The Stills Day 11, Newcastle, UK

We got to Newcastle a little early, so after stopping by our wonderful catering area, I took it upon myself to walk around town for a bit. It was pretty cool, saw some things dating back to the 1200s, so for a person who likes the history of cities, such as myself, it was a good time. There was also a major socc... sorry, football, match happening in town during the afternoon, and the people were nuts. 52,000+ Newcastlers were swarming the streets on their way to the stadium, and once there, they made some serious noise. It was pretty impressive.

So after all that, I went back to the Academy, soundchecked, brought the rock for one of the 2 best shows so far, and then there was an after party at the venue. We stuck around for that, ran into some people we had already met during the last week, talked, had a couple drinks, it was all good. The club eventually closed, so the KoL guys got their hotel bar to stay open. We were led (somewhat questionably, but successfully) through the old streets of Newcastle to the hotel where we hung out for a while, then headed back to the bus to head to Doncaster (no, I don't know where/what it is either... I'll let you know tomorrow).