*rubs eyes*
*reaches for phone*
“What’s the time”?
“7am”
Ugh two hours sleep, *tucks back under the duvet*
“Night world” Zzzzz
What a long day, but oh so rewarding.
Actress and Bishop. Saturday 14th of July.
It started with the gathering of lost souls.
Ha ha sorry, I couldn’t resist a line from our song The Wild Strays.
Spice arrived in Stafford, we loaded up and headed to back down the M6 to Birmingham via picking up Jake.
Again such a hot day, but maybe we should enjoy them.. I’m sure in the future posts, later in the year it will always be raining.
We booked a couple of hours at Robannas for a quick blast through the set and worked on couple of new changes.
Briefly seen Rob Hoffman although he was super busy, he did manage to tell us the story of his dancing on a revolving floor and falling off onto some guy and through a table lol
I shouldn’t laugh because the bruise was savage.
Hope it heals soon Rob x
We love ya :)
After rehearsal we headed back to the car and located the Actress and Bishop on the phone sat nav.
Only 4 minutes away.
So instead of our usual picnic spot we decided to head straight to the venue.
OMG just driving through the streets, this part of the city is so posh.
Really stunning buildings, beautiful architecture.
I couldn’t stop looking around.
Oooo is that it?
Spice was sat in the front seat next to me and he was like, “no keep going”..after a few minutes we caught our first view of the venue.
We pulled right around the corner and with twenty mins or so before we are due to load in.
We tuck into the sandwiches which I made this time.
Bringing sandwiches is a recent thing for us Wild Strays just because the whole day can be expensive with takeaways, fuel and drink.
I really like the packed lunch idea :)
I’m just worried that it might be Spice’s turn to make them next time.
Nah I’m only playing, I’m sure he will make amazing sandwiches.
Any way, me and Jake decided to take a quick walk around the corner to the Actress and Bishop just to find out if there was a loading bay.
We looked at each other as we opened the double doors. It was so so lovely here.
There was some beautifully crafted stairs when we walked in, and the bar had a really friendly feel about it.
England were playing on the telly, but we won’t talk about that.
We approached the barman and explained we were playing here tonight and where could we load in ?
He said yeah, “just up the stairs and you’ll find Dan the sound engineer”
Me and Jake did look at one another as if to say, nooo we got to lift all the gear up those stairs.
But hey, this is going to be a great show and we are all pumped for it.
We starting unloading and as we are taking the stuff little by little, I noticed Dorja pull up.
Smiles were exchanged and we continued to unload my car.
It’s now 5pm and we are on stage at 7pm.
A little early for us to be going on, but hey it’s a gig and a cracking venue too.
A beautiful stage set in the corner with a rounded front.
Dorja we due to sound check first and then they would push thier gear back slightly. With us being the first band on, we would sound check and the other bands would line check.
Me and Grace got chatting to Aiym, the lead singer from Dorja. While the others we setting their gear up onstage.
We asked her how the tour was going and she said it was great to travel with the band, and see parts of the world together. Although she was a little sad that tonight was the penultimate gig of the tour.
We finally got onto the stage with about 20mins before the show starts.
We set up and even had Bruce with us again this time.
A quick run though a old cover of ours for sound check which gives chance to set levels and Grace gets to chance to check her lead channel.
And we are good to go.
Grace went to get changed, me and Jake went to get a cider. I’m not sure where Spice was at this time.
There was a couple of Dorja fans I got talking to, there names have escaped me. Plus Grace’s family came down to see the show and my friend Andy.
It’s time..
7pm;
The rain, the thunder and Spice steps up to the kit.
Shortly followed by us running on stage.
I love our intro :)
We kick into the first song, and we are loud.
Suddenly the room starts to fill and we know we are here to put on our strongest show yet. Especially off the back of our last gig the Birmingham O2 Academy 3.
Straight into our second song seamlessly and it feels great.
Next comes our Debut Single “9 Lives” and with the punches in the air along with the bass and drums we deliver a powerful rendition of 9 lives.
And... I’m going to stop, because you’ll just have to get yourself along to a show to see the new changes.
We had a fantastic time and deliver our strongest show to date.
Thank you to everyone who came to watch, you were awesome and we loved playing to you.
And so another gig under our belt.
We did get chatting to a band on the bill called Air Drawn Dagger.
They too had a cracking set and I think we may cross paths with them again some day.
Thank you to Dorja for the opportunity to support you on your Gemini Tour and huge thanks to the one and only Adam Ward.
Our very first and loveable promoter.
I did talk last week about a possible flash back series with how the band met and there should definitely be a entry for Adam Ward.
I also didn’t expect to bump into Ian and Paul from Terrorsaurs. Paul was playing with a side project Kanada. I got chatting to Ian, he has taken the time to give us some advice here and there. A totally lovely guy.
We supported them back in April before they headed off for their USA tour. We got chatting about what’s been going on and what we have coming up.
It’s was really nice to see him.
Great night, followed by Maccie’s somewhere near Walsall and a very sleepy KT by the end of the night somewhere near Newcastle Under Lyme.
Till next time,
Keep it Wild,
KT x