Going, going…
Q Is For Queens Park
Over the course of this tour we’ve played in some strange places, theatres, cow sheds, leisure centres, strip clubs, you name it. So it comes as no surprise that after we load into the Corrib Rest – an Irish pub in north west London - we’re told we have to leave the dressing room so the Irish dancing class can start, turns out this wouldn’t be the only flamboyant dancing of the evening either, oh no. After our gig in Oldham and their ‘chavvy’ drinks promos, we’re inspired to buy litre bottles of ‘VS’ (Basically this is fake ‘VK’, which in turn is fake Smirnoff Ice – don’t judge us.) from Morrisons (Fake Tesco?) and everyone’s in good spirits.
The gig tonight is a very typical London crowd, arriving late, standing at the back trying not to look like they’re not enjoying it, etc, but as our set went on things began to pick up. We’re forced to play behind some sort of railing/bannister thing so crowd interaction is a bit stunted but it all ends on a pretty good note. As the place fills up for Ash, the VS dries up and by the encore Captain Queer Giraffe ‘Chardonnay’ Toner The Last is ready to go for the most spectacular stage dive of the tour so far during Burn Baby Burn, and this time he almost gets caught by the crowd too.
The afterparty is where the action is tonight with messieurs Strange, Connelly, and some old friends from back home getting in on it. After a round of ‘Dirty Stevies’ (Tequila + Rum + Bitter Lemon) and a few ‘Mark Of The Dead’s (Contents unknown) things really get interesting and Chardonnay feels compelled to strip down to his pink Primark hotpants and dance around the room – See: Tour video part 3, coming soon – before cameraman Josh whips them down revealing The Last Turkey In Tescos to the whole bar. All in a days work!
Stu
Gone!
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