Kane in London 24th November 2010
Wednesday
Get down 2 London after 6 hour train journey and meet up with Pammiecakes. Time to get tube out to where hotel is....which only take 15 mins...dump stuff in room get ready for gig including decanting whisky and tequila respectively into flasks( so needed..explain more laters). Head for McQueens where we have to arranged to meet Emilie and her friend for a meal...get there and see queue for gig is right down the block..and thank god we have table inside its so cold. After a little confusion about where our table was booked resteraunt /lounge we order drinks while waiting for Emilie to arrive..and then starts more confusion as each member of staff we speak keeps saying starts at diff times..so no food..
Pammie goes in search of the bathroom downstairs and on her way back she comes out the bathroom and literally runs into Steve going into the gig room, they both say hi to each other and on his way through the door Steve does a double-take and looks back at her, and she says yes it is me, see you later.
I get a phone call from Dee who is outside i look up and can see her through the window and tell her to get her ass inside for a bit...have a couple more drinks head out as we see queue moving....get to doors and Eric is there checking tix so i ask him if he still plans on shepherds pie for thanksgiving dinner next day. He grins and says yep if he can find a decent one...so downstairs we go...the place is packed..the stage is just about level with floor and we know we’re not gonna see much...so grab some drinks..find sarah and say hi...before heading for Hannah who has a better spot to stand..we can kinda see the stage from there...on come first act..never paid much attention..and they play for about 30 mins..then come off stage past us..tight squeeze is all i can say....then a girl behind me asks if she can come by to go to the booth thats ON the stage..and im like “erm NO!!”...and she asks “why?”...i explain “THATs where the band will dump jackets and spare guitars that no-one barring their management and guests can sit there”..and shes like “but no-ones there just now”.and i give her this look that says “tough to get there ya have to go THROUGH me..im not letting you pass”...
Pam has noticed by this point and is laughing...the guys come on and start singing and chatting with the crowd....at one point i have to leave to go to the ladies ..talk about crushed...i give up on getting back to pam and head for bar...get one drink and start talking to this older guy who is from Scotland but hasn’t lived there in 30 years..ask for another drink and the bar staff ignore us..eventually grab attention and ask if we’re getting our drinks and get snapped at..BARS CLOSED!! WTF!! There was no last call its only gone 9.30pm the guys are still onstage ...i do have to say downstairs staff were rude and obnoxious..upstairs staff tried to be helpful..but downstairs i wanted to slap a few of them..
Eventually the gig ends and Steve comes flying past..Chris is still on stage for some reason..pammie’ll clear that up later...eventually he comes flying past as well...i manage to hand over my gift to Eric as thank you for organising the myspace phone call..catch up with a few others that find me...and even manage to talk to Chris while trying to hand over a gift from Evil Hand Issues website...his hands are full and he’s like "wait 2 seconds i’llbe back..or give it to eric for me"..so i say "i’ll hang onto it till vamp ball" and he grins at me...
Pammie went to speak to Sarah, and noticed Chris trying to get off the stage. The crowd were just not letting him off the stage, I go into steward mode, and make a path for him to get off the stage, at which point he jumps down and makes a run for it…
then realises he left his guitar and jacket onstage and has to go back for it *slapshead*
Get down 2 London after 6 hour train journey and meet up with Pammiecakes. Time to get tube out to where hotel is....which only take 15 mins...dump stuff in room get ready for gig including decanting whisky and tequila respectively into flasks( so needed..explain more laters). Head for McQueens where we have to arranged to meet Emilie and her friend for a meal...get there and see queue for gig is right down the block..and thank god we have table inside its so cold. After a little confusion about where our table was booked resteraunt /lounge we order drinks while waiting for Emilie to arrive..and then starts more confusion as each member of staff we speak keeps saying starts at diff times..so no food..
Pammie goes in search of the bathroom downstairs and on her way back she comes out the bathroom and literally runs into Steve going into the gig room, they both say hi to each other and on his way through the door Steve does a double-take and looks back at her, and she says yes it is me, see you later.
I get a phone call from Dee who is outside i look up and can see her through the window and tell her to get her ass inside for a bit...have a couple more drinks head out as we see queue moving....get to doors and Eric is there checking tix so i ask him if he still plans on shepherds pie for thanksgiving dinner next day. He grins and says yep if he can find a decent one...so downstairs we go...the place is packed..the stage is just about level with floor and we know we’re not gonna see much...so grab some drinks..find sarah and say hi...before heading for Hannah who has a better spot to stand..we can kinda see the stage from there...on come first act..never paid much attention..and they play for about 30 mins..then come off stage past us..tight squeeze is all i can say....then a girl behind me asks if she can come by to go to the booth thats ON the stage..and im like “erm NO!!”...and she asks “why?”...i explain “THATs where the band will dump jackets and spare guitars that no-one barring their management and guests can sit there”..and shes like “but no-ones there just now”.and i give her this look that says “tough to get there ya have to go THROUGH me..im not letting you pass”...
Pam has noticed by this point and is laughing...the guys come on and start singing and chatting with the crowd....at one point i have to leave to go to the ladies ..talk about crushed...i give up on getting back to pam and head for bar...get one drink and start talking to this older guy who is from Scotland but hasn’t lived there in 30 years..ask for another drink and the bar staff ignore us..eventually grab attention and ask if we’re getting our drinks and get snapped at..BARS CLOSED!! WTF!! There was no last call its only gone 9.30pm the guys are still onstage ...i do have to say downstairs staff were rude and obnoxious..upstairs staff tried to be helpful..but downstairs i wanted to slap a few of them..
Eventually the gig ends and Steve comes flying past..Chris is still on stage for some reason..pammie’ll clear that up later...eventually he comes flying past as well...i manage to hand over my gift to Eric as thank you for organising the myspace phone call..catch up with a few others that find me...and even manage to talk to Chris while trying to hand over a gift from Evil Hand Issues website...his hands are full and he’s like "wait 2 seconds i’llbe back..or give it to eric for me"..so i say "i’ll hang onto it till vamp ball" and he grins at me...
Pammie went to speak to Sarah, and noticed Chris trying to get off the stage. The crowd were just not letting him off the stage, I go into steward mode, and make a path for him to get off the stage, at which point he jumps down and makes a run for it…
then realises he left his guitar and jacket onstage and has to go back for it *slapshead*