North Platt, Nebraska.
Published by steve j May 1st, 2007 in air, generalEvery tour has a low point - this is it. We left Coachella festival in California on an extreme low - it was nothing short of a disaster… I can’t even go into it now, but it couldn’t have been worse, as gigs go. In front of such a huge crowd, it was so disappointing to be slaughtered by technical problems that were out of our control.
To make matters worse, we had a 13 hour drive straight afterwards to Salt Lake City. A strange place. We spent the day there, followed by another 13 hour drive to where we are now - North Platt, Nebraska. There’s nothing here. A Ford dealership, a twenty minute walk to the nearest food joint and the general ambience of a small dusty industrial estate on the edge of the world. JB said that this-afternoon, he plans to hang himself… it is pretty grim. We’re more or less holding our breath with our eyes closed until we leave tonight for Minneapolis - the last super-long drive of the tour. Three days of 13 hour drives - impossible to imagine, living in the UK, but every day is the equivalent of driving from Belfast to Dublin 7 times. The drivers do it in one shot - strange, conditioned creatures that they are.
I am keeping my head up as best I can. I miss my family so much it is almost physical… when you have an eighteen-month old child at home, growing up every day, you become acutely aware that you are missing real magic. He came on to iChat yesterday and said “Hello” - it broke my heart, as he didn’t know the word the day before. Something about that just got me, way deep inside, and I’m not sure I can resolve it until this tour is over. Maybe I’m just not able to do this anymore? Nah. Its not that bad. On a smaller scale, I realise that a lot of men who work long days actually miss everything… they leave as the child wakes up, arrive home when they’re going to bed. At least I have the consolation that when I get back from the US tour, I will be at home with Di and Luka for a month. Sweet.
Anyway, even in Suicidesville, one needs to have a shower, so I’m off to get one.
Hope it’s soon going to be Happyvile/town again for you all. It all sounds pretty grim.
Keep it up Steve!
xT
Hi Steve
Sorry to hear you’re feeling low. Everything seems so much worse when you’re tired, so hopefully once you’ve had chance to catch up on some sleep you’ll feel much better. Not long to go now ;)
Sarah x
That doesnt sound good. Hope it sorts itself out and you get thru it ok.
It’s hard when ur missing family isnt it? Anyway hopefully you’ll keep in contact and see them soon.