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19th June 2010Touring is everything people say it is, it can be great sometimes but for the main part it’s just a very lonely existence, even with your friends and your band mates it’s still a very lonely existence, tonight we touch down in a country which I’ve wanted to perform in since I can remember. We’re in England for our upcoming shows in Lincoln, Birmingham, Derby, Manchester and Blackpool. I don’t know about the other guys on tour but I’ll be making the most of visiting England, it has such a great music history from, The Clash, The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zepp, Sabbath, The Who, I could go on.
I first picked up a guitar when I was 11 years old after hearing The Clash's Last Gang In Town from their 78 album Give ‘Em Enough Rope, here comes the cliché “It changed my life“, It’s the truth but it’s still a cliché none the less”. I think it’s fair to say I’m looking forward to this leg of the tour more than the other legs.
It’s 2:35am and we’re almost at London, Heathrow, it’s been a long flight and we’re all clearly happy to be almost there, As we fly over the country the scene is fantastic, It’s still dark out but with the lights from below it’s something to behold, I took the liberty of taking a photo which I’ll post at the end of this Blog.
As many of you will agree a flight from the US to the UK is a very long haul so you have to come prepared, I myself have brought on the flight with me my Ipod, which is an obvious choice and a book again an obvious choice, the book in question is Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography Of Joe Strummer, The other guys joining the tour are all just chatting away and a couple of them are asleep, I’m a pretty lonely kind of guy, I like time with my thoughts, and I like the peace and tranquillity of life.
The flights over and we’ve been taken to a London hotel until we have to set off to Lincoln for our first gig, During this time I visit the sites which are so iconically viewed in the US, It’s a beautiful Saturday and the sun is shining, we make the most of things in London, we join some 16 year olds for a game of Soccer, sorry Football on a small pitch, It looks like World Cup fever has hit this place hard, anyway to cut a long story short, the teams were The musicians vs. the Teens, the musicians were destroyed by some 12 goals. That was the only downer of the day to be honest, I really enjoyed the views in London, like I say the sun was shining brightly and we all know that when the sun shines the girls come out to play. The city was full of beautiful girls in shorts and vests and we foreigners were very happy with what we were seeing. Later on in the day we met out tour bus driver and the roadies who would be joining the tour, they’re were very funny, bald headed British giants, friendly giants I might add, they showed us around the tour bus and it was basically a home on wheels, very high end stuff included.
Later in the evening we decided to hit the pubs and clubs in London, how many Red Lion pubs are there in this country? We must have passed about 4 in London on one night. Anyway we settled at a club just by the River Thames which again was quite a beautiful view at night, If we thought the girls in the day were wearing a very small amount of clothes then imagine our surprise and pleasure when the girls came out in the evening, even more revealing clothes on a mild, slightly warm London evening, we had fun in the clubs and we made a lot of drunken friends, the regular line we heard was “Oh your accent is so cool”, I’m from Jersey, So normally my accent is ridiculed, Anyway the rest of the evening is a bit of a blur but I know this, we had fucking fun, what a City London is, my friends.
Next up Lincoln. OOC: I thought I'd try something a little bit different, Let's know what you think, If you guys like it then I'll continue it. Edited by user 23 June 2010 04:05:03(UTC)
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