CALIFORNIA BREED RUSSIAN TOUR NOVEMBER 2014
long time, no posts. feel sorry for abandoning this blog, because I love doing it, quite busy.
hapenned to be a tour manager for a band California Breed who had their first russian tour this november.
it is a thrio of very talented musicians who are Glenn Hughes (ex Black Sabbath/Deep Purple/Black Country Communion),
Joey Castillo (Queens of Stone Age/Bl'ast/Eagles of Death Metal) and young and rebellious Andrew Watt.
they had 5 blast shows in Rostov, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and St Pete, we had some fun moments together.
here are some photos I managed to take when had a couple of minutes off duty, which happened almost NEVER.
enjoy ;)
just click to see more pics
First one - Rostov
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hi there
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never imagined a show can be like that: standing grown-up men throwing their hands in the air in the seated venue and roaring nonsense
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heater is what I like the most on that pic
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lighting was rocking that evening
Second one - Moscow
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Moscow was awesome, venue/lights/sound, well maybe the sound was a bit too loud
loads of promo stuff and a very very busy day
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someone's posing yes
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someone's not
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backstaging
Third one - Novosibirsk
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oh, looks like I had some time for shooting set up there
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seated venue again
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Ed is waiting for a siberian husky to come over
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I can not keep my eyes off good drummers
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spotted from behind the amps by Andrew
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♥
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no siberian husky came to that (or any other) show :(
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thanks those lovely ladies for hell of a work they did to make that show happen
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siberian view out of the window
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I had 3 hours of luxurious sleep in that one
Leaving Siberia, saw some fantastic views out of the van window, would be lovely to come back and have a proper look
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our flight was delayed, there was another band called Skillet on the flight with us, so the check-in looked pretty funny,
so the cafe view inside the airport
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haven't seen Sasha for some time and it is quite odd to meet up while working with bands and taking the same flight to Ekaterinburg
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that modern art
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checked in with passports in one pocket and an itinerary in another, -17 outside!
Fourth one - Ekaterinburg
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was quite stressful and busy, can't say I saw much of a show or much of anything really
Another day was a proper day off, well a semi-day off
we flew to St Pete and popped in to another gig organised by #SpikaConcertAgency which was ASKING ALEXANDRIA in A2
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took a couple of pics
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hi there
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this is Mike, he kindly accompanied me to the gig
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black-eyed boy
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we thought why not
Fifth one - St Petersburg
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Shawn
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Joey is awesome
the last - sixth show of the tour in NN was cancelled due to health issues of some band members,
that is why I had no band selfie that time, caught to say goodbye to those guys
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Joey Castillo and Ed Davis
had to leave for another band, but that is a different story .. ;)
hapenned to be a tour manager for a band California Breed who had their first russian tour this november.
it is a thrio of very talented musicians who are Glenn Hughes (ex Black Sabbath/Deep Purple/Black Country Communion),
Joey Castillo (Queens of Stone Age/Bl'ast/Eagles of Death Metal) and young and rebellious Andrew Watt.
they had 5 blast shows in Rostov, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and St Pete, we had some fun moments together.
here are some photos I managed to take when had a couple of minutes off duty, which happened almost NEVER.
enjoy ;)
just click to see more pics
First one - Rostov
1
2
hi there
3
never imagined a show can be like that: standing grown-up men throwing their hands in the air in the seated venue and roaring nonsense
4
heater is what I like the most on that pic
5
lighting was rocking that evening
Second one - Moscow
6
Moscow was awesome, venue/lights/sound, well maybe the sound was a bit too loud
loads of promo stuff and a very very busy day
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
someone's posing yes
14
someone's not
15
16
17
18
19
backstaging
Third one - Novosibirsk
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oh, looks like I had some time for shooting set up there
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seated venue again
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Ed is waiting for a siberian husky to come over
23
24
25
26
I can not keep my eyes off good drummers
27
spotted from behind the amps by Andrew
28
29
30
31
32
♥
33
34
35
no siberian husky came to that (or any other) show :(
36
thanks those lovely ladies for hell of a work they did to make that show happen
37
siberian view out of the window
38
I had 3 hours of luxurious sleep in that one
Leaving Siberia, saw some fantastic views out of the van window, would be lovely to come back and have a proper look
39
our flight was delayed, there was another band called Skillet on the flight with us, so the check-in looked pretty funny,
so the cafe view inside the airport
40
haven't seen Sasha for some time and it is quite odd to meet up while working with bands and taking the same flight to Ekaterinburg
41
that modern art
42
checked in with passports in one pocket and an itinerary in another, -17 outside!
Fourth one - Ekaterinburg
43
was quite stressful and busy, can't say I saw much of a show or much of anything really
Another day was a proper day off, well a semi-day off
we flew to St Pete and popped in to another gig organised by #SpikaConcertAgency which was ASKING ALEXANDRIA in A2
44
took a couple of pics
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46
47
48
hi there
49
this is Mike, he kindly accompanied me to the gig
50
black-eyed boy
51
we thought why not
Fifth one - St Petersburg
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54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
Shawn
64
Joey is awesome
the last - sixth show of the tour in NN was cancelled due to health issues of some band members,
that is why I had no band selfie that time, caught to say goodbye to those guys
65
Joey Castillo and Ed Davis
had to leave for another band, but that is a different story .. ;)