December 27th Echo Arena Part 1

Back to work today with the best possible start after the holidays!! Got two big gigs tonight starting with the first at Echo Arena in Liverpool!! woo,cant wait. Get my stuff together and head off late afternoon for the venue, as its a one off gig im making my own way there so its not very good when some pathetic police man pulls me follows me through the tunnel in liverpool slowly before flashing and pulling me over, as i couldn't stop in the toll line i crossed the road to pull over on the other side in the bay..bad move apparently, he then gets me out of the car like ive just done a hit and run and talks to me like a piece of shit, when he was pulling me over for my broken break light i illegally crossed over a road that had a no u turn sign apparently, also in front of the toll meaning i dodged the toll charge too!! wow, what is he on..stupid dick, obviously the robbers and murderers in the city weren't worthy of chasing with crimes like this going on in the city..jesus!! he lectured me and wrote me a ticket which took the best part of half an hour writing down details of my build and clothing on my ticket but not my crime!! aargh!!things like this make me mad,i dont get mad often either but when you get spoken to like a criminal even when against all instincts you remain polite while people get away with actual crimes its infuriating.The result was a fine anyway suprise suprise, the whole police, government and council is just one big money scam, its all one big con..anyway rant over.. i finally get on with my travels late now and get to the arena, park the car and with all my show stuff and prezzies iv'e got for the girls tooked in my arms everyway possible i struggle to find the entrance to the arena, after a mile trek in the wrong direction i finally make it in-the wrong entrance might i add and get escorted through the huge building with loads of security codes like Madonna. This is more like it haha. It's great to see everyone and we all have a quick catch up then swap presents and have a second xmas day before going to Toyah's room to deliver hers and watch her open them, she was very prepared and got her's to us before xmas, she loved her gifts anyway which was great. After all the excitement and buzz of presents and the size of the venue we grab some food have a glass of wine and chill in our dressing rooms until the show. Denim is watching tonight which is cool and before i know it its showtime!!
The show was amazing, the huge crowd was such a buzz and the sheer size of the stage was awesome, such good energy on stage because we were all so glad to be back, what a work out ha. The dressing rooms were miles away which was a stress as we have so many costume changes during the show so we brought them to the corridor and did most changes there.All in all what a show, Vampires Rock ended 08 with a bang for sure!! it all ran smoothly, sounded and looked fantastic. when your used to doing the show and working with the same people so closely you vibe off each other so get a real sense of someone having a bad gig or not feeling it etc but tonight we were all abng on it and it was electric.
After the show we sat on a long table for a signing which is always interesting cos you meet all sorts of people, as it was such a huge show the que was never ending, we felt like superstars, denim wasn't allowed backstage so had to que with the crowds bless her to get to me but she loved the show so all good. we went back to grab my stuff and zoomed off straight after the signing to get to the second gig of the night for me at Krazyhouse a three storey rock venue . Rock on..