We sleepily made our way to nearest coffee shop. The morning mission for coffee seems to be a necessary routine to start the day. I spent much of the walk rubbing the sleep from my eyes. I walked up to the door… pulled… pushed… nothing. There were plenty of people inside, “how could it be locked?” Hrmm… I tried pulling the other door… nothing… ummmm… Thankfully a kind lady inside opened the door for me. Yes, it was unlocked… you see the right door was entirely locked, and the left side was push to open! AAACK IT’S ALL BACKWARDS! Haha. Despite feeling a bit defeated I walked in a bit red… I blame it jet lag!
Apparently the coffee didn’t do much to wake me up, as I nicked my hand with a knife, right where I run it along the neck of my bass :/ ugh… what a weird day.
Despite mishaps before the show, it was another great concert. Much loudness and much sweatiness.
Thank you Manchester!
Love,
Ed
First.
See you (again) Saturday guys.
What a show! Was expecting Academy 2, but was amazing to have a nice and intimate show at the Club. Thought Nate stepped in for Teppei so well (5 piece future band perhaps??)! The only thing missing for a Manchester gig was the re-introduction of Phoenix Ignition! Thanks for a great gig! Make sure you keep that promise and come back soon!
third, Looking forward to Nottingham – really hoping to run into you guys
What a show!
Come All You Weary and the rearranged version of A Song For Milly Michaelson were badass.
In Exile and All The World is Mad sounded epic!
And to open the gig with Of Dust And Nations blew my tiny little mind. It was truly incredible. The fact that it was Club Academy made it that bit more special!
I agree with Mark, call Nate in for a 5-piece! Do it! Do it!
See you again soon guys.
Much love to Teppei.
Glad to hear everyones enjoying the shows so far! Can anyone post up a set list or an indication of what’s to come, having read Ed’s tweet about a small song pool with Nate I’m intrigued as to what we may get in the support set on saturday, having seen them play basically everything over the last 7 years it could be an interesting mix?
Just hope you’re picking local coffee Ed, if not, be sure of Costa over Starbucks!
@Martyn
I’ll be there and I’m hoping the same. Perhaps we should team up haha
When are we going to see some Canadian headlining dates?!
Simly the best gig I have ever attended! Thrice were outstanding!I am little sore today though after a awesome pit.
Kinda gutted when I left though… My car was broken in to and my Ipod and radio was stolen even tho they were in a locked glove box…
ah well they are only things I guess.
Once again cheers for an amazing gig!
they played the following in leeds (not the right order):
of dust and nations
silhouette
all the world is mad
the weight
helter skelter
melting point of wax
at the last
hold fast hope
deadbolt
all that’s left
the earth will shake
stare at the sun (just dustin with a little vote before between this and “come all you weary”)
beggars
song for milly michaelson
in exile
artist in the ambulance
Ed, Your adventures are well described.
Yeah. Incredible gig. I’ve been waiting to see you guys for years, this was my first Thrice gig and it was awesome. Of Dust and Nations was a brilliant opener and it was just great. Thanks for a great show guys!
Thought you might like this that I made too, inspired by last night’s show
http://tumblr.com/xjo5pyt0o
What an amazing show, best gig I have ever been to.
Been waiting for such a long time to see you guys, so glad you finally made it over here
Got to meet Dustin
although gutted that i didn’t get to meet you Ed, you’re my idol!
Absolutely loved Of Dust and Nations, so epic!
You guys are legends and i hope i will get to see you again soon.
I’m loving these updates. =]
If anyone cares to have a look here are some of the photos I got from the Glasgow show. I’m pretty pleased with them I must say. =D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/myso-calledphotography/
xxx
@Perri – Great pictures!
And I adore your stories so much Eddie.
Thanks for the photos Perri, very nice. I concur MJ, its nice to hear from ed, his posts are always fun.
Absolutely incredible in Manchester! So glad I managed to get right to the front, and although I got ridiculously crushed (I’m only 5ft y’see) it was definitely worth it. The set was great and I agree with the others, Nate was awesome! Was even worth sitting out in the carpark on my own in the cold since midday for 3 hours waiting for friends haha
Just wish I’d have realised you guys had arrived before you went inside! Ah well, maybe next time I’ll be paying more attention and get to say hello! x
I really like the picture That Ed posted. It’s so awesome…
EDDIE!
I am a Californian living in London and I still have that same problem every day… It’s so annoying. I always think stores are closed and look so stupid.
OH… and I am so excited to see you boys for my sixth time on Saturday!! Thank you for coming to me while I’m here!!!
I love you Thrice.
The gig last night was unreal. Ive waited years to see you guys and you did not disapoint. It was honestly the best gig i have ever been to. I loved the Milly arraignment. Record it and put it on the B-sides of the next album!! That would be awsome. Im wondering what cafe it was that you were in. The Gemini Cafe perhaps? I live behind it so it would be so cool to think you where in there haha. I just wish i knew and i would have came for a chat. Oh well maybe next time. Come back to the UK soon!!
For some reason….I can really relate to this post more than any other. So many times I’ve had weird days like you explained Ed. Yup!
So very excited, tomorrow I get to see my favourite band once again, and then again on Saturday, and… Brand new! It just doesn’t get much better than that.
Hope you’re enyoying the uk guys. \m/ > < \ m/
Thanks @Ryan and @mj. =]
I just noticed Thrice didn’t play All That’s Left in Glasgow…or am I just trippin’… I’m pretty sure they didn’t. Not faiiiiir.
xxx
23rd.
Thanks for the updates and pics.
Take care, fellas.
I wonder why they do not play Talking Through Glass at their shows….
It’s by far my favorite song on the album. I guess it doesn’t come out that great live, which is seems impossible! Since almost every Thrice song is beautiful live…
Love the pic. Glad you guys are having fun rocking the UK!
You guys need to bail on Europe and come back home! We’ve had tornado warnings here in california!!! And it hailed here in Pomona today!!!
Desperately hope they unleash Of Dust Of Nations in Nottingham tonight. Favourite song of all time. by anyone.
By the sounds of things, Manchester was awesome. Gutted I couldn’t make it back, damn university deadlines… My home town as well. Gah! Cant wait for tonight though.
I managed to film the whole set in Cardiff.
Here’s In Exile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_P1zpK9v7E
Check my channel for the rest.
Hat’s off to Nate, did an awesome job.
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