O2 Academy Islington

London here we come……….. it is Friday afternoon, it’s Gaz’s birthday and the whole StoneWire family is excited that we are on our way to play the O2 Academy in Islington.

We only just received the go ahead a week before; I was waiting during sound check in Altrincham when the email came in, we have been confirmed to support Swiss Rockers Gotthard, yay! Rob and I know the band from way back when we were still in Germany. They have a great following all across Europe and Japan so I was surprised that no one else in the band knew them. It’s always interesting how some bands break in a certain market and some don’t (they did headline Rockingham at Rock City the next day though, so they must be known a bit here)

When we arrived at the venue we quickly got the pre-gig buzz that comes when you pull up at a new venue. We were greeted by the security guard who was absolutely charming, at one point he even called me Madam and I thought, ‘not so sure about that one’, haha. The crew that was hired by Tidal Promotions were also great, very helpful and there was no sense of “we are just the support”,