Enter Shikari

Wednesday 31st 2007f January 07, @ 09:57 am

So......Video Time. I wake up in a Travelodge in Hatfield after one hell of a drive the night before from preston. Grab a shower that feels like someone is taking a piss on me and myself, Andy and Quinny head off to pick everyone up for the shoot.

After seeing the weather the night before i wasnt hopeful about today at all but it was nice to see the rain had gone away and the sun had come up.

When we arrived at Lawrences house just off the M1 the place was already a hive of activity with various lighting and production people running about doing things. By this time already i was freezing cold and starving.

Me, gav and Andy set about helping put the stage and set together which passed some time and then we set all the bands equipment up on stage whilst they were off doing various interviews with magazines and talking to people from MTV2 who were filming the making of the video.

Finally Tim and James came back with my KFC which had already gone cold.

When filming began it was really interesting to watch how music videos are actually made. An it was great to see that around 120 kids had showed up to take part.

Keith and Sheila Reynolds had the barbie going(Lovelies) and generally lots of moshing, crowdsurfing and stage diving was done.

By this time it was like 9pm and time to pack down. before this we did the traditional group photo . An then we loaded up the van and said our thank you's and left back to St albans.

After dropping the lads off me and Quinny ventured home to the motherland (Manchester). To find out that where i lived was 3 feet deep in snow. The taxi driver who took me from manchester refused to drive into my town so i had to walk for night on 4 miles in the snow with all my bags. HELL!!

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Tuesday 30th 2007f January 07, @ 08:09 pm

Getting back home from tour the night before you turn 21 can never be a good thing to be honest. After my first tour with Es back in october i was a depressing mess when i got home. Even though it was only 2 weeks break it was well shit.

When you live with a bunch of people for 21 days in a van and spend allday with them you get attached and it becomes routine. especially when you are having such fun.

I woke up the first day back home in November after seeing my boys play their balls off in there biggest headline show to date at The Astoria, expecting to get dressed and sit in a van for 3 hours. Then the reality kicks in that your not going to do that today.

It was really hard to deal with at first but it doesnt get any easier as things get bigger.

I got home on the 28th January, my birthday was the 29th. An boy was i feeling down. I sometimes think of myself as a junkie desperate for his fix. But im not shooting up Heroin, im shooting up Enter Shikari instead.

Having now seen them around 65 times i guess, i still dont ever get bored of watching them play.

Saying Goodbye the other night to Suave Gav and Andy before they left for the airport and then to the lads and Quinny our driver was a bit crap. Its kinda that feeling when you get when you come back from a really good long holiday.

The other worst bit about it is when you grow close to a support band on tour as i did with Ella in December and Saving Aimee this january.

Just writing this makes me feel better knwoing that the lads are in Japan and that in 2 weeks ill be touring for a long time.

Ill stop ranting now. i just thought those of you who havent experienced touring might want to know thats its not all gravy, Especially when your not touring. So for now im off to do some work and keep busy.

Chow

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Tuesday 30th 2007f January 07, @ 11:16 am

here are some pictures from tour from the past couple of weeks !

Maida Vale. Zane Lowe live session