European Tour Number 2, First Show

So, we just had our first show in Europe, and basically everything that could go wrong did. We were missing cables. Our guitar amp didn't work. The show was scheduled last-minute and thus very under-promoted, so there were only 20 people there (although given other problems that was probably a blessing). And the sound guy had NO idea how to work the system. Literally. It was so bad that after three songs of none of us being able to hear anything, we all unplugged, went down on the floor, and played and entirely acoustic set. We really had no choice, with four of the six of us basically playing deaf.

The up side was the hospitality. We've had a decent place to stay for two nights, some decent Chinese food, and plenty of good British beer, so no complaints on that end. Tomorrow we're going to pick up a new amp, and then drive to London for what we hope is the first "real" (ie plugged in) show of the tour. We're hoping all of the bugs were worked out this first night, but I guess we'll see.