True. I remember when I was in this other band I used to be in a few years ago, we got an inquiry whether we could play in Italy. We sent out our playing fee requirements as well as our backstage and technical rider, after which we didn't hear a thing for two months. Then, all of a sudden, they mailed us one week in advance of their scheduled concert, telling us to pick up the airline tickets at the Ryanair desk. When we read the itinerary, it turned out we would have to forego sleep for 48 hours in order to play there.ThomasB wrote:Yep, but I won't tell you that these things are sometimes pretty chaotic, innit ?
Further internet scouring revealed they were planning to put us on stage at a western themed bar (hmmm... Something for Carl? ) which had a very small stage that couldn't hold all seven of us (no, I wasn't in Iron Maiden) and nothing of the instrument backline we required in order to play was available. Needless to say, we canceled at the eleventh hour - after a week's contemplating about going anyway, because of our fans - much to the wrath of these wannabe promotors who threatened us with grievous bodily harm and 'telling the truth to our fans as to why we wouldn't be coming'. I wonder what story they made up on that last one; must've been good...