Lyric theatre, London show 2

We are resident in the Lyric theatre, Shaftesbury avenue, every Monday until December 16th and today was the second of this residency. The first one went (as explained in an earlier post) not so well, but was well sold. We had monitor problems, problems with props and the general get in/out was not fluent as we didn't really know what we'd need and how to do it. This time however was the reverse.

We had a game plan and we'd stuck to it. We placed only things we'd need at the rear of the truck and we knew where to run and place things. 

Hence the get it was done in 2 point something hours. But it wasn't as plain sailing as I was expecting. Yep, I was on call like a fucking resident nurse on a ward full of hypochondriacs running around like a prick with his ass on fire. 

As we are going to be here every week, it was decided that we'd run a CAT5 cable for the desk so that plugging up will be shaved by half an hour each week. Which is nice! 

One of the techies here is an old mate from Swansea I've not seen in maybe 20 years. A guy called Glen Keane who is a great guy and has not changed in all that time. Much banter in a Swansea accent was thrown between us, usually at my expense I'll add. 

The show went really smooth with no fuck ups and the band played great. Which was also nice. The house was somewhat smaller than the first appearance which is a shame because like I say, the was no major (or even minor) balls ups. 

It was hard for me to get into initially as I was still dealing with some sound issues (as the Soundman still hasn't got to grips with what can only be described as an awkward desk to operate) so for the off, I was nervous something horrible would happen. But it didn't and by all accounts, it sounded good, but a little quiet. After all, this is a west end theatre and in-your-face-rock and roll, it's not! But we are so that's something to take into account. 

After the show, I set the drums down as fast as I could (my usual 20-30 minutes) coiled some cable and other assorted stuff until Haze was ready to leave to collect the mini busses which were left at Clapham common, like the previous week. 

A long drive ensued as the week before and I took over from driving from Haze about 2 hours into it. I didn't need radio 4 or the other mini bus to be pulled by the law to keep me awake this time, 

I HAD RUSH!!! 

Which was all I need! I love you, you Canadian motherfuckers!