Day 19 - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms:

For me personally, this is always a great gig to play. Generally the 
crowd are always good, and I have loads of friends that always come 
along. Tonight was no different. We got picked up in London by the tour 
bus at 10:30am, and drove straight to the venue. We arrived about an hour 
early, so we all went to find some big, greasy, heart-attack food. We 
found an amazing greasy spooner, and indulged in a good old 
fry-up........growing lads 'an all. Probably going to be growing in the 
wrong direction before too long though. Think of the Bluetones video, 
where they all dress up in fat suits........

Loading in here is always nice and easy, as the entrance is right next 
to the road where the bus parks, and is completely flat.....bliss!! We 
have a couple of interviews scheduled for today, and also plenty of 
emails to catch up on, so we make ourselves quietly busy attending to 
these. Due to the venue being on a narrow main road, the tour bus can't 
stay parked outside, so we are forced to remain within the venue and the 
surrounding area. It's quite a sunny day though, so this is no problem.

In the afternoon, I go with my partner to pick up her niece Amber, who 
is able to come along to the gig as there is no age restriction. This 
will be her first time, so both her and I are excited about it. The 
evening passes quickly as it always seems to, and before I know it, it 
is time to head back to the venue to prepare for the gig. For some reason 
I hadn't slept very well so everything about today just seemed much 
harder, and motivating myself was surprisingly difficult. 

Oh well, I hate product placement, but RED BULL is an absolute godsend 
for me sometimes, and it never fails to make me bright eyed and bushy 
tailed. We bounce onstage, and do our best to try and blow everyone away. 
I think it went well, but once again, I was slightly pre-occupied. As I 
had quite a few familiar faces in the crowd, I often find it 
weird/difficult, once I have spotted where they are. I then feel very 
strange and almost self-concious, and keep looking at them, to see if 
they are looking back etc..........it all gets very strange!!!

It was nice to see Amber though, who almost looked bewildered, but I 
convinced myself she was in awe........or had wind! I hope it was the 
former!

A fantastic gig, with a really great vibe, and a lot of happy faces 
after. result.



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