Andy's Whiskey and Go Go!

Right then 1st off we went out to the gig on a bit of a downer, after watching England play in the World Cup and losing on penalties to Portugal. We were due to go out and watch the game over at the venue, but decided against at last minute and decided I'd drive to the venue also. It was such an extremely hot day also which contributed to it. Anyhow we got over to Nuneaton and found the venue after stopping someone for directions.
We arrived around 7.50 and got in a couple drinks and then me and Panee went and sat outside for a while. We became a little unsettled though when a couple of lads on the grass behind us began messing around. Two supposedly mates as they later preached, decided it would be fun for one of them to smash a pint glass over the other guys head while he was talking on the phone. The bouncers came and moved 'em on while other people shouted at them for being so stupid. Anyhow at this point, the venue had opened up , upstairs so we made our way in. So entrance fee was reduced from £12 to £10 as the support had not turned up. We hung around for a while having a drink and trying to keep cool. Random was hanging around so had a quick chat and got a pic with him before the band came on at around 9.30.
Ginger, Random and Jason hit the stage and we were greeted with a lot of talk amd humourous ramblings, from Ginger, before finally playing some songs.
The Setlist was more or less as follows;

Answering Machine
Top of the World
Drunken Lord of Everything
Only A Problem
One Love, One Life, One Girl
Inside Out
Someone Who Won't Let Me Go
There's Only One Hell
Headfuck (although the chorus was changed to chants of Random!)
Suckerpunch
Sick of Drugs
Cheers
Always On My Mind
Girls Are Better Than Boys
Geordie in Wonderland
Vanilla Radio
I Wanna Go Where The People Go
29 x the Pain
Ginger seemed on top form while on stage with his in between songs banter, as was the ever entertaining Mr Random. Ginger pretty much wanted to play all night it seemed. The band came off at around 11pm and most of us thought that was it for the night until word came back that Ginger was coming back on. So we got treated to a second set, which began with Random throwing coloured plastic balls into the audience. What fun everyone had with them! What was noticeable this time round with the gig was that it was not that acoustic, In my opinion all they need was a drummer/ percussion and we could of had a fuller sound. Anyhow the band left stage at around 11.50pm and that would of seemed to be the end.... but then Random Jon returned to the stage to grab his bottle of wine. The audience then that was left, then proceeded to chant stuff at Random.What followed was a one man support/ headline act. A mix of over the top stand up humour (Although the air was thick with blue letter words) and songs. Even Ginger came out to watch from the dressing room door. I commented to Ginger from where I was standing at the back that he was no longer needed, as Random was doing fine on his own. I dunno if that went down well or not?
Random proceeded on stage with the mic to begin with and then picked up Ginger's guitar to knock out some tunes. The lights were back in full swing also.What a funny bloke Random is.
We decided to leave and left Random to it for probably another 10 minutes. On the way out I asked Ginger if I could take a pic and it was an abrupt and final 'No' being the answer. He seemed rather grumpy when asked and made me feel rather disappointed that he should be like that. So off to the car and just as I was about to get in Jason came past with his wife and daughter. I stopped him and asked if I get a pic with him and he agreed. I was very surprised how friendly and pleasant he is.I mentioned Ginger was not too happy and he said he had had a lot on and was probably tired. On that not we headed home and got in just after one and proceeded to have a couple of glasses of wine to end the night off.
Oh yeah it was also great to meet up with Wild Dan and Hannah, who I kinda knew through the internet. Although by the end of the night Wild Dan was rather worse for wear. Great people all the same!