Dirkschneider and Anvil Tour Diary (nicked brazenly from the I.C.O.N website)

PART ONE Back To The Roots Tour 2016.So, who are we supporting?Tarquin the Hairdresser on his UK Tour?Alan Titchmarsh on his Gardening Tour? No. It’s Udo F**king Dirkschneider on his ‘Goodbye to Accept Tour’ with Canadian metal heroes Anvil. This is a genuine blast for all of us: we played with Anvil in London once …

The collected ramblings of a New Zealander at work…

Larry’s BRA Diary(stolen lock and stock and barrel from the I.C.O.N website) (Part I) Yes, it’s finally time for the BRA Tour. Just to be clear – for those familiar with Sid James’ work – it’s not the BRA tour because it’s a pair of heavyweights travelling together around the UK…no…it stands for British Riff …

Vauréal

We had finally reached the last day. Woke up in Köln and prepared to head off. We were actually on the outskirts and in, what were in daylight, pretty bleak surroundings. The guy who showed us to our apartment was from Galicia and a nice dude, but the whole area was pretty grim. When we …

Bochum

The trip from Salzburg was pretty tiring actually. Pouring with rain and Reece and I were flagging a bit behind the wheel. The plain clothes Polizei pulled us over for a document check, which livened things up. The funniest thing was there were two of them – very polite and cool – but one guy …

Salzburg

We rocketed down into Austria along what are now familiar roads. I’ve been to Salzburg a few times and it’s a great city, but we didn’t have time to have a look around unfortunately. Checked into the hotel (which was an awesome old building that had been a Gasthof since 1437). The venue was less …