Tomorrow I'll be interviewed by Irish journalist Michael McCaughan at Tower in Dublin. We'll be talking about my book, The Rest Is Propaganda, and anything else that Michael wants to ask. Also there will be a Q&A after so please come along and ask me anything you like. I'll be around afterwards for a chat and to sign books if anyone wants one!
Hope to see you there.
Oh yeah - and in case you didn't know, we're playing the Button Factory in Dublin on Friday night (26th) and Belfast Empire on Saturday night (27th). We're really looking forward to it.
Cheers
Steve
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It's a very important part of the tour manager's job, that is.
Check out the hand-screened posters that Vera made for our gig. Not many venues bother with that sort of stuff anymore, it's lovely to see.
Gizz can play guitar and sing at the same time!
Very skilled that boy.
Thanks again to everyone at Vera for looking after us, and everyone who came out to make the last night special. We were really tired, but as soon as we hit the stage, you woke us up! We couldn't have asked for a better way to finish off the European leg of The Last Supper.
Cheers
Steve
]]>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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cheers
Steve.
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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.
The stage at Hafenklang is only a few inches above the rest of the venue and I reckon you might call it "intimate".
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.
]]>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.
Spike our drummer took this one from behind his kit at the end of the show.
(Okay, not really - this exercise bike was in the bathroom of our hotel!)
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
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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
]]>The lovely crowd at the Exzess in Frankfurt on Sunday 17th October
Look at all the smiling faces. This is the really amazing crowd who came out to see us in Frankfurt on Sunday. Thanks to each and every one of you for coming out on a Sunday night and making it so special. We'd also like to thank Verena and and everyone else at Excess for their kindness. They cooked us a really lovely meal of veggie burritos and salads and did everything they could to make us comfortable and happy. Also thanks to Bad Influence for supporting us.
Next stop: Berlin!
Cheers. Steve.
]]>Gizz, me, Jona, Allison, Spike, Bob, Beki, Nathan and Helga
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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.
Technology in the van. Allison working as usual, and Beki always texting home to her family.
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