Day 2: Gothenburg/Sticky Fingers/Showdown

Second day into the tour… off to Sweden! We cross 2 borders, take 2 ferries and end up playing 2 shows in one night. A wonderful thing to do… once!

The sold out Sticky Fingers show with Tiger Army was a good show case for us with a perfect Swedish sound and a picture perfect crowd with not 1 hair out of place.

The 2nd show was a different story! We walked into the venue and straight onto the stage. The sweat was flowing before the end of the 1^st song and an energy fuelled 12 song set ensued. A good time was had by all tonight.  HERVE

Day 3: Travelling Day/Scandinavia

I was sleeping mostly on the long haul to Stockholm. We got on the ferry to Finland taking as many beers and photos as we could while it was still daylight. By about midnight the chaos started when we realised that there were 600 odd Finnish students drunk as hell wandering aimlessly into our room and others… while I was getting inked.   RYAN

Day 4: Helsinki/Nosturi

We started the day with 1 less member… Ryan was still in the ferry (with no passport) as we drove the van off! He made it off by blending in with the Finish students and after 1 breath test and a change of driver later we make our way to Helsinki.

I check on the map to see where we are and it's the furthest North and East the band has been, and we can feel it in the air temperature. Good job I brought my big coat!

The venue is by the port and there's loads of giant "pin balls" all over the place (art I guess) so we have our picture taken with a few and head to the nearest curry house.

I'm nervous before going on stage tonight. I know it's gonna be hard work winning over a crowd who don't know us, but as the gig goes on I relax and by the end I come off with a sense on achievement. There was dancing and singing along and the merch sales prove we did a good job.  LIZ

Day 5: Travelling Day/Scandinavia

Leave Helsinki at 5AM, catch the 12 hour ferry back to Stockholm, sleep, sleep and more sleep!  PASCAL

Day 6: Stockholm/Debaser

Well I don't think there was ever a better opportunity to tattoo your own leg… so that's what I've done! Pizza, Tattoos and beer!!! Another sold out show, the high life lives on!  LEE

Day 7: Copenhagen/Stengade 30

A slightly smaller show in a packed 350 venue, but hot as fuck and crazy. We checked out a great tattoo shop called Conspiracy Tattoos, Uncle Allan does some great work. LEE

Day 9: Leipzig/Conne Island

Day 10: Brno/Club Faval

Day 11: Vienna/Arena

Day 12: Munich/Backstage

Day 13: Essen/Zeche Carl

The venue is nice though with a bar and outside seating so we chill for a bit in the sun before sound check.

After 2 days off it's hard to get the momentum going on stage, especially following The Broilers who are playing their home crowd, but by the end of the set the crowd look as sweaty as we did this afternoon in the van. LIZ

Day 14: Rotterdam/Waterfront 

As we pull up to the venue I realise that I've been here before… not to play a show, just to get blitzed. I try my hardest to revisit that night but sometimes you just get to that point in a tour when nothing works. Damn!  LEE

day 15: Amsterdam/Melkweg

Day 16: Groez Rock Festival

We had to get up at some unearthly hour this morning (7am) to make our way to the festival. I make up before we go but I needn't have bothered, after sleeping for 2 hours in the van my eyeliner's not quite where I put it earlier. As we arrive we are handed Eastpak keyrings, our AAA passes drink tokens and vouchers for lunch AND dinner. We're due on at 12:50 but as usual things get changed and we're now playing an hour later. Cool, time for lunch and vocal warm ups! There's a 35 min change over so after setting the stage we wait to play. As we bang into Blood On Your Hands the pit kicks off, and so does the DUST. By the end of the 1^st block my eyes and lungs are full and at the end of the set I have to run off to have a good cough. I am filthy from head to toe but what a gig. I take a quick shower and we hang around for a bit back stage and catch up with people and bands we haven't seen since last summer's festivals then it's time to head back home for the UK leg of the tour. I'm knackered but happy!  LIZ