The A&B venue – Birmingham, Friday 3 February 2012
The Musgraves @ The Actress and Bishop
We woke up on the morning of our show to find out we were heading down to the venue early for a BBC Midlands Today news piece about the theft of our equipment (and the van), and our appearance on The Graham Norton Show.
We scrambled together old and borrowed/hired instruments! Arthur Tapp, the promoter, showed up with a bass, an amp, a synth and guitar tuners – he was great.
The show kicked off at about 9pm with great support acts (The Picture / Jezabellezza / Jack Davis)
who loaned us their drum kit amongst other things, and Jack lending Matt his guitar.
At 10:35pm there was a mass exodus from the bar area – we all wondered what was happening, and then realised that the venue was screening The Graham Norton Show on the TV in the downstairs bar!
We felt overwhelmed with the support we got from old and new fans and the excitement kicked in.
After our performance of our debut single ‘Last of Me’ had finished on the show, a huge round of applause and lots
of “cheering” erupted – it was amazing and we thank everyone for their support. We then headed upstairs to perform.
The gig was fantastic, even though it was strange not being on our own instruments. There was a big crowd with lots of new faces as well as our loyal fans!
It was a great way to end a manic week!
No sign of the van or our beloved instruments yet, but with “Last of Me” climbing up the iTunes and Amazon charts – we are feeling positive.
Check out the photos from our A&B show courtesy of Dave Suth (legend).
Much love,
The MUSGRAVES xx
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