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Wrexham - And now, the end is
near
October 27, 2003 8:45 pm
GMT
Hello all, and a somewhat sad tour diary today,
it's the last one! Thanks so much to all of you who've been writing
in saying how much you've enjoyed the read, and continued to follow
the bands progress - we salute you!
First time in Wrexham,
and you didn't disappoint -wow! A packed venue saw the bands get
their second wind and play an amazing set, despite the fact that
no-one soundchecked due to there being no mics in the venue - hmm!!
The crowd went mental, and Whitmore broke there all time record of
merch sold! Fabtastic, thanks!! But the night ended how you would
expect, with everyone getting totalled on a weird caramel drink and
ganging up on Neil SB6 and throwing him in a dumpster -nothing ever
changes eh?
Robb would like to take this opportunity to say
-"CotB? Well In!!"...and there we will leave it....
Whitehaven - Home of the
crappiest thieves on the planet???
October 27, 2003
8:44 pm GMT
Ahoy hoy, and welcome once more to the
tour diary with the mostest!
Whitehaven then, and following the
day offs shenanigans, yes the whole lot Whitmore, SB6 and CotB all
let loose in salisbury with a day off - extreme drinking, Robb and
SB6 doing appalling karaoke, random texts in the middle of the night
and Robbs housemate Ez (who is already immortalised in a number of
Whitmore songs) adding himself futher into Whitmore folklore by
having to go to hospital after falling down the stairs in a drunken
stupor - don't worry folks, he's okay!
It was with no
surprise at all that the 9½ hour bus ride to Whitehaven the
following day was hangover hell, with a local eyewitness claiming
the smell that came out of the Barneybus was worse then local beauty
spot Sellafield. Not that this set back our happy little group, who
commenced drinking again, the moment they got to the venue.
The show itself was awesome, and Robb would like to say
thanks so much to the kids of Whitehaven, they always make them feel
welcome and dance the night away.
But something more
sinister was afoot; it appears that some of the local crime
overlords were at work whilst our brave lads were entertaining the
youths of Whitehaven. It transpired that with the fiendishness of a
modern day Moriarty, culprit or culprits unknown smashed the
windscreen of the Barneybus, and showing true criminal genius,
managed to not steal the bags full of dvds, merch or equipment, but
just Glenn Whitmore and Owen and Ben CotB's bags, which they rifled
through and left intact around the corner. In fact, despite
everything, the only thing these criminal masterminds stole was
Barneys ancient leather
jacket, obviously mistaking it for an
antique....meaning the jovial funster had to drive back without a
coat with no windscreen In the cold...Oh dear!
Gloucester - For you Tommy
Shweinhund, ze tour iz over…
October 24, 2003 7:49
pm GMT
So there were are in Gloucester ? Crackers to
be exact. And a fine show was had by all, especially SB6, who in the
words of Robb, were amazing. All the punters are happy bunnies,
dancing and singing along to their favourites…
But an evil
shadow loomed over the proceedings, more foul than Richard Whitley
even. It appears the security staff at Crackers are hired straight
from Stalag 17. After being berated and generally shouted at for
having the nerve to drink beer in a nightclub, despite being well
over the age of consent, our plucky heroes were herded into a tiny
room where they were informed they could drink. Yes ve have vays of
making you drink Englisher.
Despite the cramped conditions,
an escape committee was formed, a tunnel was dug, and they lived to
drink another day in freedom! Rumours of members of CotB disguising
themselves as German postmen to escape their captivity are
unfounded…
A day off today, and all the bands are going for
broke in the pubs around Salisbury, so pop along and say
hello…everyone that is unless you are an off duty Stalag 17
guard!!!
Southend - Townie Boys &
Ska-Punkers massive!!!
October 23, 2003 4:54 pm
GMT
So here we are on the sunny coast of Essex, in the
grand old maritime town of Southend. The show went off excellently,
although the audience was a strange mix of Whitmore diehards and
townies...who seem intent in a good night out, with "Listed" being a
particular fave....these townies we must point out were the more
friendly ones who resemble BMXers or open minded Hip Hop
chaps.....and not the one's who seem to attack everything in sight.
Remember neither Punk or Ska has never really been about a uniform
it's about a state of mind and attitude...so thumbs up to all who
attended the gig had a good night and went home happy. The bands all
went down well, and nearly all our new townie mates were seen
purchasing Whitmore CDs!!! Is this evidence of the first ever
Ska-Punk / townie crossover band???
It should be noted
however, that the excesses of night before had a terrible toll on
Perch the Merch who spent the entire day wandering round with his
eyes as open as far as they could possibly be, mumbling under his
breath to himself. Let that be a lesson to those of you who think of
dabbling in the perilous world of headache powders… Just say no
kids!
On a more sobering note, however, we had to finally
say goodbye to the Jagermeister at Southend, as the final
bottle....yes the final bottle was consigned to the murky depths of
the crystal brown sea off Southend. For those of you who would like
the historic
facts....the final shots being drunk during CotBs
set. Whatever will travelling our heroes (and heroine) do now? All
together though a fun night out, thanks to all of you who came
along. And not a bloody donkey or straw hat in sight…
Join
us tomorrow for tales from Gloucester Crackers…
Southampton - No Sleep 'Til
Robb's House!
October 22, 2003 5:36 pm
GMT
Readers with a nervous disposition and a
rudimentary knowledge of medicine should look away now, as the tale
we're about to tell is not a pretty read…
Our merry band of
troubadours hit Southampton, and for some reason everyone was wired
and really up for it. Laila SB6 described the sound at the venue as
awesome, and the bands lived up to it, putting on an incredible
show. CotB kicked up a storm, and SB6 went down fantastically well -
but the night, once more was the unstoppable force that is Whitmore,
and what else would you expect 20 minutes from home! Ben CotB broke
his foolishly made promise of yesterday and started tucking away the
beers again - what with the acting, does he want to be Oliver Reed
or what? But you know as well as us, gentle reader, that any show
that involves the entire tour party going back to Robbs house ends
up messily, and this one was no exception. Arriving back at
Salisbury, a schoolboy error was spotted - no beer! And everyone was
up for a big night. Enter Perch, Merchman extreme and always one to
get you out of a sticky spot. What does he suggest? Crushing up
monster strength migraine tablets and snorting them - oh deary me
not a clever idea at all, and one we suggest readers DO NOT try at
home...or anywhere else for that matter … The net result was
everyone conking out rapidly, but on the plus side no-one woke up in
the morning with a headache, for once!
Join us tomorrow for
tales of deckchairs, donkeys and destruction as the tour hits
Southend-on-Sea…
Cheltenham - One for all you
French Students - Ou Est Le Deux Couchons?
October 22, 2003
5:32 pm GMT
Hello again, and welcome to
more tales of shenanigans on the open road. The gig in Cheltenham
was more like a scene out of a "Carry on" film......"Carry On
touring" anyone...? With original stories reaching here at Moon HQ
that the show had to be cancelled, then it wasn't cancelled, well
sort of...then it was on again re-booked at a different venue,
meaning bands and punters alike were left playing a game of "Hunt
the Venue". We really do have to say a huge thanks to all of you who
did eventually track it down, and also braved the terrible
conditions of no beer at all inside the venue - prohibition in the
21st century, whatever next? So tight were the no beer rules, that
the bands themselves had to resort to drinking their rider in the
trusty Barneybus, turning it into an impromptu backstage area.
Not that this affected Ben CotB at all, who was so hungover
from the night before, he was heard to mutter the foolhardy words of
"I'm never drinking again" - we'll see! It didn't affect his
performance, though, and CotB once again wowed the crowd. SB6 kicked
serious arse again, but once more the night was Whitmore’s, and not
a punter left the venue without a huge smile on their face.
Peterborough
October 20,
2003 5:15 pm GMT
So, then, our travelling
freakshow pulled into Peterborough, and no-one could have guessed
the horrors that would occur… First up, huge thanks to all of you
who came along and made it a massive success, and big thanks to
local support act $up, who kicked off proceedings admirably. Sadly
however, our brave chaps had taken it into their heads to spice up
the tour diary by drinking unfeasibly large quantities of beer
before the show, just to prove its not all cocoa and slippers. Ben
CotB was so spanged that he fell off the stage when it came to pack
stuff up, and finished the night by crawling round on his hands and
knees, in the words of Laila SB6 "like a teenager after his first
party…" Sounds like someone fits in with the Moon Ska ethos then!
Most horrifying of all, however, has to be the following tale, which
I have been assured by two seperate witnesses is the truth - during
CotB, the amassed crowd were treated to the sight of Barney the Bus
dancing!!! And going down the front of the mosh pit to do so! Moon
Ska Europe bears no responsibility for any distress caused to
younger people at this sight… He capped it off by going back to his
little stall and falling asleep with his arms folded - leaving Perch
the task of waking him up at the end of the night… Back to the show,
and SB6 played a blinder (again), but the night was Whitmores, with
a stage invasion of epic proportions, with Robb having the
microphone snatched off him during Alison and a well meaning but
tone deaf girl singing instead - A sort of terrible Whitmore Karaoke
- much to everyone's amusement! Robb however managed to drunkenly
fall over his drum riser as well, adding to the fun… And Whitmore
dedicated a song to Barney Boom, who joined them onstage for a sing
along!
Join us tomorrow for the re-scheduled Cheltenham show…
From Salisbury to
Rugeley
October 19, 2003 5:14 pm
GMT
Whitmore with a gig already booked at the
Rugeley Red Rose Theatre on the tour were asked to play a charity
gig (the last ever?) at the Salisbury Arts Centre. Most bands would
have said it was impossible but Whitmore decided to give it a go
dragging van mates CotB along with them on the way.
CotB
have never played Salisbury before, yet it didn't stop them whipping
up a massive circle-pit as they ripped their way into the home town
of Whitmore, Uncle Brian and Solabeat Alliance.
We've talked
about "home from home" gigs but this was the real thing Whitmore
playing in their own back yard...no surprises then "it fooking
rocked" as Glenn put it.
The early Salisbury start time
allowed the band to get to the Red Rose Theatre in plenty of time.
Sonic Boom Six did the honours by ageeing to go first to give
Whitmore and CotB time to get to the gig.
Every one who
knows about or has seen SB6 will be aware about their political
songs, not unrealistic bollocks but about real life. However it
seems that the Red Rose security are not included in the
above....and why should they be.....BUT clearly upset Asian bouncers
approaching Laila after the bands set and complaining about the word
"paki" being used in what must have been clearly an anti-racist song
seems absurd.....as did the fact that the bouncers seemed oblivious
to the fact that Laila is Asian herself and was making a very valid
point about "subliminal racism"....strange eh....funny how the
bouncers never moaned about the equally offensive word
"Chinkee"!!!!!
It's never boring on the road......
Royally entertained in
Tunbridge Wells
October 19, 2003 5:05 pm
GMT
On to Royal Tunbridge Wells to quote it's full
name, which is rapidly becoming one of our band’s favourite venues,
and the crowd as ever were on top form!
Couple that with a
full turn out from Moon HQ, (well it is 15 minutes down the road!!!)
including our good friend and former Moonie, the now legendary
Sublime DJ Toast. The show if we have to say ourselves...and we
will...was brilliant, with CotB putting on a storming set, this very
young band is getter better and better with every show, although
Whitmore's Glenn will have you believe it's all down to his personal
coaching and advice as he watched on in a paternal nature to his new
protégées!
SB6’s travelling woes worsened as their "new tour
bus" got lost with them turning up 20 minutes before the doors
opened up...leaving them without a sound check. Did that bother our
road-weary Super Mancs....no way as they cut up the Forum's
dancefloor big style and won over hundreds of new fans with a tip
top show.
We keep talking about Whitmore having "Home from
Home" gigs....but here is another one. Ever since their first gig
here 2 years ago supporting Spunge the band and the Tunbridge Wells
crowd have hit it off. Remember this is MSE's local gig and we have
NEVER seen a band go down so well here....with everyone in the
audience singing every word of the live faves and lapping up the new
songs especially "Too Little Too Late" which together with an as yet
undecided track will be Whitmore's next single...available only as a
free mp3 from this site...As Glenn said on the night "It's a big
thank you from Moon Ska and the band to everyone who has supported
the band." Chaos...yeah complete and utter chaos.
To top it
all the crowd drunk the bar dry with even hardened drinkers like
Moon's Red Sonia having to order water or Coke to quench their
thirsts...at least there wasn't a cup of hot chocolate in sight....
although Robb did seem to sneak off early in a suspicious manner!
Unlike Glenn who decided to indulge in a bit of lusty rock
'n' roll frenzy at the bar in front of the massed Moonies earning
much hooting and catcalls, much to his and the young ladies
embarrassment.
A huge big up to Tom the York street teamer,
who came down all the way from oop North to see the show (his fourth
on this tour) - amazing dedication there! And a big hello to Mark
the Tunbridge Wells teamer, whose good work hasn't gone unnoticed.
Join us next time for more tales of life on the road…when it
gets busy as Whitmore and CotB play two gigs, one a charity gig in
Salisbury and the "proper" one at The Red Rose Theatre in Rugely....
SCARBOROUGH 16th Sept -
"Stand By Your Van"
October 19, 2003 4:52 pm
GMT
Ahoy ahoy, and thanks for returning to our
touring opus… on with the show then, Scarborough, and a new venue
saw our travelling troupers play their socks off to up-to-now
Ska-Punk starved bunch of very happy punters indeed… and they’ve got
Farse and The Toasters following by soon.
Sadly though for
you gossip hungry readers, the nightly gossip mongers seem to have
had the night off or simply the whole evening went off without
incident.....it's that Cadbury's Hot Chocolate effect again.
Talking of chocolate...it seems SB6’s luckless van is as
much good as a chocolate fireguard! There have been all manner of
problems from starting motors to allsorts. However last week's 11
hour journey from Milton Keynes to Aberdeen seems to have been the
killer blow. The result being the whole bottom of the van seems to
have fallen off....with people who seem to know about mechanical
thingy’s muttering about "fooked diffs" or whatever. Thus Ben's
Peugot has become the new "SB6 Tour Bus" if not a little
cramped.....it's only rock 'n' roll......
Next stop
Tunbridge Wells in the sunny county of Kent...home of Moon Ska
Europe.
BIRMINGHAM 15th
Sept
October 17, 2003 7:21 pm
GMT
Sorry about this info that appeared on the
Birmingham Academy website
"Wednesday, October 15 at
7:00 PM
No More Tickets Available Through TicketWeb
SUB-CLUB
PRESENT: Whitmore plus Sonic Boom Six / Chairman Of The Board
This is a Bar Academy Show. www.birmingham-academy.co.uk
£6.00"
We were told by some Brum Moonies that there
were no tickets available....as the above info confirms, but we had
been told by the promoter it wasn't a sell out? Strange goings on
indeed....so we've sent for Sherlock Holmes as it's all a bit of a
mystery. .....so sorry to the people who emailed us to say they were
pissed off to find the gig wasn't sold out and they could have got
in on the night...to be honest these false "Sold Out" rumours
sometimes do more harm than good, but it don't help if the venues
ticket sales web info states "No more tickets are available".
Anyway the crowd who did get tickets or turned up on the
night went crazy for all the bands. Whitmore who did seem a little
bemused to play to their smallest crowd in Birmingham, still cranked
it up nevertheless and sold more merchandise than they had at some
previous busier nights.....just goes to show you how strange life on
the road can really be.....we are also glad to say the slippers and
hot chocolate have at long last been abandoned....as certain members
of the touring party were seen grooving out at a 60's Night disco at
another Birmingham Club......well it's better than a quiet evening
in at the B&B!
It’s off to the seaside next as we visit
Scarborough.
EDINBURGH 13th
Sept
October 17, 2003 11:02 am
GMT
So the Moon Ska touring possee rolled into The
Venue in Edinburgh, complete with their slippers and sachets of hot
chocolate as 11 days of heavy drinking and general late night
sillyness takes it's toll. A big thanks to everyone who turned up on
a cold Monday night, by English standards, most of the assembled
foreigners, who I believe are called Scots probably thought it was a
mild summers night.
Unfortunately the non heavy drinking is
playing havoc on the rock 'n' roll debauchery, and thus tales of
chaos for this tour diary. Once again CotB and Whitmore were caught
sneaking back to the B&B for another of shot of Hot
Chocolate......who is sponsoring this tour Jagermeister of
Cadbury's??
Next up Birmingham....
Life On The Road
October
16, 2003 9:51 pm GMT
Aberdeen
October 12, 2003
5:57 pm GMT
Hello again all, and thanks
for joining us in another slab of surrealism and lunacy… Aberdeen
then, and as tradition dictates, one of the best nights on the tour,
and you didn't disappoint us! An incredible show, and Robb
especially, complete with flu battered voice, wants to say thanks to
all of you for making it so great!
Before the show there was
a small matter of a football game – obviously watched in a very
partisan atmosphere as all the locals (remember readers we are
abroad here in Bonny Scotland!) cheered on Turkey!
Then to
the show - CotB went down amazingly, the crowd went berserk for
them, although there is no confirmation on the amount of young
ladies underwear aimed at the bands direction. The intensity rose
for SB6 who pulled out another blinder...with Laila now slightly
suffering with flu.....what is going on with the touring party they
should be sponsored by Lemsip and Beechams, and how come it's only
the singers of Whitmore and SB6 who seem to have the flu?
Understandably the real lunacy was saved for Whitmore. A
surprisingly sober Robb (Doctors orders otherwise it would be a
miracle!) noted that the floor is even more broken now than it was
on their last visit - he reckons "We can go through it next show!"
Apparently the rafters and beams were separating, and the
security had to hold onto a rail to stop it going through completely
- not bad!......it's all in nights work.
The night ended
with the somewhat unreal spectacle of a sober Robb carrying a
drunken Perch the Merch to his hotel room, before settling down with
Glenn and
watching a spot of telly whilst drinking hot
chocolate....rumours that 13 pairs of slippers had been ordered to
be delivered to the B&B have been hotly denied....sometimes life
really is stranger then fiction!
Day off today, so the gang
are off to the cinema and going out to watch a Clash tribute band
tonight, if you’re in the Aberdeen area why not pop along and say
hello?
Join us next time for tales of Edinburgh…
Milton Keynes
Invasion
October 12, 2003 5:16 pm
GMT
So the Moon Ska travelling road show rolls into a
sold out Woughton Centre which can almost be regarded as a "Home
from home" gig for the Whitmore boys. As ever promoter Paul and his
gang look after the Moon Ska touring party supremely and continues
to organise one of the best Punk gigs in the UK.
CotB look
and sound as good as ever with Ben having to "endure" more knickers
being thrown at him every night!....James and Owen want to know
where their "Knicker -throwers" are, and when they are going to have
to "endure" the same rough treatment? Sonic Boom Six are maturing
into one of the best live bands in the UK if even if we do say it
ourselves, they are growing in stature every night.
Spurned
on by the "home" crowd Whitmore played out of their skins being
called back for two encores that actually didn't help Robb's flu
tormented voice. (The doctor had ordered them not to play for
several nights....Robb and the boys were having none of it!) We
think by telling the crowd he was ill, and getting them to help with
backing vocals was a sly way of Robb getting even more female
attention after the gig!
Whitmore invited fellow Salisbury
Ska-Punker and Solabeat Alliance frontman Timmy Spank to guest on
vocals on the "Smoke The Roach" favourite "On The Ceiling". However
a waving arm from a Whitmore member for Tim's stage entry was
misread by Paul, Ollie and Rick of SBA who decided to invade the
stage as a startled audience looked on at what can be best described
as complete and over the top tomfoolery. The excuse for the
behaviour is blamed on them being couped up in a studio for 15
years....sorry 8 weeks!!
The party type atmosphere
encouraged one poor punter Andy to get picked on by the whole
audience as his mates convinced Whitmore (well Glenn actually) to
get everybody in the audience in sections, and in whole to shout
"fook off" to the red faced Andy...we are not sure what Andy, who
took it all in good spirits, had actually done to his friends....but
as the saying goes with friends like that who needs enemies!!!!
Another excellent night at MK.....all aboard the Barney Bus
for the 11 hour overnight drive to yet another country..... Scotland
and dear old Aberdeen.
Cardiff
October 10, 2003
2:38 pm GMT
Hello again, and another slab
of tour diary antics - your way of keeping track of your favourite
loveable rogues on the road! Cardiff then, and a huge
thanks to
everyone who turned up, the boys tell us they got an insane
reaction!
CotB won over even more fans, and according to
Robb, Whitmore SB6 were absolutely
fantastic again, putting on a
stage ripping performance that out did the night before!
Whitmore served up another rip roaring set including a live
version of "Closing Doors", the bands song about Sept 11th from
their "Smoke the Roach CD.
Strange goings on occurred with
Laila SB6 and Robb sharing a particularly vicious looking
concoction, which can only be described as looking and smelling
like piss, causing consternation
that the two singers were
indulging in peculiar practices of the urinary nature…strictly for
medicinal reasons we are assured.
Join us again tomorrow for
tales of Milton Keynes!
Tour Diary Update
October
09, 2003 11:50 pm GMT
Leeds...
October 09, 2003 5:33 pm GMT
Wotcha all, and thanks for
joining us again, and a big thanks to all of you that have got hold
of us saying how happy you are the tour diary is back! Thanks, it
fair warmed the cockles of our heart.
Leeds last night, and an
absolutely amazing show – a big thanks to all of you who turned out,
especially to Tom and Alex who made it down from York, as part of
their mission to see the most shows on this tour – nice one! The
show was amazing, CotB played a blinder, and according to Robb
Whitmore SB6 played the absolute best he’s ever seen them, and they
shredded the stage – not bad! Whitmore themselves once again proved
why they're so popular, ripping through old classics and new gems
with a will – if you haven’t caught the show yet then you’ll be very
pleasantly surprised at the set list! Only downer, some half-wit
punter who decided to lob a pint of water over Glenn, obviously not
having heard the one about water and electricity. Glenn handled it
with his usual aplomb, and asked the guy to come up on stage and
throw water at him, by which point the crowd had pointed him out,
whereupon he received some attention of the unwelcome sort from the
amassed Whitmore possee.
Join us tomorrow for the tales from
abroad....Cardiff in Wales actually!
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Day 10 - Canterbury
October 08, 2003 12:55 pm GMT
Hey oop chaps, and welcome to another episode of the tour
diary, which has a definite northern tinge to it these days…Before
we get to the gig, we must relate a tale of horror, one that will
chill your very blood – “The mystery of who piddled in James bag?”.
After the shenanigans of the day off, we awoke to howls of anguish
from James CotB, as he discovered, much to his chagrin, that his
underwear in his bag had been weed upon by person or persons
unknown. Theories abounded, and the stinking finger of suspicion was
pointed at all of our merry little crew, with no-one cracking under
the pressure and confessing their guilt. We are contemplating
sending James’ desecrated scudders off to Scotland Yard for
testing…Anyway, the show. Thanks to all of you who came and said hi
– big up massive to Ray and Mark for making the show happen
especially as local busy boddies eager to shut the Canterbury gig
had resulted in a new landlord complete with over zealous
authorities breathing down his neck.
There were many a
disaster on the way tho, SB6 had their van explode on Sunday,
meaning it had to get towed back to Manchester from Colchester. They
arrived at 8pm, with Laila having to go to work at 9am the following
day! So it meant they made the trip down to happy old Canterbury in
Ben SB6’s Peugeot – gear, merch and all!! Once there the monitors
blew up, meaning CotB had to play without hearing themselves, and
the last minute over 18s enforcement meant a lot of unhappy punters
had to be turned away due to the nonsense caused by local fuddy
duddies. We at Moon apologise for listing the gig as 16+ although
without our knowledge it had actually been changed back to 18+. What
is even more inexcusable is silly fooking Jon Moon not handing out
promo CD's to disappointed under agers as had been clearly agreed
earlier in the day at Moon HQ due to the age limit being raised at
the last minute. Anyone turned away at the Canterbury gig for not
being 18 please email sales@moonskaeurope.com
Fair play to Simon
from MTN, however, who hurtled back to Deal to pick up a spare amp
in time for SB6’s set, I think Ben CotB had a religious experience
during SB6, as when I next saw him he was covered in stickers, even
across his manly thespian brow, drunk as hell and had taken to
randomly going up to people and shouting “Sonic Booooooom” and doing
the approved hand gesture, which involved much foolish finger
waggling. Whitmore played a blinder, despite the monitor problems
and having (like all the bands) to suffer a ridiculous vocal PA
probably instigated by the landlords new "friends". It went mental
for their set, and they had the happy crowd eating out of their
hands! Due to the low stage Jon Moon decided to "play" head of
security resulting in a big bump and bruise on his cheek from a
flying elbow...rumours that he was given a sly clout by the mate of
an under-ager who was turned away without his free promo CD have not
been confirmed.
Join us for more tales on the road tomorrow,
when the tour hits Leeds!
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The tour diary returneth...
October 07, 2003 1:13 pm GMT
Hey hey! Its back, the tour diary with all the gossip, lies
and innuendo! Due to computer problems we’ve had a bit of a hiatus,
but rest assured your daily dose of Moon nonsense is back and
barking!
Our valiant road warriors this time round are the
very chirpy Chairmen of the Bored, the quite splendid Sonic Boom
Six, and the travelling carnage that is Whitmore. First up is High
Wycombe, a sold out show and everyone in high spirits for the rest
of the tour. Chairmen played a blinder considering it was their
first ever tour, and everyone headed back to Ben ZBB and Princesses
place for some well earned kip, and the celebration of Robb
Whitmore’s birthday which officially commenced at midnight. Due to
the Oxford and Liverpool gigs being moved to the end of the tour for
some strange reason the next two days were off, but this was handy
as everyone went out for Robbs’ birthday and got thoroughly
spannered. It should be noted that Owen from CotB started this tour
a boy, and has blossomed into an incredible rolling machine.
Onto York, and a massive sellout. Everyone was fantastic, as
you would expect, but the happy gig goers witnessed the hottest show
ever, such was the heat that Glenn and Jay Whitmore vomited
everywhere after the show, due to heat exhaustion....and all photos
taken that night look like they were taken in scotch mist. A Big
shout out to the guys who shared their herbs with the boys after the
show. Back to Owen CotB’s place for the night, then on to
Manchester, home of Both SB6 and CotB. Loading in and out was a
nightmare up and down stairs, and according to one touring wag the
venue, was more like a brothel than a gig. The upside was more
random punters got Robb Whitmore spanged!
Merthr Tydfil
hmmm....but another great show nevertheless with Robb of Whitmore
and SB6 dancing upfront as "unofficial" leaders of the CotB fan
club.
Onto Northampton, which was fun. The crowd was amazing,
and a certain member of the touring party got caught “taking tea
with the parson” in the club toilets, after a burly bouncer bashed
the door down and caught him red handed, and possibly other areas of
his anatomy as well. Another member from the touring party who shall
remain nameless broke into a minibus to enjoy another young ladies
favours…
Colchester, and despite the arrival of ALL the
Moonies from HQ who seemed to behave themselves for once, was short
of label staff tomfoolery. Maybe being in an ex-church on a Sunday
had something to do with it! Luckily the same can't be said about
the crowd who gave all the bands the usual "Colchester Chaos"
treatment and the entire audience going completely and utterly
mental for the whole of the Whitmore slot...splendid stuff. Ben CotB
spent the whole day pissed, and spent the night asleep on the
Barneybus with his feet hanging out of the door....is he trying to
out do "king drinker" Robb. We also say an enormous Cheers to the
ever spectacular Garry Lee and his "entourage"!
After Colchester
we hot footed it back to sunny Deal (near and just opposite France
on the south coast), home of press guru Jon Moon where inevitably it
got a wee bit messy…
It all started soon after our visit to the
local music shop. A large quantity of beer was purchased, and the
day begun. Halo was played, with Owen CotB taking Jon Moon's crown
as the king of the xbox. In the grisly aftermath, we calculated that
well over a hundred beers were drunk, a bottle of tequila, two
bottles of bacardi, and a half bottle of Portuguese firewater… and
what day would be complete without a trip to casualty? James and
Owen CotB were having a manly wrestle in the living room, as all
young men will do.....so enter Robb, and an ill advised flying elbow
from the sofa, landing on the wooden arm head first. Not Bad! 2
hours later and he returned from Canterbury A&E, with his gaping
gash above his eye superglued up and ready to Rokk!!....will he ever
learn?...that’s what Glenn wants to know! Thanks To Art and Linda at
the Admiral Penn – the finest pub in the town of Deal, for sorting
us out and not throwing Robb out…
Ben CotB has a really "fooking
sore arsehole" and feels the need to share that information with you
all!
Join us tomorrow for the next exciting instalment –
Canterbury looms….
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