Absolute Tour, basically.
Newcastle, 6:30pm, dressing room concensus rules we have been on tour for ‘some’ days. None of 65daysofstatic have been on tour anywhere near as long as Youthmovies, which makes our decline all the more pathetic. They have been on tour for 7 weeks, and they smell like it.
For anyone who’s read any kind of 65 update from the road before, anything we could tell you would only involve repeating information you’ve heard before. i.e. everything is broken, everyone needs some sleep, everything is either painfully funny or gravely serious.
We have so far: behaved whimsically in South West University Stationary Stores, broken two people’s feet (foots), destroyed a bar in Antwerp, got introduced to a game called Dichball (translates as Dickball), shared a dressing room with a Burlesque troupe, played in a room made of stars in Brussels, vacated dressing rooms hurriedly in Dublin, been thrown out of Stena Sealine breakfast bars, performed coincidentally-choregraphed dances to drum’n'bass, waited for Graeme YMSS to come back from visiting (absolute) Maxine’s flat, soundchecked topless, poured water in each other’s bunks, reheated unbelievably high-quality salmon dishes in roadside microwaves, done justice to the phrase ‘Buffalo’, given each other directions in our sleep, made emergency phone calls offering sage advice to various BBC uber-talent, named new guitar-tech Feg ‘Moomin Papa’ (amongst other things), drank a lot of tea, watched ‘Days of Thunder’, ‘Salem’s Lot’, ‘Some Kind of Monster’ and ‘Big’. We have also destroyed our tour manager’s liver.
That’s about everything we can remember. It’s really appreciated that you’re all coming out to the shows, considering we don’t have a new record out or anything. But we have put a lot of time into putting together a new set which seems to be working out SPECTACULARLY. The Destruction of Small Ideas vinyl has arrived too and it looks beautiful. We have it on the merch stall right now, along with a bunch of new tshirts which are fucking cool.
Hope to see you before we call time on 2007.
Laters. 65x


MIC wrote,
I got repeatedly told off for sitting with a fixed grin on my face smile staring at the vinyl.
Totally worth it.
Link | November 6th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Kilyth wrote,
Caught you in Dublin AND Cork. Great fun both nights! Love my new t-shirt. Come back soon, you hear?
Link | November 7th, 2007 at 10:44 am
nicfit wrote,
If you won’t come back to italy (the gig in rome supporting the cure doesn’t count) you’ll make me and a lot of friends of mine cry for months. cry in the morning. cry at work. cry while showering (hardly noticeable, but still…), cry during sleep. You don’t want that, right?
right.
right??…
Link | November 7th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Cletus wrote,
So far it’s been great seeing you twice… on Friday it shall be thrice! Very happy on scoring one setlist, one guitar pick, and one autograph. I’ll have to take things up a notch Friday though…
Link | November 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
God wrote,
Can’t wait to see you guys in Oslo!
Best of luck to you on your continuing tour!
Link | November 10th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Tenchi wrote,
Oh no a toothbrush!!!!!
Link | November 12th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
splatgirl wrote,
hey,
nice new skin – it feels like someone turned on the light
i just wanted to say thanks for the excellent gig last friday, you really rocked. shame that the sound wasn’t very good, but it was a truly fantastic show anyway.
enjoy the upcoming tour and see you again in london soon!
Link | November 13th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Rie wrote,
-useless ranting ahead-
It seems to be some sort of crappy habit… that I always discover things too late.
Like the fact you played in The Netherlands a few days ago.
I found out today.
..really, i could smack myself for not knowing that.
Now i have to wait till next year, to see you with The Cure..
(weird things is I was right in time to get tickets for that concert,though..)
Hm. Well, I guess that’s all I wanted to say then..
Oh, and have fun on the rest of the tour! ^-^
xx
Link | November 15th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Christopher wrote,
Haha, Graeme actually had a plan to defend himself for Buffalo! Still, the fact he ended up naked in Antwerp the day before the gig means he lost big time.
Great two shows in Belgium, can’t wait to see you back here again with The Cure!
Link | November 15th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
xander wrote,
please make a ‘walls’ poster. i would really like something 65 on my wall that isnt just various ticket stubs a flyers.
long long long time fan
Link | November 22nd, 2007 at 12:25 am
Britta wrote,
Hey guys,
… I loved it!
thanks an awfull lot for the show in Münster. Pretty sad that the crowd was that …let’s say… quiet
It’s inspiring seeing people being dedicated, getting absorbed by music that much and having so much energy…
Hope to see you soon in Germany!
Link | November 25th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Joris wrote,
Really nice show. It was fun in maxines flat
. Loved your show in Brussels really nice set.
Link | November 30th, 2007 at 7:34 pm