South Africa – Pt 1
CAPE TOWN
With a 12 hour flight through the night and only 2hrs forward in the time zone, the Faithless band and crew disembarked in Cape Town in good spirits…
It was 34 degrees in the shade when everyone exited the arrivals terminal, which prompted Maxi to immediately remove his shirt…
Barely 20 minutes from the airport, Table Mountain came into view…
The Table Bay Hotel was very welcoming and Maxi was happy to get offered some champagne on arrival…
…his joy, however, was short lived as it turned out to be iced tea served in a champagne flute…
"Why would anyone do such a thing...?!!?"
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The rooms all had a nice view of Table Mountain and with the temperature being a good ten times that of the UK, it was time to hit the pool…
…where most people spent the last few hours of the afternoon…
…taking in some much needed sunshine, unwinding and looking forward to the local cuisine for dinner…
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The restaurant was in an big old corrugated iron shed, right on the beach…
…and the food, as anyone who has been to South Africa will know, was out of this world…
The freshest fish and seafood possible… and plenty of it!!
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The next morning Maxi and Blissy headed to do an interview at the 5FM radio station…
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Maxi, Sasha Martinengo & Blissy
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Back at the hotel, Andy and Sudha had been working out in the gym…
...not sure what Andy said to deserve a right hook from Sudha..!
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LSK had been out and about and bought postcards for everyone…
Maxi sat by the pool contemplating what to write on his postcards…
…but soon came up with some amusing lyrics…
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It was soon time to jump into one of the 5 big Lexus SUV’s and head to the venue…
In keeping with her badge theme, Blissy had ‘Miss Glam’ as her title for the day…
With these particular badges being supplied by Hels Bels, it was no surprise that Jo got ‘Miss Crazy’…
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A slightly extended soundcheck was had, due to it being the first gig back after 5 weeks off…
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During a break in proceedings… Stan and Maxi started taking it in turns to play ‘Guess the Bassline’…
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For those that were hungry, dinner was served straight after soundcheck…
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Harry, Stan and Maxi went out back to enjoy the last moments of sunshine with a beer and a smoke…
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Everyone was ready ahead of schedule, so while the others limbered up, Maxi got a 5 minute back rub from Blissy…
and it was time to head to stage…
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Throughout the afternoon, some members of the Faithless tour had added their names to the heavily tagged corridor wall…
to everyones amusement, someone had added a few words in front of Stan’s name …
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After many enquiries and a few accusations, it eventually came to light, that it was actually Stan himself who had created a genius moment of comedy by self-defecation…
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SHOWTIME!
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After the show, it was So hot that everyone stripped off… So all photos got censored…!
With the heat, the travelling and being a tad worn out from not having performed for a while.. ..it was straight back to the hotel for a swift nightcap and then to bed… A flight to Johannesburg awaited in the morning…!
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It was sad to have only spent a day in Cape Town but at least there was a few days off in Jo’burg to look forward to…
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