Eivør / Sylvaine EU Tour 2024

October 2024

Selling merch together with Nina for Eivør & Sylvaine. 27 days, 21 shows in 14 different countries. Read more

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Hungary
Austria
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- Day 1
- Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 1:11 AM
- 🌬 12 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Denmark Copenhagen Airport 55.628975, 12.65112555°37’44” N 12°39’4” E
Travel Day 1: AMS - CPH
October 1, 2024 in Denmark ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Started at Schiphol dead early (00:54) with little to no sleep because the benches at the airport weren’t that comfy. Once Nina arrived we passed customs and took our flight to Copenhagen. After we landed (09:00) we got a locker to put our luggage.

Then we had 9 hrs to kill and took the metro to Nørrebro to meet up with Bella. She showed us around town which was real nice but windy. After some sightseeing we played a card game at this great place called Bastard Café.

Later we had some food said goodbye to Bella and went back to the airport after getting the wrong tram and lost 15 min, but still on time for the rendezvous with the bus, Eivør and crew. Around 19:00 we drove to the ferry at Rødbyhavn en route to Hamburg, Germany for the first show of the tour. Off to a good start!Read more
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 11:19 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- Germany Altstadt 53.549549, 10.00669253°32’58” N 10°0’24” E
Show Day 1: Hamburg
October 2, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Arrived around 2:00 at the venue which is next to the Hauptbahnhof. Our driver Artur wanted to get electricity to charge the bus, but it wasn’t working. On top of that the alarm of the premises kept going off. So when most of us woke up there wasn’t any power in the bus and couldn’t all get coffee from the machine, slightly panicked. After getting some breakfast Nina and I started to count the merch in the back of the trailer.

We got 2 stage hands help us out getting all the boxes up to the venue. Unfortunately the soft merch for Sylvaine wasn’t there. Luckily we had cd’s/ vinyl and accessories to sell. But the boxes arrived before we left for Utrecht. So far so good!Read more
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- Day 3
- Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:15 AM
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Netherlands Lombok 52.091606, 5.1057252°5’30” N 5°6’21” E
Show Day 2: Utrecht
October 3, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Woke up around 9:00 on the Dutch highway, home already?! Kind of a strange feeling. Anyway, I looked up through the window and saw a clear blue sky where I was expecting rain. Not bad.

After being open for 10 years this was the first time in TivoliVredenburg for me. So it was a bit overwhelming because of the labyrinthine inner building. Everyone got a key-pass to use for the elevator. Got lost a couple of times… On the balcony Theodor was baking eggs for everyone interested and asked if I would like some too. With Parmesan! That was really nice of him and tasted good!

Load out was at 13:30, a good thing was that we had two big carts and a ramp for the trailer to move the gear and merch up to first and 5th floor.

Afterwards I began counting all the Sylvaine-merch while Nina set up shop. We worked almost non-stop until dinner and it was quite stressing but in the end we managed.Read more
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- Day 4
- Friday, October 4, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- Belgium Grand Place Brussels 50.847153, 4.34955850°50’50” N 4°20’58” E
Show Day 3: Brussels
October 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Bus was parked in the city center in a shopping alley next to the venue. Glad that there were no endless stairs/elevators which made load in/load out less of a hassle. Almost forgot my laptop before we left 😅Read more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 9:22 AM
- ☀️ 6 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- Germany Ehrenfeld 50.948807, 6.90996350°56’56” N 6°54’36” E
Show Day 4: Köln
October 5, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Upon arrival our bus driver Artur
wasn’t too excited about a wrongly parked car that was in front of the entrance. Especially since the venue is in a neighborhood and there’s practically no space to reverse a nightliner with trailer (approx. 20 m L, 4 m H & 2,5 m W).

Emily & I even tried to make the car alarm go off, but to no avail. But despite the tight space to reverse Artur nailed it after 10 min of getting in and out of the bus calculating his space. Kudos to the man!

The venue itself is quite legendary because of all the bands/artists that played there over the years. But empty it just looks like your “average” Biergarten with Cigarette Automats & Fritz Kola-signs. This was also the day that Martin (the second driver and drove Nick Cave prior) joined us for a day because Artur had to rest for 9 hrs in London.

What made the 4th day a bit more stressed than other days was the fact that everything was an hour earlier. This is because after Sylvaine & Eivør there is another event. A disco or dance night to make a few bucks more but by a different promoter. Hence the infamous phenomenon dubbed: “Disco load out”. So merch had to be packed and out of the hall at 22:45. Not sure how we managed it but in 25 min we were ready😅Read more
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- Day 6
- Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 8:49 AM
- 🌬 10 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- France Calais Ferry Port 50.968018, 1.85918850°58’5” N 1°51’33” E
Travel Day 2: Calais - Dover
October 6, 2024 in France ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
At night we drove to Calais and woke up around 6:30 to go through customs and get our passports stamped before we could get on the ferry to Dover. We all got a voucher for breakfast and after an hour we arrived in England. There we had to go through customs again.

Then we drove to London and dropped off Eivør & Sylvaine. Nina, the drivers and myself then drove to the Zeppelin bus stop. Took us an hour to drive 6 miles through London traffic. Henning invited us all to a barbecue at his place in Ilford. Nina went to do some shopping, because we forgot to bring converters…

I stayed with the bus and waited for Henning to pick me up. He brought his son along and we showed him the inside of the nightliner. He was running on the top floor, enjoying himself. Then we drove to Henning’s place and the I had a nice shower. Lovely people, great food and a beautiful home. Really beats staying on bus or at a hotel for a change.Read more
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- Day 7
- Monday, October 7, 2024 at 2:06 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- England Camden Town Market 51.540161, -0.14205351°32’25” N 0°8’31” W
Show Day 5: London
October 7, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
London baby yeah! First show of the UK-run and as per usual no catering but the so-called buy out for breakfast/lunch and dinner. Nina got us a couple of roles and coffee before we began setting up our shop. Also had to get a couple of adaptors for our chargers because we both forgot to take them with us…

The weather was quite nice and it only started to rain in the evening during load in. The bus with trailer was parked behind the venue. Normally you can’t park there and we got a fine of £130. But it made all a bit easier although quite dangerous with having the doors on the side of the road. So we had to really be careful not to get run over by cars/busses.

Before the doors opened we went to get a quite bite and despite of the poorly lit spot of the merch corner we did pretty good and stayed on target with our sales. Bus call was at 00:15, did some admin and then started our drive to Holyhead to get the ferry to Dublin, Ireland.Read more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 10:14 AM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Irish Sea 53.364586, -5.29800553°21’53” N 5°17’53” W
Travel Day 3: Holyhead - Dublin
October 8, 2024, Irish Sea ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Arrived at the ferry around 6:30 and had to wait because it wasn’t leaving until 9:00. Took a good 3 hrs to get to Dublin and all had breakfast and slept a bit on benches or the whole way in cabin.

Then at 12:15-ish we set foot on Irish soil and had to go through Custaim and we all had to get out and line up so a dog could sniff us out and the inside of the bus. Also a van with a x-ray machine went round the bus and trailer. Quite interesting and a first for many.

So after 3 hrs of being held by customs and carnet we we’re dropped off by Artur at our hotels. To my surprise my room had a shower ánd a bath tub and decided to use both. Did some admin with Nina and then was off to meet up with Emily, Andy and Egil for a pub crawl and a visit to the statues of Molly Malone and Phil Lynott.

Later Nina and Gwenael joined us for dinner at a place in the Temple Bar area. We continued our pub crawl at O’Reilly’s which was en route to our hotels and chatted/laughed/drank ‘til we could no more. Went to a real bed instead of a coffin/bunk around 1:00.Read more
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 11:56 AM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Ireland Royal Canal 53.349895, -6.23184753°20’60” N 6°13’55” W
Show Day 6: Dublin
October 9, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
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
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- Day 11
- Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9:20 AM
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- England University of Manchester 53.463737, -2.2319253°27’49” N 2°13’55” W
Show Day 8: Manchester
October 11, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
This too was an early arrival at the venue and the second university on this run. Load in was an hour later than normally and I went for little stroll around the area. Quite busy with all the students, but it had a nice vibe and some beautiful buildings to boot.

There was an industrial elevator at our disposal and rollies that we could use to get the gear and merch boxes up. One of the ways to get to the backstage was (surprise, surprise) via the stage. There still was a setlist on the wall from Duff McKagan’s show last week. Very cool considering Guns N’ Roses was a huge influence on me when I was a teen.

To our surprise we had to prep on the venue floor because the merch space wasn’t ready until 17:00, Not ideal but we managed… i.e. adapt or die! Once we got the green light to set up shop around 16:30 we got quite a few “lost” concertgoers asking us the directions the Academy 1 to this heavy metal festival called Fire Fest which was next to the university. A different building altogether. Also some guy asked me if we had any toiletpaper because the one in the disabled toilet had run out. Maybe we should charge the venue since apparently we are an info stand as well!Read more
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