Let’s summon a reality slap for a second, because lately there’s this weird fetishization going on our veteran road warrior George P’s timeline all the time where stagehands are being framed like the last line of defense between live music and total societal collapse.
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One of the massive downsides of working (overly long) night shifts in one of the busiest and most demanding industries of them all (hospitality) is that boss man doesn’t get to as many gigs as have would have done before adopting this particular work regime – even less so when you factor in being called in for additional shifts due to last minute emergencies or simply feeling so knackered after a fortnight-long run that he simply can’t be arsed getting out of his pit, even if it is to enjoy a rambunctious evening of his favourite past-time, and that is being caught up in the middle of a hot and sweaty rock ‘n’ roll show. It’s a situation that makes climbing the narrow stairs to his favourite venue feel like more of a pilgrimage – especially when it is a show he was determined, short of hell freezing over and Ragnarok decimating the back streets of Belfast, not to miss… Yes, his had booked the night off months in advance and the “work” setting on his phone was set to “fuck off…” as it was time to join a special anniversary party \m/
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The Devil Wears Prada will be planting #Flowers across Europe and the ÜK next October, with a run of 15 headline shows.
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Zutons frontman Dave McCabe will undertake his first ever solo tour in April.
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We’re finally approaching the last couple of weeks of the year and Jase W was gladly wrapping up a very busy week with Katatonia melting his face off at Amsterdam’s Melkweg. Not only that but it’s the MAX stage for this so it’ll be a big night of delicious proggy goodness delivered with a massive helping of heavy fucking riffs – what could you not want from this on a Sunday night?
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