Randomness

Last night we met our first fan from Czech Republic, Lucas.

We were playing at The Royal Oak, Chorlton. It was free entry gig with some tops bands and the turnout was impressive. By the time we'd got on there had already been a couple of decent bands and acoustic sets to warm the crowd up. 

Despite a snapped string for Tat, and Mark struggling to hear his bass (plug it in, Mark, plug it in!) we soldiered on, and got the crowd going. One of the guys who came to see us was crazy-arse dancing all over the show, respect to you sir!

     




So whilst we were loading up to go we met Lucas. Not sure if he came with anyone but he ended up in the back of the van with us on the way to an after party at The Mill. Turns, we couldn't get in The Mill as we had put the keys in a very safe place that we - aka Si - couldn't remember. Think we know where there are now but that's another story ;). 

We finally piled into a house with a load of people that came back from the gig and started talking to Lucas. We think he deserves a shout out as he has been travelling since he was about 15, and is making his way to South America by visiting every other country en route! Says he had more recently hitched from Scotland to England for a festival, stayed for a while and  somehow agreed to build someone's shed...and that's why he is still here. Very random. Just what we like!

Not sure if we'll ever see you again, Lucas but good luck and we hope you spread word of The Nankeens far and wide.

Lucas

We also want to say cheers to any of our new followers that made the effort to come and see us last night. Make sure you come and introduce yourselves!

In fact one thing we have enjoyed about the last few gigs is that the bands and the majority of their fans (including ours) have been sticking around 'til the end of the night. Nothing worse than seeing a venue empty out as the night goes on because people can't  / won't stick around to see the rest of the people on the bill. We enjoy playing to our loyal fans that come to every gig, but it's always nice to see new faces appreciating the music. How will you ever know if you like new bands if you don't give them a chance? Anyway we've had a great time speaking to some of the bands and their fans over the last few gigs, hope it continues!

Here's a few names of bands we reckon you should look out for that we have played with recently... Brouhaha, El Gazelle, Ruby Tuesday, Skeleton Suite.

FINALLY  - our next gig is at The Ruby Lounge, Manchester supporting The Coronas on Wednesday 28th November. This has been organised by SJM events who can be pretty influential in lining up support acts for signed bands so if any of you can make it out to support us on Wednesday that would be ace. Tickets are £5 for the band and we are on at 8.15pm! Check out the Coronas on FB / Twitter if you haven't already.