So, the tour is over. It didn't end well. Not even close. The things after the Leeds show went way too far between some of the crew and band members and didn't really get any better when we even had to cancel the last show of the tour somewhere in Wales.
First of all, everything was good in Leeds. The show was really good as usual and since it was the last show of the tour for two of the bands (three in fact, but we didn't know it then) there was a lot of pranks going on. We did a good set. We added couple more songs from outside of the regular set and were even planning to play Ii Lea Voibmi after Beer, Beer but since everyone from the other bands rushed the stage with beers during Beer, Beer it would have been a bit of an anticlimax to still play something so we skipped that. It was a long set anyway.
After the show most of us went to eat with some local friends. I wasn't eating and watching others eat is a bit dull, but I managed to lure one of our friends to a rock bar next to the restaurant to just drink which was nice. Afterwards the things got a bit out of hands and for some of us it turned ugly. No violence, but lots of shouting and "fuck offs". Earlier in the evening the crew had also made quite a crucial mistake, but we didn't know that at that point.
Anyway, we arrived well in time to Prestatyn Sands, Wales. Quite typical UK seaside resort, I'd guess. Lots of houses and cabins, swimming hall, arcade and whatever. I am not going to go into much details of that day. We were just standing behind the stage ready to go on stage, but here was no accordion! It was still in Leeds. Someone remembered that he took it to the bus after the show and since it was not at the venue and not in the bus we thought that it had been stolen. We had to cancel. There's no way we're going on stage as 5-piece. Afterwards there was also some misunderstandings about the catering and the yesterday's shouting continued. Perfect ending for a perfect day. Not fun.
Later of course we found that the crew had just left the accordion in Leeds. Fuck.
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
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