rocked the show tonight. They’re such a fuckin great live band. Here’s a little footage i shot of them 🙂
As for the Guano Apes footage? Nah, it’s staying with me & not gonna upload it ever 🙂