Loading in using the gear lift at Loppen. Adam the sound guy is at the top helping us. He did a fantastic job for us - thanks Adam.

Spike had a special drum head made for his kit for The Last Supper

More Copenhagen pictures - see full post.

After soundcheck I was off to do a talk and book signing at the central library in Copenhagen. David Thomas from Pere Ubu was there last week. Don't tell him but I pulled more people than he did.

It was really nice to be able to chat to people and sign books after the talk. There were people there from all over - Russia, Iceland, England, Sweden, Greenland and the USA as well as Denmark.

Me and Thomas who interviewed me for the talk, sitting on the talk show sofa.

Thomas did a great job, especially considering he had to talk to me in English which isn't his first language.  I don't like talking on my own so I really appreciate the effort that Thomas and Daniel, the organiser, made to make the talk fun for me and the audience.

Gizz' gear

After the signing it was straight back to Loppen for the gig.  This is a shot Jona took of Gizz' big boots and all the gizmos on his pedal board.  He spends ages perfecting his sound and maintaining and cleaning all the gear.   I think he does an amazing job getting a really full sound and bringing all the Crass songs to life.

Spike, Gizz, Bob, Beki and me on stage at Loppen.Spike in action

Spike in action.

A nice shot of Spike and also the visuals that Allison did - she used two projectors at Loppen and it worked great.  She's already talking about ideas for our final show in London next year.  We're going to do some really special things for that.

The crowd at Loppen was absolutely amazing.

I think you can tell from these photos how enthusiastic they were. Thanks to everyone for coming down and making it such a success.  The band and me really enjoyed ourselves.  Thanks again to Anderz the promoter for bringing us over, and for Adam and Raymond at the venue for looking after us with great sound and great food.

These people made the gig special for us.

Thanks to everyone for coming out.

Cheers

Steve.

Loading in at Hafenklang

Getting into Hamburg was quite a surprise for a few of us who have been there before but not for years.  Allison didn't recognise the whole area down by the docks where Hafenklang is located.  It's all been developed - a bit like Canary Wharf or something - lots of expensive flats, shops and offices.  In the middle of it Hafenklang still stands though - bloody amazing they managed to keep the venue on the same site despite everything.  I think they basically just built a whole new building around it.

And away we go

The stage at Hafenklang is only a few inches above the rest of the venue and I reckon you might call it "intimate".

Spike working hard

The crowd in Hamburg were one of the wildest on the tour.

This is why we did the tour. Those beautiful faces at the end of the night.

More smiling faces.

Pardon my finger there in the photo.

Thanks to everyone who rammed into the Hafenklang that night to have The Last Supper with us.  Also thanks to Daniel and everyone at the venue for treating us so well.  They served us an excellent home-cooked meal which is always appreciated by the band and crew.

More European posts coming soon.

Thanks. Steve.

Lodz 21st October

I've always loved Poland because you're guaranteed a good night out.  Crass never made it here but I've been over with other bands. This lot certainly showed us a proper good time.

Ta-da!

Spike our drummer  took this one from behind his kit at the end of the show.

After the show I like to work out in my personal gym.

(Okay, not really - this exercise bike was in the bathroom of our hotel!)

Bob

Bob looks all pensive in this shot taken by Allison as we arrived in Lodz.

Thanks also due to Krzy who promoted the show and really looked after us.

Cheers.

Steve

The lovely folks who came to see us in Munich at Feierwerk

We can't complain, you know.  The folks at Feierwerk in Munich really looked after us.  Such a lovely venue.  We had a great night and we thank Christian and Tom and all the crew for helping us out.  Thanks especially to all the folks in this picture who turned up to help us celebrate.

Cheers

Steve

Gizz, me, Jona, Allison, Spike, Bob, Beki, Nathan and Helga

Calais

Me and Spot having breakfast on the road in Calais.  Spot (aka Steve Pottinger) helped me write my book "The Rest Is Propaganda", and he joined us as our driver and merch person in Europe.  It is really great to work with him again.  Over the last two years we've had many a meal together.

Belgium? Maybe.

Technology in the van.  Allison working as usual, and Beki always texting home to her family.

Eurotunnel crossing. We went on a cargo train. All the lorry drivers were very amused, especially when Jona started taking photos.

Spot and Bob packing up merchandise at Southern, before we set off for Europe.

Beki helping Jona organise all the t-shirts for the tour.

Spike really got into the spirt of the tour and carved a Crass symbol on his head!

Edinburgh. Thanks to Dod for the photo.

For the last nine days I have been trying to write a blog and putting into words how I felt when I performed the Crass songs again at The Last Supper in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh.

I am overwhelmed by the support and positivity of everyone that was there. The atmosphere was fantastic, the songs still powerful. It was truly an amazing experience and the band and I really enjoyed it.

I would like to thank you all for coming to the gigs, taking part, spreading the word and above all joining in the celebration of Crass.

I also would like to thank Beki, Bob, Gizz and Spike for all their hard work and their dedication. Thank you to Nathan and Helga for working non-stop doing the merch. Thank you to John and Jon for promoting it and looking after us so well. Thank you to Jona for always being there in the background and last but not least a special thank you to Allison, for believing in me, listening to my ideas about The Last Supper and making it a reality.

Sorry you have to click twice to get to the large web images. I'm looking into fixing that.