TT Week Festival
The Venue 4th/5th/7th June 2005
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Rockin' the Venue
The Venue is a big place, no make that, the Venue is a very big place.
I was apprehensive about the Mr Riff gigs for the above reason, plus when your 're opening for another band you know that a lot of the people there aren't there specifically to see you. I needn't have worried though.

Yes I'll be honest, not everyone " got it " ( I was opening for a pink  floyd tribute band on Saturday and a rock band on Tuesday. )
But a lot of people had a good time a boogied along with me.

The nice thing about a big stage is that you can really bounce about. At one point I was running round so much I was sure I would meet myself coming back.
The other good thing about big places is big dressing rooms, with a fridge!!! 
I'm getting spoilt......

DC/AC
The HEAT. That's probably the memory that will stay with me the longest from this gig.
Pack nearly 1500 people into a single place, let them bounce up and down and then add a light show and you get HEAT. I thought I was done for as I tried to carry Dockers ( the guitarist ) round the crowd. I live in Britain, we don't do hot.

It was a funny feeling doing this gig, when we did the first gig in August 2004 we always hoped we would be able to do at least one other, just so we could relax and enjoy it.
Which we did. In December 2004.
The charity gig we did after that in February 2005 raised a lot of money, but I always felt that the gig in December to nearly 800 local folks was the peak.
So why "one more time". Truth?  The buzz. The status. The chance to feel the way Bon must have felt singing the tunes. Just "one more time".  I can tell you, it can become very addictive.

Then of course there's the fact that when your asked to headline the Islands biggest rock venue on the main night of the Islands biggest event!!  You just don't say no.

So, as I said, it was a funny feeling. The whole time we played I wanted it to go on for ever because it was never going to happen again, but I also wanted it to end so it could be a great memory of something we'd done.