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September 01, 2006
LAS VEGAS AGAIN
Today is the Circus Diablo Las Vegas show, upstairs at The House Of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. By all accounts, the venue is a strange one. James Brown is playing in the main room, but apparently The House Of Blues now has an alternative venue, upstairs, that holds 500 people. The stage is small and round, and from what I've seen, will hold our drumkit .... MAYBE!!! So who knows what the gig will be like! The Bangkok Five and The Glitterati will be with us again, so three rock bands, with three lots of gear, will be attempting to fit on a stage the size of a postage stamp!! Should be amusing! But we get a chance to rock again, so who cares, right??!! As usual, Vegas is a mixed blessing for me - LOVE the vibe, the taste, the smell ..... for about 20 minutes. Then I am bored, over it, ready to return. We play at about 1.30am - how does that town exist? I mean who goes ON stage at 1.30am in the morning??? Only in Las Vegas!!
The week has been a weird one for me - some personal issues that need to be taken care of have been getting in the way of my usual madness, but it seems that I can have it all resolved by the end of next week, so fingers crossed that after that, my world will settle back down again. The big news for this blog is that the Camp Freddy single, SURRENDER, will be an exclusive on I Tunes from September 5th - NEXT WEEK!! And it will only be an exclusive for two weeks - so get in there and buy the tune! Lets have a success for the first Camp Freddy song to make it out there. The usual banners, links and build up will be appearing on all sites, making it VERY easy for you guys to go spend your 99 cents!
Thats all I got for you this morning. A long ride out to the desert is in my immediate future, so I need to pack a bag, get all my techie stuff together (never leave the house without a laptop, I-Pod, PSP and some juicy Bose headphones!!) and of course ...... consume the caffeine!! If you havent seen it yet, check out the Ants Invasion teaser video on the Circus Diablo home page.SEE THE DIABLO TEASER VIDEO HERE. I knocked it up yesterday for something to do and it came out ok. Thanks to all who sent pics from the Key Club - the lighting looked great and you all got some great pics. Heres a couple from Mike D for ya.
I believe Matt and Dono are doing CFR tomorrow, so I will be back after the Vegas gig with a report and pics as usual.
Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at September 1, 2006 05:55 AM
Comments
oh man! The HOB small room sounds intimate, the way I love shows! :-(
Well tear it up in Vegas tonight!
Hope all is well Billy!
Robin
Posted by: Peebs at September 1, 2006 06:44 AM
Awesome news on the CF single!! Thanks!! Have a good time in Vegas.
~Bonita
Posted by: Bonita at September 1, 2006 06:51 AM
Hi Billy,
Will Surrender be available to download on the UK itunes? Or anywhere else other than the USA itunes? (I'm asking for other people too!)
cos, you know, I can't download from any but the UK itunes.
Lisa xxxx
Posted by: Lisa Jackson at September 1, 2006 08:16 AM
Fuck it, I think I'm going.... I'll have to do a quick turn around.. who needs a room to sleep anyways.
anyone want to drive with me????
Posted by: wendybird at September 1, 2006 10:07 AM
woot woot, I just got two more people to go with me :D.....
Posted by: wendybird at September 1, 2006 10:17 AM
Very glad some of you are going!
Billy, hope you have another great show. I am trying to picture this room up there at the HOB, between the Foundation Room, Bar, Dining Room and Patio...hmmm. Interesting.
Posted by: Beth at September 1, 2006 03:24 PM
Billy! i hear your doing a set at the red onion on october 20th. nahhh just kidding but yes you are gonna be in the O.C. and if you ever play in the O.C. you know damn well who is getting in. i have so many connections with performing arts.
Posted by: Alec from camp teddy at September 1, 2006 03:28 PM
those little postage stamp stages sure make you appreciate it when you get on a good one. no sonic chaos and no tripping over every body's guitar cords. and our drummer hates them even more because he's stuck in the back and all he can see is a wall of guy ass. have fun in vegas!
Posted by: hankwood at September 1, 2006 04:17 PM
No falling off the stage Billy! I'd be going if I didn't already have a party to hit tonight. ENJOY all who go and pics, pics pics!
Posted by: Kate at September 1, 2006 05:34 PM
just got home. I'll start working on pictures once I get some sleep. btw billy we ran into your fan #1 with a hat in the elevator singing "I wanna fuck you like an animal". So classic.
Oh yeah the boys rocked!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: wendybird at September 2, 2006 11:52 AM
Wendy, my hero.
Posted by: beth at September 2, 2006 02:01 PM
Wendy....there sounds like a "story" there....DISH GIRL!! ;)
Can't wait to see your pic's!
Posted by: Robin (peebs) at September 2, 2006 02:18 PM
Here are some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendybird/sets/72157594267950377/
Posted by: Wendybird at September 4, 2006 02:43 AM
Thanks Wendy. It's almost like being there, I can hear the music now...
Posted by: beth at September 4, 2006 08:31 AM
hope all works out for you whatever it is :)
Can the stage be smaller than the one at El Macombo in Toronto. That was my favourite Cult show. Packed crowd, small stage, intimate, hot, sweaty and just the bare essentials. Stripped down Rock and Roll! Even Matt ended up kickin' half his drum kit off stage cause there was no room. Oh, and that is the night I gave you the pumpkins...the good ol' days.
Take care,
SSS
Posted by: Sweet Soul Sister at September 4, 2006 10:31 AM