The Stills Day 9, Manchester, UK

We woke up in Manchester and quickly went on a hunt for coffee. That didn't work out so well. The Manchester Apollo, which is a legendary venue, is for some reason located in a pretty low end, ghetto part of town. We were told it might not be best to walk around...

So, we proceeded with the normal soundcheck and show, and there was an after party at the upstairs bar at the venue. We hung out for a while, watched a street magician named Dynamo do a few mind-blowing card tricks, and then the bar shut down. We weren't quite ready to call it a night though, so we went back to The Venue to see the friends we made the night before. The bar was absolutely slammed, there was no room to walk, insanely loud, etc... Not too comfortable, so we decided to bail and head back to the bus. A few minutes later we were on the road to Oxford.