So, Adelaide was awesome. Not the hotel, it was a crack den with floral bed spreads, limited, okay, no hot water, and some guy singing Khe San outside the window all bloody night/Venga Boys coming in from window, ah, rock and roll. Sacha and Mikael lost some gear in transit and when they had to deliver it to us, Qantas called, confused, saying 'We can only find the Stamford Plaza Hotel on that street'. We told them that they needed to think much lower budget.
But the gig! - the 1000 strong audience, the amazing crew down there (thanks Sarah, Steph, Tom, Cameron and Nathan) the lovely vibe after Vince and Co's beautiful show - well, it was really something. And chatting to the crowd, including our mates Daniella and Naizy, afterward in the foyer is also pretty damn hip, it's so good that seeing a show can bring people up like that. Actually that's probably the best part. Apart from the band playing.
Sydney was very cool too - Chris M at The Basement, thank you thank you thank you for taking care of us, and Chris R, thanks for having us. We also caught up briefly with our new mate Si, who we met during the La La Loco season up here, as well as some Brissie crew who were in Sydney for a few days, and the lovely Chelsea Sinnott who did our postering because not only does she manage The Beards, book and arrange awesome things for Adelaide, she's also a down home girl who helps out a mate.
And really, sincere thanks must go to Vince, Ben, Brett, Matt, Simon - and certainly, certainly to Mash, for doing this run with us. Thank you, so much.
