Here we are in Caracas, Venezuela land.

Richard Chappell's tour diary resumes...

We, the crew, got here yesterday , the band get here tonight.

The problem with coming this far around the world is shipping delays like those we have today. This morning was supposed to have started with the lighting and video crews getting all their gear and setting it up .It's currently 5.30 pm and we do not have any gear, it just left the airport here. So we are waiting,and its really boring now.

Caracas seems a good place as long as you are careful. You should not go out at night alone, the same as a lot of places, but the people are very friendly to us.

During the production run-throughs last week we got quite tired of being in the cold, so its great to be in a hot place again, but it's not that hot up here, the show is in the hills. The venue is by a university and is surrounded by trees and big bushes. Ben Findlay our sound mixer is happy that this will make the show sound better, with no near by buildings or concrete.

It's going to be a great show this one, different to what has been done before and quite a treat for South America I think.

So we wait...

• more on Ben Findlay

• 12-Dec-2009 · New Blood - A very different type of tour preparation
• 22-Mar-2009 · Buenos Aires
• 20-Mar-2009 · Lima
• 18-Mar-2009 · Caracas
• 17-Mar-2009 · Here we are in Caracas, Venezuela land.
• 04-Dec-2007 · 46664 - show day
• 02-Dec-2007 · 46664 set-list
• 29-Nov-2007 · 46664
• 25-Jul-2007 · Six Fours France
• 24-Jul-2007 · What a weird show.
• 21-Jul-2007 · Steve Berry saves the day
• 20-Jul-2007 · We're back!
• 07-Jul-2007 · We could see the clouds coming in - Locarno
• 06-Jul-2007 · Venice
• 05-Jul-2007 · The trucks had to reverse for a mile.
• 04-Jul-2007 · Rome
• 02-Jul-2007 · Brescia
• 01-Jul-2007 · Bus on fire!
• 29-Jun-2007 · Amsterdam
• 26-Jun-2007 · Hanover
• 25-Jun-2007 · Dresden - Biko's back!
• 23-Jun-2007 · The show was amazing
• 22-Jun-2007 · Dublin
• 20-Jun-2007 · Eden
• 20-Jun-2007 · Hamburg, It's All Good
• 17-Jun-2007 · Mainz -on a roll now
• 15-Jun-2007 · Gig number two.
• 14-Jun-2007 · First gig day - Thursday, Gelsinkerkin
• 12-Jun-2007 · Catch22
• 11-Jun-2007 · A great lighting system
• 09-Jun-2007 · Great day.
• 08-Jun-2007 · A different sound every time
• 07-Jun-2007 · Do Not Remove
• 06-Jun-2007 · Simpler this time round
• 05-Jun-2007 · We have a set-lis
• 04-Jun-2007 · Will everybody end up playing drums?
• 03-Jun-2007 · The quiet before the storm
• 02-Jun-2007 · Will he or won't he go into the audience?
• 01-Jun-2007 · Hard, very hard
• 31-May-2007 · Set up the main systems
• 30-May-2007 · Get the impessions of his ears
• 29-May-2007 · More Cowbell
• 28-May-2007 · Last tapes out of the oven
• 27-May-2007 · No work today.
• 26-May-2007 · A big Marimba for the occasion
• 26-May-2007 · Running around like headless chickens
• 24-May-2007 · I've not heard these in years
• 23-May-2007 · Busy day today for all the wrong reasons
• 22-May-2007 · Tuesday
• 21-May-2007 · Monday
• 21-May-2007 · Tour Prep Day 1
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