Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre

En route and on time, or so we thought. First day of joining the Kaiser Chiefs tour and we were hit with some mild backluck. At the tale end of a long haul from Columbia to Chicago we hit a wee bit of traffic getting into the city. It was one of the those scenarios where you have to load directly onto stage, do an accelerated sound check, sprint off stage, clean up a bit, then go back out and start the show. I think we all would of wished it were that easy. Instead, we were line checking our equipment while doors opened. Which isn't bad in anyway, it's just odd when there's a crowed already forming at the front of the stage and half of us are trying to figure out how to setup the absent band members'equipment. All the while the attentive eyes at the front of the stage are growing exponentially. Meanwhile, the missing band members are attempting to park the van and trailer to no luck at all. 10 minutes till stage time and a call comes in from Lee, "we're still trying to park aaaaaaaaaaand one of our tires just blew up". I think it was at that point we asked ourselves what the hell else can go wrong today.

Nothing did, no broken bones or equipment. Only the remaining questions: "So how did it blow up? and where the hell's the van?". The $60 question(s). 60 being the amount of money we spent on rounds for the lovely couple that helped us out. The tire blew up due how most tires blow up...you now, a random bolt sticking out of the ground ripped it open?!?!?!?!?! Anyhow, luckily one of the security dudes from the Vic was on his way out and he and his wife offered to help us out in exchange for some drinks. We were happy to oblige.

Off to Minneapolis...barring any catastrophic events.

glitz&gravy,

lilonez

p.s. no pix were taken from the show due to our frazzled state. so here are some transit pix...





gregory with a Kaiser Chief background...