Apologies, i am old

Freiburg, Germany
The last show we arranged was a squat in central Freiburg which was only finalised a few days prior to the gig. As soon as we arrived a small riot occurred out side the main entrance as apparently someone from the squat had burned a German flag and the fifty or so German fans gathering outside didn't seem to take kindly to that. It very quickly broke up once the police arrived, but it put a downer on the night, all of us expecting them to return after the match, especially if Germany lost their match and bombed out of the world cup. The venue was a wooden room at the back of the area and the small stage had monitors and a soundguy waiting for us and the show itself turned out to be both busy and fun with great sound. Maybe we were a welcome distraction from the incidents earlier in the evening, I don't know. I had a good time though. The football guys didn't return and the memory of the fighting that happened earlier was washed away while we wrapped the night up sitting around a camp fire talking shit about drum finishes.

Paris, France
Waking up in the children's play-room, which was our bedroom for the night, at 8am was tough, squat shows always run late. Paris was only 5 hours away but we all wanted to get there as earlier as possible to hopefully take a walk around town. The drive sucked and we didn't arrive at the venue until about 9 hours later and didn't find somewhere to park until close to 7pm. We briefly drove past some of Paris' landmarks and it only made me desperate to come explore more. Talks started about relocating the band to Paris at some point in the future and if there is a city I can imagine living in as much as London, it would be here. The show venue was moved twice due to venues closing but there were a good number of people there, including some friendly faces from our previous France shows who had come to see us off. I was lost in sweat and cymbals for the whole set, grabbing breaths of hot air between chords, just hanging on to stay conscious at times. It was the hottest show we have played since Fest and I had the very best time, such an awesome show to wrap things up with.