Day Fifteen: Birmingham

Birmingham HMV Institute, originally uploaded by Rich in Orderly Manor.

Awaken in Birmingham. Leave the bus, get away from some nasty eBayers (“Hey Tim!, to me, Mars and Paul”) and check the empty venue – nice place… Lots of time to waste today so explore the central area of Birmingham pretty extensively – can’t believe i’ve not seen Manchester or Birmingham before – and how nice they both are. Same kind of red brick thing in Birmingham but some ultra modern architecture in the form of the dalek-blob ‘Bullring’ and an old 1800s church right next door. Kind of cool juxtaposition really… Wagamama for lunch – never disappoints.

Get a few minutes but not nearly enough with our old buddies from the Monday’s crew; Naim and Gaz – the best lads! More next time dudes…

Tonights show is great. Happy people. Happy Furs. These two amps are sounding great; wish i had them for the whole tour. The venue turns in to some sort of Halloween disco thing afterwards and I end up hanging out the back with the HMV guy who’s telling me stories of meeting Michael Jackson, an Airstream and a load of face-painted girls, freezing with their legs out… Its a classic brit scene. Very soon we’re on the road again… out to London. Hello home.