Post by delorentos on May 2, 2011 10:47:33 GMT
Friday 29th April
Day 9
Faktoria D'Arts, Terrassa
Delorentos were very well behaved post our Madrid show, knowing that another serious drive lay ahead.
So this morning we packed everything up and did a pretty respectable job (for a band) of cleaning the apartment before leaving for Terrassa. It’s another 6 hour trip, but is very close to Barcelona, so the last long haul before the tour finishes.
It turned out to be quite a pleasant ride actually. We took the AP2 instead of the A2 which we used before. The difference the “P” makes is a cost of roughly €30, but a time saving of about two hours and a stress saving that cannot be quantified. I slept most of the way and woke to find our Brian and Fabrizio (new sound engineer/tour manager) in great spirits.
I must mention a great documentary called “Century of the Self” that Níal lent me, and I watched before falling asleep. It’s a bbc series from the early 00s, documenting the development and manipulation of societies from the turn of the last century. There’s loads of Freudian theory in the beginning of it and it’s fascinating to see the influence that so few can have on so many. I’ve more episodes to get through but I’d definitely recommend it.
Apart from being cool, it’s nice to watch something a bit thought provoking. We are sometimes concerned that band life is turning us into vegetables, what with all the hanging around and staring out of bus windows, so it’s important to make sure that you’ve got stuff to do, fart jokes to amuse, books and movies to enlighten.
We had some time before the gig and so checked into the swankiest hotel of the tour so far. We stayed here last November, so all were excited at the prospect of a super comfy bed, awesome showers and most important for me, complimentary buffet breakfast!
We’ve graduated to a slightly larger venue than the last time we played and all the techs and staff are really helpful and friendly. The best surprise is that instead of the usual few bottles of beer in the fridge, we actually had a keg and tap in our dressing room. I don’t think this was put in especially for the Irish band!
The crowd were once again amazing at the show. I’m bowled over by the enthusiasm of the Spanish audiences. It’s brilliant, everybody throws themselves into the gig and it’s definitely elevated our performance.
After the gig we poured ourselves a beer and hung out with some Catalans . The tapas restaurant next door kindly agreed to make us a few plates of food. As we didn’t get time for dinner before the show, we were all starving and wolfed down the delicious cheeses, pizza breads and salads.
Apparently, we’re playing the 2000 capacity, main room in Razzmatazz tomorrow, for our last show in Barcelona. Can’t wait!
Ró
Day 9
Faktoria D'Arts, Terrassa
Delorentos were very well behaved post our Madrid show, knowing that another serious drive lay ahead.
So this morning we packed everything up and did a pretty respectable job (for a band) of cleaning the apartment before leaving for Terrassa. It’s another 6 hour trip, but is very close to Barcelona, so the last long haul before the tour finishes.
It turned out to be quite a pleasant ride actually. We took the AP2 instead of the A2 which we used before. The difference the “P” makes is a cost of roughly €30, but a time saving of about two hours and a stress saving that cannot be quantified. I slept most of the way and woke to find our Brian and Fabrizio (new sound engineer/tour manager) in great spirits.
I must mention a great documentary called “Century of the Self” that Níal lent me, and I watched before falling asleep. It’s a bbc series from the early 00s, documenting the development and manipulation of societies from the turn of the last century. There’s loads of Freudian theory in the beginning of it and it’s fascinating to see the influence that so few can have on so many. I’ve more episodes to get through but I’d definitely recommend it.
Apart from being cool, it’s nice to watch something a bit thought provoking. We are sometimes concerned that band life is turning us into vegetables, what with all the hanging around and staring out of bus windows, so it’s important to make sure that you’ve got stuff to do, fart jokes to amuse, books and movies to enlighten.
We had some time before the gig and so checked into the swankiest hotel of the tour so far. We stayed here last November, so all were excited at the prospect of a super comfy bed, awesome showers and most important for me, complimentary buffet breakfast!
We’ve graduated to a slightly larger venue than the last time we played and all the techs and staff are really helpful and friendly. The best surprise is that instead of the usual few bottles of beer in the fridge, we actually had a keg and tap in our dressing room. I don’t think this was put in especially for the Irish band!
The crowd were once again amazing at the show. I’m bowled over by the enthusiasm of the Spanish audiences. It’s brilliant, everybody throws themselves into the gig and it’s definitely elevated our performance.
After the gig we poured ourselves a beer and hung out with some Catalans . The tapas restaurant next door kindly agreed to make us a few plates of food. As we didn’t get time for dinner before the show, we were all starving and wolfed down the delicious cheeses, pizza breads and salads.
Apparently, we’re playing the 2000 capacity, main room in Razzmatazz tomorrow, for our last show in Barcelona. Can’t wait!
Ró