STOKE ON TRENT

Hello all.. here are some photos from the shenanigans in Stoke On Trent. The show - see footage below - was grand! When we first arrived, the whole town/city seemed quite empty and I don't know if any of us knew or could have expected just how great the show would turn out. The venue - The Sugarmill - is set up really nicely, so that there are lots of levels that people can stand on, as well as some balconies, and a nice big space for a pit! On the stage are two posing-podium-boxes, and The Plight made good use of these during their set, shredding in the faces of the crowd. During the Bats set, these boxes turned into little launch pads, as kids were stage-diving onto the heads of their friends and fellow fans. Special mention going to the short chap in the jogging bottoms who had a real bounce and seamlessly flew from floor to box to ceiling a few times! No proposals this evening. Haha. Ben - the Bats' tech - and I made a game for ourselves before the show began, chatting to as many new people as possible, getting their names and collecting one interesting fact about each person. Ending up learning some crazy things about the people of Stoke, including some pretty mad locations of some metal tattoos! Gave out a load of cool Vans guitar pins to people when we learnt something new about them! Anyhoo... enjoy the photos (and the 'fake' knuckle tattoos too)!
Katie P x