I literally got mugged when I jumped went up to the front barricade, the shirt ripped off my back. I knew it was going to be an insane show, but that was just a whole new level. You all just set the bar for not only the other UK dates, but the entire rest of the trek around Europe.
It was great catching up with our friends in Amon Amarth and Mastodon, we haven't toured with either band in about 3 years. The first night was a bit hectic for us with press so it was hard to catch a whole lot of either set but judging by the crowd reactions I could hear they had killer sets.
I caught a glimpse of Slayer as well, nothing but evilness coming from the stage! They are playing a killer set, I have never seen them play a lot of these songs live (Dittohead, Live Undead, etc...) If you are missing these shows you are a bastard haha!
As Jukebox Hero started to roll on the PA, we made our way down to the stage from our dressing way up at the top of the Apollo. There was a Slayer chant, then a Trivium Chant, then a bunch of loud undistinguishable crowd noise and our intro came on and it was go time. We did our pre show ritual group huddle and banter, and then it was only a matter of seconds till we were into KG.
Shit just went off, I jumped down into the audience mid way through, one of three times in the show, I lost a wrist band and got my bass way detuned, thanks!!! I remember random bits of the show after that, by the end the stage was covered in sweat, water, beer and just plain nasty. Corey was ripping solos on top of the PA's, I got out of the way of that shit because getting hit by a beast like Corey on the way down would be the end of me.
Matt had some classic lines too, my favorite was when he asked the audience "Who in hear hates Trivium? Make some noise!", some people responded, and then Matt said "No wonder I can't hear you, you scream like a bunch of pussies!', priceless shit!!! I was laughing so hard, and then Matt asked the Trivium friends and fans to make some noise and it was probably one of the loudest cheers of the night. Speaking of loud, how about Travis's kit, that shit sounds so killer! It's nice having a PA and monitor system that travels with the tour, I can actually feel the bass drum rattling my insides, it can't be healthy!
We have two new additions to our crew, Goodie (sound) and Mike (drum tech). Goodie joined us last tour and has been killing it at front of house every night, we can't do what we do without a good sound guy, buy the man a drink people (note: he likes Jaeger!!!) Mike had his first show with us last night and it went great as well, if you find him buy him some booze too!
Once again, thank you Manchester for showing us an amazing time!!!!!
See you tonite at the Wolverhampton Civic, Birmingham
Paolo

TO BATTLE!!
Chris

sounds like a beast of a night

AshesArise said:
haha

That does sound killercan't wait for Thurs even more now! Enjoy the show (and snow) tonight!

amazing, the part about screaming pussies literally gave me goosebumps, i can just picture this soo well, hell fucking yeas!

Fuuckkkkkk

I mean..wow..

In text, you can still conceptualise how intense a Show is...
And that being a Trivium show...
8)

Haha. Thanks for the update Paolo, and thanks for posting Chris. :)

Referring to Paolo's latest blog here on TW, what is this bit about, who brought the shirts with the extra dates? What are they?!

author=Paolo's Blog said:
"I am sure most of you who bought tour shirts can see the extra shows we have planned at the end of the year, so we will be back pretty soon to a few of you areas."

^They have some shows planned in december for hte UK.
Lucky bastards!

Aztique said:
Where?! Can someone tell me?!

London, for a RR xmas party thing and Dundee ;)
TO BATTLE!!
Chris