Getting older twice.
Sometimes having your birthday on tour can be a pain in the ass. This time though, I managed to have two birthdays. We were on a plane from L.A to London and crossed the dateline. Some of the guys had let it slip that it was my birthday to the airline staff and we were well taken care of by our steward Steve. He shouted the guys a round of champagne and best of all a fresh pair of socks and a toothbrush.
We were really tired after a massive post flight drive to the middle of England somewhere and I managed a quick curry and off to bed early. The guys let me have my own room and thankfully we had a primo hotel, actually the ideal birthday treat.
The Picture House- Edinburgh.
I was a bit concerned about this gig as we were playing a much bigger theatre than we have before in Edinburgh. The fact that it was a rainy Tuesday and we hadn’t sold many tickets didn’t help. Walking in I was a bit daunted by the size of the huge open space. The Picture House is like the Powerstation in Auckland but twice the size. A quick prayer to the gig gods and a smooth soundcheck eased my fears. After being treated to Scotland’s notoriously bad food at the local pub I headed back to the accom for a five minute nap.
When I got back to the venue it was as if it had shrunk to half the size. It was packed with people and the crowd was already moving nicely to the opening band. What a relief! We kicked off the set to a heaving room and the Edinburgh massive dug in. As it turns out, this was the biggest crowd we have seen in Edinburgh (check the video below) and they were up for good times.
After a couple of numbers they started firing cardboard cutouts at us (!?). A friend of ours Pat had said to Barney in Wellington that he would’ve loved to make the gig but would have to send a cardboard stand-in instead, so he did, crazy Scottish folk.
Jarney.
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