Now, the excitement, the rush, and the sense of real accomplishment those two
days brought me are incomparable. Denmark's show for technical reasons was one
the hardest things I've ever had to do. It was like all my sh*t I relied on
rjust decide to take a vacation and I couldn't hear sh*t for most of the show
which made me sing or should a say not sing a song or two while the band
played them. Although a mess, it was a rock show and the crowd loved it,
so whatever...it's just a long way to go for everything to go wrong
in those 45 minutes in stage. Denmark fans, we are forever yours,
you waited at the airport from 4am on for two days to witness our arrival and
departure and shower us with gifts. This one girl even told me she just had
a kid last week and named it "Alex Billy" after her two favorite Calling
members...wow, scary, but wow.
Our kick ass BMG crew for the UK greeted us with gold record plaques for
outstanding record sales and a #2 single debut over there.
That really is a big accomplishment for me and honestly made me cry.
I mean every amazing band I worship and grew up listening to originated there
barely no American artists can ever break into that music scene, and we stand
out there as a real band in a radio world totally run by boy bands and pop
idol filth. So when I walk out onto that stage in front of 100k plus with
millions watching on TV while Aaron started to pick "Wherever You Will Go"
the intensity of the people in that amazingly beautiful country was
breathtaking. Celebration had to be carried out and who better to do it with
then my boys. Aaron and Billy thought it was a good idea to wear only
their prestigious robes from the swank hotel we were staying at to our fancy
dinner feast that night with their gold records under their arms!
You should have seen the looks on the faces of the people eating in that
really nice restaurant with Aaron's big hairy chest hanging out and his shiny
gold collection of proudly displayed Jewish star necklaces!
What's the fun of life if you can't be silly once in a while?
I thought the "exotic fruit" desert sounded interesting,boy was I way off.
I swear this plate came full of some of the weirdest fruits from the most
remote places of the earth that I had never heard of or seen before in my
life. So after a little drinking and a good meal we each took turns passing
around every different piece of fruit and tasting them. I haven't laughed so
hard in a long time. They were each uniquely completely the most foul
disgusting strange colored things I've ever eaten. So I was the first and would
be like "Nate, it's not that bad try it" and right when he would take a big
ol' bite out of what looked like an ultraviolet pod person from mars fruit I
would spit all mine out. Billy like embraced it and by the end would stuff
the entire piece of fruit in his mouth, turn green, and practically puke it
onto the table with laughter and disgust. Needless to say the waiters were
happy to see us children pay the check and leave.
Right when we walked out of the restaurant to walk down the street to our
hotel, that "tiny" crowd we played for earlier were letting out in massive
groups coming right towards us. As soon as the chickadees got a look at us in
our robes it was pandemonium. We were running down the street with hundreds
of them chasing after us while Aaron and Billy were trying to keep their robes
from falling off mid dash. We just made it into the hotel lobby which had
security to keep them out but the whole face of the lobby was all glass exce-
pt for a little hiding spot we ducked behind. So quickly word got out that we
were in there and hundreds of people were up against the glass fogging it up
with their "Calling! Calling!" chants. So unable to sign for them all in fear
of being ripped apart, Aaron and Billy did the next best thing...they took
turns running out into sight of the mob and flinging open their robes flashing
them all! Going back and forth on half naked piggyback rides all for 2 second
jumps in front of the glass each time allotting a giant roar and scream
from the masses! It was good fun. I was like "can I please go sign for them?",
and my tour manager just laughed and said I was nuts.
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