Show Day 6: Dublin

Checked out the hotel at 12:00 and met up with the rest at their hotel right around the corner for bus call at 12:50. Was nice to shower and have a bath at the same time and shave my head and trim the beard. Thought I’d left it on the bus but it was in my to wash bag. Typical example of tour brain… Also felt a bit rough because of the pub crawl the night before, but it was totally worth it!

Upon arrival we encountered a group of young teenage girls queuing in front of the venue because of this US boy band-ish act JXDN was playing as well. Some were waiting since 4:00 AM(!). Anyway, first we were put in the entrance/exit corridor with a booth and some extra space next to that. But because JXDN was playing in the green room and having a signing session at 17:00 it took too much space to
guarantee safety for the audience.

So we moved the merch stand upstairs next to the stage, which was a great call. Now we had space to put everything on display and have the stock nearby instead of having to get it downstairs.

During the show some drunk guy knocked over one of the frames with Eivør’s art prints in it. And because of the high tables it was standing the crash was loud and glass was everywhere. Nice one! But the guy was a sport claiming that a Scotsman always pays his due and first wanted to buy the print with the frame and broken glass, but we needed the frame still so we convinced him to buy just the print.

The sound of both Sylvaine & Eivør was the best I’d heard up until now. Then after the stage curfew we for once didn’t have to rush and could pack up in a relaxed way. We had to wait for Artur because he was parked on the other side of town and couldn’t pick us up earlier because of his resting time. So we put all the gear and merch boxes in front of the entrance and covered it with a big canvas to protect it from the drizzle. Around midnight Artur arrived and we loaded in all our stuff and began our drive to Belfast at 00:15. Did some admin and went to bed around 01:00.Read more