In the summer of 2009, my band embarked on our first headline club tour, playing almost every Friday and Saturday for five weeks, including playing a major German festival. We had been together for two years and were starting to build a name for ourselves and an online following. I was recently single and not in a good headspace, looking forward to distraction as we headed to the first gig of the tour in the North East of...

In the summer of 2009, my band embarked on our first headline club tour, playing almost every Friday and Saturday for 5 weeks, including a major German festival. We had been together for 2 years and were starting to build a name for ourselves and an online following. I was recently single. A week after my adventure in Newcastle with the beautiful dreadlocked Theadora, the band arrived in Northampton, a large town in the E...

A week after Charlii had rocked my world after the Gig in Northampton, the band was on the road again. This time bound for Manchester. A city we had played many times, and had a decent following in, so we had high hopes of a good turnout and a great night. There was not enough time to walk around the city, so we had a decent sound check and food and were now sitting out the back of the venue chatting, smoking and generall...