9th June 2015 – Bergen

GALVIN GREEN Our ‘hub’ city for these Scandinavian shows is Oslo and today’s journey saw us leave our hotel rooms at 3pm for our 9pm showtime in Bergen, 462km to the West. We drove in the usual VW convoy towards the inconveniently located Oslo airport, a good 40 minute drive away but soon hit a [...]

9th June 2015 – Bergen2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

8th June 2015 – Stavanger

UNMOVED MOVED On a sunny, chilly afternoon in Amsterdam, we fly Northwards for four shows in another most civilised of countries. Norway’s appeal is essentially very simple, it’s one of the most beautiful countries on Earth and flying in to Stavanger in a fairly steep descent whilst everyone was in awe of the rugged landscape, [...]

8th June 2015 – Stavanger2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

6th June 2015 – Amsterdam

XXX A three night stay in one of Europe’s finest cities, what can be bad about that? The overnight storms have now passed, washing away the searing heat of the last few days to leave cool and sunny conditions, my perverse obsession with weather temporarily satisfied by the change. It is a complete coincidence that [...]

6th June 2015 – Amsterdam2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

5th June 2015 – Antwerp

ROLLER DERBY As predicted, the temperatures soared today in Paris and the Benelux countries and with a serious prospect of some heavy storms, today’s travel plans were meticulous. The airfield in Antwerp cannot be used for landing in an Embraer Legacy if it’s wet so we had to ensure we beat the rain, any freak [...]

5th June 2015 – Antwerp2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

3rd 4th June 2015 – Paris

BELLE EPOQUE We’ve never been on tour and not played Paris and naturally, it’s a city to look forward to. The audiences here are generally some of the best in the world and the two shows we have just played in ‘Zenith’ arena were exceptional and extremely vocal. The Zenith is a long way from [...]

3rd 4th June 2015 – Paris2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

1st June 2015 – Zurich

HAPPY BAGS As has been requested on more than one occasion, here is some inside info on Mark’s guitar rig. Glenn Saggers station. As anyone who has seen the show will realise, there are a lot of guitar changes not only for Mark but for everyone. Mr. Saggers works flat out during the show, tuning [...]

1st June 2015 – Zurich2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

31st May 2015 – Salem

It’s clichéd I know, but sometimes you wake on tour and you really have no idea where in the world you are. You HAVE to remember if only to find the switch or button to open the curtains. This morning it was a case of finding the glasses, finding a light source and pressing [...]

31st May 2015 – Salem2022-04-25T07:20:53+00:00

29th May 2015 – Nice

NICE ROSÉ The hotel Palazzo Parigi is clearly a brand new renovation project with little expense spared. ‘Haute Cuisine is the rule here’ states the blurb on the hotel home page but with unfavourable breakfast reports coming in from several band members yesterday, it was with trepidation I ordered this morning's room service.  I decided [...]

29th May 2015 – Nice2022-04-25T07:20:57+00:00

28th May 2015 – Milan

AL FRESCO Somehow it is only now that the tour really feels fully underway as we head onto the continent and the UK contingent finally detach ourselves from home and the bags are fully loaded, teapot, teabags and kettle safely on board. We met up at the gate house at RAF Northolt where we are [...]

28th May 2015 – Milan2022-04-25T07:20:58+00:00

25th 26th May 2015 – London RAH

INTIMACY AND GRANDEUR I’m going to let you into a little secret, the Royal Albert Hall is a wonderful place. At the risk of repeating myself, I must re-iterate a few things. As time passes, one does forget just how wonderful and privileged it feels to be able to walk onstage here. The history of [...]

25th 26th May 2015 – London RAH2022-04-25T07:20:59+00:00

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