South Africa Pt 2
JOHANNESBURG
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The short plane journey from Cape Town to Johannesburg felt like a lifetime… This was mostly due to the horrific event of Jo’s ear drums bursting after 15 minutes into the flight… Everyone tried hard not to panic as Jo screamed in agony and blood trickled from one of her ears… Luckily a nurse was on board, who managed to reassure Jo slightly and then get the pilot to slowly take the plane down a few thousand feet…!
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The Faithless band and crew were relieved to make it to the hotel… none more so than Jo, who had a doctor waiting to see her…
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The doctor gave her a shot of cortizone and plenty of painkillers…
…and told her to take to her bed…
…but come time to head to the venue, there stood a groggy looking Jo, ready to escort the band…
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At the Gallagher Estate, the equipment had only just arrived, due to it not making it’s flight the previous night and finally doing the journey by road…
Which meant a soundcheck was well out of the window…!
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"More time to enjoy this fine food then"
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In his dressing room, Maxi played some guitar whilst keeping his mosquito zapping tennis raquet within arms length!
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With the girls all ready to rock, the news came through that a mini riot was occuring outside, due to terrible organisation and not enough staff on the doors…
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While the wait continued, Stan had worked out a new warm up routine…
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With most people now inside the building, the call to head to stage was made…
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SHOWTIME
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Apart from the mini riot, it being unbearably hot and the unenviable task of trying to get one of the limited beers from one of the 4 bar staff….
It was a fantastic show, to an extremely patient and deserving crowd.
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Back to the hotel, which had a perfect pool table in the bar, prompting Maxi to spend a lot of time there…
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An early morning drive to a game reserve was planned, leaving at 5.30…!
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Unfortunately, one of the crew fell ill just before getting there…
So it was agreed that the Lions, Elephants and Rhino would have to wait for another time and the minibus turned around…
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Which at least meant everyone got to have a proper breakfast back at the hotel…
Then it was agreed that a day at the pool was the best plan…
Nobby led the way in ‘freeing’ the rubber ducks that were beside everyones bath in their rooms…
They soon all had individual names and talk of a duck race was underway…
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Stan won the first race…
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A last crazy evening out was enjoyed by all… well, those that can remember it…!
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In the morning Maxi and LSK took a trip to the Puma store in Soweto… (to grab some swag)
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Some of the painted adverts on the walls…
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After lunch, the SUV’s turned up to transport everyone to the Turbine Hall, where a corporate gig for Red Bull was to take place…
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SHOWTIME
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The small stage layout was a strange one, with Andy, Stan and Blissy crammed into one corner, Sudha, Dave, LSK & Harry squeezed into the other, and Maxi on a slither of stage conecting the two sides…
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With a couple of hundred Red Bull staff and guests happily entertained, it was time to head back and pack the bags…
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A long flight to Australia was awaiting…
Of which no-one was looking less forward to than Jo…
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