Show Day 9: Bristol

Woke up around 9:30 and had a stroll through Bristol after some coffee & breakfast. Nice place but also lots of joggers and hobo’s… Apparently all the UK venues have door codes to enter backstage areas. And they take their security very seriously, almost every show there was a debriefing on what to expect from the crowd in relation to Sylvaine and Eivør. The only noticeable thing was that people faint every once in a while. Happened quite a few times in Manchester, I guess because the ventilation wasn’t working properly and the crowd got crammed into the venue.

Konrad joined as a second driver (that did Behemoth last summer) for the second half of the tour, because of the longer drives that are up. Also when I was counting/repacking for the restock in Lyon, I occurred to me that I hadn’t have Indian food and it was my last chance to get some in the UK. And yes, it was amazing! In addition I got rid of my remaining £15 pounds by getting Nina and myself some nice drinks at the bar. The stairs were tough during load in/load out and being on a full public parking lot on a Saturday made it a bit more challenging, but again we managed!

Moreover the floor of the tiny room (400 capacity) was awfully sticky and as Nina and I were hanging up our expo-cloth, dust and other particles came down from the rusted metal rafter… During Eivør’s show a senior lady asked if she could sit on the chair that we had at our merch tables. Of course she could! Then she asked me if the tour crew hoodie I wore was for sale as well, but I had to disappoint her obviously.Read more