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	Tour Diary - Part 3	428 dni temu
	Everyone was feeling back up to speed on Monday when we headed to Glasgow for the gig in King Tut's. It had been a good while since we last played here, right back at the end of last year with Peggy Sue and The Pirates (arr-har!). It's a funny place, mainly because it has such a reputation and significance in the Glasgow music scene. Everybody has heard of it, but in the cold light of day you realise that it is just a small room, with a stage, a P.A. and a vaguely sticky floor, much smaller than you have it pictured. However there is a weight of expectation that you put on yourself to do something memorable on the stage, and it makes for a highly energetic evening. The night was opened by The Sparrow and the Workshop, who were really very good (and who will be playing with ourselves and Eagleowl in November at the Bongo Club…shameless pluggery…). They were followed by my ex-flatmate's new-flatmate's band Call To Mind, who were interestingly attired in what appeared to be matching lab coats, and played a proggy set reminiscent of late-era Floyd to a good reception from the home crowd. We played through the new "longer set" which seemed to flow pretty well and then dived into the van for a quick boost to Manchester and two overcrowded "family rooms" which we piled into at about half three in the morning. The next (same) morning was marred by a lack of time for breakfast (sleeping in seemed like the thing to be done at the time, coupled with the fact that Little Chefs are overpriced shite), so we high-tailed it to London for load in at the Luminaire on Kilburn High Road, and the promise of free sandwiches. The Luminaire was a good venue, and I particularly liked the signs up stating "If you talk during the bands we will tell you to shut up, this is a venue not a pub", which should be adopted everywhere (along with my personal pet hate "Don't answer your phone on the bus/train and say I'm on the bus/train". The world would be marginally better for it…). We were early so had a little extra time in soundcheck to get everything sounding tickety-boo (?) on the stage and then went off for a curry (again with the healthy options…). The gig went well, and some of us settled in the bar downstairs afterwards for a celebratory pint before myself, Dave and Arne headed back to our long-suffering friend in Brick Lane's house for a nightcap and some Davidoff Platinums (wooo!). It was an early start the next day for a variety of meetings designed to determine whether or not we will be working in the legendary McD's for the next five years (plus side – free burgers...), before an exciting trip to the Levi's store to collect some freebie apparel for the evening's gig. We then moved on to The Macbeth in Hoxton for load in. We had been told that this place had a pretty small stage, rumours which were immediately confirmed upon entry through the side door. As the night was being filmed for one of those late-night Channel 4-type shows, the stage was packed with lights, smoke machines etc. leaving about three square feet for everything else (instruments, the band and so on…). By some miracle of contortion and exhalation, we did manage to squeeze everything on, Dave playing right on the edge of the stage with Grant behind him ready to push him back on if he fell off. I literally had my back to the wall which was good for my posture, at least. It was then upstairs for some humourous shots of everyone being…ahem…spontaneous ("I don't want to give you any ideas but last night Foals had a big fight as soon as we turned on the camera") This was a new experience for us, and one which will presumably get less awkward-feeling the more we do it, and it was useful to get a taster of it anyhoo. We headed off for tea with a sense of foreboding ("what if, like, the whole stage just collapses or something?") but this was appeased by a Thai stir-fry, and before we knew it it was time to squeeze back in and go for it. The lovely camera people had provided us with a set list with various tracks starred (*) and the footnote "CONCENTRATE ON HIGHLIGHTED TRACKS", which was a source of some amusement. The temperature on stage was incredible and after we were done I made for the nearest exit and fresh air. Things seemed to go well considering, but I have no idea how it will look with everyone crashing into each other, so it will be interesting to see the edited footage. We headed back to Brick Lane on foot and had a quick beer for the twin benefits of rehydration and anaesthetic, before sleeping the sleep of the dead once more… Manchester tomorrow… BR xx
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