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GA Ozblog 4 - SaintSaviour 31.1.10
Date added: 31.01.2010
Woah-ho, it’s only rock ‘n roll but I like it yeaaahhhhhhhh... I’m typing this in the 34 degree heat, trying to look remotely cool as Muse make their way round the breakfast buffet in our allotted hotel. Were all in Adelaide and on the home stretch of the Big Day Out’s trip round Australia, with only tonight and the show in Perth left to do.
We just got here from Melbourne, which I believe is the ‘garden state’ of Australia and very beautiful indeed, oh yes indeed, I had to get an inhaler to breathe, I’m so used to smog (thanks Syb, you may have saved my life). Having learned from various sources that Melbourne was the ‘cool’ and ‘arty’ place to be, we were kind of expecting a muted response, almost like a Shoreditch venue (any will do) where they could make the suppression of any sort of visible enjoyment and/or emotional engagement an Olympic sport. However, thank heavens, we were proved wrong. It seems cool people can jump, and dance, and sing, and even throw beer at one another. We might as well have been in Sunderland, the crowd were really giving it some. It's always amazing to be standing off stage watching Mike and the boys launch into Superstylin’, and witness a crowd of thousands become one undulating, throbbing mass of sweaty arms and hair, giving it everything they’ve got because they know every drop and every lyric. What’s also fabulous is, the longer we’re out here, the greater number of people know the new material and even sing along, since Shock, our Aussie label, have done such a fantastic job of getting the music out there on Aussie radio and the GA fans out here are so committed. I might add here too that they have been incredibly welcoming to me as a newbie and I appreciate that hugely, as I do Meesha, a beautiful and kind Melbourne lady who came all the way out from the south to do my stage makeup both nights.
The next night we had a ‘sideshow’ (a gig outside of the Big Day Out which we book and promote ourselves) at the Melbourne Palace Theatre, which was similarly great. All made a little more nerve wracking for me since Kasabian, Calvin Harris, Dizzee Rascal and Lily Allen’s band were in the audience, which isn’t exactly an everyday occurrence, but hey-ho, a gig’s a gig! We hosted an after party at Match Bar in Melbourne, with Andy on decks, working hard as usual while we mingled with some lovely fans and partied til the morning light, addressing morning munchies with yet more amazing Aussie pies. Cheese, bacon and beef together in a shortcrust pastry – what else could you possibly want, I ask you?
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