U2

The boys go for a walk in Wembley Stadium.

U2

U2

U2 on the road

A few different views from the tour.

U2

Here are some pics I took on tour with U2.

U2 It's good to be back.

I joined the tour in Gelsenkirchen, and then went to Katowice in Poland then onto Zagreb in Croatia. Just been at Wembley and now heading for Glasgow!

The Beatles come to town - RARE 1963 (color)

They used a small bedford van.

TINA TURNER and CHER -- Proud Mary - 2008

O2 London

I am sitting in catering at the Gelredome in Arnem so I thought I would post some pics from London.

Ok, I thought I better post an update about my time on the Tina Turner Tour Europe 2009. Well the first time I saw Tina was when Ike and Tina Turner supported the Rolling Stones on a tour of the UK in the Sixties, I think it was at the Globe Theatre in my hometown. The next time I remember seeing them was in 1972, as a very young roadie I was working as the drum roadie for a band called Osibisa and we supported them at The Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden New York City. they put on an amazing show and remember the Ikettes and Tina receiving huge bouquets of flowers as they left the stage. It was my first American Tour and I still remember that show as being the highlight. The next time I worked for Tina it was 1990 as a carpenter and that to date, it was one of my favourite tours ever. Since that tour I have been on all of Tina's european tours to date and this tour is a pleasure to be involved with.

BERLIN O2 WORLD

Well here I am in Berlin on the Tina Turner Tour.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Happy New Year from the Costa del Teesside. All the Best!!!

U2 - I Believe In Father Christmas [U2's contribution to (RED)WIRE]

I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS TOO !!!

Perfect Day - BBC promotion

HAVE AN AWESOME DAY

SLIPKNOT - X-mas Clips 2008 / All Eyes On Slipknot MTV Germany

MERRY FESTIVE DAYS AND A HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE.

The Slipknot Tour

My latest tour was the Slipknot european tour. It started for me in early November driving from London to Helsinki.
List of venues.
Nov. 05 - Moscow, Russia - Stadium Olimpijski
Nov. 07 - Helsinki, Finland - Old Ice Hall
Nov. 08 - Tampere, Finland - Ice Hall
Nov. 10 - Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
Nov. 12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet
Nov. 13 - Copenhagen, Denmark - KB Hallen
Nov. 15 - Berlin, Germany - Arena Treptow
Nov. 17 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Eishalle Deutweg
Nov. 18 - Milan, Italy - Palasharp
Nov. 20 - Amsterdam, Holland - HMH
Nov. 21 - Paris, France - Zenith
Nov. 22 - Paris, France - Zenith
Dec. 01 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
Dec. 02 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
Dec. 03 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
Dec. 05 - Cardiff, UK - Arena
Dec. 07 - Birmingham, UK - NIA
Dec. 08 - Glasgow, UK - SECC
Dec. 09 - Manchester, UK - MEN Arena
Dec. 11 - Newcastle, UK - Metro Arena
Dec. 12 - Sheffield, UK - Arena
Dec. 14 - Antwerp, Belgium - Lotto Arena
Dec. 15 - Luxemburg – Rockhal
In Helsinki we met up with the 3 trucks that had the "pleasure" of going to Moscow altogether there were 5 trucks loaded with the production equipment. The Scandanavian leg went well and we headed south into Germany with the weather being kind to us at this time of the year. In every city we visited we came across sold out shows and very very enthusiastic audiences. The whole tour went very well and we met our load in times at every venue.

SLIPKNOT

At the moment I am on the UK leg of the Slipknot european tour.

a parmo adventure

How to make the National dish of Teesside!

Oh! those were the days!

British Railways

In the past couple of weeks I have been very busy driving around Europe. I have been double driving on the Gloria Estefan tour and the Madonna tour. The fist job entailed driving from Calais to Zaragoza in Spain, flying back to the UK and then a few days later flying to Alicante in Spain and then catching a train up to Valencia and driving one of the Madonna Steel trucks to the port of Ancona in Italy were it would board a ferry to Greece. Then from Ancona I jumped into one of the Budva advance trucks and drove it down to the port of Bari in southern Italy for the ferry to Montenegro. Job done, it was time to get back to the UK. the flights from Bari were full so it was a pleasant train journey up the Adriatic coast on a Italian Euro Star train to Bologna to catch a flight to Gatwick airport England, a six hour journey that cost 53 euro, the train from Alicante to Valencia cost 23 euros. That was the cost just turning up at the stations and getting the next available train! At Gatwick Railway station I purchased a ticket to Teesside in the north of England for £107!!! it was routed via Kings Cross. Arriving at Kings Cross, I was told if I wanted to board the 15:00 train I would have to pay a surcharge of £57 that would make it a grand total of £164 for a journey half the distance I had travelled by train in Italy. But if I waited till after 19:00 hours no surcharge would be necessary. All I can say is Rip-Off Britain is alive and well.