The gig at Why Not MC Vetlanda (Sweden)

Audience: 180
Length: 70 min

So once again it was time to load up the cars and the trailer and get on the road together with Beseech. We loaded all the suff in the trailer in Borås and left for Vetlanda at about 11.00 and arrived safe and sound 3 hours later.
The welcome we got from the guys (and girls) at the club was just amazing, they're such good people. After redecorating the the room so all of our stuff could fit in there we started to assemble the PA-system and everything else. Luckily we brought our own lights because there was just flourescent lights in the ceiling which perhaps isn't all that fun when giving a concert :)
Well in anyway, everything turned out great and Beseech could start doing their soundcheck. The soundengineer Robert worked his magic fingers and everyone was very happy with the sound on stage and those of us that were off stage were quite happy too. After the soundcheck it was time for a beer and some food, microwave pizza or hotdogs felt rather good at the time actually.
We had been told to bring our swimsuits and now we were taken to the local bath house where we enjoyed some juccuzzi and sauna. I can tell you, it beats the hell out of just sitting around waiting for the gig. Very nicely arranged by the club, who took extremely good care of us all night and the following morning.
When we got back people started to arrive at the club and the atmosphere was getting better and better. The merchandise table was very popular and Beseech sold more merchandise than they have for quite some time. The new t-shirts went like butter in sunshine and the same thing for Drama, unfortunately we didn't have that many with us.
Well on to the gig itself now, before Beseech entered the stage a band called Ashes and Rain performed and got the crowd in the right mood. But you could feel that most people were waiting for Beseech, and after a short break they finally entered the stage and started off with Fiction City. It was full throttle from song 1 to song 13, Erik and Lotta made the best gig I think I've ever seen them do, they were really awesome this evening, both letting loose and giving the crowd what they wanted. It was a good mix of old and new songs and I think the new songs were as much appreciated as the older ones. The biggest roar of the evening came when Erik announced the ABBA-cover Gimme, Gimme. This is a song that was very appriciated by this audience.
They were supposed to be finished after this but since the audience was so good they decided to play yet another song from Souls Highway, A Last Farewell.
The band was very pleased after the gig despite some minor mistakes but that was nothing really. So all in all it was the best gig I've seen them do for a while.
After the gig it was all fun, mingling with all the nice people there, drinkíng a couple of beers and just having fun. When the evening came to a close the merchandise table was just about empty and so were we, it was a long day and it felt like it was time to hit the sack.
After very few hours of sleep it was back to the club again to take everything down and get it into the trailer. It was a bunch of rather worn down creatures that worked to get everything back home again. But we managed to get it all back safe.....well almost everything, Robert cellphone is still in Vetlanda waiting for it's owner to come get it home........

We'd like to express a special thanks to T-Bone, Ankan, Uffe and all the others at Why Not MC for a great arrangement and for making us feel so welcome. We hope we can say it the Arnie way; We'll be back!

I'd also like to pay a special personal thanks to Ettan, the most wild and crazy kitten I've ever met, for keeping me awake all night by constantly attacking me in my sleeping bag.

/Morgan

Playlist:

Fiction City
Season In Green
Bitch
Voices
Souls Highway
Manmade Dreams
Illusionate
Drama
Higher Level
Between The Lines
Velvet Erotica
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme