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It's been a time for the number three. We recently went on a three day mini tour, as the new three piece, with three new songs. It's weird playing without Cherish, and I miss her alot, but the wheel keeps turning, and the show must go on...
I was absent minded on this trip, and didn't take ANY photos, fortunately Victoria was there with her trusty phone... This was our first trip without Mark Scurr :( 

Mark is the MAN. SoundMAN, tour MANager, VAN(man with a v?) driver. He's a good egg. We missed you Mark. We also were without management...  So we set off, like a child learning to ride a bike, when their stabilisers are removed... Could we survive? Would we survive? It was anyone's guess...

DAY ONE:

Liverpool. I really like Liverpool. The last time we played here we met our favourite fans in the world. Dave, Mike and Rick. They're super amazing. They faithfully came to this show too. We played at Korova, great gig. All next three photos are Marc Mcnulty. CHECK OUT THE MIRRORS IN THE VENUE!

Now, Matt, our temporary soundman, is brilliant at his job. He does what he says on the tin. However, he CANNOT do sat navs. This was a constant source of amusement for the next three days. For example... Hotel off a motorway, it's on the right hand side of the roundabout... clear as day, sat nav says turn left into a field... Matt turns left into a field. Silly boy. We do love him though.

DAY TWO: 

Crewe. Now Crewe was a funny one. The venue was amazing, drums on the wall, AMAZING incredibly expensive guitars, just there to steal, hanging up, Rosie, very proud of her, resisted, and a killer sound system. 

The people we met were great. But the town itself, a little scary. The accommodation was above the venue. Was free, so no complaints. Me and Vicky Jean took a little walk and got a HUGE curry, £14 for both of us, and we got the WORKS! Cheap as chips, happy as Larry! Probably not the BEST idea to eat this kind of food an hour before you play... There was no way the disco pants were coming out tonight... Nice baggy t shirts all round... The gig itself was incredible. Have NEVER been so hot on stage in all my life. This place went all out. Lights, smoke machine, and can honestly say, was one of the best shows we've played. We met a really nice photographer and his wife, his name escapes me! Waiting on some ace shots he showed us afterward. So. It gets to about half one and we decide to go to sleep.  NO CHANCE. Like i said, the accommodation was ABOVE the venue. And mine, Matt's and Victoria's room was LITERALLY ABOVE the venue. You wont hear this from me often, but the bass was SO loud it was actually shaking the wardrobes. So no sleep till the early hours. Fed up, I go to the bathroom, slide the door open, and it comes off the hinges and twats me in the face. Nice. I love this place. Couple hours later, Victoria does the same thing. Joys joys joys. Photo below by baconation

DAY THREE: 

Darlington: It's a Sunday. It's Darlington. There's not a GREAT deal to do. We get some food, after searching for about half an hour at Yates'. LOVED the barman... "Are you with that black goth group over there?" Yes. I am. There were no yorkshires left, so he gave me the equivalent of TWO roasts. One cinema, one showing. Night At The Museum Two. £5.50. Nice. Film was shockingly bad. But it passed a couple of hours. The next couple of hours is passed listening to Titchmarsh's radio show, and seeing how long it takes to clean the windscreen using just the washer fluid. We then go to see Lord Auch. Haven't seen them since their new line up. Leo is great. I love leo! Good show guys!! My mum came to this show, camera in hand. I love my mum. Show was ok. 

Samantha.x.