Chromeo Day 1, Toronto, ON (7-20-08)
I got up far too early at the Bala cottages today so I could drive back to Toronto to meet up with the Chromeo guys to start our North American tour. I actually made it to the site of the Rogers Picnic on time, at Historic Fort York, but we got stuck waiting in line for load in. It was getting a little crazy because it was raining all morning and the field became a massive mess. The main reason for the backup was that a sewage truck got stuck in the field and it took over an hour to get it out.
Eventually things cleared up, we got our stuff in and set up, etc... Show time rolled around and it went really well. The crowd was amazing, especially considering it was raining the whole time. The stuck through it...
After the show, we had to wait til 11pm to get out because the path to the outside was right through the middle of the crowd. Our set was done at 8. It was a long wait. Once the show was finally done, we had to wait even longer because the fencing guys didn't come in to tear town the fences around the backstage area. So after waiting for over an hour, we figured screw this, we're getting out. We started tearing down the fences and then without saying a word, one of the trucks from the sound company decided to make a break for it. They made it about 15' before the mud swallowed them whole. They were stuck and they were blocking the whole backstage exit area. We were not happy.
We started looking around for ways to get out and we saw that we had enough room to squeeze through on some dry land where the fences had been. There were still a couple soft spots though, so we took the pieces of fencing and threw them on the ground to make a road out. Before the last piece was in place our van was moving. We were sick of the place and we have to drive to Thunder Bay in the morning. We got out on the first shot and went straight to the hotel to crash.
Eventually things cleared up, we got our stuff in and set up, etc... Show time rolled around and it went really well. The crowd was amazing, especially considering it was raining the whole time. The stuck through it...
After the show, we had to wait til 11pm to get out because the path to the outside was right through the middle of the crowd. Our set was done at 8. It was a long wait. Once the show was finally done, we had to wait even longer because the fencing guys didn't come in to tear town the fences around the backstage area. So after waiting for over an hour, we figured screw this, we're getting out. We started tearing down the fences and then without saying a word, one of the trucks from the sound company decided to make a break for it. They made it about 15' before the mud swallowed them whole. They were stuck and they were blocking the whole backstage exit area. We were not happy.
We started looking around for ways to get out and we saw that we had enough room to squeeze through on some dry land where the fences had been. There were still a couple soft spots though, so we took the pieces of fencing and threw them on the ground to make a road out. Before the last piece was in place our van was moving. We were sick of the place and we have to drive to Thunder Bay in the morning. We got out on the first shot and went straight to the hotel to crash.
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