Denmark and the Faroe Islands   Part One Fredrikshavn Thursday August 7th Right, here goes, Flew out Thurs AM, things started not so good for yours truly, as at the airport I managed to somehow get my fingers trapped between two trolleys, of course I said "Oh my gosh, that hurts a little" or something like that, and I have two rather large black bruises around my fingernails, great fun when your pressing down on Bass guitar strings. Anyway, pretty average trip, missed our connecting flight, SAS lost the bag with all our stage tops, had to drive straight to the gig, the bag still hasn't turned up today (Sat) so it's more of a fashion parade (well, not really a fashion parade) on the gigs at present....anyway, we did the gig and guess what? the audience were pissed. How did I know? The five litre can of beer that someone threw at me was empty...the greedy bastard drank the lot, but seriously a lot of them were well pissed, fighting, shouting etc etc. When it comes to holding their drink, they were total lightweights..why therefore do brewers sell beer which is death in a bottle? Even I can only drink about five pints of Elephant beer before I think I'm someone else, (usually Koo Stark, for those of you that remember her). 'Cos of that, I can't really say that much about the gig, Rick was OK, the sound was dreadful on stage, of course not all the crowd were pissed, but a few twats spoilt it for everyone. Hey, enough of my yabber, get back to Aarhus and the hotel at 3.00am and crash out, it's been a long day. Ricks Joke of the day: Agoraphobic, looking for a fight... "...'Ere You!!, Inside" Skanderborg Festival Friday August 9th Lie in, the gig is only ½ an hour away, and we're not on 'till 11.30pm, it's a really great festival in a town called Skanderborg, a real proper one, all the profits go to the local youth projects and charities. Backstage is great, one of the few where we all go early to eat and take in the atmosphere, it's the fourth time we've done it, there's nice people running it and tonight we're headlining, Simple Minds tomorrow and BB King on Sunday. I have an abiding memory of the second time we did this gig, I walked into the dressing room and there was God's (James Brown) hairdryer! Just like one of those old fashioned ones that go over your head, pink it was, got a great photo with me under it, Alright, alright, the gig... Brilliant! 15,000 Danes (not pissed) went absolutely crazy, and we were really quite good, one of the best sounds in the headphones I can remember.    Photo by Rasmus B. Laursen. Back to the hotel 2:30, change rooms at 4:00 'cos the AC started sounding like a force 9 gale... That's your lot, more later, Ricks Joke of the day: Two Aerials got married... ...the wedding was crap, but the reception was fantastic. Part Two, Copenhagen and the Faroe Islands. Back to Tour Log Main Page